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The Wisconsin State Capitol is seen from Bascom Hill on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

WisconsinEye may shut down due to lack of funding

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks from the chamber to speak with reporters after the final vote to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own

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Emotions run high over bill to hunt sandhill cranes in Wisconsin

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall in Houston, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

Why Trump's plan to help GOP keep control of the House could backfire

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate

Contrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows – and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it

FILE - Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and fellow Democrats speak about the health care fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans promised health care negotiations after the shutdown, but Democrats are wary

FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Takeaways from the newly released Epstein documents

FILE - This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump 'knew about the girls' and spent time with a victim

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after final Senate passage of the stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Health care subsidies still divide Congress as government shutdown nearer to an end

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after final Senate passage of the stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Bill to end government shutdown awaits final House vote after passing the Senate

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives to meet with fellow Republicans behind closed doors to discuss proposals on ending the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What's in the legislation to end the federal government shutdown

Volunteer Bruce Toben packs groceries durning an emergency food distribution at the at The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Mitzvah Food Program in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen - Wisconsin will run out of SNAP money

Governor Tony Evers

Gov. Evers Urges Members of Congress to Condemn Trump Administration Attempts to Yank FoodShare Payments from Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites

Speaking to reporters, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., responds to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government if Republicans extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, day 38 of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate is poised to take the first steps to end 40-day shutdown

FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

Trump administration demands states "undo" full SNAP payouts as states warn of "catastrophic impact"

Speaking to reporters, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., responds to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government if Republicans extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, day 38 of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown reaches its 40th day as senators work through a crucial weekend

FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Voters’ anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midterms

Speaking to reporters, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., responds to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government if Republicans extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, day 38 of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump signals no shutdown compromise with Democrats as senators schedule rare weekend session

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