Congress
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Senate confirms Dan Caine as Joint Chiefs Chairman
Caine's confirmation comes less than two months after President Trump removed Gen. C.Q. Brown from the post. Brown, who was also an AF general, was nominated by former President Joe Biden and confirmed in 2023.
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A little or a lot? Conflicting targets for cuts leave budget in limbo
The House of Representatives this week narrowly approved a budget resolution after the Senate did so previously.
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Congressional Judiciary Republicans probe whether Ivy League schools collude on raising tuition fees
“We are particularly concerned that Ivy League member institutions appear to collectively raise tuition prices while engaging in price discrimination by offering selective financial aid packages to maximize profit,” the lawmakers wrote.
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Senate advances groundwork for passing Trump's tax agenda
The resolution includes framework instructions for how both chambers can eventually pass a bill through budget reconciliation, which would bypass a filibuster.
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House Democrat vows to work with Trump on tariff plan
Golden highlighted that he proposed a 10% blanket tariff earlier this year, but was pleased that Trump's baseline for his own tariffs was the same.
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Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Oz, who gained political prominence after he unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in Pennsylvania, is most known for his television show, The Dr. Oz Show, which ran for 13 seasons. Oz is a physician and heart surgeon.
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HHS staff to brief House committee on mass firings as other changes are made to department
HHS laid off approximately 10,000 employees as part of its latest restructuring on Tuesday, which comes as the Trump administration works to reorganize the whole government workforce.
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Democrat House leader Jeffries threatens to sue Texas Gov Abbott over House seat special election
Jeffries said that he believed Abbott was deliberately delaying holding the election.
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Republican senators introduce bill to create education saving accounts for military families
The bill would allow military families to create a savings account that would provide $6,000 annually per child to fund personalized education options outside of public schools.
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Four Senate Republicans join Democrats in blocking Trump's Canada tariffs
The four Republicans are Kentucky Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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Speaker Johnson swears Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine into office
The Republican majority in the House is now 220-213.
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ActBlue adopted 'more lenient' donation standards, received foreign money during 2024 election cycle
Three House Committees launched probes last year after reviewing evidence that the platform accepted donations from foreign sources and employed lax verification standards.
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GOP senators plan to bypass parliamentarian to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts
The parliamentarian is a tool that is often used in the Senate by the majority party under a process called budget reconciliation which allows them to avert a filibuster.