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Biden border policies clash with embrace of immigration, asylum ideals
President Biden’s Irish ancestors escaped the Famine on coffin ships. Vice President Harris’s parents were scholars from India and Jamaica....
Back in their districts, House speaker holdouts get cheers, jeers and shrugs
Comment on this storyCommentMCKINNEY, Tex. — Ben Zeno reveled in the chaos his new congressman helped unleash in Washington this...
Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker, breaking historic deadlock
Comment on this storyCommentRepublican leader Kevin McCarthy became the 55th speaker of the House early Saturday morning, overcoming a fierce...
Police probe 5 shootings that hit New Mexico Democrats’ homes, offices
Comment on this storyCommentPolice in Albuquerque are investigating whether five shootings that hit Democratic lawmakers’ homes and offices over the...
McCarthy speaker battle shows a party still incoherent, ungovernable
Comment on this storyCommentWhen Democrats took over Washington two years ago, the Republican Party’s three most powerful leaders each offered...
House adjourns as McCarthy tries to get final speaker votes: live updates
Republicans have voted to adjourn to give two members of their caucus — Texas’s Wesley Hunt and Colorado’s Ken Buck...
Signs of a possible deal emerge in House speaker fight
Comment on this storyCommentFor the third day in a row, Republicans were unable to break an ongoing, and now historic,...
McCarthy has received the most lifetime votes for speaker since 1913
Comment on this storyCommentThis article was updated after the 11th speaker vote Thursday.As I write, the House of Representatives has...
Biden to expand Title 42, rapid expulsions from U.S.-Mexico border
Comment on this storyCommentPresident Biden announced new immigration restrictions Thursday, including the expansion of programs to remove people quickly without...
The anti-McCarthy bloc in the House has long been anti-McCarthy
Comment on this storyCommentOver the past several days, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), leader of the House GOP caucus, has been...
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