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β€˜Good Night, and Good Luck’ Remembers When TV Had a Conscience, and a Spine

By: James Poniewozik β€”
A TV critic looks at George Clooney’s play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.

George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in the stage production of β€œGood Night, and Good Luck.” The play, about CBS and political pressure in the 1950s, is running as the network faces it again.

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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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Scalise and Jordan Seek House Speaker Backing as Trump Hangs Over Race

By: Luke Broadwater β€”
Representatives Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise sought support from members of the fractured Republican Party, and then former President Donald J. Trump weighed in.

Representatives Steve Scalise, left, and Jim Jordan at the Capitol in June. They are picking up endorsements ahead of a party vote tentatively scheduled for next week.

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If Moderate Republicans Were Brave, They Could Save the House

By: Michelle Goldberg β€”
By cooperating with Democrats, they could elect one of their own as speaker.

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In Kevin McCarthy’s Hometown, Reflections on His Sudden Fall

By: Jill Cowan β€”
Bakersfield, Calif., became more diverse and culturally expansive while the former House speaker was increasingly caught up in Washington’s barbed politics.

The historic Bakersfield Fox Theater in Kevin McCarthy’s hometown.

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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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