Politics

• House passes government funding, averting shutdown threat
  Meanwhile, there are early signals that lawmakers will soon have to haggle over additional disaster aid in the wake of Hurricane Ian's destruction.
• McCarthy downplays calls for Biden impeachment: 'We will not play politics'
  McCarthy downplays calls for Biden impeachment: 'We will not play politics' lead image
• Watch the throne: Race for 2024's House GOP campaign king is already on
  Reps. Richard Hudson and Darin LaHood bring similar backgrounds to the race to lead the National Republican Congressional Committee during a tough cycle.
• ‘Reason to worry’: Italy's Meloni holds a mirror to Trump's GOP
  Rome's incoming prime minister is a darling of U.S. conservatives with a history of far-right rhetoric on immigration. And when it comes to Ukraine, she epitomizes the Republican Party's foreign policy push-pull.
• Poll: Majority supports reforming electoral vote count law
  A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll finds voters want to strengthen the 19th-century law Trump tried to exploit after the 2020 election.