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On Thursday, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced blowback for claiming a GOP bill “threatens” voting access for millions of married women.Clinton, who is also a former United States senator and first lady, reacted to the…
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President Donald Trump made waves again on Wednesday with his ongoing push against weak showerhead water pressure.At the White House, Trump signed an executive order to splash back in the “Obama-Biden war on showers,” reviving a fight…
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On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump told House Republican holdouts to “stop grandstanding” and support a budget plan that lays the groundwork for his “one big, beautiful bill.”Trump spoke at the National Republican Congressional…
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A Democrat lawmaker in the House has been hospitalized in North Carolina after suffering an “emergency medical event,” his office announced on Monday.The news about Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ), who has been part of the lower chamber for…
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Foreign nations are lining up to strike a deal with the United States, top administration officials said on Sunday, after President Donald Trump unveiled his “Liberation Day” tariffs last week.During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,”…
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On Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on penguin-inhabited islands near Antarctica as part of his “Liberation Day” levies targeting dozens of foreign countries.“Face the…
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After President Donald Trump unveiled his “Liberation Day” tariffs on Wednesday, a bipartisan pair of senators put forward legislation to give Congress more authority over future penalties on imports.The “Trade Review Act of 2025”…
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On Wednesday evening, a handful of Republicans in the Senate joined forces with Democrats and independents on Wednesday to pass a measure subverting the Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.The Senate voted 51-48 in favor…
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A House GOP proposal seeks to remove an Obama-appointed judge who blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from conducting deportation flights of suspected Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)…
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Now that President Donald Trump has pulled her nomination to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is back to putting higher-education institutions on notice over their responses to displays of…
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Hours after President Donald Trump pulled her nomination to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) reacted by saying it was about “stepping up as a team.”During an interview on Thursday evening, Stefanik…
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that he withdrew the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.Stefanik appeared for a confirmation back in January, when she called out the…
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On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he did not believe anyone should lose their job in response to a controversy regarding a journalist “inadvertently added” to a Signal group chat in which Trump administration officials…
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On Friday, the GOP-led Senate passed a stopgap bill to stave off a partial government shutdown at the stroke of midnight, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law after Democrats gave up their last chance to…
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A high-profile member of the “Squad” is taking on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he announced on Thursday that he would not vote to stop a Republican-backed stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown.CNN…
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House Democrats are facing ridicule for parroting identical critiques of the Republican-backed stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.Within a span of a few hours Wednesday, several lawmakers posted on…
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On Thursday, the GOP-led House censured Rep. Al Green (D-TX) in a bipartisan fashion for his outburst during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night that led to the Democrat being removed from the…
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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump sought to rally support for a continuing resolution (CR) to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government in less than two weeks, insisting that conservative lawmakers who tend to oppose stopgap…
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On Monday, Democrats in the GOP-led Senate blocked legislation that aims to protect women’s sports leagues in schools by trying to keep male athletes who identify as females from competing.By a 51-45 vote, a motion to invoke cloture on…
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On Tuesday, the GOP-led Senate broke the filibuster on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to become director of the FBI, a bureau that has faced claims of politicization in recent years.By a 48-45 tally, members voted to…
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