Congress
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House passes Hamadeh's Kayleigh’s Law to protect victims of dangerous crimes from their abusers
The legislation previously passed on the state level in Arizona and Wisconsin.
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House Democrats move to block Trump’s attempt to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
The legislation seeks to prevent the Trump administration from renaming the great lake "Lake America," after the president signed an executive order last week that authorized the name change over tension with Canada.
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Shutdown-averting spending bill at top of 'to do' list as House comes back into session
The government funding bill would postpone a possible shutdown from midnight Sept. 30 to Dec. 11, and it would extend the deadline to reauthorize lapsing surface transportation authorities.
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Boeing CEO Calhoun apologizes to crash victims' families during Senate hearing
“I apologize to the grief we have caused," Calhoun said.
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Watch Live: Boeing CEO testifies before Senate on safety concerns
The hearing is set to begin at 2 p.m. EST.
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Cruz introduces bipartisan bill making publication of deepfake, revenge pornography federal crimes
Cruz said that in recent years, there has been a "stunning increase in exploitative sexual material online, largely due to bad actors taking advantage of newer technologies like generative artificial intelligence."
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'Proximal Origin' author on COVID-19 says gain-of-function research crucial to stop next pandemic
Robert Garry credits research that enhances viruses for breakthroughs like Tamiflu, HPV vaccine.
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Republicans probe SEC over fraud investigation of Hunter Biden associates
Hunter Biden invoked father to keep association with fraud scheme defendants private, Republicans say.
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Blumenthal says Boeing whistleblower has come forward ahead of Hill hearing on jet maker's problems
Hearing will almost certainly include discussion about the incident in January in which a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 shortly after takeoff.
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GOP senators reveal Kerry's pseudonym email address as secretary of State, ask agency to investigate
“We want to know whether then-Secretary Kerry properly complied with all federal records laws and regulations with respect to his official email communications and whether responses to relevant Freedom of Information Act requests have properly included that email address in productions to requestors," the senators wrote to Sec. Blinken
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Democrat holdouts Meeks, Cardin have signed off on major arms deal to Israel that includes F-16s
The weaponry is largely financed by the roughly $3.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds Washington gives Israel every year
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Texas man who threatened to kill Rep. Maxine Waters receives 33-month prison sentence
In all four messages, Gaherty used racist, misogynistic language, and threatened to kill the California lawmaker.
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Schumer prepares for a vote on protecting abortion rights nationally
The vote is expected to take place next month, because the Senate will go on a two-week recess next week, and will remain out for the first week of July.