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Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden

September 30, 2023, 12:29pm Latest News

Senate also in rare weekend session as deadline for government shutdown looms Read story

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

September 29, 2023, 1:00pm Latest News

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed on Friday as hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. Read story

Navy to start randomly testing SEALs, special warfare troops for steroids

September 29, 2023, 9:57am Nation & World

The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted. Read story

FILE--House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., heads to a closed-door Republican strategy session led by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on funding the government and averting a shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

These are the seven lawmakers to watch in government shutdown talks

FILE--House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., heads to a closed-door Republican strategy session led by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on funding the government and averting a shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

September 29, 2023, 7:57am Politics

A U.S. government shutdown is now a near-certainty, with House Republicans unable to even agree on their demands to continue funding federal operations, much less reach a deal with Democrats and President Joe Biden. Read story

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters as Congress returns to work in crisis mode with a few days to go before a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here’s how it’s spiraling into a shutdown

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters as Congress returns to work in crisis mode with a few days to go before a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

September 29, 2023, 7:52am Politics

With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters large and small. Read story

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building at sunset seen from Upper Senate Park in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

House panel details the ethics rules of a shutdown

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building at sunset seen from Upper Senate Park in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

September 29, 2023, 7:50am Politics

All House members, officers and employees are still subject to the ethics rules and regulations during a government shutdown, including the gift rule, a House Ethics Committee memo Thursday states. Read story

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing work to proceed on a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters, rejecting the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines struck down by a lower court.

Supreme Court to weigh cases on guns, regulations and redistricting in new term

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing work to proceed on a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters, rejecting the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines struck down by a lower court.

September 28, 2023, 5:05pm Politics

The Supreme Court starts a new term Monday replete with cases that will test how far the conservative majority could reshape the nation’s laws when it comes to gun regulations, medication abortion, congressional redistricting and the power of federal regulatory agencies. Read story

GOP senators sharply question Pentagon nominee about Biden administration’s foreign policies

September 28, 2023, 3:44pm Politics

A Senate hearing Thursday on the nomination of the official to be the Pentagon's top policy adviser was dominated by Republicans expressing their frustrations with the Biden administration's foreign policies, from the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to Ukraine funding and climate change. Read story

A key U.S. government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says

September 28, 2023, 2:22pm Politics

The FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program, a sharply divided privacy oversight board recommended on Thursday. Read story

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives as the House Oversight Committee begins an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives as the House Oversight Committee begins an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

September 28, 2023, 12:25pm Latest News

 House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate. Read story