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By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press 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 tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown. In public overtures and private […]

Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Sept. 23 he would support keeping a $300 million aid package for Ukraine in the defense funding bill, walking back a comment he made the day before.

Republican lieutenants of the speaker are pleading with holdouts to keep the government open before next weekend’s deadline for a shutdown.

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz is against a continuing resolution.