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Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
House Republicans are taking aim at President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war this week, after the administration paused shipment of some bombs to Israel and warned that the U.S. wll cut off more offensive weapons to Jerusalem if its forces launch an invasion into Rafah. Republicans in both chambers have sharply criticized the administration’s…
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) criticized President Biden’s stance on Israel, particularly the administration’s decision to pause some military shipments to the country and its position on Rafah. Cotton supported Israel’s actions in Rafah that have prepared the way for a potential complete invasion into the city, where over 1 million people had relocated for safety.
A pair of senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would make it necessary for the State Department to include information about xylazine in its yearly report. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the legislation on Wednesday, which would require the State Department to include data on xylazine, also known as “tranq,” in its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy (INCSR) Report. The report is meant to…
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), a Trump-aligned rising conservative star, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a leading liberal advocate of fighting climate change, have teamed up to form the Senate’s newest odd couple by joining forces to eliminate tax breaks for corporate consolidation. Vance and Whitehouse on Thursday unveiled the Stop Subsidizing Mergers Act, which would…
Congressional leaders revealed their $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page government funding package in the early hours of Thursday morning. Now, they’re rushing to attempt to pass the six-bill measure — which includes the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and State; the IRS; and general government and foreign operations — by a Friday night shutdown…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) rejected a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Senate Democratic caucus in a virtual meeting, arguing against discussing Israel in a partisan way. Netanyahu, the right-wing Israeli leader, met with Senate Republicans in a closed virtual meeting on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Schumer…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he received a voicemail in which someone threatened to “find” and “shoot” him over a potential TikTok ban Wednesday. “This is a voicemail my office received last night,” Tillis said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “TikTok’s misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their…
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stated in an interview on Wednesday that users would gain from the controversial bill aiming to make TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, sell the popular app or potentially face a ban in the United States. After a classified intelligence briefing on TikTok, Cruz argued for blocking the Chinese Communist…
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