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Senate approves 48 Trump nominees after GOP rules change to speed up confirmation process
Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Trump's nominees for various executive branch roles, using their new rules change…
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Kash Patel serves up a verbal beatdown for Senate Democrats trying to bash him
Firmly ensconced in his position as FBI director and with seven months of successes under his belt, Kash Patel unloaded on his critics in…
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Stephen Miran wins Federal Reserve post confirmation as Senate backs Trump pick
The FOMC is already expected to cut interest rates for the first time since December on weakening job growth US President Donald Trump’s…
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Senate Republicans go 'nuclear' on nominee rules after deal with Democrats falls apart
Senate Republicans, in a party-line vote late Thursday, changed the chamber's rules to speed up confirmation of President Trump's…
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Senate Republicans reject Schumer's 'political stunt,' kill move to release Epstein files
Senate Republicans late Wednesday killed an amendment filed by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer to the annual defense…
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Roy Cooper's Senate run hits headwinds from Charlotte light-rail stabbing
As North Carolina governor, Democrat Roy Cooper followed the party playbook on public safety, releasing thousands of prisoners during the…
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Senate GOP poised to change rules to force some Trump nominees through Democrats' roadblocks
Senate Republicans on Thursday will give Democrats one final chance to quickly advance some of President Trump's nominees before they…
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Senate approves Trump’s controversial Fed Board pick
A Senate committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve’s board of…
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Senate Rules Need Not Delay Executive Branch Subordinates
John Thune’s proposed rule change is mostly about ending a pointless charade. Source link
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Senate Republicans begin to change rules to clear backlog of Trump nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he planned to begin "necessary procedural steps to amend the rules" so that Republicans…
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Thune says Senate will change the rules to push through Trump's blocked nominees
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he's ready to change the chamber's rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald…
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Transcript: Fox’s Dumb Spin on RFK Fiasco in Senate Backfires on Trump
Sargent: Well, what I find really striking about this, as you mentioned earlier, is that Fox News does seem to recognize how politically…
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RFK Jr. Claims He Can’t Hear as He Falls Apart in Senate Hearing
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy couldn’t cough up answers when pressed about the Trump administration’s actions that…
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Senate Republicans plan rules change vote to speed up confirmation of Trump's nominees
Senate Republicans are planning to hold a vote in the coming weeks to change the chamber's rules for processing lower-level nominations in…
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Sherrod Brown tries to be comeback kid in Ohio after voters last year kicked him out of U.S. Senate
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown officially kicked off his bid to return to the U.S. Senate on Monday, saying President Trump has sold out Ohio…
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AI adds scarier scams, finds Senate hearing on seniors
Artificial intelligence has made it more difficult for seniors to identify scams, a problem for an already vulnerable population,…
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Mitch McConnell's legacy comes under fire in Kentucky race to replace him in the Senate
Republican Nate Morris had deftly warmed up a crowd of party faithful, gushing about President Donald Trump and recounting his own life's…
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Senate departs Washington for summer without deal on confirming Trump nominees
The Senate adjourned late Saturday for its summer break without a deal on fast-tracking confirmation of President Trump's nominees,…
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Senate session heads into overtime as Democrats stall votes on Trump nominees
The Senate is beginning to work into its scheduled summer break as a partisan dispute over quickly confirming President Trump's nominees…
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Senate Republicans not eager to enact Trump's tariff rebates for Americans
Senate Republicans, save for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, are not rushing to implement President Trump's idea to use incoming tariff revenue…
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North Carolina Senate race sets up as a fight over who would be a champion for the middle class
Democrats still in the dumps over last year's elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper…
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Trump calls on Senate to stay in D.C. to vote on more than 150 nominees
President Trump wants the Senate to stay in session until it clears a backlog of more than 150 judicial and executive-branch nominees.…
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Whatley enters North Carolina Senate race with Trump, GOP leaders' endorsement
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley on Thursday announced his 2026 bid for the open North Carolina U.S. Senate seat,…
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Majority of Senate Democrats are now willing to block arms sales to Israel
A growing number of Senate Democrats are starting to shift their criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the…