Congress
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Mitch McConnell may have suffered a heart attack last month, was found 'unconscious' in his DC home
McConnell served as both Minority and Majority Leader of the Senate GOP from 2007 until January 2025. In February 2025 he announced that he wouldn’t be seeking re-election to an eighth term in 2026.
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Democratic Socialist candidates expand appeal, some Democrats see potential obstruction, chaos
Just as many saw the Freedom Caucus of hard-right legislators as a "splinter" group from traditional Republicans, the now growing cohort of Democratic Socialists can wield outsized influence in a narrowly divided House of Representatives. Centrist Democrats are worried about their party being hijacked.
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House cancels votes for remainder of week, sends lawmakers home amid tension over SAVE America Act
The House was initially expected to have votes on Wednesday and Thursday, but House Republican leaders canceled those votes and have now sent lawmakers home after final votes took place at 5:15 p.m. Eastern.
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Deficit reaches $1.5 trillion in just 10 months, U.S. spending $5 billion per day
The U.S. borrowed $242 billion in July alone, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office data.
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Congressman Pascrell, second-oldest House member, out of hospital after almost one month
Pascrell had checked himself into the hospital with a fever on July 14.
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Cori Bush blasts AIPAC after primary loss, says she'll 'tear your kingdom down’
Bush also said in her speech that her exiting Congress would “takes some strings off.”
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Matt Gaetz seeks records from DHS calling Harris the 'border czar'
Gaetz gave the DHS until August 30 to respond to his requests.
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Bipartisan bill introduced to better monitor terror threats on foreign mobile apps like TikTok
Pfluger says that cloud-based technology has given "terrorist groups even more tools to use in their pursuit of deadly chaos" more than 20 years since the 9/11 attacks.
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Ogles says FBI took his phone amid probe into campaign finance
The congressman said his campaign made mistakes on its initial financial filings, which they have worked to correct, and that it was confident investigators would conclude that the errors were unintentionally made.
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Montana Democrat's campaign launches new 'Republicans for Tester' group
The campaign noted that top Republicans in the state that have united behind Tester include former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, former Secretary of State Bob Brown, and former Montana GOP Chair Susan Good-Geise.
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House Oversight launches probe into Kamala Harris's role in border crisis
House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent a letter to acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Troy Miller as part of the probe, requesting documents and internal communications related to Harris's role in what he calls the country's "worst border crisis."
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Norton introduces bill to allow Treasury Department police officers to carry service weapons home
Norton argued that the bill "would eliminate the need for officers to leave unguarded personal firearms in the vehicles and ensure BEP officers, who are potential targets because they wear uniforms to and from work, can protect themselves and the public even when off duty.”
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Top Democrat wants to plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 plotters
Durbin calls Austin's decision to revoke the plea deal 'deeply disappointing'