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Senate passes government spending package, but partial government shutdown will still occur
Although the deal was passed by the funding deadline, it departs from the House's appropriations bills enough that it will need to go back to the lower chamber for final approval early next week.
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NRCC touts $117 million fundraising haul in 2025, highest off-year fundraising numbers in four years
The committee said it raised $117.2 million in 2025, with $24.3 million being raised in the fourth quarter. The committee still has $50.7 million in its coffers ahead of November's midterm elections.
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Judge rejects DNC, RNC pipe bombing suspect's pre-trial release request
Cole was arrested by federal authorities last month following a massive probe that lasted nearly five years. He has been charged with placing a pipe bomb and the use of an explosive device. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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House moderates, conservatives' dispute over Medicaid slows passage of Trump spending bill
“We’re coming up with options — we’re discussing them, hashing through them, debating them,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said.
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Massie opposes Hill efforts on antisemitism, cites free speech, 'not illegal to be antisemitic'
“Congress should just stay out of these fights to crack down on free speech,” Rep. Thomas Massie said.
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Sen Durbin urges DOJ, FBI to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries to federal judges
"Many of these judges who have received pizzas are presiding over legal challenges to Trump administration actions," Sen. Dick Durbin said.
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US set to deport illegal immigrants to Libya on military flight: report
The illegal immigrants could be flown to Libya by the U.S. military as early as Wednesday.
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President Trump releases first full wave of federal judicial nominees
Trump reaffirmed his nomination of Tennessee's Whitney Hermandorfer to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and nominated four people for federal judgeships in Missouri, and one in Washington, D.C.
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Three sanctuary state governors to testify in front of House Oversight next month
The hearing will feature testimony from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, all Democrats, on June 12.
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Four women accuse Motown icon Smokey Robinson of sexual abuse in $50 million lawsuit
The women, who have only been identified as Jane Does 1-4, claimed the abuse primarily occurred at the star's home in Chatsworth, California, located north of downtown Los Angeles.
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Comer celebrates increased FDA oversight of foreign manufacturing facilities
The FDA on Tuesday announced it would conduct more unannounced inspections on foreign manufacturing facilities internationally that produce food and medicine that are intended for Americans than it has in previous years.
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Rep. Andy Biggs slams FBI for claiming 2017 GOP baseball practice shooting wasn’t domestic terrorism
A new congressional report came out Tuesday that the FBI “misled the public" for years regarding the 2017 GOP baseball practice.
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Secret recordings with ousted FDA vaccines chief suggest disinterest in documenting vax injury
An FDA official like Peter Marks, who either quit in principle or was forced out, should not be "jumping up and down with pom-poms" for vaccines still in trials, the Informed Consent Action Network's chief said.