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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.
People are going to vote on Tuesday in Ohio in the Senate primary that is getting the most attention this election season. A businessman named Bernie Moreno has gotten support from former President Donald Trump, while his competitor Matt Dolan has the endorsement of Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio). Secretary of State Frank LaRose is also running. The winner of the contest…
A group of progressive lawmakers is renewing its push to increase taxes on the country’s wealthiest people. The proposal, reintroduced Tuesday, would create a 2 percent tax on households that are worth more than $50 million and a 3 percent tax on households worth more than $1 billion. It would affect the wealthiest 100,000 households…
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, is condemning former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for his effort to purchase the social media platform TikTok. “I don’t see how America will be any more secure if the next owner of TikTok is a MAGA Trump crony backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund,”…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Monday that lawmakers are almost at a deal to reform the nation’s process for approving infrastructure projects. “We are very near,” he said during an energy conference on Monday, talking about progress towards creating a compromise law on what is now called “permitting reform.” “I want to do it…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said GOP leadership should have more carefully reviewed the claims in Sen. Katie Britt’s (R-Ala.) response to President Biden’s State of the Union address as she faces criticism for sharing a story of sexual violence from two decades ago as an attack on Biden. Asked by CNN’s Manu Raju about Britt’s…
Trump-supported businessman Bernie Moreno holds a 9-point lead in the Ohio Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race in a new poll released one day ahead of the state’s Tuesday primary election. The final Emerson College poll of probable GOP voters, conducted on Sunday and Monday, indicates Moreno with 38 percent support — a 9-point lead…
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