Speaker Mike Johnson is hiking pressure on Senate Democrats by keeping the House out of session for a sixth straight week. The ongoing government shutdown is the second-longest in history…
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There has been a noticeable shift in the Senate over the last week, with lawmakers on either side of the aisle talking more about how to get out of the…
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President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would revive nuclear weapons testing — which the U.S. has not done since 1992 — left experts, lawmakers and military personnel scratching their…
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How to find your sample ballot for Election Day 2025 with races across states and cities nationwide
While 2025 is considered an ‘off-year election,’ without the high-profile presidential showdown of last year or the competitive midterm elections that could shift the congressional balance of power next year,…
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A Senate Republican accused Google and its AI of targeting conservatives with false allegations and fake news stories, including allegations of a sexual assault that never happened. Sen. Marsha Blackburn,…
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Hegseth, in talks with Chinese counterpart, says US will ‘stoutly defend’ interests in Indo-Pacific
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday met with his Chinese counterpart in Kuala Lumpur, using the high-profile encounter to reaffirm that the United States will ‘stoutly defend’ its interests…
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President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Republicans to end the filibuster in order to end the month-long government shutdown. In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump argued that Democrats…
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Two major phone carriers took sharply different paths when former special counsel Jack Smith’s team subpoenaed phone records tied to Republican lawmakers in 2023, according to the redacted subpoenas and…
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A former spokesperson for then-President Joe Biden admitted to Congress in August testimony, which surfaced on social media Wednesday, that he had only met with the aging president between one…
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President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than three decades has sent shockwaves through both Washington and world…
