Congress
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Senate confirms more than 100 Trump nominees amid government shutdown
Senators are not expected to vote on either of the competing continuing resolutions on Tuesday that seek to end the government shutdown, but did proceed to vote on the en bloc nominations.
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Senator Jim Banks urges Commerce department to probe 2020 Census miscounts
The senator claims the Biden administration used a controversial statistical method called differential privacy in the census and allegedly counted illegal migrants without confirming their citizenship status.
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FBI corruption probe picked up evidence Bill Clinton paid through backdoor, GOP senator says
Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley wants to know whether FBI and DOJ fully investigated the findings.
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Comer says he'll try to interrogate Clintons about Russiagate in addition to Epstein probe
'We would like to ask a lot of questions about that, so we'll try to get that in the deal, but I'm sure at the end of the day, the questions will be limited to Epstein,' Comer says
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Huckabee accuses CBS of deceptive editing of interview on Israel
Multiple sections of the full interview did not make it into the version that was aired
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MTG says AIPAC should register as a foreign lobbyist after pushback for Gaza genocide comments
Greene said that AIPAC started sending out fundraising attack emails about her after she said that the genocide, starvation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza was horrific, like the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Comer reveals House Oversight will hold hearing on federalizing Washington, D.C. after recess
Both chambers of Congress are currently out for their annual August recess, where lawmakers and senators return to their home districts in order to meet with constituents and take a month-long break from Capitol Hill.
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Save Our Shrimpers Act remains stalled in Congress
The bill, introduced in March by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and backed by 17 bipartisan co-sponsors from shrimp-producing states like Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, would prohibit federal funds from being used by international financial institutions to support foreign shrimp farms or processing facilities.
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Tennessee GOP Reps. Ogles, Burchett hint at Senate bid following Blackburn's gubernatorial run
Both Ogles and Burchett confirmed to The Hill newspaper that they were both interested in the seat.
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Tennessee lawmakers eye Blackburn's Senate seat as she enters 2026 gubernatorial race
Blackburn is the latest Republican lawmaker to announce a bid to lead their home state next year. South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace announced on Monday that she is running for governor of her state.
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Utah GOP Rep. Owens says Democrats lack wisdom in overreacting to Texas redistricting
Texas Democrats fled the state in a bid to deny Republicans a quorum and thereby prevent a redistricting effort expected to favor Republicans.
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Hawaii's Brian Schatz locks in support to replace Durbin as Senate minority whip in 2027
If elected to the post next year, it would mark the biggest shake-up for Senate Democrats since Schumer became leader after the 2016 election.
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Johnson vows to end use of term 'West Bank' in federal government, use 'Judea and Samaria' instead
“Every corner of this land is important to us," Johnson said. "It is an inseparable part of our faith, and therefore, its meaning to us is tremendous. But to be here, exactly where you are, at the true cradle of our beliefs, is even more significant.”