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Republicans struggle to explain shutdown of the House
“This shutdown strategy is old and Republicans need to have new tactics,”
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas)
told House Republicans on a private call Tuesday afternoon,
as federal agencies passed their third week without funding.
Her critique highlighted the growing struggles that House Republicans face in their effort to try to force Democrats into opening up the federal government.

Ahead of the shutdown,…

Republicans struggle to explain shutdown of the House
Speaker Mike Johnson’s initial strategy to jam the Senate has not worked, but he refuses to change tactics.

The justice department’s release of a cherry-picked subset of highly redacted Epstein files on Friday
signaled how the agency is trying to bury and obfuscate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
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