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Former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer suffers 'mild' stroke and will return to work next week
Hoyer's spokesperson Margaret Mulkerrin said the 85-year-old lawmaker, who most recently served as House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2023, is expected to return to his duties next week.
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Democratic congressman proposes bill to extend Secret Service security perimeter at events
The bill was introduced in the aftermath of the Trump assassination attempt to “ensure that any security perimeter is co-extensive with the firing range of firearms likely to be used in assassination attempts."
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Cruz probes National Park Service response to anti-Israel protest: 'Insufficient resources deployed'
Cruz requested the intelligence that NPS possessed ahead of the protest and body camera footage from U.S. Park Police officers who were on the scene at Union Station in Washington, D.C. on July 24