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Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script. Read full article

Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote. Read full article

Thumbs-down emojis flowed onscreen as Washington-area employees learned they would have to show up five days a week. Their union called the move “callous.” Read full article

The 222-to-209 House vote sent the legislation to President Trump’s desk, heralding an end to the shutdown after 43 days. Read full article

The judge raised concerns that federal agents may have violated terms of a consent decree during their immigration enforcement crackdown in Illinois. Read full article

Dana Williamson, a top Democratic consultant in California, was accused of conspiring to skim over $200,000 in campaign funds that belonged to a Biden administration official. Read full article

The emails are the latest disclosure in a sex-trafficking scandal that still occupies a central role in American politics six years after the disgraced financier was found dead in a Manhattan prison cell. Read full article

Some programs like SNAP could be restored within hours, while other effects could take longer to unravel. Read full article

Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump. Read full article

What the government shutdown revealed about Trump’s America. Read full article