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Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence
The Senate voted to confirm Clayton in a 51-47 split that was along party-lines. Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell and South Carolina GOP Sen. Darline Graham Nordone did not vote.
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Senate advances Lindsey Graham's Russian sanctions bill
The Senate is expected to vote on whether to pass the legislation on Wednesday, but voted Tuesday in a 86-12 split to end debate on the legislation and invoke cloture.
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Comer warns Fauci that upcoming Senate testimony is not protected by Biden pardon
Biden pardoned Fauci hours before the former president left office last year, and Fauci is scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Homeland Security committee on Wednesday.
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Rep. Luna moving forward with plan to force vote to hold Garland in 'inherent contempt' on Wednesday
Luna has described inherent contempt as a way to show how serious Congress is about compliance from cabinet officials.
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TN Rep. Ogles introduces amendment to federal budget that would defund DC's statehood efforts
Ogles recommended the House stop funding the New Columbia Statehood Commission, which helps organize the effort to make the district a state, and block the district from using the funds to pay for a U.S. Senate election for the city.
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New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill calls for Biden to drop reelection bid
A flurry of Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern over the president's ability to get reelected in November, after he gave a lackluster performance in the first presidential debate last month.
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Watch Live: Cassidy, Grassley, Johnson roundtable on exploitation of unaccompanied migrant children
The senators will hear from a federal agency watchdog on the matter
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Jim Inhofe, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, dies at 89
He served in the Senate from 1994 to 2023, making him the longest-serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma.
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Watch Live: House panel hearing, 'Confronting Union Antisemitism'
Hearing will include testimony from MIT graduate student Will Sussman, forced by the school's Graduate Student Union to pay dues after voicing religious objections to funding the union’s anti-Israel activities
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House Freedom Caucus boots Rep. Warren Davidson after he endorsed Bob Good challenger: report
The move follows a difficult and as-yet-unresolved primary for Good
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Tenney warns Democrats will try to get Biden reelected through non-citizen voting
The congresswoman said she was worried about non-citizens swaying the election in swing states that former President Donald Trump lost in 2020, and urged Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act because it would require proof of citizenship in the United States in order to vote in federal elections.
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Senior House Democrat Adam Smith becomes latest to call on Biden to drop from race
Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services committee, accused the president of not "seriously" addressing the concerns that his debate performance has raised.
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Elon Musk embraces noncitizen voting ban, suggest opponents of proposed law are ‘traitors’
The bill requires state election officials to ask about citizenship before giving voter registration forms to applicants, and the applicants must provide proof of citizenship.