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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father. The delay has attracted mounting attention this week, with Johnson challenged by lawmakers, reporters and even C-SPAN viewers about why Grijalva hasn’t been given the …

Democrats float immediately paying feds working through shutdown as Congress again rejects bill to reopen government  Government Executive Government shutdown latest; Trump vows military will be paid; Senate rejects deals  USA Today C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: ‘My kids could die’  NBC News Johnson rejects push for military pay fix as shutdown fight intensifies  Fox News Pressuring Democrats, Johnson …

Justin Pearson, ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat, to Run for Congress  The New York Times Tennessee House primary puts Democratic Party’s generational divide on display  Politico ‘Tennessee Three’s’ Justin Pearson launches challenge against Democratic congressman  The Guardian ‘Tennessee Three’ legislator Justin Pearson launches primary challenge against longtime House Democrat  NBC News “Tennessee Three” member Justin Pearson runs to oust Rep. Steve Cohen  Axios Source link

The former FBI director James Comey is set to make his first appearance in court on Wednesday in connection with federal charges that he lied to Congress in 2020. Comey will be booked and fingerprinted, which is normal practice for defendants, at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, before being arraigned and formally read the charges against him by US …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats believe health care is an issue that resonates with a majority of Americans as they demand an extension of subsidies for their votes to reopen the shuttered U.S. government. But it is also one of the most intractable issues in Congress — and a real compromise is unlikely to be easy, or quick. There are some …

Pertissue Fisher is still recovering from being detained by federal immigration agents who burst into her South Shore apartment building and pulled her and other residents from their beds early Wednesday morning. An agent put a gun in her face, she said. Another placed her in handcuffs tight enough to leave bruises. Fisher and other victims of the raid are …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is sending Congress home while a newly elected congresswoman—who is a key vote on the Epstein files release—still awaits swearing in. On Friday afternoon, House Reading Clerk Susan Cole read an announcement from Mike Johnson in which the Speaker declared that Oct. 7 through Oct. 13 would be a “district work period” for Congress. …

Harrisburg High School football fans cheer on the team in Harrisburg, S.D. South Dakota Public Broadcasting carries local high school games on air and online, but it has been hit hard after losing federal funding. Kelcey Schroder for NPR hide caption toggle caption Kelcey Schroder for NPR HARRISBURG, S.D. — Kids clambered onto a fire truck painted white, its rooftop …

U.S. in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels, Trump tells Congress  The Washington Post Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told  The New York Times Exclusive | Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Cartel Boat Strikes  The Wall Street Journal Trump admin tells Congress the US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug …

President Donald Trump has determined that the US is in an “armed conflict” with the drug cartels his administration has designated as terrorist organizations, according to a notice the Pentagon provided to Congress on Wednesday obtained by CNN. The notice also says the president has determined that smugglers for the cartels are “unlawful combatants,” and therefore the Defense Department was …