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Timely troop pay is now in Trump's hands
President Donald Trump is now the only person with the power to keep 1.3 million active-duty military members from missing…
Capitol agenda: No deal as the shutdown marches toward Week Three
Lawmakers are desperately throwing around ideas on how to end the shutdown as it heads toward its third week — and as…
Mike Johnson sticks to no-show shutdown strategy as resistance mounts
For Mike Johnson, not showing up is the entire battle. The speaker made clear Thursday — eight days into the government…
Pressuring Democrats, Johnson rules out standalone troop pay bill
Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans on a private call Thursday that he doesn’t plan to put a standalone bill to pay…
Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse
The Senate broke a monthlong impasse on its annual defense policy bill and secured a deal that could see the legislation…
Wesley Hunt’s Texas Senate campaign helps John Cornyn, poll finds
For Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the more the merrier. Despite the entry of Rep. Wesley Hunt into Texas’ ferocious GOP Senate…
IRS pulls back on promise of back pay for idled workers
The IRS is walking back guidance on back pay for staffers a day after the agency furloughed almost half its employees and…
Schumer remarks under GOP spotlight as Senate again rejects funding bills
The Senate rejected dueling bills to fund the government for a seventh time Thursday, as the federal shutdown appears all…
Senate won’t touch filibuster to end shutdown, Thune says
Senate Majority Leader John Thune shot down speculation that Republicans would deploy the so-called nuclear option to break…
Capitol agenda: Schumer keeps his critics at bay
Chuck Schumer is winning over critics who bashed him for surrendering during this spring’s shutdown standoff. That could…