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WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable

WASHINGTON — The White House prepared Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to

WASHINGTON - The White House is preparing Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly …

Sept. 21 was the International Day of Peace. How is the U.S. contributing to peace in the world? Congress is struggling to pass the fiscal year ‘24 budgets. That will almost certainly include the projected $800 billion-plus for the military with bipartisan support. To call this “defense” reminds me of Orwell’s Newspeak motto in his book 1984: “War is Peace.”

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said he will keep Ukraine aid in the Pentagon funding bill, a reversal from his announcement one day earlier that he would strip the money out due to opposition from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol that he decided to keep the $300 million…

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy changed course on a decision to pull $300 million in Ukraine funding from the defense spending bill, and expects to lose some votes because of it.

Allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy are working furiously to shore up support for the latest Republican plan to prevent a government shutdown

Millions of federal workers will be furloughed in a week’s time if no deal is struck with a hard-right flank of the party demanding government spending cuts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/with-house-republicans-in-turmoil-colleagues-implore-gop-holdouts-not-to-shut-down-government/">Read More</a>