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One-week stopgap bill clears as appropriators work to close out omnibus spending package

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday cleared a one-week continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Dec. 23, as Appropriations Committee leaders distributed final spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees to ready a sprawling omnibus package they plan to unveil Monday afternoon.

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A standoff is coming in 2023 — and it’s over the national debt

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is headed toward a standoff over the national debt next year, when Republicans newly in control of the U.S. House threaten to demand concessions for raising the government’s legal borrowing limit.

Tribune News Service

Biden calls on Cuba to release hundreds of political prisoners detained in 2021 protests

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday calling on the Cuban government to release hundreds of political prisoners detained last year during a rare surge in protests across the country.

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With Respect for Marriage Act about to become law, same-sex South Florida couples relieved but not sanguine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Respect for Marriage Act, which is on the verge of becoming federal law, is alleviating some of the concern same-sex couples have felt in recent months. But, legal experts and LGBTQ advocates warn, it’s not a panacea and it isn’t time to pop the champagne…

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A week out, Walker and Warnock seek to get out the vote - Roll Call

More than 156,000 early ballots were cast over the Thanksgiving weekend in Georgia as the Senate runoff nears its Dec. 6 conclusion.

Roll Call

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is on a high-stakes mission to tame inflation. Some insiders fear he’ll go too far. Others fear he won’t go far enough

The Federal Reserve chairman has sworn to fight runaway price increases, but Powell's critics fear he’ll cave in to political pressure before he wins the battle.

Fortune

Suspect in Walmart mass shooting left ‘death note’, US police say

US President Joe Biden pushes assault weapon ban in wake of Virginia massacre that left six people dead this week.

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The Dunkirk election: Hey, we survived

Democrats learned important lessons and developed crucial new strategies. They survived — but they didn't win

Salon

GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections

The Independent UK

After another missed majority, McConnell stares into more conflict with Trump, conservatives

WASHINGTON — The last time Mitch McConnell wrestled back a Republican Senate majority was in 2014, when the GOP picked up a modern record of nine seats during the second midterm of Barack Obama’s presidency.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rick Scott didn’t flip the Senate for Republicans, then he lost to McConnell. Now what?

TAMPA, Fla. — Rumblings about the political ascension of U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, the head of the Senate GOP’s 2022 campaign arm, have been in the air for months.

Tribune News Service

Trump, potential GOP presidential candidates speak at RJC event in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump, who recently announced his 2024 presidential bid, will likely face some tough Republican challengers, if the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Meeting at The Venetian this weekend was any indication.

Tribune News Service

GOPers want "audit" over 2022 spending

Senate Republicans erupt in "all-out war" after midterm collapse

Salon

Walker, Republicans look for party unity in Georgia runoff

Republicans insist they’re working together to help Herschel Walker unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in next month's Georgia runoff

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GOP leadership under siege as civil war spills into public view

McCarthy and McConnell have both been drawn into ugly battles for control over their respective conferences.

The Texas Tribune

Ted Cruz lashes out at Senate GOP leadership after Democrats retain control

The Texas Republican demanded a delay in leadership elections and is among an increasingly vocal cohort voicing their discontent with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Tribune News Service

Florida’s Rick Scott says he’s challenging McConnell for US Senate leadership

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida announced Tuesday that he is challenging Sen. Mitch McConnell to be the Republican leader in the Senate.

The Independent UK

GOP Sen. Scott mounts long-shot bid to unseat McConnell

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a rare challenge for the longtime GOP stalwart after his party failed to win back the majority in the midterm elections

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McConnell blames ‘chaos’ candidates for GOP flop as Rick Scott says he will challenge him

Move will likely have Trump’s backing as ex-president seeks to purge GOP of disloyal figures

Axios

Rick Scott announces he will challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate GOP leader

The challenge comes as Senate Republicans are examining their mistakes in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

The Guardian - US

Colbert on post-midterm Republicans: ‘Coming together to pick a scapegoat’

Late-night hosts discuss Republican finger-pointing and news that Democrats will maintain control of the Senate

The Guardian - US

Trump for 2024 would be ‘bad mistake’, Republican says as blame game deepens

Alabama congressman Mo Brooks, a once-zealous Trump ally, comments after party fails to retake Congress in midterms

The Guardian - US

Biden admits Democrats unlikely to maintain control of House

President at G20 says ‘I don’t think we’re going to make it’ after Republicans triumph in key races and stand on brink of majority

Salon

Mitch slammed over GOP Senate defeat

"You almost need to stand in awe of the incompetence"

Salon

GOP in turmoil — and it's delicious

Maybe Republicans are finally over Trump! Ha ha, just kidding — but one way or another, they're eating themselves

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