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Senate GOP looks to Trump to keep hold of House majority

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Amanda Smith

Senate Republicans believe the party’s chances of retaining its slim House majority will sink or swim with former President Trump in November ...

Republicans Flock To Trump’s Trial To Attack The Judge, The Court, The Law

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have found a new way to prove their loyalty to Donald Trump: flock to New York City ...

Hakeem Jeffries Calls Out Speaker Mike Johnson Over Missing Jan. 6 Plaque

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON ― House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for stalling on installing a plaque to ...

America’s debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It’s well past time, the newly elected House speaker ...

House quashes Marjorie Taylor Greene motion to oust speaker Mike Johnson

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Amanda Smith

The House easily quashed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution to oust the Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, on Wednesday, as members of both ...

Republican Hard-Liners Move To Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson

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Amanda Smith

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is leading the hard-line House Republicans who want to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. via Associated Press Rep. ...

House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt action against Attorney General Merrick Garland

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee plans to prepare a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for ...

House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson

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Amanda Smith

The House is expected to vote this week on a motion to remove Republican Mike Johnson as speaker, but the effort, spearheaded ...

Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very ...

Biden keeps quiet as Gaza protesters and police clash on college campuses

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staying mum about student protests and police crackdowns as Republicans try to turn campus unrest ...