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GOP lawmaker who admitted to 2024 affair with staffer sent lewd texts to 2nd aide in 2020: report
Gonzales announced in March that he would not seek reelection following revelations about a 2024 affair with married congressional staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, who later died by suicide.
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Anna Paulina Luna urges expulsion for House GOP's Tony Gonzales, Dems' Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
The call comes after a former staffer accused Gonzales on Sunday of seeking a sexual relationship with her in 2020, stating that he sought nude photos from her more than 12 times in three days during his 2020 congressional campaign.
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Ron Johnson breaks with Trump on bombing civilian infrastructure: 'Not at war with Iranian people'
Johnson said he supports the president's decision to begin the conflict against Iran before it got too powerful, but does not support actions that could harm the Iranian people that the U.S. is attempting to "liberate."
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Federal shutdown to continue through at least Monday after Senate fails to reopen government
Friday's vote failed in a 54-44 split, with Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voting with most Republicans, along with Independent Sen. Angus King.
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Senate to vote again on spending bills to end government shutdown
There are two continuing resolutions on the table, one sponsored by each party, with neither expecting to pass
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Abe Hamadeh says he was placed on a Biden administration TSA watch list
The DHS' Quiet Skies program was originally intended to identify and track individuals who may pose threats to aviation and relied on behavioral analysis and data collection that was often gathered without passengers’ knowledge.
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FBI had three informants reporting Biden corruption in Ukraine, but no record of real investigation
More whistleblowers than previously known came forward alleging Biden family corruption in Ukraine. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley wants to get to the bottom of why the FBI failed to fully investigate the allegations.
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Top House Oversight Dem calls for Hatch Act investigation into Trump admin over shutdown messaging
The Trump administration has posted messages on the websites of multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture, that blame the "radical left" for the shutdown.
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Senate leader Thune says weekend votes to reopen government are 'unlikely' if Friday's votes fail
The government has been shutdown since Wednesday, after the Senate failed to pass a House-passed stopgap bill that would have kept the government funded through Nov. 21.
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'I don't have anything to negotiate:' Speaker Johnson holds firm on GOP shutdown strategy
Despite voting for nearly the same bill a total of 13 times during the Biden administration, Senate Democrats have continued to vote down GOP’s clean Continuing Resolution.
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Republican lawmakers claim they will not accept payment during government shutdown
Nebraska GOP Sen. Debra Fischer on Wednesday asked the Senate financial clerk to withhold her paycheck during the shutdown.
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You Vote: With no vote on reopening the government before Friday, how long will the shutdown last?
The Senate failed to pass a procedural vote on two competing Democratic and Republican continuing resolutions earlier Wednesday. The chamber also failed to pass either resolution prior to the shutdown on Tuesday.
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Congress, president will still be paid during government shutdown
Most senators and lawmakers are paid $174,000 a year, while the House speaker makes $223,500 and Senate president pro tempore makes $193,400 a year.