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Sen. Bernie Sanders forced Senate votes on April 15 to block about $447 million in bombs and bulldozers bound for Israel. Both failed along party lines - and nothing was blocked.
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Bernie Sanders forced a Senate vote to block nearly $660 million in bombs to Israel, arguing taxpayers shouldn't fund what he called Netanyahu's 'illegal war.' The resolutions failed on April 15.
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Barack Obama's blunt line at London's O2 Arena about 'old men hanging on who are afraid of death' went viral. Many read it as a jab at a rival — but that's interpretation, not what he said.
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A protester repeatedly shouted 'pedophile protector' at President Trump during his remarks at a General Motors plant in Michigan, tying the interruption to mounting pressure over the release of the Epstein files.
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A federal appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's March 2026 executive order on mail-in voting across 23 states and D.C. ahead of the November midterms.
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Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the National Constitutional Carry Act, a bill that would allow permitless public gun carry nationwide and override state carry laws. It has been introduced, not passed.
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Several members of Congress have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump, but none have advanced or passed. Where do you stand?
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan reintroduced the High Court Gift Ban Act, which would cap gifts to Supreme Court justices at $50 — a proposal, not yet law.
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A Trump-appointed federal judge rejected the DOJ's demand for Connecticut's entire voter list — the department's 16th straight court loss over state voter files.
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Multiple House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump since 2025 - but none have passed, and every forced vote has been tabled. Here is what was actually filed.
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U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams voided the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, finding there was never genuine adverseness and that the case sought judicial legitimacy for a deal with no basis in law or fact.
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The House adopted H.Res. 1399 by a 420-0 vote on June 30, ordering the Ethics Committee and the OCWR to publicly name every lawmaker whose misconduct settlement was paid with taxpayer money. No names have been released yet - the deadline is late August 2026.
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