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Senate bill would increase $10,000 thresholds for financial transactions banks must report to feds
Senate Republicans have introduced legislation to increase the reporting thresholds for currency transaction reports and suspicious…
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Jeff Merkley holds the Senate floor for 22 hours to protest Trump
Sen. Jeff Merkley concluded a 22-hour Senate floor speech on Wednesday, stopping short of breaking the record as he railed against…
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Jeff Merkley's marathon speech keeps going in Senate to protest Trump's policies
Sen. Jeff Merkley's Senate floor speech broke the 21-hour mark on Wednesday afternoon. Source link
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'I'm not a secret Nazi': Fascist tattoo sported by Democratic Senate candidate in Maine
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner denied he was a "secret Nazi" after a video showed he has a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol.…
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Jeff Merkley Holds Marathon Speech on Senate Floor Warning About Trump
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic…
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North Carolina Senate approves redrawn district map likely giving GOP another seat in Congress
North Carolina Republicans passed a new congressional map through the state legislature that would likely add one additional GOP seat in…
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13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown
While the first part of Cruz’s warning falls into the same hyperbolic rhetoric that the GOP has been pushing about No Kings being an…
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Mitch McConnell, 83, Collapses in Senate Office Building
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell tripped and fell in the Senate building Thursday, adding another worrying incident to his long list of…
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Shutdown to last until at least Monday as Senate Democrats reject stopgap bill for 10th time
A 10th Senate vote on a stopgap bill to fund the government through Nov. 21 failed Thursday, ensuring the government shutdown will…
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Senate vote fails for the eighth time to break Democrats' filibuster of stopgap spending bill
An eighth failed Senate vote Tuesday on the House-passed stopgap bill to fund the government through Nov. 21 will send the government…
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Maine Gov. Mills plans to confront Trump again with her campaign for the U.S. Senate
The New England governor who told President Trump to his face that she would see him in court now plans to challenge Maine's Republican…
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say
Maine's two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year,…
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Susan Collins hits milestone in unbroken Senate voting streak but still short of ultimate record
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins has not missed a vote since she joined the Senate in 1997, and on Wednesday became the first senator…
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Senate confirms 107 more Trump nominees, clearing bulk of backlog
Senate Republicans on Tuesday confirmed 107 of President Trump's nominees to executive roles, taking advantage of their recent rules…
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Senate Democrats want to see more evidence that the FBI illegally spied on GOP lawmakers
Senate Democrats on Tuesday said they wanted to see more evidence that President Biden's FBI spied on Republican lawmakers before they…
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Senate Democratic leader Schumer plays the Epstein card in shutdown showdown
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Sunday that Republicans care more about thwarting the release of the Epstein files than…
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Senate Minority Leader Schumer condemns Trump justice system after Comey indictment
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Sunday that he has a deep distrust in President Trump's handling of the justice system…
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Senate GOP leader Thune says shutdown likely unless Democrats ‘dial back’ healthcare demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still…
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DOGE put your Social Security Number on a cloud server with up to a 65% risk of getting hacked: Senate report
A newly released report from Senate Democrats alleges that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “copied Americans’ sensitive…
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Congress careens toward a government shutdown with the Senate in the driver's seat
Congress is in the midst of a shutdown stalemate and lawmakers have left Washington, with only the Senate planning to return before…
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Senate confirms Michael Waltz to United Nations post ahead of world leaders' gathering
The Senate has confirmed former White House national security adviser Michael Waltz to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,…
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Senate rejects dueling stopgap funding bills and leaves Washington ahead of shutdown deadline
The Senate has rejected competing proposals from Republicans and Democrats to keep the government open into the new fiscal year that…
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Senate Republicans Push Through Motion to Honor Charlie Kirk
The Senate has passed a “National Day of Remembrance” resolution to honor conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk after he was killed last…
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House Passes Spending Bill, Kicking Off Chaotic Battle in Senate
The Republican-controlled House has passed another stopgap bill to keep the government chugging along until late November. The final tally…