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Kentucky governor repeats call for McConnell health update: 'Let’s end the crazy speculation'
Beshear wrote a letter to McConnell on Wednesday seeking more information about his health status.
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Dem Rep. Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers in West Bank, moving closer to 2028 run
Khanna says he is strongly considering a 2028 presidential run especially after the incident
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House to take up Trump-supported vote on making daylight savings time permanent
In March 2022, the Senate voted unanimously on a measure that would make daylight savings time permanent, and President Donald Trump threw his support behind it.
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Missouri GOP Sen Hawley to introduce bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
The federal minimum wage has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009.
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Fetterman calls destructive LA protests 'anarchy,' criticizes fellow Democrats for not condemning
"I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that," Sen. John Fetterman said.
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Ronny Jackson claims Biden Dr. Kevin O'Connor engaged in offensive, inappropriate behavior: Report
The Texas Republican claimed O'Connor acted inappropriately multiple times, by making offensive jokes about women and "pranking" people by immaturely sticking their phones down his pants.
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DHS slams Maxine Waters for 'taunting' national guardsmen in California and spewing 'lies'
McLaughlin said the congresswoman should be using her voice to defuse the situation in Los Angeles rather than adding to the tension.
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Key congressman urges DOJ, Congress to identify potential funding, organizing of Los Angeles riots
Protests and riots have broken out across Los Angeles in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents' arrests of illegal immigrants.
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House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green announces retirement from Congress for private sector job
Green, who was first elected to the chamber in 2018, has been serving in the lead post on the Homeland Security committee since 2023. He helped orchestrate the impeachment of former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024.
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Texas Rep. Gill has high hopes that Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will be passed before July 4
Gill explained that the bill has to pass because it has many aspects of Trump's election-winning agenda in it.
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House Republicans want changes to budget before voting for it again
Green energy subsidies are a major flashpoint as the House and Senate wrestle with the final version of the bill.
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Senate Republicans offer alternative to curbs on state AI regulation in Trump's 'big beautiful bill'
The Senate updated the GOP's version of the bill and the text states that states can't regulate AI if they want federal broadband funding.
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Rayburn House Office Building evacuated over alarm during forum discussing Chinese repression
The United States Capitol Police issued the evacuation order internally at approximately 4 p.m. Eastern. It is not clear if the order has been lifted.