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Apr 23 2024
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Casey and McCormick seal victories to launch Pennsylvania Senate showdown
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican challenger David McCormick are set to officially face off against each other in November for a seat that will help determine which party retains control of the Senate. Both Pennsylvania candidates easily won their primary races on Tuesday as neither candidate had any competitors running against them. The Associated Press called the races for both primaries
Washington ExaminerApr 24 2024
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Report: Nominee for Chicago’s top federal prosecutor to be named district judge after Senate stall
WASHINGTON — The woman nominated for Chicago’s top federal prosecutor position is being named a federal judge after she was not confirmed in the Senate, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. April Perry was nominated by the Biden administration last summer following John Lausch’s departure as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District in March 2023. Lausch was nominated by former President Trump in
WGNApr 22 2024
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Actor, store owner and architect wants to add a new title: Utah senator
Utah Renaissance man Oran Stainbrook is familiar with long odds and lost causes, and he is no stranger to beating them. For example, he was recently repatriated with the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ring he lost while swimming in the ocean near Tahiti. An accomplished female diver found it, looked him up on the Internet and returned the ring to the newly minted naval ensign. In the process,
The Salt Lake TribuneApr 25 2024
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Senate passes $8.6 billion budget, teeing up negotiations with the House
After a key vote Thursday, Vermont’s state budget is on its way to the final stages of negotiation. The Senate voted 26-2 for an $8.6 billion budget, which would take effect at the start of the fiscal year beginning in July. Having passed its own version of the budget last month, the House can now sign off on the Senate’s rewrite or — far more likely — call for a conference committee to hash
VT DiggerApr 27 2024
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Mississippi Senate agrees to a new school funding formula, sending plan to the governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler to understand, under a bill headed to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. A bill with the new formula passed the 52-member state Senate on Saturday with three votes in opposition, a
Associated PressApr 11 2024
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43 Republican senators sign letter to Schumer, pressing for Senate to hold Mayorkas impeachment trial
The bulk of the Senate GOP conference has joined a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that calls for the chamber to hold a trial regarding the articles of impeachment the House lodged against Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas back in February. According to reports, a spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that "the House will transmit the articles of
The BlazeApr 19 2024
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Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance program despite privacy concerns
WASHINGTON — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign
NPR Fact CheckApr 27 2024
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State Republican convention: Donald Trump endorses Trent Staggs in Senate race
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Republican delegates have gathered in Salt Lake City to select the party's nominees for the 2024 election and one Senate candidate kicked off the morning by earning an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Trump posted an endorsement for Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs on social media Saturday morning, backing the self-described "America First" candidate for
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