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Oct 02, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who for weeks resisted partnering with Democrats, needed their support to pass a measure that would keep the federal government temporarily open.
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Oct 02, 2023
Does this mean there's a sanity caucus out there for the taking?
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Oct 02, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a major test of his leadership in the days ahead, after one of his loudest Republican critics in the House promised to try to remove him from his post.
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Oct 02, 2023
A former member of Congress has advice for his fellow Republicans who are considering ousting Speaker McCarthy.
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Oct 02, 2023
Laphonza Butler will fill the Senate vacancy left by the death of Dianne Feinstein, the governor announced Sunday.
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Oct 01, 2023
A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.
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Oct 01, 2023
At the last possible moment, Kevin McCarthy earned some credit for keeping the government open. But not a lot of credit.
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Oct 01, 2023
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to fund the federal government through mid-November. See how each senator voted.
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Oct 01, 2023
The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever.
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Oct 01, 2023
After emigrating to New Jersey from Egypt, Wael Hana faced a string of business and legal problems. Then his friend started dating a powerful U.S. senator.
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Sep 30, 2023
In a stunning reversal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed through a bill with Democratic votes to temporarily keep the government open. President Biden signed it late Saturday.
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Sep 30, 2023
Mr. Bowman, a Democrat, pulled the alarm ahead of a rushed vote on a stopgap funding measure. Two investigations have been opened in the incident.
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Sep 30, 2023
Lawmakers' deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility again.
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Sep 30, 2023
See how each member of the House of Representatives voted on a measure to keep the government open through mid-November.
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Sep 30, 2023
During her decade running the cantankerous city, she managed to steer it between a liberal, freewheeling future and its more conservative traditions.
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Sep 30, 2023
See how each member of the House of Representatives voted on a measure to keep the government open for 45 days.
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Sep 30, 2023
Dianne Feinstein's life was inseparable from the fortunes and tragedies of the city over nine decades.
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Sep 30, 2023
See how each member of the House of Representatives is voting on a measure to keep the government open for 45 days.
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Sep 30, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered remarks after the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator.
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Sep 30, 2023
There was no clear path forward in the House to keep the government funded after hard-right Republicans defeated a stopgap measure and the speaker refused to turn to Democrats for help.
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Sep 30, 2023
The "Year of the Woman" turned into three decades for this gutsy woman.
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Sep 30, 2023
The "Year of the Woman" turned into three decades for this gutsy woman.
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Sep 30, 2023
Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans.
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Sep 29, 2023
More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party's bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.
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Sep 29, 2023
More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party's bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.
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Sep 29, 2023
Also, heavy rains flood the streets of New York City. Here's the latest at the end of Friday.
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Sep 29, 2023
Under California state law, the governor has the authority to name a successor.
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Sep 29, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's long-shot attempt to avert a government shutdown failed, with opposition coming both from House Democrats and from hard-right members of his own party.
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Sep 29, 2023
Readers react to the California senator's death. Also: Fixing what ails college sports; cherishing being single; preserving Buddhism.
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Sep 29, 2023
Watch live as the House of Representatives votes on Speaker Kevin McCarthy's long-shot attempt to avert a government shutdown.
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Sep 29, 2023
The speaker had vacillated for days over whether to bring up a measure to avert a shutdown because it lacks the Republican votes to pass. On Friday, he plans to plunge ahead anyway.
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Sep 29, 2023
She achieved remarkable political breakthroughs as a woman, becoming San Francisco's first female mayor and the first woman elected to the Senate from California.
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Sep 29, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to pick a Black woman to fill the seat, but has also said he would not choose any of the current Democrats running for Senate.
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Sep 29, 2023
The California Democrat, the oldest member of Congress, had suffered a precipitous decline in health in recent months.
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Sep 29, 2023
The history of thwarted majorities is very instructive.
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Sep 29, 2023
The California Democrat, the oldest member of Congress, had been declining in health for months.
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Sep 29, 2023
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Sep 29, 2023
The history of thwarted majorities is very instructive.
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Sep 29, 2023
The G.O.P. speaker, whose style is to placate his detractors, does not have the Republican votes to keep the government open. He may call the vote anyway.
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Sep 28, 2023
In a chaotic session, Republicans accused the president of crime and corruption, but even their witnesses said the case for impeachment hadn't been made.
