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The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Sunshine Protection Act in a 48-1 vote, and Trump vowed to work hard to make daylight saving time permanent. But the bill has only cleared committee, not passed the House.
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Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake says that if he lived in Texas, he would vote for Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton — while stopping short of a formal endorsement.
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Sen. Thom Tillis questioned why the Trump DOJ is floating years in prison for alleged White House pool vandals while 1,500-plus Jan. 6 defendants who attacked police were pardoned.
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Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore, removed in the 2025 Pentagon purge under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, won her June 23 Democratic runoff in South Carolina's 1st District and advances to November.
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A federal judge found acting AG Todd Blanche 'has conceded' he is in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and ordered the DOJ to unredact more files or show cause by July 2.
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Sean Penn has signed on to direct — and wrote — a new Warner Bros. film about a police officer who was at the Capitol on January 6, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star.
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Sen. John Hickenlooper is demanding President Trump personally refund taxpayers for a Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation that ballooned to nearly $16 million - and turned the water green.
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A single super PAC has already pumped roughly $102 million into the 2026 midterms - a window into how unlimited outside money from megadonors on both sides is reshaping American elections.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff is renewing his call for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, calling it the most destructive court decision in modern American history.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her NY-14 Democratic primary with about 87% of the vote, a landslide that has reignited 2028 and Senate speculation she has declined to rule out.
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Trump warned that any country taxing U.S. tech firms will face an immediate 100% tariff, a conditional threat aimed at Europe ahead of a July 4 trade deadline.
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EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, a Trump appointee, has proposed rescinding a key Title VII rule and is steering the anti-discrimination agency toward claims brought on behalf of white men.
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