Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the United States established diplomatic relations with Beijing.
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Republicans Can’t Agree on a Path Out of Their Own Debt Crisis
House Republicans have become so factionalized that their leaders cannot speak in one voice.
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Debt Talks Are Frozen as House Republicans Splinter Over a Fiscal Plan
The struggles among Republicans to put forth a budget reflect the perilous path ahead for lawmakers who must broker a debt deal by the summer to avert a catastrophic default.
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Double-Barreled Economic Threat Puts Congress on Edge
Republicans and Democrats disagree over how recent bank closures should impact the debt limit stalemate, and have taken divergent lessons from past economic crises.
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At House Republican Retreat, Donald Trump Is Once Again the Focus
For the third year since he left office, former President Donald J. Trump continued to dominate an annual G.O.P. gathering in Florida, underscoring his grip on the party.