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Sep 28, 2023
In a speech to fellow senators, the New Jersey Democrat maintained his innocence and reiterated his refusal to resign, causing one colleague to float the idea of forcing him out.
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Sep 28, 2023
In a chaotic session, Republicans accused the president of crime and corruption, but even their witnesses said the case for impeachment hadn't been made.
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Sep 28, 2023
The Republican speaker is working to turn the shutdown fight into a border security battle. Some lawmakers in both parties say they are open to including immigration provisions in an eventual deal.
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Sep 28, 2023
The president and his team insist they do not want the government to shut down. But they are also confident that Republicans will receive the blame if it does.
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Sep 28, 2023
Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife, Nadine, are facing federal charges in what prosecutors say was a yearslong bribery conspiracy.
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Sep 28, 2023
Once again, the florists, bars, gyms, cafes, dry cleaners and other small businesses that serve federal employees in the District of Columbia and its suburbs are bracing for an economic blow.
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Sep 28, 2023
El legislador demócrata por Nueva Jersey rompió barreras para los latinos. Pero los fiscales lo rondaron durante décadas antes de acusarlo de una nueva y explosiva trama de sobornos.
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Sep 28, 2023
Some mainstream House Republicans representing districts won by President Biden have explored a bipartisan stopgap measure as right-wing lawmakers push Congress toward a shutdown.
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Sep 28, 2023
El legislador demócrata por Nueva Jersey rompió barreras para los latinos. Pero los fiscales lo rondaron durante décadas antes de acusarlo de una nueva y explosiva trama de sobornos.
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Sep 28, 2023
Banned Books Week begins on Sunday, and the city's library systems are mobilizing to support the freedom to read.
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Sep 27, 2023
A week after the top Senate Democrat announced a more casual standard for dress in the chamber, a bipartisan pair won passage of a measure requiring that business attire be worn.
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Sep 27, 2023
A week after the top Senate Democrat announced a more casual standard for dress in the chamber, a bipartisan pair won passage of a measure requiring that business attire be worn.
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Sep 27, 2023
The first hearing in the impeachment inquiry comes as Republicans are grasping for evidence tying President Biden to his son's foreign business dealings.
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Sep 27, 2023
Little more than three days before a government shutdown, the Republican-led House spent the day adding hard-right proposals to a series of doomed spending bills.
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Sep 27, 2023
With a Sept. 30 deadline looming, hard-right House Republicans have formed a wall of opposition to a temporary measure to fund the government.
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Sep 27, 2023
The first hearing in the impeachment inquiry comes as Republicans are grasping for evidence tying President Biden to his son's foreign business dealings.
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Sep 27, 2023
If the government shuts down, air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers will continue to work, but they will not be paid until the shutdown is over.
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Sep 27, 2023
The U.S. allowed Israel into its visa-waiver program after a summer test run that gave U.S. citizens, including Palestinian Americans, visa-less entry into Israel.
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Sep 27, 2023
Is the primary approaching being over?
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Sep 27, 2023
The New Jersey Democrat reached a new height representing Latinos. But prosecutors circled for decades before charging him with an explosive new bribery plot.
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Sep 27, 2023
Aunque hay mucha incertidumbre sobre un posible cierre, la mayoría de las agencias gubernamentales han hecho planes para poder seguir trabajando durante el caos.
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Sep 26, 2023
An agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats would keep agencies open through mid-November. But House Republicans are likely to balk.
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Sep 26, 2023
An agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats would keep agencies open through mid-November and provide billions in aid for Ukraine and disaster relief. But House Republicans are likely to balk.
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Sep 26, 2023
The New Jersey Democrat's indictment last week initially prompted only a handful of calls from within his party for his exit. But on Tuesday, the dam broke, particularly among colleagues facing re-election next year.
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Sep 26, 2023
His shame will taint them as well.
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Sep 26, 2023
The New Jersey Democrat's indictment last week initially prompted only a handful of calls from within his party for his exit. But on Tuesday, the dam broke, particularly among colleagues facing re-election next year.
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Sep 26, 2023
The decision by Senator Cory Booker, a close ally, to condemn Senator Robert Menendez underscores the deepening crisis Mr. Menendez faces after his indictment.
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Sep 26, 2023
New Jersey's governor and other Democrats have urged Senator Robert Menendez to resign in the face of bribery charges. Not everyone is joining the call.
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Sep 26, 2023
Bipartisan MAGA troll feels like a dizzying paradoxical line to toe. But the freshman senator from Ohio may be onto something.
