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Reduction in red meat as tuition skyrockets illustrates Ivy League 'cartel,' Congress hears
Brown University's sticker price is $93,000 yet its deficit is $46 million, "my dorm floods when it rains and the burger patties have been replaced by an unappetizing beef-mushroom blend," creator of Bloat@Brown tells hearing.
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GOP congressman trolls Karine Jean-Pierre on party switch, says she will destroy Independent Party
Jean-Pierre revealed in her upcoming book that she left the Democratic Party to become an independent.
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You Vote: Do you expect Rep. Comer's probe of Biden's autopen to end with people held accountable?
"The cover-up of President Biden’s mental decline is one of the greatest scandals in our nation’s history," Comer said in a press release.
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Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces bill to end birthright tourism
Blackburn said that birthright tourism is an industry and is pushed by Russia and China.
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You Vote: Are you satisfied with the 'Big Beautiful Bill' including what it does with the deficit?
The mega-bill, named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calls for cutting at least $1.5 trillion in spending over ten years, down considerably from the original $2 trillion target in one year necessary to balance the budget.
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Marco Rubio testifies in front of Senate panel, warns Syria could be 'weeks' away from collapse
"It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they're facing, is maybe weeks, not many months, away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up," Rubio said.
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Charles Kushner confirmed as US ambassador to France
Kushner, who President Donald Trump nominated for the post in November, is the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump. He was pardoned by Trump for federal tax evasion and Federal Election Commission violations in 2020.
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New Jersey Democrat charged over clash with law enforcement outside of ICE facility
“No one is above the law — politicians or otherwise,” Habba said. “It is the job of this office to uphold justice impartially, regardless of who you are.”
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Influential House chairman forcefully endorses Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' presses conservatives
The bill includes key factors of Trump's agenda, such as no taxes on tips, increased border security funding and extending the president's 2017 tax cuts.
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Key Senate Democrat signals support for crypto's Stablecoin bill ahead of Monday night vote
A procedural vote on the so-called GENIUS Act is expected to take place later Monday, but will need 60 votes to advance.
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House Republicans advance Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in rare Sunday night vote
Speaker Mike Johnson met with fellow lawmakers shortly before the vote, and said he agreed to “some minor modifications. Not a huge thing.”
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Former House Speaker McCarthy criticizes GOP members who voted against Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
"Today was a real misstep on the Republicans part, in the budget side, that four of them looked out for themselves instead of moving the bill along, reconciliation,” says McCarthy
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Jim Jordan probes politics of Pfizer COVID vax trial as research suggests jabs hurt fertility
Drugmaker's "three most senior" R&D officials "deliberately slow[ed] testing" so it would end after 2020 election, ex-official allegedly said. Spike protein persistence study author says took four years to get published after submission.