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Some right-flank Republicans are now holding up McCarthy’s plan to pass a heap of spending bills this month, even creating an abortion-related holdup on the usually less-controversial bill that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs and military personnel. It’s yet another episode in the bleak reality show McCarthy’s living in this year: Everything is hard… […]

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“What happened that led the PGA Tour to change its position? Was it only the hope of ending litigation?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked at the start of the hearing. “There is something that stinks about this path that you’re on right now because it is a surrender. And it is all about the money… […]

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Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su voiced confidence Friday that she will eventually be confirmed by the Senate, even as multiple key senators have not yet announced whether they will support her nomination. “I remain hopeful for confirmation,” Su said in an appearance on CNN Friday morning. “I’m grateful for the support of many, many senators,… […]

Some Republicans already view McCarthy as a Trump backer in all but name. Pro-Trump Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) suggested that the speaker is subtly clearing a path for his members to rally behind the former president by the end of the primary. Meuser summed up McCarthy’s 2024 message to House Republicans this way: “‘Hey, you’re… […]

Sunsetting the policy “does not necessarily end the ability to achieve diversity in higher education,” Takano added. “It just makes it more difficult.” That attitude reflects the fatalism with which many in the party have come to view the Supreme Court’s conservative tilt. Even if they controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House,… […]

McCarthy has embraced conservative demands in recent weeks, with appropriators setting spending levels below those he arranged with President Joe Biden. But despite major concessions from leadership, hardliners have already warned they aren’t sold on the funding bills. On the other side, McCarthy allies are doubtful that those conservatives will ever support a final spending… […]

Already, Montana is of the most closely watched Senate races set for next year. Along with races in Arizona and West Virginia, the seat is one of a handful expected to determine control of the chamber’s majority in the next Congress. Sheehy’s announcement also comes as Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), who ran for the seat… […]

But those Republican members, who managed to win in blue states like New York and California in 2022, say they are ready for this line of attack in 2024. They argue that they’re proof that its potency is overstated. “They tried that in 2022, and my opponent spent $3.1 million trying to paint me as… […]