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Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms

The world’s richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it.

Trump Panned the Bipartisan Spending Deal. What Happens Next?

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s denunciation of a bipartisan spending bill all but buried that deal while leaving unclear what form a new agreement could...

Senators Call for Inquiry Into Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program

A group of Democratic lawmakers accused Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the only Medicaid work requirement program in the country, of spending little of its...

Inside a Huge Spending Deal: Disaster Money, a Football Stadium and More

The mammoth year-end federal funding measure congressional leaders agreed on does far more than just keep the government running. It is stuffed with all...

Defense Bill Orders Military to Take New Action on Brain Injury

Mandates in the annual appropriations act, passed on Wednesday, call for the Pentagon to track and mitigate risks to troops’ brains from firing their...

Trump Picks Herschel Walker to Be Ambassador to the Bahamas

The president-elect tapped the former football star for the job two years after a failed run for a Senate seat in Georgia.

House Republicans Call for Liz Cheney to Be Investigated Over Jan. 6 Committee Role

Ms. Cheney defended her work on the select committee in a detailed statement, and called the report “a malicious and cowardly assault on the...

Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid

What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion...

Sherrod Brown Signs Off in the Senate. For Now.

Ohio’s senior Democratic senator told colleagues that despite his defeat, he was not done with politics just yet.

Jim Leach, Iowa Republican Who Extolled Moderation, Dies at 82

During his 30 years in Congress, he resisted his party’s rightward tilt. He endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and became a Democrat in 2022.

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