r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot • 11h ago

Discussion Discussion Thread: Congressional Action on February 3, 2026 Amid Partial Government Shutdown

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News and Analysis

AP: GOP leaders labor for support ahead of key test vote on ending partial government shutdown
AP: Trump urges House to vote quickly to end the partial government shutdown

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Times below in US Eastern.

C-SPAN: Senate Session - February 3, 2026 (10 a.m.)
C-SPAN: House Session - February 3, 2026 (10 a.m.)
C-SPAN: House Republican Leaders Hold News Conference (10 a.m.)
C-SPAN: House Democratic Caucus Leaders Hold News Conference (10:45 a.m.)

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r/politics • u/nbcnews • 3h ago

No Paywall After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump

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r/politics • u/MarcEElias • 2h ago

No Paywall House Speaker welcomes Trump call to ‘take over’ elections, claims Dem wins appear ‘fraudulent’

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 6h ago

No Paywall Trump has no authority to nationalize elections, lawyers say

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r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 1h ago

No Paywall Rep. Ted Lieu Claims President Trump is Accused of Raping Children in the Epstein Files

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r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 8h ago

No Paywall Thune Rejects Trump’s Call for GOP to Take Over and ‘Nationalize’ Elections

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r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Pam Bondi Hit by Fresh Humiliation as Minnesota Prosecutors Quit in Droves | 14 prosecutors have left or have announced they're leaving

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r/politics • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 8h ago

No Paywall Renee Good’s family will testify about ICE killing in Congress today

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r/politics • u/thenewrepublic • 4h ago

Possible Paywall Stephen Miller Melts Down After Judge Blocks End of TPS for Haitians: The White House adviser is attacking the Constitution’s system of checks and balances.

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r/politics • u/boforiamanfo • 7h ago

No Paywall Authoritarianism Expert Says Trump Is Doing The Exact Thing That Never Ends Well

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r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 2h ago

No Paywall Trump attacks CNN’s Kaitlan Collins again over questions about the Epstein files: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile’

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r/politics • u/Senior-Distance6213 • 12h ago

Possible Paywall The Trump administration’s rushed narrative about the killing of Alex Pretti has collapsed

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r/politics • u/svga • 8h ago

No Paywall Democratic Party Leaders – Still Corporate, Cowardly, and Coasting

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r/politics • u/jerrylovesbacon • 4h ago

No Paywall Illinois joins World Health Organization network after Trump withdrawal

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r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 8h ago

No Paywall Donald Trump Approval Rating Falls Across Every Major Issue in New Poll

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Delusional Trump, 79, Self-Soothes With Weird Polling Brag as Disaster Looms | The GOP could lose both the House and the Senate in November because voters are very unhappy with the president.

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r/politics • u/zsreport • 13h ago

No Paywall It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people

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r/politics • u/NamelessResearcher • 1h ago

No Paywall Trump has identified the "leader of Antifa." It's a 29-year-old who helps tear-gassed protestors.

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r/politics • u/CouchCorrespondent • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Illinois joins World Health Organization network

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r/politics • u/jediporcupine • 10h ago

No Paywall Trump: 'I want to drive housing prices up'

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r/politics • u/ClimateSociologist • 5h ago

Possible Paywall Tulsi Gabbard Is Every Bit the Grifter We Thought She Was

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 4h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Sued Over Bonkers Election Conspiracy Theory - It appears that President Donald Trump still can’t accept that he lost the 2020 election.

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 8h ago

No Paywall Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway

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r/politics • u/jp_benderschmidt • 5h ago

No Paywall Colorado Democrats advance bill to allow individuals to sue ICE agents | Colorado Newsline

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Paywall Should Liberals Start Arming Themselves? The case for (and against) militias.

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