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Keeping the government open presents a major test for new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has faced competing demands from different factions in his party.

The Washington Post recorded how Republicans and Democrats voted on a short-term government funding bill.

The breakdowns in decorum came on a day when lawmakers were laboring to avoid a government shutdown and make sure they can leave town ahead of a Thanksgiving break.

Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) were involved in an alleged physical altercation. The scene comes as the GOP is riven with often-immature personal feuds.

With many Republicans refusing to back more government spending, Democrats supplied the bulk of the votes to extend federal funding through early 2024.

A mission to rescue cancer-stricken children from the violence in Gaza has involved multiple countries and last-minute connections in the chaos of war.

A number of skirmishes unfolded in Congress as tempers flared ahead of a government shutdown deadline and Thanksgiving holiday break.

Speaker Mike Johnson, then a Republican state lawmaker, posted on social media that Donald J. Trump lacked the character and morality to be president and could be vindictive.

The ruling notches a preliminary victory for Donald Trump in a nationwide battle over his eligibility to run for president again, even as he faces a wave of legal scrutiny in other cases.