Gov. Scott outlines budget plan in joint address at State House
Gov. Scott outlines budget plan in joint address at State House
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Hundreds of Chinese Americans protest in Dallas against 'discriminatory' Texas Senate bills
Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by Republican State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst in November 2022, will effectively prevent people with ties to four countries — China, Russia, North Korea and Iran — from purchasing Texas property or real estate if passed.
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Democrats Are Expected to Retreat on US Debt-Ceiling Demands, Survey Shows
(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats will ultimately retreat from their insistence on a “clean” increase in the federal debt ceiling, the majority of economists in a Bloomberg survey said — predicting an end to the partisan standoff with little risk of default and a limited effect on the US economy and financial markets.Most Read from BloombergSony Slashes PlayStation VR2 Headset Output After Pre-Orders DisappointBrexit Is Costing the UK £100 Billion a Year in Lost Outp
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‘It really disturbs me to say this, but I think I agree with Larry.’ Paul Krugman is with his frenemy Larry Summers on the inflation fight.
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Fetterman gets plum Ag Committee seat, co-sponsors assault weapons ban bill
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These 4 senators are the most likely to lose their seats in 2024
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Dems name new members to combat GOP investigations — including Schiff
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DOJ says it can't comply with Congress request in Biden probe
Rep. Jim Jordan sent a letter earlier this month to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for documents and underlying evidence in the appointment of the special counsel.
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Polish PM names terms for transferring F-16 fighters to Ukraine
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A conservative judge who helped stop Trump on Jan. 6 wants to finish the job
Late one night in the spring of 1994, a 40-year-old federal judge was startled awake by loud pounding at the front door of his home in Vienna, Va. The sound was so jarring, so insistent, so out of character for his quiet Washington suburb that it unnerved J. Michael Luttig, a product of Northeast Texas who had put down deep roots in Beltway power circles.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Luttig told his wife, Elizabeth,
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Journalist Reports Pro-MAGA GOP Insiders Secretly 'Can't Wait Until This Guy Dies'
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Putin's Ally On How To Force West To Negotiate — Position Hypersonic Missiles To Hit US In 5 Minutes
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MAGA Radio Host Tells Trump: ‘Nobody Cares’ About Your ‘Grievances’
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GOP Chair Wants to Probe COVID Loans—He Might Start at Home
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyNew House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has vowed to use his position to investigate “waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement” in federal COVID loans. But if that’s the case, he might actually find himself looking into his own role in that program—as well as his brother’s.In 2020, Comer, a critic of government spending, co-sponsored legislation that would essentially automatically forgive COVID Paycheck Protection Program
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George Santos Steps Down From House Committees
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Fact check: Profane chant was digitally edited into a Biden speech on gun violence
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Manchin Proposes ‘Easiest’ Social Security Fix In Response to Debt Ceiling — Would Biden Agree?
On Jan. 19, the U.S. officially hit its debt ceiling, having spent all of the $31.4 trillion available for expenditures as allocated by the Treasury. In the days since, conversations have become...