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Trump campaign asks for portion of fundraising from candidates who use his...

The Trump campaign is asking GOP candidates and committees to share a portion of their fundraising haul from messages that use the former president’s name, image and likeness, a new move campaign...

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Comer, Raskin get into shouting match: 'Somebody needs therapy here' 

Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) got into a heated shouting match during a congressional hearing Wednesday. The two top lawmakers on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee...

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Bill that could ban TikTok is closer to becoming law

(The Hill) – Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced her support Wednesday for a bipartisan bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a...

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RFK Jr. qualifies for Michigan ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified as a 2024 presidential candidate in the battleground state of Michigan, his campaign announced Thursday. Kennedy is backed by the Natural Law Party in Michigan,...

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Momentum grows to remove Johnson over potential change to ouster rule

Momentum is growing quickly behind the effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power if he moves to alter the motion to vacate rule as part of a package of foreign aid that's expected to...

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Black death row inmates suffer more botched lethal injections than white...

(The Hill) -- A new report says that Black inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection suffered a botched procedure at higher rates than white prisoners.  In the analysis released this month,...

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Senate begins FISA surveillance debate with deadline looming

The Senate voted Thursday to advance a House-passed bill reauthorizing the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, setting the stage for a bruising debate over...

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Speaker Johnson won’t raise bar on motion to vacate rule

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Thursday that he won’t seek to raise the bar for removing a Speaker from power as part of the current debate over Ukraine aid — a prospect that had sparked an...

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Washington Post editorial board endorses Alsobrooks in Maryland Senate primary

The Washington Post editorial board announced Thursday it’s endorsing Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) over Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) in the Maryland Senate Democratic primary....

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Hush money judge cracks down on media over juror fears of being exposed 

NEW YORK — Reporters covering former President Trump’s New York criminal trial were admonished Thursday by the judge overseeing it following the dismissal of a seated juror who expressed frustration...

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Furious House conservatives rail at Johnson but haven't altered his Ukraine plan

House conservatives are furious with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for championing another massive round of Ukraine aid. But for all the grousing, threats and public protests, none of the critics are...

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Democrats help advance Ukraine, Israel aid in rare rules move

The House Rules Committee late Thursday night advanced a package of foreign aid bills — but only with help from Democrats who, in a rare move, supported the procedural vote amid opposition from a trio...

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Finalized Biden Title IX regulations add protections for transgender students

The Biden administration on Friday unveiled a final set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools, after more than...

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Schumer has only hours left to avoid FISA warrantless surveillance shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has less than 24 hours to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program before it expires at 11:59 p.m....

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Pacific Northwest emerges as new Hispanic political hot spot

The Pacific Northwest is emerging as a staging ground for Latino political representation, as a trio of federal elected Latina officials from the region face their first reelection campaigns, with...

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GOP impeachment efforts hit brick wall

Republican impeachment efforts against President Biden and his Cabinet appear to have hit a brick wall after the Senate swiftly dismissed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary...

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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return

Former President Trump is holding court with world leaders as foreign governments brace for the possibility of a second Trump administration, which would bring with it a major shift in U.S. foreign...

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Tesla recalls new Cybertrucks over accelerator hazard

(The Hill) - Tesla is recalling some of its Cybertruck vehicles after a hazard was found with the accelerator pedal. According to a recall notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety...

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Third House Republican backs Johnson ouster

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) announced Friday that he will co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) resolution to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the House's top job, becoming the third...

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Senate privacy hawks push to kill House amendment to warrantless surveillance...

Senators on both sides of the aisle are banding together to try and kill a House-passed addition to the bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that they...

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