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Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!
On Tuesday evening, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley stepped onto the Senate floor to begin a marathon speech that extended well into…
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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'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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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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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 Democrats Turn to Rare Rule to Force Release of Epstein Files
Senate Democrats are pulling out a rare stop in hopes of compelling the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation to release…
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Senate Confirms Judge Who Thinks Trump Should Say “F*** You” to Courts
“Epstein has a certain reputation obviously. I’m just curious, were some of the workers that were taken from you, were some of them young…
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New Whistleblower Says Trump Judicial Nominee Lied in Senate Hearing
Senior Justice Department official Emil Bove is the subject of yet another whistleblower complaint, this time alleging that he lied to…
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Republican Announces Senate Run—and Misspells State He’s Running In
MAGA Representative Mike Collins of Georgia has his work cut out for him as he enters the 2026 Republican Senate primary field. His GOP…
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Senate Passes Trump Budget After Buying Lisa Murkowski’s Vote
Donald Trump’s wishy-washy tariffs have been good for one thing: keeping Federal Reserve interest rates high, according to the central…
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Wealthy Silicon Valley investors in line for US$17 billion windfall in US senate Republican tax Bill
Silicon Valley’s favourite tax break may be getting an upgrade. Venture capitalists, along with successful tech founders and early startup…
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Circle gets buy rating after Senate passes stablecoin bill
The company behind USDC has seen its shares rise more than 600% since they started trading earlier this month Circle Internet Group’s…
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Senate GOP’s Remedy for Anti-Trump Lawsuits? Make Them Impossible.
Tough luck, as the old saying goes. Bolick adds: “This means that many parties would have no choice but accept violations of their rights…
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Trump Loses It at Rand Paul as GOP Budget Bill Seems Doomed in Senate
Massive law firms that work on lucrative contracts, like Paul, Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis, and others, struck deals with the Trump…
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Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster
“No, this isn’t the same as killing the filibuster. This actually goes way, way beyond that. First, they are doing more than going nuclear…
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Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
A first-of-its-kind bill to regulate parts of the cryptocurrency industry stalled in the Senate on Thursday, after Democrats blocked it…
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Senate Confirms Frank Bisignano as Social Security Commissioner
The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the Social Security Administration, which has been thrown into…
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Trump Crypto Deals Provoke Senate Backlash and Calls for Investigation
Senate Democrats are demanding changes to cryptocurrency legislation pending in Congress, responding partly to growing evidence that the…