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Politics, Americas
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Lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress took a major step that paves the way for Chad Wolf to become the next acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
The...
Bill would require cops to get a court order for any surveillance A bipartisan bill making its way through the US Senate asks that federal law enforcement get a court order before any use of facial recognition tech.…
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Jake Johnson, staff writer"One priority of a Sanders or Warren White House absolutely must be politically crushing the deficit scolds within the Democratic Party."
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Julia Conley, staff writerCivil rights advocates were among those who condemned on Thursday the Senate's confirmation of Steven Menashi to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Trump goon Steven Menashi to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court in a 51-41 vote partisan split. Every Republican present, except Sen. Susan Collins, voted for Menachi, a controversial and radical White House lawyer who was...
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal was delivering a speech on the Senate floor about gun violence when he was handed a note telling him that as he spoke, yet another school shooting was happening in California.Read more...
The White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday announced their opposition to a Democratic bill to fund and reform the Export-Import Bank.In a statement, the White House budget office said it would recommend that...
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The top two lawmakers tasked with funding the government said Thursday that they want an agreement on top-line spending figures by next week. Both Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and House...
Sen. Rand Paul could force a vote on the Senate floor that would bring Hunter Biden or other White House-favored impeachment witnesses to an impeachment trial.Paul said on Thursday he’s considering forcing votes on motions in President Donald...
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to take up House legislation that would extend the operations of the beleaguered Export-Import Bank for the next decade and is instead inclined to keep the agency running as part of an upcoming...
The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee to the powerful 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals despite bipartisan frustration over his refusal to answer questions during his confirmation hearing. In a 51-41 vote, the...
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Enlarge / FTC Chairman Joseph Simons testifying about antitrust matters before a Senate committee in September 2019. (credit: Alex Edelman | Bloomberg | Getty Images)
In testimony before a House subcommittee Wednesday, Federal Trade Commission...
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Senate Republicans hauled leaders of the Department of Human Services to the Capitol on Wednesday to ask why the embattled agency reported hundreds of violations of contract policy in the last year.
State Sen. Michelle BensonBefore the hearing,...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks back to his office after speaking on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump says young undocumented immigrants have nothing to worry about from the Supreme Court. The Senate begs to differ.Minority Whip Dick Durbin has been on the front lines of the Senate’s immigration battles for decades,...
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The House passed its bill months ago expanding protections for Native American and LGBTQ victims of abuse. The Senate has done nada.
“Some Republican senators and their advisers are privately discussing whether to pressure GOP leaders to stage a lengthy impeachment trial beginning in January to scramble the Democratic presidential race — potentially keeping a half-dozen...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel J. Jones, lead investigator for the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's enhanced interrogation program. Adam Driver plays him in The Report.
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“The Senate confirmed Chad Wolf Wednesday to become policy undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security so that he can take another job — acting secretary of the entire agency,” Politico reports.
“The strange maneuver...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested Wednesday that the Senate would not cut short an impeachment trial, Politico reports.
Said McConnell: “The rules of impeachment are very clear when it comes to the trial. My own view is...