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Prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against three nurses who were present when 12 Florida nursing home patients suffered fatal overheating five years ago after Hurricane Irma

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying McConnell on high-stakes issues.

Democrats appear to have gotten the Republican challengers they wanted in two competitive New Hampshire races on Tuesday, while the Republican winner of a third race was opposed by GOP super PACs.

September 8, 2022

Same-sex marriage doesn't have "strong bipartisan support." Most Republicans in Congress reject it