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Mar 02 2017
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House Oversight Chairman Calls On Sessions to Recuse Himself, Clarify Russia Testimony
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any ongoing investigation into connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Chaffetz is also calling on Sessions to clarify testimony given under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing in January about his own contact and
TownhallOct 20 2023
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Jordan-backing Republican leaves country ahead of next speaker vote: 'There is no path'
Right as a third round of voting is in the works on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and his bid for speaker of the House, a key Republican lawmaker who has backed him throughout the process, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), is skipping town to go to Israel, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday. “After retiring from the military in 2014, I made a solemn promise to the Jewish people that if anything
Raw StorySep 18 2012
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White House opens door to other explanations behind Libya attack
Two days after the Obama administration's top diplomat to the United Nations insisted the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was "spontaneous," the White House opened the door Tuesday to the possibility of other explanations. "We have provided information about what we believe was the precipitating cause of the protest and violence based on the information that we have had available
Fox News (Online News)Feb 13 2019
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From Omar to Ocasio-Cortez, outspoken House freshmen creating friction with Dem leaders
A brash batch of freshmen Democrats including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., captured the hearts and imagination of the Democratic Party’s activist wing with an agenda combating climate change and income inequality and beyond. But the influence and attention they are quickly amassing, as well as high-profile stumbles along the way, are creating tensions with
Fox News (Online News)Jan 11 2013
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White House may consider funding for police in schools after Newtown
The Obama administration is considering funding many more police officers in public schools to secure campuses, a leading Democratic senator said, part of a broad gun violence agenda that is likely to include a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips and universal background checks.
Washington PostOct 21 2023
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DeSantis says he would cancel student visas, deport foreign nationals celebrating Hamas if elected president
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would rescind student visas of foreign nationals in the U.S. and send them back to their home countries if they expressed support for Hamas terrorists' attack against Israel. Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday, the White House hopeful discussed his plans to remove Hamas-supporting foreign nationals attending U.
Fox News (Online News)Jan 07 2013
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Debt Limit: White House, GOP Spar Over Looming Fight
Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never cross when it comes to the U.S. debt limit.
The tough talk on the Sunday morning talk shows doesn't bode well for voters who are frustrated by the political gridlock.
"I believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise
HuffPostOct 24 2023
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Tim Scott shifts the bulk of his resources to Iowa as campaign struggles nationally
Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign is going “all-in” on the Iowa caucuses as his White House bid struggles to gain momentum nationally among Republicans.
Scott's campaign said it will shift resources from New Hampshire to Iowa, doubling its staff in Iowa and opening new headquarters in West Des Moines. It also plans to spend more on advertising ahead of the first-in-the-nation
NBC News (Online)Jan 19 2019
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House Democrats Add $1 Billion in Border-Related Spending to Measures to Reopen Government
House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a “major announcement” on Saturday about the border and the shutdown stalemate.
New York Times (News)Mar 31 2017
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The Trump White House is in deep legal trouble, according to Trump’s own standards
President Trump on Friday urged his former top adviser, Michael Flynn, to seek an immunity deal from Congress, after news broke late Thursday that Flynn was seeking such a deal. Trump said Flynn should cut a deal because the entire thing is “a witch hunt” that ostensibly won't lead anywhere.
Washington Post