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Bernie Sanders forced Senate votes to block specific U.S. weapons sales to Israel. The measures failed, but a majority of Senate Democrats backed him — a dramatic shift in under a year.
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A Justice Department attorney told two federal courts that the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund has not been set up and is now not going forward — the first written confirmation the plan is dead.
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Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee, and Summer Lee introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act to cap individual super PAC donations at $5,000 - after Elon Musk reportedly spent $290 million to elect Trump in 2024.
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On June 14 — Flag Day and Trump's 80th birthday — organizers say more than 1,800 communities will hold a nationwide 'No Kings' day of action, anchored by a star-studded concert in New York City.
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A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center, ruling only Congress can rename the national arts institution.
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Rep. Steve Cohen has filed six articles of impeachment against Chief Justice John Roberts, accusing him of turning the Supreme Court into a partisan weapon and citing ethics failures. The symbolic resolution has no co-sponsors and is not expected to advance.
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The House passed an agriculture bill cutting WIC nutrition benefits by about $200 million, including $141 million from the fruit-and-vegetable benefit, with four Democrats crossing over to help it pass 213-210.
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Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a 2024 Panorama edit of his January 6 speech — but his lawyers refused the subpoena for the trust records that would quantify the damage he claims.
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UFC's $60 million Freedom 250 fight night hits the White House South Lawn on June 14 — and with no roof and Dana White saying only lightning can stop it, the military is now feeding hourly weather reports.
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Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC stalled after his lawyers refused to hand over financial records subpoenaed from the Trump Revocable Trust and moved to halt discovery.
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Senate Republicans stripped up to $1 billion in security funding for President Trump's new White House ballroom out of a major budget and immigration bill, with four GOP senators publicly opposing it.
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The House passed the Ukraine Support Act 226-195 after 18 Republicans broke with Trump and Speaker Johnson, forcing the vote through on a discharge petition.
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