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Hoyer: House will vote on COVID-19 relief bill Friday

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The House will vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on Friday, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Tuesday night. “The House will vote on Friday on @POTUS’ #AmericanRescuePlan to end this pandemic and deliver...



Pence huddles with senior members of Republican Study Committee

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Former Vice President Mike Pence huddled with senior members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) for roughly two hours on Tuesday to discuss conservatives’ agenda and the GOP’s path forward. Pence — who previously served as the chairman of...

Powell pushes back on GOP inflation fears

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told senators on Tuesday that rampant inflation is “not a problem” to fear amid the recovery from the coronavirus recession.In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said that while the release...

House panel to dive into misinformation debate

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House lawmakers on Wednesday will examine the role misinformation on cable news played in the Jan. 6 insurrection in a hearing that will test the boundaries between congressional oversight, regulation and issues of censor...

Trump says 'no doubt' Tiger Woods will be back after accident

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Former President Trump on Tuesday said that he had “no doubt” that golf legend Tiger Woods would recover from his car accident. Trump made the remark during an interview on Fox News, as he reminisced about the day he awarded Woods the Presidential...

Progressive support builds for expanding lower courts

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Support is building among progressive groups for expanding the lower courts, just as Congress is poised to dig into the issue.  Progressive groups sent a letter, organized by Demand Justice, to the House Judiciary subcommittee, which...

Five big takeaways on the Capitol security hearings

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Former Capitol security officials clashed publicly on Tuesday over the events surrounding last month's deadly assault on the Capitol complex, casting blame at the intelligence community and the Pentagon while delivering c...

Top cops deflect blame over Capitol attack

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Law enforcement officials responsible for protecting the Capitol the day it was overrun by a violent mob pointed fingers at the intelligence community - and one another - as Congress on Tuesday began an expansive review o...

Congress holds candlelight vigil for American lives lost to COVID-19

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Members of Congress held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday for the Americans that have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic. The moment was held outside of the Capitol building by Republican and Democratic members of both the House and the...

Curator estimates Capitol art damage from mob totals $25K

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The curator responsible for the House's art collection is expected to ask lawmakers to allot $25,000 to repair artifacts displayed outside the chamber that were damaged during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Farar Elliott, the House curator, is...

Democrats in standoff over $15 minimum wage

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Congressional Democrats are digging in for a fight over raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour as part of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill they want to pass in a matter of weeks. The fight could escalate as soon as Wednesday, the earliest the...

Seattle women finds a kilo of cocaine in crochet kit

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Police said a woman in Seattle “needing a hobby” discovered a package of cocaine in a crochet kit she purchased from a thrift store over the weekend. The woman purchased the kit from a shop in the city’s Greenwood neighborhood on Sunday...





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