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WH: Trump to host Easter dinner if Congress comes back to end DHS shutdown
The Senate, last week, passed a plan to end the shutdown by funding DHS, except for ICE and CBP, prompting an enraged House to pass a 60-day continuing resolution to fund the whole department.
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Federal officials claim Michigan synagogue attack was a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism
Authorities said Ghazali's brothers were members of Hezbollah's rocket unit and were killed in an Israeli attack in Lebanon shortly before the crash. His niece and nephew also died in the Israeli strike.
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Usha Vance launches new podcast to promote childhood literacy
The White House said the podcast will include readings from celebrities, children’s authors, athletes, veterans and musicians among others.
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Senator releases 'naughty list' of federal agencies with high employee no-show rates post-COVID
While a lot of the American workforce has resumed to in-person work, the federal government seems to be a bit behind.
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Trump attends civil business fraud trial in NY, says, 'We've done nothing wrong'
Former president is expect to testify again Monday
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Senate introduces bipartisan bill to increase US authority to sanction firms backing terror groups
The bill would point the Treasury Department to find banks, as well as crypto companies abroad that “knowingly” facilitate payments to designated terror groups.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Johnson floating one-year CR to punt on budget battle
The "laddered" CR that was passed under Johnson expires Jan. 16 for some federal agencies and Feb. 2 for others
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House candidate says the FBI never contacted him about improper service records release
"The Privacy Act lays it out pretty pretty clearly on what should be released from a military service members record," Majewski said.
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Texas AG Paxton says Pfizer might have lied about efficacy of COVID vaccine, could be 1% effective
"In this case, we're pretty sure they were lying about the efficacy and the effectiveness of this drug," Paxton said.
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'George Orwell, call your office': State outsourced censorship of conservative media, suit says
By funding and promoting private disinformation cops who targeted advertising revenue, State Department violated First Amendment, Administrative Procedure Act and its own statutory limits, publishers say.
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Wisconsin judge rules that 19th century state law doesn't ban abortion
The 1849 law became the subject of legal dispute after the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the constitutional right to abortion set in the 1973 Roe v. Wade precedent, raising questions as to the enforcement of the state law.
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Democrat praises outgoing Rep. McCarthy for bipartisanship after voting to oust him as speaker
McCarthy, who said on Wednesday that he plans to retire from the House at the end of the year, was removed as speaker 216-210 on Oct. 3 with 8 Republican votes and 208 Democrat votes
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