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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Senate Dems urge OSC to investigate whether Trump admin violated Hatch Act in redistricting push
The Hatch Act forbids government employees from engaging in political activity while on duty or in their official capacity as a federal employee. They also cannot solicit political contributions at any time, and cannot try to sway an election.
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Senate confirms Joe Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center
Kent, who previously served as an Army Ranger and in the Special Forces, was confirmed in a 52-44 split. Kent also served as a foreign policy advisor to Trump in 2021.
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You Vote: Do you support the bills that would ban stock trading by members of Congress?
The other Republican committee members argued that the bill would unfairly punish the wealthy and disincentivize some people from serving in Congress.
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Fetterman slams MTG's characterization of humanitarian situation in Gaza: 'Not a genocide'
Greene made waves earlier this week after she called the humanitarian crisis a “genocide” in a social media post. She also recently upped her attacks on Israel for its role in the crisis, claiming on Sunday that the situation in Gaza is "horrific."
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Senate panel advances congressional stock trading ban, Hawley the lone GOP yes vote
“We have an opportunity here today to do something that the public has wanted us to do for decades, and that is to ban members of Congress from profiting on information that, frankly, only members of Congress have,” Sen. Josh Hawley said
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SC GOP Rep. Norman fast out of the gate with gubernatorial bid: term limits, state-run DOGE
Other potential GOP primary candidates include Attorney General Alan Wilson, Rep. Nancy Mace and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.
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Texas GOP unveils new congressional maps, with 5 possible pickups
Ohio is also expected to redraw its maps to gain GOP seats and Democrats have mulled similar moves to counter their efforts.
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Jeffries to meet with Texas Democrats amid redistricting fight with Republicans
Democrats only hold 12 of the state's 38 congressional seats
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Senate narrowly confirms Emil Bove to sit on federal appeals court after whistleblower reports
The Senate confirmed Bove in a 50-49 split. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the confirmation.
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Cory Booker declares Democratic Party needs a 'wake up call' in fiery Senate speech
Booker said his party needed to "wake up" and stop its complicity with the Trump administration, demanding they fight back harder despite being a minority in all three branches of the federal government.