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Sen. Chris Murphy 'awake and alert' after stroke
The senator was attending his son's hockey game when the health incident occurred.
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Staff members of Michigan Rep. Stevens resign after her endorsement of GOP Senate hopeful Rogers
“We are shocked and heartbroken by Congresswoman Stevens’s decision to support Mike Rogers,” says Steven's chief of staff who resigned
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Sen. Chris Murphy hospitalized after suffering stroke, office says
“He is responding well to treatment,” Herwitt said in a statement. “The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”
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House Oversight launches investigation into alleged fraud in California hospice programs
President Donald Trump signaled last year that California would be the next state his administration investigates when it comes to fraud following Minnesota's fraud scandal.
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Rand Paul’s 'Six Penny Plan' can reap big rewards with little pain on out of control spending
The plan’s passage and implementation would offer an historic opportunity to finally rein in explosive government spending, something many Americans have been demanding for decades.
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Senate set for final vote Monday to confirm Trump appointee Mullin as next DHS secretary
The Senate is set to vote to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination on Monday
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Supreme Court revives street preacher’s free speech challenge
Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical Christian who preaches in public spaces, was arrested in 2021 in Brandon, Mississippi.
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Senate Democrats block GOP attempt to tie transgender sports ban to voter ID bill
The amendment, introduced by Tommy Tuberville, sought to add language to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act that would prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
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Top House Republican asks GAO for formal review of ways bad actors exploit AI to support terrorism
"Violent extremists and other illicit actors—including but not limited to insiders who pose threats and malicious cyber actors—will inevitably seek inventive ways to exploit these emerging technologies to support a wide range of terrorist tactics and other criminal activities," Pfluger wrote
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Jordan subpoenas Virginia prosecutor for allegedly ignoring threats against Stephen Miller
Jordan opened the probe into Arlington County and the City of Falls Church prosecutor Parisa Dehghani-Tafti last year, which focuses on her handling of a doxing and intimidation case that was brought against left-wing activist Barbara Wien.
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Barrasso: Senate Dems have 'blood on their hands' for DHS shutdown
With no federal funding, DHS agencies – including TSA, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – have ceased nonessential operations and faced worker shortages, even as homeland security risks have heightened.
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Senate Dems block Homeland funding again as airport wait lines soar
Senate Democrats voted against the funding for the fifth time, which makes the current partial government shutdown tied for the second-longest shutdown in history at 35 days. The vote to invoke cloture on the funding bill failed in a 47-37 split.
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House members raise concerns about Islamic terrorist threats 25 years after 9/11
When asked what her assessment of the increase in Islamic terrorism in the U.S. was, Director of the Office of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said it “continues to be an extreme concern.”