Former President Trump said there are “a lot of good choices” to replace Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the GOP Senate leader, but he declined to say whom he preferred. “I hear he’s not going to be leader, and he’s taken that step and a lot of people are calling me to politic for that particular…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Wednesday that congressional negotiators are “very close” to reaching a deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week, announcing that they “continue to make very good progress on an agreement.” Schumer reiterated his arguments made at a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)…