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Stopgap deal reached Tuesday is a big step forward, but hard-right House Republicans still show little sign of relenting on budgetThe Senate took a significant step on Tuesday to extend government funding beyond the end of the month, with just days lef…
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…
Green New Deal for Schools demands districts teach climate justice, update buildings and plan for extreme weather Students at more than 50 high schools across the US are proposing a Green New Deal for Schools, demanding that their districts teach clima…
This live blog is now closed. For our latest reporting on Menendez, you can read our latest report:Bob Menendez refuses to quit and says $480,000 in cash was for personal useWe’re awaiting a press conference from Robert Menendez scheduled for 11.30am, …
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…
This live blog is now closed. For our latest reporting on the Garland hearing, you can read our latest story:Merrick Garland faces down Republican attacks over Hunter Biden inquiryThe judiciary committee’s highest-ranking Democrat Jerry Nadler then got…
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…