U.S. Government Shutdown - The Washington Post
Washington Post· 1 hour agoPoliticsHard-right backtrack on spending levels leaves sour taste for colleagues“It could have saved ourselves some time,” one Republican House member said. By Marianna SotomayorDecember 2, ...
Trump is picking a dumb fight that could cost him dearly
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 57 minutes ago"I can't go back." Unlike the rest of his party, Trump appears unable to learn the lesson that three...
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGovernment shutdown is back on the menu. The House GOP has made some ominous omissions from this...
Why Congress gave $174,000 to Dianne Feinstein's wealthy daughter as part of a recent bill to avert...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 4 days agos daughter. It's a tradition known as a "death gratuity" that's been in place for at least 140...
Mike Johnson Becomes Surprise Champion of More Ukraine Aid
The Wall Street Journal· 6 hours agoThe effort to secure funding for Kyiv is part of a complicated set of negotiations that will again...
Capito says fiscal issues still linger over Congress
The Martinsburg Journal· 12 hours agoAnother government shutdown may have been postponed for a few months, but U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that work now needs to focus on...
Hard-right Republicans soften spending demands ahead of next shutdown fight
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWASHINGTON — Leaders of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus are softening their hard line on...
McCarthy, Laboring to Adjust to Life After the Speakership, Eyes Exiting Congress
New York Times· 6 hours agoThe California Republican is still angry at his ouster and has struggled to acclimate. At an...
Would CBUS connect us better than booze?
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoHere's a thought: bring back the CBUS, then turn your thoughts as to how to link us all with alcohol. Jill Hay, Columbus The edge of calamity The...
Congress faces a packed agenda for December
Newsy via AOL· 17 hours agoThe U.S. Capitol December is here, and for the first time in years Congress isn't facing the threat of a government shutdown right around the holidays.