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Washington — The House is voting Thursday on the remaining bills to fund the government as the deadline to avoid a partial shutdown nears. After weeks of working through funding measures following the longest shutdown in history last year, House and Senate appropriators released the text of the final four bills earlier this week. The

Josh Shapiro, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, writes in his upcoming memoir, “Where We Keep the Light,” that he was asked during the vetting process to be Kamala Harris’ running mate if he had ever been an agent for the Israeli government. He says the questions felt offensive and questioned his loyalty to the country,

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, heaped praise on Smith in his opening remarks, thanking him for appearing before the committee and for his work, despite intense criticism from the GOP and the president.  “Mr. Smith, thank you for appearing before the American people. I’m glad that the committee has finally granted

The Office of Management and Budget, directed by Russell Vought, has ordered nearly all federal agencies to compile a detailed report of how much funding each one provides to a list of blue states, according to documents reviewed by CBS News. The Jan. 20 memo does not explain why the Trump administration wants the information