Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he could 'afford to have five or six people be idiots' during standoffs in the 1990s, a contrast to the numerous GOP hardliners creating challenges for McCarthy

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Kevin McCarthy, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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McCarthy tells Republicans threatening to oust him to 'bring it' after House passes stopgap spending bill with mostly Democratic votes

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, center, is flanked by Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota, left, and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open.

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Republicans are accusing a Democratic lawmaker of pulling a fire alarm to buy time before a House vote on the stopgap spending bill

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York.

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Progressives are pressing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to reverse his earlier vow to tap a Senate caretaker and instead appoint Barbara Lee to succeed Dianne Feinstein

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, left, and Rep. Barbara Lee of California.

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Trump suggests bizarre plan to keep forests damp to prevent wildfires in California

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Former President Donald Trump.

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A government shutdown would be a 'gut punch' to Head Start programs that serve 10,000 low income children

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Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Alliance for Community Empowerment, Director of Early Learning Tanya Lloyd, right, interacts with a child in the Head Start program, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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US government shutdown: WIC, a program that feeds and provides medical help to 7 million mothers and children, could run out of funds in days

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A government shutdown puts the health of millions of children at risk.
A government shutdown puts the health of millions of children at risk.

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Government shutdown 2023 update: Fat Bear Week in Alaska could be canceled

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Fat Bear Week brings people together to vote on the fattest Alaskan brown bear preparing for hibernation each year.

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Trump joked that he has been indicted more than famed mafia gangster Al Capone, who was eventually imprisoned

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Donald Trump (L), Al Capone (R).
Donald Trump (L), Al Capone (R).

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Cassidy Hutchinson says Ted Cruz told her not to be a 'tattletale' after she complained to Mark Meadows that Cruz crashed a Trump tarmac arrival in Texas

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Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

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