Congress
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Sen. Lee pressures GOP leaders to cancel or delay August recess until election-security bill passes
Lee pushed Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota to cancel or delay the recess, and he requested a roll call vote.
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Fauci diary shows he ate up press attention as he grew disdainful toward Trump: 'very dangerous man'
"Press is going wild with me," Fauci wrote in what what Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling his diary.
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Fauci details hot-and-cold relationship with Trump during COVID-19 pandemic in diary entries
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul shared the diary entries as he prepares to question the former Trump and Biden administration official later this week.
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DOGE subcommittee to hold hearing on USAID spending
Hearing will focus on how USAID worked against American interests.
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Democrats launch investigation into Trump changes to anticorruption enforcement
The lawmakers accused the president of weakening anti-corruption enforcement, both inside and outside the federal government.
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Senate passes 2025 budget resolution, House to vote on its version as early as next week
The Senate vote was 52-48 with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul the only Republican senator to oppose the measure.
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Senate HELP Committee advances Linda McMahon nomination for Education secretary to floor vote
The Senate HELP committee advanced McMahon's nomination in a 12-11 vote along party lines.
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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, former GOP majority leader, will not seek 2026 reelection
McConnell was first elected to office in 1984 and he served as the Senate Majority Leader from 2015 to 2021.
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Comer probes Biden admin's failure to enforce foreign funding reporting requirements at US colleges
The lawmakers noted that Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 mandates that higher education institutions, which receive federal financial assistance, file biannual disclosure reports with the Secretary of Education.
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Two Fetterman staffers quit amid senator's inroads with Trump White House
The two men who are expected to leave Fetterman's office are his communications director Charlie Hills and his legislative director Tre Easton. Both have worked for the senator since his 2022 campaign.
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Trump backs House GOP budget resolution over advancing Senate plan
Trump said that he supports the concept of a “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.”
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Full Senate begins voting process on its budget resolution to advance Trump agenda
Besides funding for border security, the resolution also extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
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Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce secretary
President Donald Trump nominated Lutnick, who was CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald on 9/11, last year after Lutnick served as his transition co-chair.