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Manchin slams Democratic voters, says it is 'insane' the majority prefer socialism over capitalism
Manchin was asked Sunday about a Gallup poll from last year that showed 66% of Democrats view socialism “more positively” than capitalism.
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Mike Johnson warns House GOP against holding up legislation in response to SAVE America Act
The comment comes as Republicans threaten to hold up the annual National Defense Authorization Act this week because Senate Democrats are blocking the voter ID bill.
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Pelosi launches namesake institute dedicated to 'nonpartisan' politics at liberal bastion UC Berkley
Rep. Nancy Pelosi will teach at a course on Congress at the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy at the University of California Berkeley
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House of Representatives passes 2026 National Defense Authorization Act
The sprawling defense bill passed in a narrow 215-211 split, which saw all Republicans except Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie vote in favor of the legislation.
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Comer warns alleged fraud seen in Minnesota is likely more widespread than initially believed
Comer said his committee is investigating several areas and that revelations from whistleblowers counter Democratic claims that illegal migrants are not on welfare programs and that there is no fraud or abuse within the welfare system.
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Krishnamoorthi Senate campaign caught in awkward email gaffe: Report
Krishnamoorthi is facing Rep. Robin Kelly and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin.
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Senate GOP unites behind healthcare proposal as chamber prepares to vote Thursday on ACA subsidies
The Senate is expected to vote on the dueling proposals on Thursday, but neither is expected to pass.
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NDAA to limit Hegseth's travel budget unless unedited video of boat strikes in Caribbean is released
A quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget will be withheld unless the Pentagon releases “video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command”
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Mace slams House GOP leaders in op-ed, claiming Pelosi was 'more effective' speaker than Republicans
Mace is the latest female Republican lawmaker to blast House leadership and the Trump administration, after Georgia firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke from her party to criticize its leadership in recent months.
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NDAA requires Trump spy agencies to declassify intel on COVID-19 origins and Chinese obstruction
The multi-hundred-billion dollar defense bill which funds the U.S. military is now written to prod the U.S. intelligence community into sharing what it knows about COVID-19's likely emergence from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, once called a conspiracy theory by politicians and legacy media.
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Loudermilk asks for interview with key pipe bomb witness whose timeline diverges with FBI
The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.
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Senate Judiciary Republicans to hold series of Arctic Frost hearings next year
The hearings come after Republicans learned that Smith subpoenaed phone records of multiple GOP senators during his investigation, including Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumps into Democratic primary for Senate seat in Texas, after Allred drops out
Allred said he was withdrawing his candidacy in order to avoid a messy primary next year in favor of the party uniting behind one candidate heading into the November midterms.