Jordan works to shore up support for speaker bid
By Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With a push by allies of Donald Trump, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan appeared Monday to be shoring up support to …
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House Republicans struggle to agree on a speaker
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Farnhoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Increasingly desperate Republicans convened behind closed doors again Friday as the endless search for a House speaker …
McCarthy ouster leaves House adrift, GOP in search of leader
By Farnoush Amiri and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift as Republicans struggle to bring order …
McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to avoid a shutdown collapses
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed on Friday as …
With time running out, Congress moves into crisis mode
By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces …
Senate crafts stopgap bill, setting up showdown with House
By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot | CNN With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan …
MItt Romney, like his father, fears the GOP has lost its way
By Mead Gruver and Jonathan J. Cooper | Associated Press Mitt Romney’s announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate came with a distant …