US Politics — Today

Two centrist Democrats crossed party lines to rescue the Republican legislative agenda on Tuesday, delivering a stunning blow to their own leadership just as the GOP's majority shrank to a paper-thin 218-213. The House passed its procedural rule 210-208 — a vote that almost never breaks along party lines — only because Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) sided with Republicans after five GOP hardliners...