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May 10 2024
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Changing tune: Vulnerable senator co-sponsors Laken Riley Act weeks after opposing
Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester appears to be changing his tune on supporting the Republican-led Laken Riley Act, named after the 22-year-old nursing student who was allegedly murdered by an illegal alien in February on the University of Georgia’s campus. Tester voted with Democrats on March 23 in blocking GOP Sen. Ted Budd’s amendment he described as being a “modified version” of the Laken
WNDMay 06 2024
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Why Laphonza Butler is reading banned books out loud on the Senate floor
If you were looking for the book “Sister Outsider” a few years ago at a school in Tennessee, you might not have found it there. But thanks to California Sen. Laphonza Butler, parts of it now live in the Congressional Record.
“Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a Black woman, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself — a Black woman
Roll CallMay 10 2024
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Percentage of US mortgages considered 'seriously underwater' rises
A new report finds that the percentage of U.S. mortgages considered to be "seriously underwater" rose in the first quarter of 2024, while the proportion of fell for the third consecutive quarter. The report by property and real estate data firm ATTOM found that the portion of mortgaged homes that were seriously underwater rose slightly in the first quarter of 2024 from 2.6% to 2.7% of all
Fox BusinessApr 20 2024
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Senate Passes Renewal Of Controversial Surveillance Law
The Senate reauthorized an anti-terrorism surveillance law just after midnight Friday, overcoming objections from lawmakers worried the revamp did not do enough to protect Americans’ privacy.
The Senate rushed to vote, 60 to 34, in favor of the two-year renewal, barely missing approving it ahead of the law’s midnight expiration. With the House having passed the bill last week, it was
HuffPostMar 28 2024
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Matt Gaetz attacks Rep. John Curtis at Utah campaign stop for U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs
Several hundred Republican delegates and MAGA enthusiasts packed into Riverton High School on Thursday night to hear from Florida GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was in town to endorse Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs’ U.S. Senate bid. Staggs is one of nearly a dozen Republicans running for the party’s nomination to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, who is not seeking a second term in Washington. It’s
The Salt Lake TribuneMay 06 2024
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"The Most Legit Dude" in the Colorado Capitol: Senator Becomes Unlikely Celebrity
One Colorado legislator has become the subject of fan pages , a weekly holiday and an effort to replace Mayor Mike Johnston’s greeting at the Denver airport with his voice instead.As state Senator Perry Will walks through the Colorado Capitol Building on Friday, May 3, staffers stop him to ask for photos. Dozens of people roam the halls wearing bolo ties — Will’s signature look — in homage to
Denver WestwordMay 07 2024
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The growing US movement to end child marriages
New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Until 2016, child marriage – defined as a union involving at least one person under 18 years of age – was legal in all 50 states, sometimes only under specific circumstances, such as pregnancy. But since the US signed up to a
The Week - NewsApr 25 2024
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Utah FOP: 'False Narrative' Spread on Senate Hopeful Staggs
The Utah Fraternal Order of Police is rejecting a "false narrative" appearing in campaign advertisements against U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs that calls for votes against him at the upcoming Utah State Convention on claims that he "handcuffed cops, not criminals" while mayor of Riverton City, Utah. "It should be noted that the Utah Fraternal Order of Police has had a long history of
Newsmax (News)May 03 2024
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UNC frat brothers who defended US flag speak out: 'Deeply important to us'
Two fraternity brothers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's chapter of Pi Kappa Phi spoke to Fox News after footage of them defending the American flag from anti-Israel protesters who had already taken it down once went viral.Brendan Rosenblum told "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Thursday that campus police along with Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts hoisted an American flag that
Fox News (Online News)