Congress
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Four Senate Republicans join Democrats in blocking Trump's Canada tariffs
The four Republicans are Kentucky Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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Speaker Johnson swears Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine into office
The Republican majority in the House is now 220-213.
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ActBlue adopted 'more lenient' donation standards, received foreign money during 2024 election cycle
Three House Committees launched probes last year after reviewing evidence that the platform accepted donations from foreign sources and employed lax verification standards.
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Senator threatens to sink TikTok-Oracle deal without complete Chinese divestment: sources
Sale may not be possible without Trump negotiating directly with Xi, but who owns algorithm remains sticking point, report says.
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Jordan asks Patel to end Biden-era FBI stonewalling on Trump-Russia collusion hoax docs
The full truth about the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation has long been buried. Jim Jordan is asking Kash Patel to end the Biden-era stonewalling and to hand over a trove of documents on the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.
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GOP-backed legislation would help protect residents, law enforcement in sanctuary cities
The UPLIFT Act would provide legal protections for law enforcement officers in sanctuary cities working with federal authorities on deportations.
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Maryland Rep Ivey becomes 1st congressional Dem to call for Schumer to step down as Senate leader
Rep. Glenn Ivey said that while he is not for shutting down the government, it was something that needed to be done at this specific time.
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Schumer defends vote for Trump-backed funding bill, says Democrats must "fight smart"
The Democratic leader in the Senate says his party must "fight smart" against the Trump agenda, arguing a government shutdown would have made programs more vulnerable to cuts from Elon's Musk's DOGE.
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Judiciary Committee demands testimony from Special Counsel Weiss, DOJ officials on weaponization
Jordan re-ups his probes into politicized and weaponization cases under a friendly Justice Department.
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FBI hands over Biden-era “weaponization” scandal documents to Jim Jordan
For years, the FBI under Christopher Wray stonewalled congressional Republican efforts seeking answers on the "weaponization" of the bureau. Now, the FBI under Kash Patel is finally handing over some answers.
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Congress probing two alleged security episodes during Trump visits to Capitol, one involving a gun
A gun was found in a backpack on the day of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress and the Capitol Police watchdog has been asked to probe whether or how a person evaded metal detectors on Inauguration Day when Trump spoke to Congress.
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Top Senate Democrat Schumer postpones book tour due to unspecified 'security concerns'
The tour was postponed after Schumer provided enough votes from Senate Democrats to allow Senate Republicans last week to pass a GOP-crafted spending measure to avoid a government shutdown.
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Former New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey dies at 87
Lowey was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee.