Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
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A hearing on the Epstein files, ICE oversight, the attorney general's testimony and Buddhist monks highlighted the week in Congress.
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A hearing on the Epstein files, ICE oversight, the attorney general's testimony and Buddhist monks highlighted the week in Congress.
The department identified more than 6 million pages that were potentially covered by the law but acknowledged the total production from the department was nearly 3.5 million pages.
↵↵The latest version of the bill, released Feb. 6, would require only a photo ID. Voters would also need to be notified in advance of the need to bring their identification.
Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor; Georgia's 14th, where Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned on Jan. 5; and California's 1st, where the GOP incumbent, Doug LaMalfa, died on Jan. 6.
Senate Democrats plan to hold a conference call Sunday at 6 p.m., according to a Democratic source.
While the ruling is likely to be appealed, the judge ordered New York's Independent Redistricting Commission to draw a new map by Feb. 6.
↵↵The ruling, from Judge Jeffrey Pearlman, barred the state from using the 2024 map in any elections and ordered the state's Independent Redistricting Commission to draw a new map by Feb. 6.
↵↵Toll data collection was also "narrowly tailored" and only covered a limited span surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, the date of the attack on the Capitol, the attorneys wrote last fall.
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who built a national profile after helping to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and ran for Maryland's 3rd District last cycle, is weighing a run.Â
Both parties are preparing for a hard-fought midterm election year that, if the start of 2026 is any indication, will contain some surprises.Â
↵↵Now, five years after the attack, the campaign dynamics of Jan. 6 have shifted in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections.Â
It's been five years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but Rep.
Sasse became known for an independent streak and as a leader of the "never Trump" GOP faction — including as one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6,
Democrats are targeting his southwestern Michigan seat, which Trump carried by 6 points last year.
↵↵"Since Jan. 6, this security situation has been very tough on people and their families," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., citing the mob attack on the Capitol in 2021. ↵↵Rep.
↵↵With Gobble and Waddle now free birds, Trump is slated to depart the White House around 6 p.m. for his Florida home, where he is scheduled to remain until Sunday evening.
He also filed a lawsuit against Trump over the president's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.Â
↵↵The Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol hardened the rift, with Trump lashing out against Cheney's daughter, former Wyoming Rep.
↵↵While Trump pulled within 6 points of Kamala Harris in New Jersey in 2024, Republican Jack Ciattarelli lost to Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill by 14 points in this year's race for governor.
Leaving Congress↵↵Katko announced plans to retire from Congress in 2022, a year after voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Â