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Jeffries rejects possible one-year extension on Obamacare tax subsidies amid funding showdown
Virginia GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans is reportedly floating the one-year extension on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as a possible starting point for negotiations on reopening the government, which has been shut down since last week.
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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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Scandals heat up Washington as Congress begins to simmer
The investigation into Biden's mental and physical fitness continues, with more witnesses expected to appear before the House Oversight Committee in the coming week.
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Minority Leader Jeffries slams Trump on Israel-Hamas war, calls for more humanitarian aid to Gaza
Jeffries called for the ceasefire deal under former President Joe Biden to be reinstated.
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Senate Republicans urge White House to release appropriated NIH funds
The funding was approved in Congress' stopgap government funding package that was passed and signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
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European Union secretly pressures U.S. firms to censor immigration criticism, memes: House GOP
"We need to take back our country" is "coded language to express anti-Muslim sentiment," off-the-record workshop tells platforms. Poland complains to TikTok about post calling electric cars "neither ecological nor economical."
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House Republicans brace for constituent backlash over Epstein files as they return home for break
Forcing disclosure of the materials from the investigations was delayed, to the consternation of many GOP and Dem voters, but they will have to come to a decision on their return from recess. The question becomes what the lawmakers can -- or will -- do.
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Republicans target China as security threat to U.S. real estate, schools, farmland
Long considered a foreign adversary, China has been making inroads in nearly all sectors of American society.
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh introduces bill addressing VA health care staffing
Legislation would enhance the educational occupational program to address staffing shortages” within the VHA.
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Dozens of economists call for Senate to pass healthcare price transparency bill
Marshall introduced the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act last week, which seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to require public hospitals and medical centers to release negotiated rates, costs, and cash prices for services provided.
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Congressional Democrats to campaign in red districts during August break
Congressional Democrats will also campaign on President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," but by highlighting how some of the moves could allegedly harm some Americans instead of help them as the GOP has pushed.
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Illinois GOP Rep Miller to introduce companion bill protecting farmland from China purchase
"The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest threat to our national security, and their aggressive push to buy up our farmland and homes is a direct attack on our sovereignty," Rep. Mary Miller said