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Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan supports empowering interim speaker so he can campaign for the job full-time

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Patrick McHenry, Jim Jordan

Republicans just dumped Jim Jordan again. They’re looking for another speaker candidate

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Ron DeSantis

DeSantis says Palestinian refugees from Gaza are ‘all antisemitic’ and taking them in would increase ‘anti-Americanism’

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans continue to debate their pick for Speaker after their initial nominee, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), failed to secure the number of votes needed. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he was ousted last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Steve Scalise gesturing while speaking

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

Jim Jordan

The GOP is a headless elephant after the stunning McCarthy vote: ‘The circus stuff needs to happen behind closed doors’

By Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, 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)

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

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Kevin McCarthy

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)

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 McCarthy

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

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

FILE – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber for procedural votes to advance appropriations bills, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023. McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday, Sept. 30. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Speaker McCarthy refuses to take up Senate bill to avert government shutdown, virtually guaranteeing one

By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, and others

Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building

Government shutdown explained: When would it begin and how long would it last?

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

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)

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)

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)

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

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others