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Congress searches for path on surveillance authority renewal
This week, neither chamber has announced action on a bill that might make it through Congress and be signed into law.
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Supreme Court to hear arguments on agency authority over violations
The Trump administration has defended the FCC process at the Supreme Court, arguing that the FCC’s process isn’t binding, but a notice to a company that they may, in the future, face legal liability
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House starts uncertain push to reauthorize key surveillance authority
At issue in the sprawling debate is the extent of the changes passed last Congress during the last reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, when national security
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Courts likely to block Trump’s effort to curtail mail-in voting
Levitt said the executive order runs into a fundamental problem: the Constitution gives states the primary role in running elections, with the possibility for Congress to weigh in on the rules.
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Judge denies Trump effort to end Jan. 6 lawsuits before trial
President Donald Trump must still face civil lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for his role in the lead up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a long-running
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Trump unites divided GOP leadership behind Homeland Security deal
Trump announced in a statement on his Truth Social platform that the administration would work in “close conjunction” with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La
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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on future of birthright citizenship
John Fortier, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, pointed out that Congress has altered the definition of citizenship multiple times, including citizenship rules for those born
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‘Byrd rule’ poses challenge for voter ID bill in reconciliation
Provisions struck on a Byrd rule point of order fall out of a reconciliation bill — which can greatly affect its chance of passage, depending on the political importance of the offending language
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Supreme Court to hear arguments over meaning of ‘Election Day’
Trump criticism President Donald Trump has long criticized the counting of late-arriving ballots, and the policies in those states served as the hooks for some of his most prolific evidence-free
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Democrats, groups sound alarm on Trump actions on elections
Trump at first issued an executive order to force changes in state voting rules on registrations and counting deadlines, parts of which courts found violating federal administrative law or exceeding
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Broadband program uncertainty has lawmakers, states on watch
That made states and their representatives in Congress nervous that funds left over after deployment proposals would be clawed back.
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Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown
“Congress can’t force cities to do its bidding whether on immigration, guns or the environment.”
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House misses its own deadline for bill to expand ethanol sales
↵↵Current rules allow E15 use nine months of the year but limit blends to 10 percent ethanol during the summer due to concerns about smog pollution.↵↵Rep.
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Supreme Court invalidates Trump’s tariff regime
The Trump administration has leaned on those tariffs in international negotiations to seek trade agreements.
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State politics color reception to Trump’s AI ‘framework’ order
The Trump administration plans to sue states for their artificial intelligence laws, but how the push is affecting work on future legislation depends on a state's politics.
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Dems in illegal orders video defiant after DOJ’s failed indictment attempt
That we have a Congress whose responsibility and obligation is to oversee and criticize when necessary the executive branch.
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House Rules Committee moves to protect Trump’s tariffs from congressional disapproval
↵↵"This extension will allow the Supreme Court the time necessary to provide a ruling on this very consequential issue," House Rules Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said, noting that the court heard
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Trump’s drug pricing plan gets lukewarm reception
Trump didn't wait for Congress or traditional rulemaking, taking matters into his own hands by striking individual deals with drug companies to lower their prices, largely using the threat of tariffs as
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House panel sets Bill and Hillary Clinton depositions for this month
↵↵The setting of deposition dates will likely lead House Republicans to temporarily suspend contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons, who did not appear for separate depositions last month
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Clintons agree to depositions ahead of contempt of Congress vote
contempt of Congress measures this week.