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A fundraising appeal from a Republican congressional candidate in Michigan claimed to confirm an appointment for a child's "gender reassignment" surgery the following day, urging the recipient to click through if they have "any issues" with the operation.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers universally loathe running the government on stopgap funding. But as the House voted last week to extend stagnant spending levels into the sixth month of the fiscal year, there was one particularly frustrated group.