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Live Vote Count: House Stopgap Spending Measure  The New York Times McCarthy: ‘It’s only failure if you quit’  Reuters House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still has no plan to avert a government shutdown  MSNBC Republicans ‘still can’t get their s*** together’ – this week

Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, now in second year, aims to build connections between Lawndale’s African-American community and city’s Jews who used to live there

The city’s transit systems had resumed service, with some delays, as the rain abated on Saturday. The governor warned that climate change was making severe storms more common.

Ukraine hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government effort to ramp up weapons production within the country to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion and reduce foreign dependence on arms deliveries.

White House preps lawn to commemorate Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday  The Hill

Cassidy Hutchinson on her experience in Trump White House  PBS NewsHour

Former White House lawyer: Trump has ‘no defenses’ in New York fraud case  The Hill

Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of 21 hard-right holdouts opposed the package.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of 21 hard-right holdouts opposed the package.