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ABC News Fact-checked Trump 7 Times; Never Fact-checked Kamala Once

ABC News moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir intervened during Tuesday night’s presidential debate to “fact-check” former President Donald Trump at least seven times, but never did so with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Fact Check: ABC Moderators Silent as Kamala Harris Repeats the Charlottesville ‘Very Fine People’ Hoax

Vice President Kamala Harris pulled out the old “very fine people” hoax — not for the first time. She has used it on the campaign trail, and even used it during the vice presidential debate in 2020, when Mike Pence corrected her onstage.
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Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown advances to House-wide vote as Republicans defect

House Republicans’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown and crack down on election security surpassed a key hurdle Monday evening, though it’s headed for an uncertain fate in a chamber-wide vote this week.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is aiming to pass legislation combining a six-month extension of fiscal year 2024’s federal funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), and a House GOP bill to mandate proof of citizenship in the voter registration process.

McCaul says he will hold Blinken in contempt after State Department shrugs off his demands for testimony

Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul said he still intends to haul in Antony Blinken on the Afghanistan withdrawal even after his sprawling report was completed, and will hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply. “This was a catastrophic failure of epic proportions,” the Texas Republican told reporters on Monday. “This is a disgrace. I will hold him in contempt if that’s what it takes to bring him before the American people.

Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown

House GOP leaders’ plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this month could be derailed by mounting opposition from fiscal hawks within their own party.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rolled out legislation late last week to extend the current year’s government funding levels through March via a continuing resolution (CR) to give congressional negotiators more time to work out the next fiscal year’s spending priorities.

White House pushes back against scathing report on Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan

The White House pushed back on a report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers criticizing President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, calling the report partisan and offering “little or nothing new.”Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden’s claims that his hands were tied to the agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S.