House Republicans passed a one-year extension of funding for the Bush era PEPFAR program providing AIDS relief to Africa but with guardrails to stop what one GOP congressmantold Fox News Digital is a Biden administration push to fund abortions on the continent through the program. In a vote late Thursday …
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A California congressman is the latest victim of antisemitism attacks happening across the country as Rep. David Valadao’s (R-Calif.) Hanford office was vandalized Monday morning, according to a post on X from Rep. Valadao. Rep. Valadao posted a photo of his Hanford office Monday afternoon covered in “Murdered by Israel” …
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Several politicians, media figures and professors raced to social media and television this week to amplify the message that racism forced former Harvard President Claudine Gay to resign from her position. Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, resigned after igniting controversy with commentsregarding antisemitismon the university’s campus and facing several charges …
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is suing Texas over its redistricting plan that would eliminate five Democratic congressional seats. The NAACP filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, arguing the new congressional map “was enacted with an impermissible and controlling discriminatory purpose on the basis of race.” …
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It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal. We …
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Former President Barack Obama is urging Californians to vote in favor of Proposition 50, which would reshape congressional districts. Voting opened last week to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress, which could possibly offset President Donald Trump’s moves in Texas and elsewhere to help Republicans in the …
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The 2025 government shutdown is about to enter its second week, with Democrats and Republicans still unable to agree on a federal funding deal. It’s the first government shutdown since 2019, when federal agencies were shuttered for 35 days. Both sides have been blaming the other for the dysfunction in …
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Former Politico reporter Rachel Bade said Thursday that the mounting pressure from the partial government shutdown will “skyrocket” on the Democratic Party. Bade made the point during an interview on journalist Mark Halperin’s “2Way” podcast, stating that Republican lawmakers will be able to leverage the frustration of furloughed government workers …
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi got into a heated exchange Tuesday with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., accusing him of lying about his military record after he questioned her about the lobbying activities of her former law firm. The confrontation took place during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing when Blumenthal …
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EXCLUSIVE: As federal agencies hunker down for what could be a protracted government shutdown, Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., is introducing a bill to make sure that Americans’ flights can continue on schedule no matter how long the closure lasts. With the busiest time of the year for air travel quickly …
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