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Biden says ‘you deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid’ in first picket line visit by sitting US presidentIn a major blow to Bob Menendez’s support, Cory Booker, his fellow Democratic senator from Ne…
House leaves for weekend without solution to shutdown threat in sight amid hard-right Republican opposition to McCarthy plansThe Republican-led US House of Representatives has all but disappeared for the long weekend after abruptly wrapping up its work…
This live blog is now closed. See all of our politics coverage here.Faced with the House stalemate over a government stopgap funding bill, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday set up a path for the Senate to move first on a bill to fund the…
Conference fails to approve procedural motion to take up defense spending bill as government shutdown loomsThe House Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, was dealt his second humiliating defeat of the week on Thursday, when his conference again failed t…
This live blog is now closed. For our latest reporting on the looming government shutdown, you can read our latest report:McCarthy says hard-right Republicans ‘want to burn whole place down’The rule to begin debate on the defense department funding bil…
Government events once seen as rare, dangerous and to be avoided at all costs are now deployed with increasing abandonIf it’s Thursday, it must be impeachment. If it’s Saturday, it must be government shutdown. Next week, Republicans in Congress seem de…
McCarthy faces uphill climb as far-right Republicans signal that even a resolution to temporarily delay a shutdown is out of reachUS politics – latest updatesRepublican leaders seemed to move further away from a resolution to the impending government s…
Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate have until start of October to avoid shutdownWith a possible partial US government shutdown looming in two weeks, Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would bring a defense spending bill to a vote “win …
This live blog is now closed. For the full report on Hunter Biden’s charges, click below:Full report: Hunter Biden indicted on gun chargesHouse speaker Kevin McCarthy, speaking to reporters after a tense closed-door GOP meeting, insisted he would not “…
Republicans claim the president has profited from his son’s business dealings overseas – but haven’t yet turned up proofThe speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday announced that Republicans would open an impeachment inve…