Ella Baron on the UK’s decision to go ahead with the Rosebank oil field – cartoon

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The Senate’s stopgap funding bill is less than 24 hours old. Some Republican senators already want changes.

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McCarthy still lacks votes for GOP stopgap, increasing odds of a shutdown

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Nancy Mace and Barbara Lee have introduced a bipartisan measure aimed at addressing the nation’s backlog of untested rape kits.

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MPs vow to fight new plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders

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The high-risk life of the bar-tailed godwit: endurance flyers under threat from development #birdoftheyear

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Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, is calling for Bob Menendez’ resignation.

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Ben Cardin still isn’t calling for Bob Menendez’s exit. But the Democratic caucus will discuss next steps Wednesday.

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The Tories’ huge new oilfield is a moral obscenity – but Rosebank can still be stopped | Caroline Lucas

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Even as the House and Senate took modest steps on spending, a government shutdown looks increasingly likely.

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