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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy finished third in his own Republican primary with just 24.8% of the vote, eliminated four years after voting to convict Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial.
108d ago
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The Senate voted 99-0 to freeze congressional pay during future government shutdowns, a historic measure holding lawmakers' salaries in escrow until the government reopens. Senator John Kennedy championed the bill after 800,000 federal workers went unpaid for 43 days while Congress collected full paychecks.
108d ago
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is calling on Republicans to soul-search before 2028, naming Trump's big-government populism as a direct threat to the party's conservative identity.
108d ago
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Rob Schneider published a formal open letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro demanding ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel. Disney has not responded. Kimmel remains on air.
108d ago
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Rep. Seth Moulton, a four-tour Iraq combat veteran, accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of war crimes on CNN — citing double-tap strikes on survivors and drawing a direct comparison to Nazi officers prosecuted at Nuremberg.
108d ago
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One in four members of Congress is over 70, with zero cognitive fitness requirements. A lawmaker just tried to change that — and got voted down.
108d ago
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A January 2026 poll found 49% of likely voters support impeaching President Trump. After the House tabled H. Res. 939 in a 237-140 vote, the question now falls to the American people heading into the 2026 midterms.
109d ago
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Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act, a bill that would authorize federal execution for child sex crimes — putting the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling directly in her crosshairs.
109d ago
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Rob Schneider published a formal open letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro demanding that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel immediately, citing his comments about Melania Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
109d ago
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Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced the AIPAC Act, a bill that would require the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group to register as a foreign agent under federal law — introduced days before his own Kentucky primary where AIPAC is spending to unseat him.
109d ago
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The Supreme Court declined to intervene in Virginia's redistricting fight, leaving intact a state court ruling that invalidated a redrawn congressional map that could have put four House seats into play for Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
110d ago
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The U.S. Senate voted 100-0 to withhold senators' paychecks during government shutdowns — but the House is exempt, and the rule doesn't kick in until after the November election.
110d ago