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Donald Trump wants Republicans to shut down the government if they cant pass legislation to crack down on nonexistent voter fraud.
The president is touting an administration policy ahead of his State of the Union address, but Congress is kneecapping a key agency at the same time.
With a partial government shutdown looming and his conference divided, an embattled Mike Johnson is picking a side again.
Republican lawmakers met behind closed doors early in the morning with hours to go before the midnight deadline needed to fund government operations or face a federal closure.
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Both parties hope the short-term measure will be the last one needed as negotiators craft compromise bills financing agencies through Sept. 30.
HuffPost reached out to roughly 60 places that had distributed $0 in rental assistance by the end of June. Here's why it's been so slow.
The former vice president and 2020 hopeful said the GOP-led efforts to limit abortion rights in several states had prompted his change of heart.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) interrupted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the floor to announce that President Donald Trump intends to both sign the government funding bill and declare a national emergency over his border wall.
The president will also sign a spending bill that would avoid a second government shutdown.
Trump has agreed to sign a bill that will temporarily fund the government and end history's longest federal shutdown.
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