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Shutdown averted: Speaker McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap easily passes Senate
Congress managed to stop a government shutdown with just hours to spare on Saturday, with the Senate ...View More
House passes temporary spending to avert midnight shutdown
In an unexpected twist, the House on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill with just hours until a ...View More
Gaetz says McCarthy speakership is on 'tenuous' ground
Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on shaky ...View More
Bathrooms at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport win Best Restroom contest
Recently renovated restrooms at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport have re ...View More
Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap bill
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress’ far-left Squad, on Saturday allegedly pulled a fire alarm ...View More
Flooding in New York City allows sea lion to escape enclosure within Central Park Zoo
A female sea lion was able to slip out of her enclosure at the Central Park Zoo Friday amidst a delu ...View More
Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy's new stopgap bill
House Democrats are scrambling to buy time to figure out their position on House Speaker Kevin McCar ...View More
Popular 'Fat Bear Week' contest could be postponed or canceled due to government shutdown
The annual “Fat Bear Week” contest held by Alaska’s Katmai National Park and operated with the natur ...View More
Jeffries says that Dems need more time to review new stopgap bill, GOP not 'trustworthy'
Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that members of his conference don’t trust the House S ...View More
McCarthy turns to a 'clean' stopgap bill to avoid a shutdown, puts the ball in the Democrats' court
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is moving forward with a “clean” stopgap spending bill that ditches bor ...View More
Maryland governor's office releases more details on new 30-year agreement with Orioles
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s office released a few details Friday about the agreement with the Baltimor ...View More
South Carolina inmates want executions paused while new lethal injection method is studied
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for six death row inmates out of appeals in South Carolina are asking the s ...View More
Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy change
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public a ...View More
California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein's replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Democrats’ fragile majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on Californ ...View More
IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, wealthy people
A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information ...View More
Toys R Us stores to come to cruise ships and airports as part of latest revival efforts
Toys R Us is planning to expand its physical presence with more flagships and stores on cruise ships ...View More
Rejected by U.S. courts, Onondaga Nation take centuries-old land rights case to international panel
ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY — The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs ...View More
Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally
Dianne Feinstein once stood at the center of a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Decades later, in d ...View More
United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join picket line
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union expanded strikes against Detroit automakers Friday, ordering ...View More
Former Loudoun superintendent found guilty of retaliatory firing of teacher
A Loudoun County jury found former superintendent Scott Ziegler guilty of unlawfully discharging a t ...View More
