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Schumer says Senate will attempt next Iran War Powers resolution vote next week
The war powers resolution would require President Donald Trump to get permission from Congress in order to use military force on Iran. The Senate last tried to pass the resolution last month amid the military conflict in the Middle East.
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Sen Johnson says staff untangling Biden 'coverup' of COVID vax injuries across millions of files
"We're just scratching the surface in terms of what they covered up," Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chair says.
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GOP lawmaker who admitted to 2024 affair with staffer sent lewd texts to 2nd aide in 2020: report
Gonzales announced in March that he would not seek reelection following revelations about a 2024 affair with married congressional staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, who later died by suicide.
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Scandals heat up Washington as Congress begins to simmer
The investigation into Biden's mental and physical fitness continues, with more witnesses expected to appear before the House Oversight Committee in the coming week.
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Minority Leader Jeffries slams Trump on Israel-Hamas war, calls for more humanitarian aid to Gaza
Jeffries called for the ceasefire deal under former President Joe Biden to be reinstated.
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Senate Republicans urge White House to release appropriated NIH funds
The funding was approved in Congress' stopgap government funding package that was passed and signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
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European Union secretly pressures U.S. firms to censor immigration criticism, memes: House GOP
"We need to take back our country" is "coded language to express anti-Muslim sentiment," off-the-record workshop tells platforms. Poland complains to TikTok about post calling electric cars "neither ecological nor economical."
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House Republicans brace for constituent backlash over Epstein files as they return home for break
Forcing disclosure of the materials from the investigations was delayed, to the consternation of many GOP and Dem voters, but they will have to come to a decision on their return from recess. The question becomes what the lawmakers can -- or will -- do.
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Republicans target China as security threat to U.S. real estate, schools, farmland
Long considered a foreign adversary, China has been making inroads in nearly all sectors of American society.
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Rep. Abe Hamadeh introduces bill addressing VA health care staffing
Legislation would enhance the educational occupational program to address staffing shortages” within the VHA.
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Dozens of economists call for Senate to pass healthcare price transparency bill
Marshall introduced the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act last week, which seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to require public hospitals and medical centers to release negotiated rates, costs, and cash prices for services provided.
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Congressional Democrats to campaign in red districts during August break
Congressional Democrats will also campaign on President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," but by highlighting how some of the moves could allegedly harm some Americans instead of help them as the GOP has pushed.
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Illinois GOP Rep Miller to introduce companion bill protecting farmland from China purchase
"The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest threat to our national security, and their aggressive push to buy up our farmland and homes is a direct attack on our sovereignty," Rep. Mary Miller said