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  • Steve Scalise gesturing while speakingPolitics

    Steve Scalise, the Republicans’ nominee for House speaker, is having trouble getting the votes he needs to win the gavel

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Steve ScalisePolitics

    Republicans nominate Steve Scalise as next speaker of the House

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Ian BremmerPolitics

    Ian Bremmer breaks down a speaker’s historic ouster in real time: ‘Anyone that replaces McCarthy understands what they face if they try to push ahead with this Ukraine’

    By Irina Ivanova, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives two thumbs up as the Senate votes to approve a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Politics

    Government shutdown avoided as Biden signs temporary funding bill rushed through Congress

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Kevin McCarthyPolitics

    It looks like Congress will avoid a government shutdown as McCarthy backs down, passes funding with Democratic votes

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a closed-door meeting with House Republicans after his last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. A new vote is scheduled for Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House passes 45-day funding plan, sends it to Senate as Kevin McCarthy says, ‘We’re going to keep government open’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Kevin McCarthyPolitics

    McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to avert government shutdown fails

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Dianne FeinsteinPolitics

    Dianne Feinstein, oldest sitting senator, elected in 1992’s ‘Year of the Woman,’ dies at 90

    By MIchael R. Blood, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., emerges from a closed-door Republican strategy session to talk to reporters about updates on funding the government and averting a shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House Speaker McCarthy is as far as ever from bill to avert a federal shutdown, but the Senate is wrapping up its bipartisan solution

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Sunrise hits the U.S. Capitol dome on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress is facing a partial federal government shutdown at midnight if the House and Senate can not pass an extension of the current budget. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Aging Well

    What a government shutdown would mean for Medicare beneficiaries

    By Erin Prater, Stephen Groves, and others
  • FILE – Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Congress moves into crisis mode with a government shutdown just days away

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the chamber to his office just after House Republicans failed to advance their own defense bill for second time in a week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Government shutdown risk spikes after Congressional Republicans leave town for weekend amid hard-right revolt

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Nancy PelosiPolitics

    83-year-old Nancy Pelosi announces she will pursue reelection in 2024

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference after a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans U.S. Capitol 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. McConnell froze and stopped talking at the microphone and was escorted back to his office. He later returned to the news conference and answered questions. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Politics

    ‘No evidence’ that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s public freeze ups are caused by strokes or seizures, Capitol doctor says

    By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump White House vets have far-reaching plans to dismantle federal government: ‘We have a democracy that is at risk of suicide’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press