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  Defending champion France ended Morocco’s 2022 World Cup dream on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 victory at the Al Bayt Stadium. Theo Hernández scored on five minutes with an acrobatic finish, with substitute Randal Kolo Muani tapping home late on as France reached its fourth World Cup final just four years after winning in Russia. But Morocco, the first African team to reach the semifinal stage of the World Cup, can go home with its head held high after running France close before Kolo Muani’s decisive strike. France is the first defending World Cup champion to reach the final in two decades. Lionel Messi and Argentina now await as France seeks to win back-to-back World Cup titles. “Here we go again. It’s just an amazing feeling,” France captain Hugo Lloris said afterward, per FIFA. “We suffered a lot, especially in the second half. We played too deep and they showed they’re not a team only focused on defending. They know how to attack. They deserve a lot of credit for this World Cup...

The showcase showdown of Kevin McCarthy's battle to win over conservatives may come down to how many Republicans have to agree on voting to boot him. Kevin McCarthy is getting pulled into a new game with conservatives whose votes he needs next month to become speaker: “The Price is Right.” At the heart of the House GOP leader’s latest battle of wits with his critics on the right is what’s known as the “motion to vacate the chair,” which allows members to force a vote on deposing a sitting speaker. The tool became notorious in 2015 when conservatives threatened to use it against then-Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), but outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) abolished it — and now McCarthy allies want its use severely restricted amid a fist-tight majority. McCarthy’s camp hoped they had settled with the GOP conference’s conservatives on a deal requiring a majority of its members to support a motion to vacate. But the right price to rein in the California Republican’s rowdy detractor...

House lawmakers averted a partial government shutdown on Wednesday night after approving a short-term funding bill that will last through Dec. 23. The one-week extension was approved in a 224-201 vote, with all congressional Democrats and nine Republicans voting in favor of it. The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen during the second day of orientation for new members of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 14, 2022.  The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen during the second day of orientation for new members of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Monday, November 14, 2022.  (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The short-term bill will give lawmakers one week to hammer out the details of a long-term spending bill of roughly 1.7 trillion dollars. Once a compromise is reached, the bill will go before the Senate for a vote, then to President Biden to become a law. Overwhelmingly, Republican lawmakers oppose...