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Rick Scott holds up Coast Guard promotions over issues with shipbuilders
Eastern Shipbuilding Group won a multibillion-dollar contract with the Coast Guard in 2016 to deliver four new Offshore Patrol Cutters. The company was supposed to finish the first ship by 2023, but faced multiple delays.
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Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia died at the age of 80
Scott served in Georgia's 13th district in the House of Representatives since 2003. He was previously a senator for the state's 36th District from 1982 to 2002, Fox News reported.
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Disapproval of Congress at all-time high: Poll
Gallup pointed to the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as Republican frustration over the failure of the Senate to approve the Save America Act, a marquis voter ID bill, as driving the negative outlook.
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New York Republican apologizes for blackface in college Michael Jackson costume
In the image, which was posted to Facebook, Lawler is dressed as Jackson in a red leather jacket, black shirt, and blue jeans. His face was darkened by a classmate's bronzer.
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Ruben Gallego brings in nearly $22 million in third quarter of Arizona Senate race
The Democrat's campaign announced that he had raised $21.7 million between July and September, and that the vast majority of those donations (95%) equaled $100 or less.
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GOP Rep. Rosendale says funds earmarked for Ukraine can go to FEMA, but government won't do it
"The federal government only does things fast when they choose to do so," Rosendale said.
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Johnson goes to Florida to see Hurricane Helene damage, amid concerns about enough recovery money
President Biden is scheduled to visit Tallahassee and Perry, Fla.
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Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown raises more than $30 million ahead of November election
Brown is engaged in one of the biggest Senate races of the 2024 election period, where Republicans are hoping to flip the seat red with GOP challenger Bernie Moreno. Other vulnerable Senate seats include West Virginia, Montana, and Maryland.
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Maine Democrat backs Trump's tariffs proposal
The duty would increase or decrease annually by 5%, depending on whether America maintains a trade deficit or surplus, respectively, he said.
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GOP senators reintroduce legislation to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes
The legislation introduced by the Iowa senators would classify sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence as “aggravated felonies," which would result in illegal migrants who committed those crimes getting deported.
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No taxpayer funds for censorship promotion, cooperation abroad in House GOP bill
The No Funding or Enforcement of Censorship Abroad Act (HR 9850) would cut off foreign assistance to private entities promoting censorship and ban U.S. law enforcement from helping foreign countries promote censorship.
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Schiff demands social media companies censor election misinformation
"Unfortunately, we have witnessed almost every major platform roll back their election policies, even in the face of blatant attacks on our democracy fomenting," wrote House Democrats.
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Homeland committee chair blasts Biden-Harris for sharp drop in deporting criminal illegal immigrants
"Biden and Harris have utterly abandoned their oath to enforce the laws of this country—assuming they ever took that oath seriously to begin with," Green says