Sen. Rick Scott is urging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans to respect the incoming House GOP majority and block a yearlong budget deal. Scott, a Florida Republican who challenged McConnell for Senate…
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House lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to remove a bust of Roger B. Taney, the late Supreme Court justice who authored the Dred Scott decision in 1857, ruling that Black people could not become…
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Jack Brewer tells Congress gun crimes won’t end until ‘paddle and prayer’ are brought back to public schools
Former NFL player Jack Brewer testified before Congress regarding gun crimes following the Uvalde school mass shooting and said that ‘paddle and prayer’ need to be brought back into public school to end violence. ‘Parents…
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A new ruling on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) could pave the way for more untraceable donations in politics this week, closing off a key avenue for watchdogs to peer into FEC rulings. The D.C.…
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The National Archives will soon unseal troves of formerly classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. President Biden is expected to order the release of 8,000 documents relating to the attack,…
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House lawmakers averted a partial government shutdown Wednesday night after approving a short-term funding bill that will last through Dec. 23. The one-week extension was approved in a 224-201 vote, with all congressional Democrats and…
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With the beginning of winter roughly a week away, major cities across the U.S. are looking to mask up once again for the purpose of combating not just COVID-19, but the flu and the respiratory…
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Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego said on Wednesday that lawmakers in the House and even ‘some senators’ are encouraging him to run against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who left the Democratic Party last week and registered…
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Biden backs adding Manchin’s energy bill to defense legislation despite progressive opposition
President Biden on Thursday endorsed the idea of attaching Sen. Joe Manchin’s legislation promoting oil and gas drilling to the defense policy bill Congress is hoping to pass before the end of the year. Biden…
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Indiana’s Rep. Jim Banks is ‘strongly considering’ run for Senate in 2024, says he would ‘get in quickly’
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana says he’s ‘strongly considering’ a 2024 run to succeed GOP Sen. Mike Braun, who announced on Monday that he’s bidding for governor of the Hoosier State rather than…