A Republican-led House known for dysfunction managed to purge a serial fabulist from its ranks, but the expulsion threatened to make it even harder for the G.O.P. to govern.
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Democrats Clash Over Move to Add Asylum Changes to War Funding Bill
Democrats and the White House have agreed in principle to raise the threshold for asylum claims as part of the bill to fund wars in Israel and Ukraine, but liberals are livid — and Republicans want more.
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McCarthy Claimed Trump Was ‘Not Eating’ After Leaving Office, Cheney Says
In a new memoir, Liz Cheney wrote that Kevin McCarthy justified his trip to Mar-a-Lago by saying the former president was depressed after losing re-election.
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Mike Johnson's Rise to Speaker Cements Far-Right Takeover of GOP
After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them.