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With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore …

FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee to propose amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what …

FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee to propose amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What …

FILE - The Capitol is seen in Washington, Sept. 20, 2021. The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Bribery case against Sen. Menendez shines light on powerful …

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, talks about a display of photos of evidence in an indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., during a news conference, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York. The sweeping bribery case brought against Menendez includes allegations that he took cash and gold in exchange for interfering in a criminal case against a New Jersey real estate developer.(AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

White House preparing for government shutdown as House …

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., propose amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill before the House Rules Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical …

FILE - In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. A military judge is expected to rule as soon as Thursday whether al-Shibh’s mental issues render him incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Capitol rioter who attacked AP photographer and police …

FILE - The statement of facts to support the arrest warrant for Rodney Milstreed of Finksburg, Md., is photographed Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

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US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational …

Armed members of "G9 and Family" march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Judge peppers lawyers in prelude to trial of New …

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Gun violence is the ultimate ‘superstorm,’ President …

President Joe Biden speaks about gun safety on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold …

FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery. Federal prosecutors on Friday announced the charges against the 69-year-old Democrat nearly six years after an earlier criminal case against him ended with a deadlocked jury. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

McCarthy hopes to pass GOP funding stopgap before …

Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gestures as he talks to supporters during an early voting rally Thursday Sep. 21, 2023, in Petersburg, Va. Every Virginia legislative seat will be on the ballot in the November election, and both parties see a possible path to a majority. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

US contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on …

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)