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Sep 26, 2023
New Jersey's governor and other Democrats have urged Senator Robert Menendez to resign in the face of bribery charges. Not everyone is joining the call.
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Sep 26, 2023
New rules limit how long adults without children can stay in a shelter, and the city is going to court to try to curb the right-to-shelter mandate.
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Sep 25, 2023
Many federal agencies have plans in place to weather a shutdown, but a disruption would still affect critical government services.
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Sep 25, 2023
Senators of both parties are debating whether to include new military assistance for the fight against Russia in any stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past the end of the month.
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Sep 25, 2023
Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, spoke publicly for the first time since charges were brought against him for taking bribes in exchange for exerting political influence.
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Sep 25, 2023
Why does the party seem so blasé about elevating leaders who are oblivious to the views of the young people who stand to inherit it?
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Sep 25, 2023
Why does the party seem so blasé about elevating leaders who are oblivious to the views of the young people who stand to inherit it?
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Sep 24, 2023
President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made public calls for Republicans, who remain at an impasse over funding the government, to resolve their differences before next Sunday.
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Sep 23, 2023
After his unlikely win, in 1972, he spent his single term pushing for a more liberal foreign policy, particularly toward Africa.
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Sep 23, 2023
Senator Menendez, who has defeated prosecutors and political challengers, faces his sternest test yet in his federal indictment in Manhattan.
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Sep 23, 2023
Right-wing Republicans who represent a minority in their party and in Congress have succeeded in sowing mass dysfunction, spoiling for a shutdown, an impeachment and a House coup.
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Sep 23, 2023
Federal prosecutors have accused Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, Nadine, of accepting bribes in exchange for official actions by Mr. Menendez.
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Sep 23, 2023
Senator Menendez, who has defeated prosecutors and political challengers, faces his sternest test yet in his federal indictment in Manhattan.
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Sep 22, 2023
Prosecutors say Senator Robert Menendez had a cache of ill-gotten ingots and a sudden interest in the price of the precious metal.
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Sep 22, 2023
The Florida Republican, who has styled himself as Speaker Kevin McCarthy's chief tormentor, is leading the opposition to a measure to keep the government open.
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Sep 22, 2023
Allowing senators to wear what they please on the Senate floor may seem like liberation, but abandoning the dress code could wind up symbolizing the failure to achieve consensus.
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Sep 22, 2023
Senator Robert Menendez and four others were charged after a lengthy investigation led by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.
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Sep 22, 2023
The governor of New Jersey called on Senator Robert Menendez to resign. The senator stepped down from his chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Sep 22, 2023
With salary advances and staff reshuffles, lawmakers and federal agencies are preparing for a lapse in government funding that is beginning to seem inevitable.
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Sep 22, 2023
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and his wife have been charged with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
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Sep 22, 2023
Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged six years after his trial in a different corruption case ended in a hung jury.
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Sep 22, 2023
Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was charged six years after his trial in a different corruption case ended in a hung jury.
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Sep 22, 2023
Readers discuss an article about his low poll numbers and a column by Maureen Dowd. Also: Mitch McConnell; a comedian's "lies"; the groundwater crisis.
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Sep 21, 2023
Brutal primary fights weakened the party's nominees in several states last year. Now, as David McCormick runs again for Senate in the battleground state, he appears to have cleared the field.
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Sep 21, 2023
How to make Newt Gingrich look good in retrospect.
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Sep 21, 2023
Senator Chuck Schumer's move to clear the way for the confirmation of three top generals left unanswered the question of what would happen to hundreds of other military promotions.
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Sep 21, 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers that Ukraine would lose the war to Russia if the United States curtailed the flow of aid and weapons.
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Sep 21, 2023
It was the second time in a week that hard-right Republicans had defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a spending measure, signaling that there was still no G.O.P. agreement on a bill to fund the government.
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Sep 21, 2023
It was the second time in a week that hard-right Republicans had defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a spending measure, signaling that there was still no G.O.P. agreement on a bill to fund the government.
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Sep 21, 2023
Brutal primary fights weakened the party's nominees in several states last year. Now, as David McCormick runs again for Senate in the battleground state, he appears to have cleared the field.
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Sep 21, 2023
Responses to articles about America's energy policies and "eco-anxiety." Also: Kevin McCarthy's snub of Volodymyr Zelensky; Merrick Garland; the Birmingham bombing.
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