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GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens

By: Carl Hulse β€”
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

By: Carl Hulse β€”
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

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McConnell to Step Down as Leader at the End of the Year

By: Carl Hulse β€”
The long-serving Republican leader said he would step aside from the role at the end of his term but remain in the Senate, acknowledging that his views on national security had put him out of step with his party.

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, at the Capitol on Wednesday.

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With Shutdown Looming, House and Senate Leaders Agree on Spending Levels

By: Carl Hulse β€”
Despite the deal, time is short to assemble and pass legislation putting the agreement in force before a Jan. 19 deadline.

The agreement includes an increase in Pentagon spending to $886.3 billion and holds nondefense funding essentially flat at $772.7 billion

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Mike Johnson's Rise to Speaker Cements Far-Right Takeover of GOP

By: Carl Hulse β€”
After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them.

The election of Mike Johnson as House speaker cemented the far-right takeover that began shortly after President Barack Obama took office.

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As McCarthy Seeks to Shift Shutdown Blame, Border Takes Center Stage

By: Catie Edmondson， Carl Hulse and Karoun Demirjian β€”
The Republican speaker is working to turn the shutdown fight into a border security battle. Some lawmakers in both parties say they are open to including immigration provisions in an eventual deal.

β€œIf they want to focus on Ukraine and not focus on the southern border, I think their priorities are backwards,” Speaker Kevin McCarthy said of Democrats this week.

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β€˜The Devil They Know’: McConnell’s Health Issues Worry Democrats

By: Carl Hulse β€”
The legislative stances of the G.O.P. leader and his usual opponents are aligned on Ukraine, spending and impeachment as he faces mounting health scrutiny.

β€œOn some things, Leader McConnell and I disagree vehemently,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader. β€œOn others, we agree and work together to get done.”

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