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House Speaker Mike Johnson urges US to bring an end to Iran war
Republicans, including Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson, have largely cited the cost of the war, including its impact on the United States economy by causing fuel prices to rise, which Americans are feeling in their wallets.
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Rand Paul drops Fauci bombshell, says more record destruction and gain-of-function research found
Senator says new revelations on Fauci's phone, computer and diary led his committee to try granting prosecutorial immunity to a former top aide to Fauci. That effort failed. The revelations include undisclosed destruction of documents and knowing attempts at increasing "gain-of-function" that weaponized the virus. Democrats -- and a few Republicans -- seem set on keeping the information from public view.
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Rand Paul's immunity bid for key Fauci aide fails Senate committee vote
Sen. Rand Paul said the aide is reluctant to answer the committee's questions without legal immunity.
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Judiciary Committee demands testimony from Special Counsel Weiss, DOJ officials on weaponization
Jordan re-ups his probes into politicized and weaponization cases under a friendly Justice Department.
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FBI hands over Biden-era “weaponization” scandal documents to Jim Jordan
For years, the FBI under Christopher Wray stonewalled congressional Republican efforts seeking answers on the "weaponization" of the bureau. Now, the FBI under Kash Patel is finally handing over some answers.
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Congress probing two alleged security episodes during Trump visits to Capitol, one involving a gun
A gun was found in a backpack on the day of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress and the Capitol Police watchdog has been asked to probe whether or how a person evaded metal detectors on Inauguration Day when Trump spoke to Congress.
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Top Senate Democrat Schumer postpones book tour due to unspecified 'security concerns'
The tour was postponed after Schumer provided enough votes from Senate Democrats to allow Senate Republicans last week to pass a GOP-crafted spending measure to avoid a government shutdown.
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Former New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey dies at 87
Lowey was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee.
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Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly gets rid of his electric Tesla Model X, buys gas-powered Chevy Tahoe truck
The Chevy Tahoe gets about 21 miles per gallon in the city
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Fight against politically motivated debanking builds momentum
Critics say the Biden administration encouraged banks to remove politically controversial customers in the name of reputational risk.
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Senate Democrats who voted to filibuster CR under Trump supported abolishing filibuster under Biden
"Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday," wrote former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on X. "8 who previously voted to eliminate the filibuster (1/19/22) did not filibuster. 1 who previously campaigned against the filibuster did not filibuster."
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Schumer dismisses concerns about his leadership amid backlash over his support of advancing CR
“I think I had the overwhelming support in my caucus, and so many of the members thanked me and said, ‘You did what you thought was courageous, and we respect it,'" Schumer said. "I think my caucus and I are in sync."
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Senate passes bill to prevent $1 billion cut from DC city budget
The Senate approved by voice vote that the city's budget, which has to be approved by Congress, would remain operating at the adopted fiscal 2025 budget.