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Shutdown watch: McCarthy all but hands the gavel to Gaetz

Shutdown watch: McCarthy all but hands the gavel to Gaetz

Following House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s second stunning defeat in just three days, he cried “uncle,” calling it quits for the day. There reportedly weren’t enough votes for the House to officially adjourn, possibly because some Republicans apparently didn’t want to hang around just to vote to leave. x House Rs telling me some members have already caught flights out of DC today https://t.co/ztKqHP9vK6 — Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) September 21, 2023 That’s how seriously they take McCarthy, who declared on Monday,…

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Ukraine Update: Ukraine consolidates gains around Robotyne, and is primed for more

Ukraine Update: Ukraine consolidates gains around Robotyne, and is primed for more

You can read more great Ukraine coverage by both staff and community members here. Ukraine liberated Robotyne, in the southern Zaporizhzhia front, in late August. Since then, things seem to have slowed down, but Ukraine has been busy. And in the last few days, things have gotten truly interesting again. Powered by WPeMatico

Hakeem Jeffries tells House Republicans, ‘We’re not paying the ransom note’

Hakeem Jeffries tells House Republicans, ‘We’re not paying the ransom note’

On Thursday, House Republicans were unable to get themselves together and agree to debate a military funding bill, to say nothing of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference to make sure the message to the American people is clear: This will be the “unnecessary Republican shutdown of government.” This is an inherent problem with the Republican Party’s inability to govern. After walking through the facts and calling out House…

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Trump mistakenly believes a government shutdown will shut down prosecutors

Trump mistakenly believes a government shutdown will shut down prosecutors

It’s not enough that a Republican-forced government shutdown will almost surely come back to bite the GOP in the butt next year. Now former President Donald Trump has proposed a way to supersize their political pain by explicitly tying Republican support for funding the government to defunding the federal prosecutors who have secured indictments against him. “Republicans in Congress can and must defund all aspects of Crooked Joe Biden’s weaponized Government,” Trump posted Wednesday on his Truth Social media platform,…

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It turns out telling a 12-year-old she must have her rapist’s baby isn’t good politics

It turns out telling a 12-year-old she must have her rapist’s baby isn’t good politics

Last year, Kentucky Republicans imposed a highly restrictive abortion ban on voters by overriding the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. And this year, Beshear is using the ban to dismantle the Republican nominee seeking to unseat him, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. On Sept. 1, Beshear rolled out an ad featuring Jefferson County Prosecutor Erin White castigating Cameron for believing a “9-year-old rape survivor should be forced to give birth.” A little over two weeks later, Cameron flip-flopped on…

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