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• There are only two nominees this round: McCarthy and Jeffries
• What happens to Social Security payments and more in a shutdown
• Debt ceiling vote news: Biden-McCarthy plan passes, heads to Senate
• Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously
• House passes Speaker Johnson's bill to avert government shutdown: Recap
• McCarthy appears poised to lose the 13th vote for speaker

Biden aide Steve Ricchetti ordered pizza tonight for White House staff members who watched the vote in the West Wing, a White House official said. Right up until the end, the White House was exploring contingency plans in case the high-stakes talks with Republicans to raise the debt ceiling and avert economic disaster collapsed. I hope we can move the bill quickly here in the Senate and bring it to the president’s desk as soon as possible," Schumer said. Schumer just placed the debt limit bill on the Senate calendar so senators can start the process to pass it tomorrow. The measure could take several days to get through the Senate, depending on whether all senators agree to move forward quickly.

There are only two nominees this round: McCarthy and Jeffries

United Sovereign Americans is part of a cottage industry of far-right election deniers that has sown disinformation since Trump lost his reelection bid. The group aims to scrutinize elections with a legal strategy that can “throw massive amounts of sand in their gears,” Hornik said during a February presentation in Orange County. But election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in their favor, it could sow doubts about the integrity of a presidential rematch between President Biden and Donald Trump. “Counter protestors continue fighting in front of police line about 100ft away,” a CalMatters reporter tweeted shortly before 2am. Fights between both groups ensued, with people grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another, according to reports and video from the scene. People threw chairs and other objects and at one point a group piled on a person on the ground, kicking and beating them with sticks until others pulled them out of the scrum.

Government shutdown bill live updates: House passes stopgap bill - NBC News

Government shutdown bill live updates: House passes stopgap bill.

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What happens to Social Security payments and more in a shutdown

Aaron Fritschner, chief of staff for Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., tweeted this morning that the House Democratic whip told them not to leave Washington until a speaker is elected. He's also agreed to install new term limits for members and get more of these defectors on key committees, moves that would significantly weaken him if he does get the job. At least one Capitol Hill institution has a new speaker already — in fact, it's chosen several in half the time the House has taken to pick its leader. Soon, speaker candidates will be nominated by members of their party and the 12th vote will begin.

Debt ceiling vote news: Biden-McCarthy plan passes, heads to Senate

Add them together and you have one of the swingiest swing districts in the state. But if Republicans were hoping a soft-spoken moderate could pick off well-heeled centrist voters turned off by Porter’s banker-bashing, they aren’t getting that with Baugh. An Orange County Republican leader and former Assemblymember, Baugh has a reputation for sharp-elbowed campaign tactics, which he recently put to use helping to defeat Republican Tyler Diep, an Assembly moderate. Few members of Congress have attained the profile that Democrat Porter has captured in her four short years on the national stage. A consumer bankruptcy law professor and a protégé of progressive icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Porter exhibited an early knack for eviscerating titans of finance and corporate CEOs while on the House Financial Services Committee. That won the hearts of progressives and populists across the nation and turned her into one of Congress’ most formidable fundraisers.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week

"Speaker Johnson has been on the job for what, two or three weeks now?" Good continued. "Here’s what I’ve said about Speaker Johnson. He did not set the table. He did not cause the situation that has come to pass," Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., said. "We’re going to have to get through it. But we need something better than this." Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., accused former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him in the kidneys this morning. Democrats support aid for Israel but oppose the House's bill because it cuts funding to ramp up IRS enforcement. As a result, it would add billions to the deficit, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Pennsylvania primary election 2024: Results, updates on candidates, races, polls.

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Among the bevy of Republicans who eagerly lined up to take him on this year, Maryott emerged the clear victor in the June primary. The former mayor of San Juan Capistrano and retired financial planner ran against Levin in 2020 by leaning into his reputation as a smart, fiscally conservative money guy. This year he’s once again steering clear of the most incendiary hot-button issues that could alienate the area’s well-to-do voters, hoping that name recognition, a less favorable environment for Democrats and the new district will be enough to put him over the top. Like Republican congressional candidates in competitive races across both the state and the country, he’s been particularly cagey about his position on national abortion policy.

House passes Speaker Johnson's bill to avert government shutdown: Recap

Gaetz called McCarthy the "LeBron James of special-interest fundraising," but said other qualities should be considered more important and that Rep. Jim Jordan has those. In a relatively short nomination speech, she called him a "fighter" and the person who could "unite this Republican caucus." A staunch McCarthy opponent, Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., began voting for Kevin Hern, R-Okla., during the ninth round of voting yesterday. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida flipped, casting her vote for McCarthy "pending negotiations in good faith that they'll outlive this entire conference."

