Government
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to lead Oversight subcommittee to work with DOGE
Greene said the hearings that the new committee would hold could lead to firings of government bureaucrats.
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Sanders’ effort to stop arms sales to Israel fails despite support from 19 Senate Democrats
"Last night, 19 Senators voted to end illegal arms sales to Israel. We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration," Sanders wrote on X on Thursday.
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Illinois Supreme Court overturns Smollett conviction in hate-crime hoax, cites prosecutorial issues
Smollett appealed his conviction, arguing the special prosecutor in the case should not have been able to pursue the case after the Cook County state’s attorney had dropped the charges against him
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Police report reveals details of alleged 2017 sexual assault against Trump defense secretary nominee
The alleged assault occurred on October 8, 2017. A nurse at the hospital reported it to police four days later.
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Justice Department proposes forcing Google to sell Chrome browser
The proposals, released on Thursday, follows a federal judge's ruling in August that concluded Google has an illegal monopoly on Internet search services.
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Convicted Jan 6 rioter found guilty of plotting to kill FBI agents, DOJ
Kelley faces up to life in prison at his sentencing in May 2025.
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Congressional Republicans push college conference to ban transgender athletes in women's sports
The letter comes as the conference faces controversy over a transgender athlete playing at San Jose State University on the women's volleyball team. Multiple teams in the conference have forfeited games over the controversy.
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Luna slams Speaker Johnson as 'anti-family' for not supporting new moms in Congress voting by proxy
Luna said she has been making her case for the bill to the speaker for months now, and on Wednesday was told that he would not be supporting the bill or letting her bring the legislation to a floor vote.
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Judge allows death penalty if suspect accused of killing four college students in Idaho is convicted
The death penalty is only applicable in Idaho if the perpetrator is convicted of first degree murder or conspiracy to commit first degree murder. A jury also has to unanimously agree to impose the death penalty.
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Rand Paul warns Trump that using the military for mass deportations would be a 'huge mistake'
Paul said sending the military in domestic operations was not what the military was intended for and that the operation should fall on local police and other law enforcement agencies.
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Nikki Haley blasts Gabbard as a Russian, Chinese and Iranian 'sympathizer'
“She opposed ending the Iran nuclear deal. She opposed sanctions on Iran. She opposed designating the Iran military as terrorists who say death to America every single day,” Haley said. “She said that Donald Trump turned the U.S. into Saudi Arabia's prostitute. This is going to be the future head of our national intelligence."
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GOP congressman says Department of Education, EPA, and Energy Department should be on chopping block
"Every single state has their own department of environmental quality and they have standards that are already as high as the EPA sets for them," Rosendale said.
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FBI arrests Florida man in connection to alleged New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
The suspect, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, allegedly chose the stock exchange because he felt it would get a lot of support from the public. His goal was to reset the United States government, authorities said.