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Senate advances sweeping crypto bill, setting up September vote
The bill would divide regulatory authority over the digital asset market, giving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a larger role while defining which cryptocurrencies should fall under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Senate Democrats vote against bill requiring photo ID to cast ballots
Under the bill, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 would be amended to require voters to show photo identification to vote.
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Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown before leaving for August recess
The Senate has adjourned and will return in September.
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Republicans introduce bills to defund Wuhan lab after audit shows it refused to hand over documents
The bills come after the DHS Inspector General found that documentation could not be obtained from the Wuhan lab despite it receiving taxpayer dollars.
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Hill Republicans introduce 'Build the Wall Now Act' to start construction within 24 hours
"The Build the Wall Now Act ends this administration's excuses and forces them to restart wall construction immediately," Sen. Budd said.
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GOP senators exit intel briefing saying 'unity in confusion' on UFO origins, WH must inform public
A classified briefing was held Tuesday for senators on the Chinese spy balloon and the other 3 UFOs that were shot down
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Rep. Massie introduces bill to abolish the Department of Education
Department has "no constitutional authority" to exist.
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IRS has 'no authority' 'to regulate speech,' says House Oversight's Biggs as panel requests docs
"I view this as a form of government surveillance of the American people," said Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs.
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Chinese spy balloons sought intel on 'our three major nuclear sites': House Foreign Affairs chair
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is "going to do an investigation" into why the use of flying objects for spying wasn't discovered sooner, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, as senators prepare for classified brieifng from Pentagon Tuesday.
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White House tries to calm fears that shot-down UFOs were from outer space, ‘no indication of aliens’
The U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon Feb. 7, then downed three unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, Friday, Saturday, then Sunday.
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed to be Jewish despite grandfather's service in Nazi army, report
Messianic Jews consider themselves to be Jewish Christians.
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GOP House Intelligence chair says he's 'amazed' by how Biden, Pence and Trump handled documents
"We're just amazed as people keep finding them stuffed in the strangest places," Turner said.
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Murkowski on object downed over Alaska: 'If there's an incursion, there's going to be consequences'
"We need to send the message and we need to be clear and unequivocal that we don't tolerate this, period," Murkowski said.