Congress
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Eliot Engel, a 16-term liberal Democrat from the Bronx, dies at 79
Engel, who became chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was first elected to the House in 1988, defeating Mario Biaggi, a 10-term incumbent, in the Democratic primary.
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Senator opens probe into tech giants over alleged online child exploitation reporting failures
Senator Chuck Grassley’s new probe will examine how tech giants report suspected child exploitation online. Eight companies, namely, Meta, Amazon AI Services, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, X.AI, Grindr and Roblox, are collectively responsible for 81% of all suspected child exploitation reports received.
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Chip Roy introduces legislation to label CAIR as a 'specially designated global terrorist'
The legislation seeks to label CAIR as a Hamas affiliate and prohibit Americans from dealing with the organization, which is considered one of the largest Muslim Civil Rights advocacy groups in the country.
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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announces retirement after voting against advancing 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
"Tillis is a talker and complainer, NOT A DOER!” Trump said of Tillis shortly before his retirement announcement
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House Democrat advocates for passage of her bill to ban ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests
"Immigrant communities are terrified, bystanders often think they're witnessing a kidnapping," Velazquez says
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WATCH LIVE: Debate begins on GOP's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' after Senate Dems force floor reading
The full bill reading went on for about 16 hours
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Musk warns of 'political suicide' if GOP passes Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
The Senate revealed on Friday night an amended version of the House-passed bill.
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Tillis: Projected Medicaid costs to North Carolina budget too much
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., was one of two votes from his party late Saturday night against passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. House Resolution 1, he said, had tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina hospitals and rural communities.
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Senate advances Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to a final vote as early as Monday
In a 51 to 49 vote, all but two Republicans voted to advance the signature legislation of Trump's second tenure.
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Senate GOP proposes faster elimination of EV tax credit compared to House-passed megabill
The Senate GOP has proposed moving the deadline to September 30 from December 31 in the House version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
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Senate Republicans release amended version of Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
The bill would extend the 2017 tax cuts and create some new tax benefits like eliminating tax on tips and overtime pay.
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Senate blocks war powers resolution seeking to prevent further conflict with Iran
The resolution was blocked in a 47-53 split that was predominantly along party lines. However, Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted against the resolution, while Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voted in favor.
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Seven House Democrats side with Republicans in resolution condemning Los Angeles riots
House Republicans have repeatedly pushed back against the riots and Gov. Gavin Newsom's handling of the protests, but Democrats have largely slammed the Trump administration for involving the U.S. military.