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House approves Andy Biggs' NDAA amendment to slightly slash defense budget if Pentagon fails audit
The amendment directs all components of the Pentagon that fail to pass their audit to give up 0.5 percent of its discretionary budget to the Treasury Department in hopes of decreasing the federal debt.
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Federal judge approves $1.5 billion settlement against Anthropic, the largest ever for copyright
The crux of the complaint was how Anthropic acquired the copyrighted material and not whether training its AI models with that material is lawful.
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House Ways and Means Committee subpoenas three nonprofits tied to Marxist tycoon Neville Singham
The subpoenas are part of an investigation into more than $39 million that went from Signham to the nonprofits.
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Comer demands Biden senior staffers sit for interviews over autopen investigation
“The American people deserve full transparency and the House Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation to provide answers and accountability," Comer said.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene regrets voting for House GOP budget bill over AI provision
"Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the ['One Big Beautiful Bill'] that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said.
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Army hits recruiting goal four months early
"This achievement represents a significant turning point for the Army and indicates a renewed sense of patriotism and purpose among America’s youth," the Army said.
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WI man charged with forging letters threatening to assassinate Trump after migrant was accused
The new suspect in the case is Demetric Scott, who allegedly sent multiple letters to officials, allegedly posing as migrant Ramón Morales Reyes, in order to get him deported before Morales Reyes could testify in a robbery case against him.
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House Republican leadership vows to put $9.4 billion rescission package on chamber floor next week
The lawmakers did not specify the day that it would place the package on the House floor, but the sum reflects only a fraction of the $175 billion in estimated savings DOGE claimed to have made.
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Indiana senator proposes making overstaying visas a federal crime in new bill
Banks' proposal would make overstaying the visa a federal crime that would be punishable by up to $1,000 in fines and up to anywhere between six months and two years in prison.
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Russia dismisses likelihood of trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin, Zelensky in near future
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the probability of the meeting was "unlikely" in the near future, but that Putin was prepared for the meeting should one be arranged.
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Interim Capitol Police chief plagued by Jan. 6, discipline probe, lack of rank-and-file confidence
Newly-elevated interim Capitol Police Chief Sean Gallagher faced a whistleblower complaint and a "no-confidence" vote over the handling of Jan. 6 and was also found to have cheated on timesheets in a decade-old internal affairs probe.
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In major shift, FBI spent 1 million manpower hours catching illegal aliens since Trump took office
FBI agents participated in joint operations with federal and local police partners to help arrest more than 10,000 illegal migrants since Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025. There doesn't appear to be any sign of letting up.
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Judicial Watch head Fitton weighs in on SCOTUS hearing case about ballot counting after Election Day
On Monday, it was reported that the Supreme Court would hear arguments against the Illinois law. The lawsuit was brought by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill.