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The Associated Press reports: New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that could reshape congressional districts in the state, which is expected to be a key battleground next year in the fight for control of the U.S. House. The Court of Appeals is holding the hearing in Buffalo as Democrats seek to scrap the state’s district …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, has ended his run for his old seat in the Texas Senate, just 24 hours after announcing his campaign. Instead, Fallon’s staff confirmed he will seek reelection to Texas’ 4th Congressional District, which extends from the Dallas suburbs to the Red River in the border with Oklahoma. Fallon began a tele-town …

NBC News reports: The House passed its continuing resolution, or “CR,” sending it to the Senate to avoid a shutdown. The U.S. government will run out of money at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if Congress fails to act this week. The plan devised by new Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., would extend funding for some government agencies through mid-January and others through …

CNN reports: GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him in the back Tuesday morning while Burchett was talking to a reporter, the latest sign of how tense the dynamics are in the House GOP conference. McCarthy denied the incident to CNN, saying, “I didn’t shove or elbow him. It’s a tight hallway.” …

“Separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote is not in the Constitution. And what he was explaining is they did not want the government to encroach upon the church, not that they didn’t want principles of faith to have influence on …

The New York Times reports: A second person connected to the campaign of Representative George Santos of New York has pleaded guilty to federal charges, an ominous sign as the embattled congressman’s own case moves closer to trial. Samuel Miele pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of wire fraud in connection to a fund-raising scheme for his and Mr. …

“Listen, there are a lot of people in Washington who’s saying things that are not accurate all the time. Everybody does. We’re all human. But I’ll say this about President Trump with regard to that to the election, and what he believes about that, that is deep in his heart. I mean, I’ve talked to him personally about it. Many …

Politico reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has evaded two efforts this year to oust him from the House. A third time could end up differently, depending on the results of a long-awaited ethics report this week. The House Ethics Committee is slated to release the findings of its investigation into Santos regarding a slew of charges, including campaign finance fraud …

“We just came off of an election in Virginia. And the narrative now is, ‘Oh, abortion is a loser. We got to surrender on abortion. We got to give in on abortion. We’ve got to be like the Democrats on abortion. Then maybe we can win elections.’ I would argue what’s the point of winning elections if you’re not going …

Axios reports: The House on Monday voted to kill a resolution introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Greene’s decision to force a vote on impeaching Mayorkas forced vulnerable Republicans to take a politically risky vote on an impeachment many still view as half-baked. Eight Republicans voted with Democrats to block the …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, a Dallas-area Republican who has held his post for two decades, will not seek re-election next year, he announced Monday. “It has been the honor of my life to have gone from a small-town doctor delivering babies, with no prior political experience, to elected to represent my friends and neighbors in the …

Playbook reports: With just four days until a government shutdown, the race is on to see whether Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a two-pronged clean continuing resolution can peel off enough House Democrats to make up for Republican defections. (That’s to say nothing of what will happen with the Senate and White House, of course.) The number of GOP members …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) will not seek reelection in Virginia’s 7th District next year so she can run for Virginia governor in 2025, according to two people familiar with the Democrat’s plans. Spanberger, who won a third term last year in one of the state’s most competitive swing districts, will announce her gubernatorial bid very soon, …

The Associated Press reports: The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state’s Black voters, a federal New Orleans appeals court said Friday. However, whether current Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards will call a special session to redraw …

The Hill reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rolled out a two-step government funding stopgap bill on Saturday, settling on an unusual approach to avert a government shutdown that is already getting pushback from Republicans with just days until a Friday funding deadline. The “laddered” continuing resolution (CR) released Saturday would have some funding run out on Jan. 19, and …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Tex., said he doesn’t think “the lord Jesus himself” could manage the House Republican Conference as they went home for a long weekend after failing to make advancements in budget negotiations to avoid a government shutdown. Nehls comments came during an interview with NBC News, which reported similar remarks from other House Republicans. “We’re …

The Washington Post reports: Moody’s on Friday offered a sharp rebuke of political dysfunction in the United States, with the credit-rating agency changing its outlook for U.S. sovereign debt to negative from stable and warning that “continued political polarization” in Congress threatens the country’s fiscal strength. The agency, though, left the nation’s AAA credit score intact for now, keeping it …

“It’s no fun to be lied about and maligned and misquoted. You faced that in your time in service and [in your] career as well. I’ve got a resilient little team here [in my] family. I’m blessed. Kelly is a woman of strong faith. She knows she believes God called us to this. “And so she’s being sustained by the …

Rolling Stone reports: The flag — which Rolling Stone has confirmed hangs outside his district office in the Cannon House Office Building — is white with a simple evergreen tree in the center and the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven” at the top. Historically, this flag was a Revolutionary War banner, commissioned by George Washington as a naval flag for …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has brought his quarrel with ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to the big screen in a documentary-style short film titled “Gaveled Out: Return of the People’s House,” which he posted to X on Friday. The 13-minute movie starts in January with McCarthy’s difficult election to the speakership where he was shown asking …