McCarthy appears poised to lose the 13th vote for speaker

Sen. Alex Padilla, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom when Kamala Harris left the Senate to become vice president, is facing off against GOP attorney Mark Meuser — twice. He's running to complete Harris' term through Jan. 3, as well as for a full six-year stint. Some U.S. lawmakers said coming to Ukraine’s aid now had helped avert sending a dangerous signal of U.S. weakness to Moscow. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was confident the U.S. would be able to resume shipments of equipment by the end of the week. As the political infighting dragged on in Washington, Ukrainian officials expressed particular alarm over the systematic destruction of crucial energy infrastructure, such as a power plant wrecked by missiles outside Kyiv this month. In some parts of the country, the targeting of electricity-generating plants has caused power cuts of a scope and duration comparable to those seen much earlier in the war.

Behind Greene was a large poster of a photo of Johnson and Jeffries, with the Democrat passing the speaker's gavel to the Republican. A hat sat on top of the poster with the acronym "MUGA," which Greene said stands for "Make Ukraine Great Again." Johnson has been unable to command his razor-thin majority to work together on party priorities and has been forced him into the arms of Democrats for the votes needed to approve most big bills — and now, to keep his job.

Hornik’s allies at Election Integrity Project California claim to have counted 257,894 people who voted in the state’s election despite potentially being ineligible to cast ballots. But they did not explain their criteria for identifying alleged discrepancies in the voter rolls, raising serious questions about their count. Similar lawsuits are expected in coming weeks in California, Ohio, Illinois, Texas and several other states, Hornik said in an interview.

Sweeping up the cities south of Riverside in a valley-spanning “U,” before bounding over the San Jacinto Mountains and landing in downtown Palm Springs, this district gobbles up some of the fastest growing cities, suburbs and exurbs in California. With so many priced-out Angelenos making up the population growth, it’s also shifted rapidly in recent years from reliably conservative to an ideological mishmash. A nut and grape grower with farmland spread across multiple Central Valley counties, Duarte first achieved prominence in conservative circles for engaging in a lengthy legal battle with the federal government over water regulations. He ended up settling, but the experience has allowed him to run as a champion of drought-parched farmers and red tape-burdened business owners. We are dedicated to keeping Californians informed on critical state news.

But Porter’s progressive cred has always been an odd fit for Central Orange County, even if the region’s voters are shifting away from the GOP. Since before the primary, Steel has repeatedly depicted Chen as a lefty extremist. That’s in part by pointing out his past as a delegate to the presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The House on Saturday passed a key package that provides aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region, while also addressing GOP legislative priorities, such as sanctions on Iran and a potential ban on TikTok. In March, House lawmakers approved a bill that would give TikTok roughly six months to sell or the app would be prohibited from US app stores and from “internet hosting services” that support it. Some members of Congress were eager to assist them in that aim and later that day voted against the certification. And there's a notable overlap between those members and the ones causing a stir again this week. McCarthy made a new offer to his opponents and while there's no deal yet, Republican negotiations will continue today, NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales says.

He missed the first speaker vote of the day — the 12th in total — for his surgery. "Washington and Congress are broken. If the agreement we were able to finalize over the last few days is implemented, it will be the greatest change in how the House operates and becomes much more responsive to the American people in a least two generations." Though he lost the 13th round of voting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California continues to chip away at his opposition, having just flipped 15 Republicans who previously voted against him.

Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, a McCarthy supporter, says they are halfway to locking in votes from the 20 holdouts (McCarthy can only afford to lose four of his members). He's also made new concessions to install new term limits for members and get more of these defectors on key committees — moves that Grisales says would "significantly weaken him" if he does get the job. McCarthy has said he made another big concession, again lowering the threshold to allow just one member to call for a vote to oust him if he does become speaker. McCarthy ally Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina said he believed it would be “a good evening” and said several holdouts were negotiating in good faith. McHenry acknowledged that any deal would need assurances and be socialized among the broader GOP conference. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland said he didn’t know about any deal, while Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee wouldn’t answer when asked if there was an agreement on paper.

GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie railed on House Speaker Mike Johnson and his handling of the foreign aid bills, despite deciding not to move to oust the speaker Saturday. Senators could try to strip out the TikTok legislation, but policy analysts view it as unlikely, as quickly approving the foreign aid is a top congressional priority. House lawmakers have once again passed legislation that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, renewing a massive threat to the company’s US operations. Of the group of 20 Republicans who keep voting against McCarthy, only one who was in Congress at the time of that fateful joint session actually voted to certify the election.