The Senate on Thursday approved a $1.7 trillion spending bill with help from more than a dozen Republican lawmakers after a fight over immigration policy nearly derailed the legislation. In an 68-29 vote, the Senate…
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President Biden warned travelers to ‘leave now’ or face canceled plans amid a massive winter storm sweeping the U.S. on Thursday. Biden confirmed the White House has reached out to at least 26 governors in…
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Four senators leaving Congress at the end of the year secured more than $1.7 billion combined in funding for pet projects and initiatives through earmarks in the $1.7 trillion spending bill Congress was rushing to…
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EL PASO, Texas – Residents of Texas’ most populous border town were split on whether the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should keep his job. ‘Mr. Mayorkas should be fired,’ Steven, an El…
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‘If I run, I win’: Mitt Romney confident he would win re-election in 2024, but remains unsure if he will run
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah., is unsure whether he will seek another term in the Senate next cycle, according to a recent interview discussing a potential 2024 run for re-election. While speaking to Politico, Romney said…
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Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators are set to return to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make them the nation’s best-paid state…
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Under pressure from the Biden administration, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is halting construction of a wall fashioned from shipping containers at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Republican governor reached a settlement with the Department of Justice…
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An Alabama judge has been suspended from the bench after a panel said he violated judicial ethics in 2020 when he mailed an anonymous letter to news outlets and others regarding the behavior of several…
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Dems’ massive spending package earmarks billions of dollars for ‘environmental justice,’ climate crisis
Democrats’ massive $1.7 trillion government funding bill sets aside billions of dollars for various federal agencies to spend on ‘environmental justice’ and climate initiatives. The omnibus package — which includes $800 billion in non-defense funding,…
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California’s fifth-largest county, home to 2.2 million people, will move forward with a measure to explore the option of secession from the state. San Bernardino County passed a ballot measure to review state resources and…