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Read more about the article Mayorkas slams Texas Gov. Abbott for saying Biden should use executive authority on border

Mayorkas slams Texas Gov. Abbott for saying Biden should use executive authority on border

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas pushed back Sunday on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent remarks that President Joe Biden should use more executive authority to take action on the southern…

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Read more about the article House Dem: Speaker needs to deliver ‘inevitable’ to ‘flammable right wing’ on government funding

House Dem: Speaker needs to deliver ‘inevitable’ to ‘flammable right wing’ on government funding

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday that the “flammable right wing” of the GOP won’t get what it wants in government funding negotiations this week as another government shutdown deadline…

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Read more about the article Ukraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid

Ukraine’s troops are rationing ammunition. Yet House Republicans plan to take weeks to mull more aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian drones fly without ammunition. Russian artillery unleash deadly volleys from safe positions beyond the range of Kyiv's troops. Shortages of ammo and supplies are resulting in…

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Read more about the article Elizabeth Warren’s GOP Challenger Has a History of Incredibly Blunt Anti-Trump Tweets

Elizabeth Warren’s GOP Challenger Has a History of Incredibly Blunt Anti-Trump Tweets

John Deaton, the Republican cryptocurrency booster who just launched a longshot 2024 challenge against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), has a resume loaded with potential campaign-killers. Deaton has been public about…

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Read more about the article “Humiliation”: Fox host buries GOP as Republican admits “we were warned” about indicted informant
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“Humiliation”: Fox host buries GOP as Republican admits “we were warned” about indicted informant

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., claimed that top Republicans were warned about the debunked Biden claims from a former FBI informant before he was indicted for making up allegations that the…

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Read more about the article House Republicans’ narrow majority could get even smaller if Democrats flip Santos’ old seat on Tuesday

House Republicans’ narrow majority could get even smaller if Democrats flip Santos’ old seat on Tuesday

The special election to replace ousted Congressman George Santos has become an expensive slugfest for both parties. Polling shows former Congressman Tom Suozzi, who left Congress for a failed gubernatorial…

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Read more about the article Sen. Chris Murphy, who helped broker the failed border security package, says it’s ‘worrying’ that Mitch McConnell couldn’t deliver more votes: ‘No one is in charge over there’

Sen. Chris Murphy, who helped broker the failed border security package, says it’s ‘worrying’ that Mitch McConnell couldn’t deliver more votes: ‘No one is in charge over there’

Murphy, who spent months working with GOP Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to design immigration legislation that could pass in the narrowly-divided Senate,…

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