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Leading New York Democrats have rallied behind the embattled state attorney general, Letitia James, a day after she was indicted on mortgage fraud charges by a federal prosecutor appointed by Donald Trump last month. The US Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, accused the US president of turning the Department of Justice into “personal attack dogs against […] political enemies”, calling …

The Trump Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has been received with widespread incredulity, both because of the shady circumstances around its filing and the extraordinary weakness of the case. Yet Lindsay Halligan, the US attorney who brought that indictment, seems unbothered. Indeed, she very quickly moved on to the next task at hand: getting New York …

Democrats fume as Mike Johnson cancels more House votes: “They should be ashamed”  Axios Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown  AP News Some House GOP lawmakers want to get back to work  The Washington Post Johnson says House will remain closed until shutdown ends  The Hill Mike Johnson sticks to no-show shutdown strategy as resistance mounts  Politico …

Frustration is running high in the Capitol, spilling over in a hallway debate between House Speaker Mike Johnson and two Democratic senators. Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego gathered reporters in front of the speaker’s office Wednesday afternoon to call on Johnson to swear in an Arizona congresswoman-elect who won a special election two weeks ago. But Johnson, a …

The US Senate remained deadlocked on legislation to end the government shutdown on Thursday, as Donald Trump reiterated his threat to make Democrats pay for the funding lapse that has closed federal agencies and furloughed workers nationwide. The Senate took its seventh round of votes on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to restart the funding, but neither won enough bipartisan …

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 …

Pressuring Democrats, Johnson rules out standalone troop pay bill  Politico Government shutdown live updates; Trump vows military will be paid; latest Senate votes  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 ‘My kids could die’: Military mom begs Johnson to pass …

Democratic senators on Thursday gave some credit to President Donald Trump for brokering phase one of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas but warned of potential challenges in enacting the plan. Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he’s “waiting to exhale” and see Hamas actually return Israeli hostages. Then, he said, “there’ll be credit for President Trump, which he …

Trump promises cuts to programs favored by Democrats  Politico Trump threatens to use government shutdown to cut ‘popular Democrat programs’  CNBC Trump says ‘we’re only going to cut Democrat programs’ as Senate again fails to advance stopgap funding bill – live  The Guardian LIVE: Trump again threatens to cut ‘Democrat programs’ if shutdown persists  Al Jazeera Trump Says He’d Give Democrats a ‘Taste of …

Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield. Inside the party, anxiety is rising among vulnerable Democrats about active-duty military service members missing a paycheck on …