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Why legendary South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn wants young voters to 'be selfish' this election
Rep. Jim Clyburn told Yahoo News that young and Black voters could decide the 2024 presidential election as young voters start to lean less on Biden as their favored candidate.
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Attorney General Garland gets emotional in House hearing on DOJ 'politicization'
Attorney General Merrick Garland is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Can GOP moderates in the House outflank the right?
Kevin McCarthy’s weeklong fight to become speaker of the House was called an embarrassment and a fiasco by many, but one of Washington’s most trusted voices on how to reform and improve Congress saw something much more positive.
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Kevin McCarthy may have just won himself the most dysfunctional Congress ever
Exhausted by the last few days of drama on Capitol Hill? Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California failed to win the House speaker’s gavel 14 times before finally eking out a slim majority late Friday night — but you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy will likely win speaker's gavel
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the six remaining holdouts opposing Kevin McCarthy for speaker, said Friday afternoon that he thinks McCarthy will probably win the gavel.
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Mulvaney on Republicans who voted against McCarthy: 'A lot of these guys like to be famous'
Former Trump acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Yahoo News Tuesday he could not wrap his head around the intransigence on display from nearly two dozen House Republicans who voted three times in a row to block Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from becoming the next House Speaker.
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White House, Democrats revel in GOP 'disarray' as McCarthy speakership bid flounders
By Tuesday evening, Kevin McCarthy was dealt three embarrassing losses, but he and his allies vowed to stick it out for additional ballots.
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Poll: Democrats lead Republicans among those who say they'll 'definitely' vote in midterms
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Democrats are heading into the homestretch of the 2022 midterm campaign with a lead over Republicans among registered voters — including those who say they “definitely will vote” this year.
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Pelosi says Democrats are seeking abortion rights law, calls for end of filibuster
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Democrats want to pass legislation that would guarantee access to abortions, protect women’s health care data and enshrine other federal protections, after the Supreme Court struck down federal abortion rights.
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Under pressure from progressive lawmakers like Rep. Cori Bush, the CDC extends eviction moratorium
Under pressure from progressive lawmakers, particularly Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new eviction moratorium aimed at curbing transmission of COVID-19 that will remain in effect until Oct. 3.
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'Skullduggery' political podcast: 'The Republican party’s civil war' (with Barbara Comstock) — May 15, 2021
Former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, R-Va., joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti on this episode to discuss this internecine struggle in the GOP, as well as to give her take on the ostracization of Liz Cheney and coronation of Elise Stefanik, based on her personal relationships with both women. She details her vision for a reformed, policy-driven post-Trump Republican party. But is that what Republican voters want?
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Cheney, stripped of leadership position, vows to keep Trump from returning to presidency
House Republicans stripped Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., of a leadership position Wednesday, rejecting her insistence that the GOP tell the truth about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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HBCUs receive windfall from American Rescue Plan
Thanks to a provision in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, historically Black colleges and universities, predominantly Black institutions and other minority-serving institutions will receive a record $3 billion in relief funding.
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Citing March 4 security threat, House cancels Thursday session
The House of Representatives decided Wednesday to cancel its scheduled session on Thursday due to what authorities deemed credible reports of a second possible attack on the Capitol.
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Is ‘defund the police’ political poison for Democrats?
Activists who call for defunding the police have been accused of costing Democrats winnable races in swing districts. Is the movement alienating moderate voters?
