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Cornyn vows to vote against Trump-nominated ambassador Kari Lake over withheld Africa AIDS funds
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he'd oppose any committee action on Kari Lake's or Doug Mastriano's unless the administration disperses funds for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
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House expected to vote on bill that would restrict lawmakers' stock trading
The House bill, called the Stop Insider Trading Act, prohibits members of Congress and their families from buying new individual stocks, but it doesn't prevent them from owning them.
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Comer asks Government Accountability Office to probe Army Corps rental rates for marina operators
Comer emphasized that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) rental calculations are imposing excessive costs on marina operators and asked acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown to investigate USACE’s rental rate methodology.
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House Armed Services committee to end its probe into US military boat strike
The lawmaker claimed he does not need to investigate the incident any further, even though the committee is expected to hear testimony from the commander who ordered the strike and see unedited video of the strike in the coming days.
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House of Representatives passes 2026 National Defense Authorization Act
The sprawling defense bill passed in a narrow 215-211 split, which saw all Republicans except Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie vote in favor of the legislation.
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Comer warns alleged fraud seen in Minnesota is likely more widespread than initially believed
Comer said his committee is investigating several areas and that revelations from whistleblowers counter Democratic claims that illegal migrants are not on welfare programs and that there is no fraud or abuse within the welfare system.
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Krishnamoorthi Senate campaign caught in awkward email gaffe: Report
Krishnamoorthi is facing Rep. Robin Kelly and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin.
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Senate GOP unites behind healthcare proposal as chamber prepares to vote Thursday on ACA subsidies
The Senate is expected to vote on the dueling proposals on Thursday, but neither is expected to pass.
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NDAA to limit Hegseth's travel budget unless unedited video of boat strikes in Caribbean is released
A quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget will be withheld unless the Pentagon releases “video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command”
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Mace slams House GOP leaders in op-ed, claiming Pelosi was 'more effective' speaker than Republicans
Mace is the latest female Republican lawmaker to blast House leadership and the Trump administration, after Georgia firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke from her party to criticize its leadership in recent months.
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NDAA requires Trump spy agencies to declassify intel on COVID-19 origins and Chinese obstruction
The multi-hundred-billion dollar defense bill which funds the U.S. military is now written to prod the U.S. intelligence community into sharing what it knows about COVID-19's likely emergence from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, once called a conspiracy theory by politicians and legacy media.
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Loudermilk asks for interview with key pipe bomb witness whose timeline diverges with FBI
The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.
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Senate Judiciary Republicans to hold series of Arctic Frost hearings next year
The hearings come after Republicans learned that Smith subpoenaed phone records of multiple GOP senators during his investigation, including Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott.