Former President Trump has a three-point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical rematch in 2024, according to an Emerson College poll. The poll was released on Tuesday and shows Trump with a 44% to…
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House Speaker McCarthy rejects Jeffries’ demand to reappoint Schiff, Swalwell to Intelligence Committee
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ demands to reappoint Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, both Democrats from California, to the Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday. Jeffries said in a letter…
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Josh Hawley introduces PELOSI Act to bar lawmakers from trading stocks and profiting while in office
A Republican in the U.S. Senate is looking to prevent lawmakers and their spouses from trading stocks on which the officials would have privileged information and used the bill’s title to make a not-so-subtle dig…
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Sports betting battle pitting casino owner against tribes could go all the way to Supreme Court
TUKWILA, Wash. – A Washington card room owner argued that tribal casinos have unfairly monopolized sports betting and is suing state and federal officials for the right to get in on the game. But local…
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Biden, Trump, Pence under scrutiny for classified records, potentially complicating 2024 White House bids
President Biden, former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence are all under scrutiny for their improper retention of classified documents, potentially complicating their bids, or potential bids, for the White House in 2024.…
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Schiff, Swalwell, Omar respond after Speaker McCarthy keeps them off committees: ‘Political vengeance’
Reps. Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Ilhan Omar, who were stripped of their committee assignments by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, have accused him of ‘political vengeance’ in a statement Tuesday evening after he again blocked…
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McCarthy says Santos will be removed from Congress if Ethics Committee determines he broke the law
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., will be removed from Congress if an investigation by the House Ethics Committee concludes he violated the law. The committee’s investigation was launched…
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GOP bill would stick Congress members with veterans’ health care plan to call attention to failing VA
A Republican bill introduced this week would force members of Congress and their staff to get health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a change aimed at forcing lawmakers to recognize the longstanding problems…
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McConnell tosses debt ceiling hot potato to Biden, McCarthy: ‘That’s where a solution lies’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that only a negotiation between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden can deliver a resolution to the fight over the debt ceiling, and indicated the Senate would…
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President Biden on Tuesday said he is tired of trickle-down economics in a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders. ‘I want the wealthy to continue to be able to do well. But, look, I’m tired of…