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Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the bipartisan coalition needed to move forward.

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Democrats have misused budget jargon to assail the Republican budget proposal as “dirty,” but the bill is considered “clean.”

A judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said that what appeared to be a kind of grand jury forum shopping seemed to have broken “decades-long norms and the rule of law.”

The U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world have been given little information about the planned event.

The ad battle is stark: Democracy is under attack, and it’s up to voters to save it.

An opposition movement whose figures have met with U.S. officials says it is communicating with Washington on plans to dismantle Nicolás Maduro’s “criminal structure.”

The F.B.I. is searching homes connected with the attacker, who died at the scene, and his family, who are cooperating with the authorities.

Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential power and shrink federal bureaucracy. Now he is moving closer to making that vision a reality, threatening to erode …