Today: July 03, 2024
Today: July 03, 2024

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Jan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. That alarms democracy advocates

In the first presidential debate, the Capitol riot and Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election weren't center stage

Jan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. That alarms democracy advocates
News|Opinion|Political

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the conservative policies promised by Republican Donald Trump

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
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Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the conservative policies promised by Republican Donald Trump

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
Economy|Political

Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts

Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts
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Cheers, cake and a fist-bump from GOP as Trump returns to Capitol Hill in a first since Jan. 6 riot

Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack

Cheers, cake and a fist-bump from GOP as Trump returns to Capitol Hill in a first since Jan. 6 riot
Political

It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel

It’s Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over

It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel
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Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol

House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s election

Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
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House Democrats step up to try to stop Project 2025 plans for a Trump White House

A group of House Democrats is warning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a second Trump White House

House Democrats step up to try to stop Project 2025 plans for a Trump White House
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Members of Congress commemorate D-Day with their own parachute jump over Normandy

A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives has made a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Members of Congress commemorate D-Day with their own parachute jump over Normandy
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House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes

Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have pushed this Congress into chaos showed up at Donald Trump’s hush money trial

House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes
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Failure to oust Speaker 'MAGA Mike' Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump

House Speaker Mike Johnson has a survived an attempt by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from office

Failure to oust Speaker 'MAGA Mike' Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump
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Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now

Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
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Seeking 'the right side of history,' Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine

Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance

Seeking 'the right side of history,' Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine
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Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies

Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed back against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies

Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies
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GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke

Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson and threatening his ouster

GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke
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Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons

Donald Trump is campaigning on promises of mass deportations and of pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and his ideas are being met with little pushback by a new era of Republicans in Congress

Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
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Biden impeachment inquiry is at a crossroads. As Hunter Biden declines to appear, GOP eyes next move

The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has hit a crossroads

Biden impeachment inquiry is at a crossroads. As Hunter Biden declines to appear, GOP eyes next move
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House GOP launch new probe of Jan. 6 and try shifting blame for the Capitol attack away from Trump

House Republicans are launching a vast re-investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump

House GOP launch new probe of Jan. 6 and try shifting blame for the Capitol attack away from Trump
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McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for 'disgraceful' Jan. 6, 2021, attack

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president

McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for 'disgraceful' Jan. 6, 2021, attack
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McConnell weighs endorsing Trump. It's a stark turnaround after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack

Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House

McConnell weighs endorsing Trump. It's a stark turnaround after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack
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Hunter Biden's years of personal grief and public missteps are focus of House impeachment probe

In the fall of 2015, Joe Biden had chosen to forgo a White House run, preparing to enter private life for the first time in his long political career

Hunter Biden's years of personal grief and public missteps are focus of House impeachment probe
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US aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by the far right

With U.S. aid for Ukraine teetering in Congress, it’s up to House Speaker Mike Johnson to decide what happens next

US aid to Ukraine hinges on House Speaker Johnson. His leadership is being tested by the far right
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House GOP will try again to impeach Mayorkas after failing once. But outcome is still uncertain

Having failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas the first time, House Republicans are determined to try again

House GOP will try again to impeach Mayorkas after failing once. But outcome is still uncertain
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Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as as GOP revolts.

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached, by the House

Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as as GOP revolts.
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House Republicans are ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, if they have the votes

The U.S. House is ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

House Republicans are ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, if they have the votes

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