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USA TODAY
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U.S. News
House passes Joe Biden's COVID relief bill with $1,400 stimulus checks, legislation heads to Senate
USA TODAY - Ledyard King, Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes
WASHINGTON — The Democratically-controlled House approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package early Saturday, a key step for a measure that would provide millions of Americans $1,400...
6 hours ago
NPR
Minimum Wage
Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
NPR - Brakkton Booker
The Senate parliamentarian, a critical but often low-profile arbiter of the chamber's procedural actions, is the subject of frustration from some liberals after a crucial blow to Democrats' agenda late...
1 day ago
NBC News
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Opinion & Analysis
Carol C. Lam Trump's tax documents are with New York prosecutors. But the clock is ticking.
NBC News - By Carol C. Lam, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California
Financial investigations are time consuming, and a U.S. president under criminal investigation has a number of tools at his disposal that can burn up even more time. Last Monday, the Supreme Court, in...
4 hours ago
The Washington Post
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Election Meddling
Josh Hawley, who tried to derail Biden’s presidency, now champions ’the rule of the people’
The Washington Post - By Philip Bump
Let’s be very clear about what Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) actually tried to do on Jan. 6 of this year. President Donald Trump had been arguing for weeks that his 2020 reelection loss was a function of rampant...
13 hours ago
Axios
Kentucky Politics
McConnell says he'll "absolutely" support Trump if he's 2024 GOP presidential nominee
Axios
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Fox News on Thursday that he would "absolutely" support Donald Trump if the former president is …
1 day ago
Daily Mail
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Brian Sicknick
FBI pin-point person who killed Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick
dailymail.co.uk - James Gordon
The FBI has pinpointed a suspect in its investigation into the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer in the January 6 attack on Congress by …
8 hours ago