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Yeah they actually found financial malfeasance, go figure.

In a bipartisan vote, the House has passed Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert a government shutdown just days ahead of a Friday deadline. The final vote was 336-95 with more Democrats voting for the stopgap funding bill than did Republicans -- 209 to 127, respectively. The bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass.

Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot, gathering behind closed doors Tuesday morning to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority. Seven Republicans are officially running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month. On Monday night, House GOP lawmakers heard from each candidate in a closed-door forum. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Oct 24, 5:14 PM EDT House Republicans to gather for another candidate forum House Re...

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more were injured after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. At least 1,400 people have died, and 4,629 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities. In Gaza, 5,087 people have died and 15,273 have been wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Authority. Aid workers and officials fear that Isr...

Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker this week, he pressed his case ahead