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No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that…
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Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
SACRAMENTO — National union leaders, including the head of one of California’s largest labor organizations, on Wednesday urged Gov. Gavin…
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GOP lawmakers drop voter-ID demand under pressure from Trump
President Trump persuaded his MAGA allies in Congress not to prolong the partial government shutdown in an effort to force the Senate to…
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US lawmakers say TikTok joint venture deal needs scrutiny from Congress
Some US lawmakers on Friday (Jan 23) said a deal by TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to establish a majority American-owned joint venture…
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Paris Hilton joins House lawmakers to push deepfake bill
Paris Hilton lent her star quality to a cause close to her heart Thursday, helping Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Laurel Lee promote…
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Pro-life lawmakers demand restrictions on abortion drugs amid March for Life
As the annual March for Life drew thousands of pro-life supporters to the capital on Friday, lawmakers demanded renewed restrictions on…
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Political whiplash: Virginia lurches left under Spanberger and Democratic lawmakers
Virginia's new Democratic governor and Democrat-led General Assembly have unveiled a liberal agenda that critics warn will raise costs,…
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How lawmakers salvaged the spending process after a record government shutdown
Congress is on track to pass full-year funding for at least 11 of the 12 annual spending bills nearly a third of the way into the fiscal…
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Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover as US lawmakers visit Denmark to ease tensions
Daniel Bush,Washington correspondentand Paulin Kola US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place tariffs on nations that do not…
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Bilt’s new credit cards to feature 10% interest rate, answering lawmakers’ pleas
Silicon Valley fintech giant Bilt announced an overhaul of its credit cards on Wednesday, which notably will include an introductory rate…
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Lawmakers urge NIH to stop taxpayer money for 'dangerous' bat virus lab in U.S.
Republican lawmakers have asked the Trump administration to cancel its support for a controversial new lab being built in Colorado to…
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Senate advances spending package as lawmakers tee up another ahead of Jan. 30 deadline
The Senate on Monday advanced a House-passed, three-bill spending package. Lawmakers are readying action on another two appropriations…
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Lawmakers praise military operation in Venezuela, but some want details made public
Lawmakers from both parties debriefed on classified details of the capture of Nicholas Maduro say the daring U.S. operation was…
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Politicians and Pop Stars Go Pow! — The Year’s Top Alliances and Beefs Between Musicians and Lawmakers
It’s not as if music and politics haven’t been strange bedfellows for decades. But the bedding down got weirder than ever in 2025, when…
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Stalled spending bills put Congress in catch-up mode when lawmakers return in January
Congress has not passed any spending bills since the 43-day government shutdown ended, and lawmakers won't have much time left to act when…
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'Too many redactions': Lawmakers say Epstein file release does not meet their requirements
Lawmakers said the Justice Department's release Friday of a limited and heavily redacted portion of its case files on Jeffrey Epstein…
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Jack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set for a closed-door interview with House Republicans on Wednesday after…
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Republican Lawmakers Take the Mask Off Over Bondi Beach Shooting
“Twenty-eight thousand people die a year from a snake bite, a certain snake. It’s a viper. It’s said to be the most poisonous snake in the…
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Trump’s Posts Spur Threats Against Lawmakers On Both Sides of Aisle
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s…
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Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar
A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered…
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Online child safety advocates urge California lawmakers to increase protections
SACRAMENTO — Julianna Arnold wasn’t alarmed when her teen daughter first joined Instagram. Many people her age were using it. And her…
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GOP unity tested as lawmakers seek health plan to counter Democrats' Obamacare subsidy exension
Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they're struggling to coalesce around short- and…
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Navy admiral tells lawmakers there was no 'kill all' order in attack that killed drug boat survivors
A Navy admiral told lawmakers Thursday that there was no "kill them all" order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as Congress scrutinizes…
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Top Military Commander Showed Lawmakers Boat Strike Video—and It’s Bad
Lawmakers were shocked and appalled Thursday after they were shown video footage of the September 2 double tap that killed two survivors…