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Border policy a key sticking point in Congress with shutdown deadline just days away

March 18, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

Lawmakers are scrambling to avert a partial shutdown ahead of a federal government funding deadline at the end of the week. After months of averting shutdowns at the eleventh hour with stopgap bills, Congress finally passed a package of six […]


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Senate Republicans hammer Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget request as ‘liberal wish list’

March 11, 2024

Via: Fox News

Republicans in the Senate reacted to President Biden’s $7.3 trillion 2025 budget request on Monday, criticizing it as a “liberal wish list” and “reckless.” Biden’s requested budget was revealed on Monday, detailing his plan to raise taxes on corporations and […]


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House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline

March 6, 2024

Via: Federal News Network

The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday […]


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Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court

March 5, 2024

Via: Fox News

Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month and could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide has reached record highs. Dozens of briefs have been filed […]


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Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement

February 29, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. […]


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New poll reveals record-high number of Americans view this issue as ‘critical threat’ to US interests

February 27, 2024

Via: Fox News

A record-high number of Americans see large numbers of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. as a “critical threat” to U.S. interests, according to a new poll published Tuesday. The Gallup poll found that 55% of U.S. adults say that […]


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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Trump-allied lawyers over 2020 election lawsuit in Michigan

February 20, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Sidney Powell and other lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump over $150,000 in sanctions they were ordered to pay for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the […]


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Biden wants people to know most of the money he’s seeking for Ukraine would be spent in the US

February 20, 2024

Via: Washington's Top News

At a bustling construction site outside of Dallas, there are hopes that Congress can finally pass nearly $95 billion in foreign aid including funding for Ukraine — because factory jobs in the United States depend on that money. Aerospace and […]


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Bipartisan lawmakers unveil $66B military aid and border alternative

February 16, 2024

Via: POLITICO

A bipartisan group of eight House lawmakers on Friday unveiled a $66.3 billion proposal to fund military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in a bid to break the House logjam on the issue before Kyiv’s war effort sputters. The […]


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White House blasted after posting Valentine’s Day meme attacking House Speaker Mike Johnson over border deal

February 14, 2024

Via: Fox News

The White House was blasted online over a Valentine’s Day meme making fun of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over the doomed border deal. The White House posted on X an image of Johnson with a red background and broken […]


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Breaking down the House endgames for the Senate’s foreign aid plan

February 12, 2024

Via: POLITICO

The Senate is set to approve its $95 billion national security funding package as soon as Tuesday, delivering long-stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Then the House will take its turn — and there will be a multi-directional battle […]


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Johnson considers new vote on spy powers for next week

February 7, 2024

Via: POLITICO

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a floor vote on a revised spy powers bill next week, four people familiar with the discussion told POLITICO. The move would almost certainly renew lingering tensions within the House GOP over what to do […]


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House tees up vote on impeaching Mayorkas over border crisis

February 6, 2024

Via: Fox News

House Republicans are moving toward a chamber-wide vote on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis. A Cabinet secretary has not been impeached since 1876. Mayorkas is facing two impeachment articles, one that accuses him […]


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Elections official’s challenge to North Dakota mail-in ballot law dismissed

February 2, 2024

Via: Fox News

A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the acceptance of mail-in ballots after Election Day brought by a county election official and backed by a legal group aligned with former President Donald Trump. In his Friday […]


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House Republican cracks down on foreign cash funneled into US nonprofits

February 1, 2024

Via: Fox News

A new House Republican-led bill aims to crack down on the flow of foreign money to U.S.-based think tanks and charities. Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that he’s introducing the “Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure […]


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Biden tops Trump in new poll, but lead shrinks against third-party candidates

January 31, 2024

Via: Fox News

President Biden holds a six-point lead over former President Donald Trump in a likely November election rematch, a new national poll suggests. But the Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday indicates that the president’s advantage over Trump shrinks in a […]


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House passes $78 billion tax bill expanding child tax credit and boosting US manufacturing

January 31, 2024

Via: Fox News

The House of Representatives approved a major bipartisan deal to temporarily expand the child tax credit and revive a number of business tax breaks on Wednesday. The $78 billion tax bill passed in a 357-70 vote with wide support from […]


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US lawmakers see wave of new bills aiming to define antisemitism

January 29, 2024

Via: Fox News

Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. Supporters say it’s increasingly important to add a definition that lays out how to […]


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Donald Trump dominates again, as former president easily beats Nikki Haley in New Hampshire GOP primary

January 23, 2024

Via: Fox News

Eight days after he crushed the competition in Iowa’s low-turnout Republican presidential caucuses, Trump quickly defeated Nikki Haley – his final remaining major rival for the GOP nomination – in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. Fox News projected Trump would win […]


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Senate clears first hurdle to thwart partial government shutdown

January 16, 2024

Via: POLITICO

The Senate overcame its first procedural hurdle Tuesday night to ward off a partial shutdown on Saturday, advancing another two-tiered stopgap spending bill that would kick government funding deadlines into March. In a 68-13 vote, the upper chamber advanced the […]