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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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House Democratic leadership schedules 25th Amendment briefing for caucus members on Friday
The presidential cabinet would need to invoke the 25th Amendment, which would remove the sitting president and hand the office to the vice president.
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Missouri GOP Sen Hawley to introduce bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
The federal minimum wage has been at $7.25 an hour since 2009.
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Fetterman calls destructive LA protests 'anarchy,' criticizes fellow Democrats for not condemning
"I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that," Sen. John Fetterman said.
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Ronny Jackson claims Biden Dr. Kevin O'Connor engaged in offensive, inappropriate behavior: Report
The Texas Republican claimed O'Connor acted inappropriately multiple times, by making offensive jokes about women and "pranking" people by immaturely sticking their phones down his pants.
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DHS slams Maxine Waters for 'taunting' national guardsmen in California and spewing 'lies'
McLaughlin said the congresswoman should be using her voice to defuse the situation in Los Angeles rather than adding to the tension.
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Key congressman urges DOJ, Congress to identify potential funding, organizing of Los Angeles riots
Protests and riots have broken out across Los Angeles in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents' arrests of illegal immigrants.
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House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green announces retirement from Congress for private sector job
Green, who was first elected to the chamber in 2018, has been serving in the lead post on the Homeland Security committee since 2023. He helped orchestrate the impeachment of former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024.
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Texas Rep. Gill has high hopes that Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will be passed before July 4
Gill explained that the bill has to pass because it has many aspects of Trump's election-winning agenda in it.
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House Republicans want changes to budget before voting for it again
Green energy subsidies are a major flashpoint as the House and Senate wrestle with the final version of the bill.
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Senate Republicans offer alternative to curbs on state AI regulation in Trump's 'big beautiful bill'
The Senate updated the GOP's version of the bill and the text states that states can't regulate AI if they want federal broadband funding.
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Rayburn House Office Building evacuated over alarm during forum discussing Chinese repression
The United States Capitol Police issued the evacuation order internally at approximately 4 p.m. Eastern. It is not clear if the order has been lifted.