Lawmakers file bill for 'lactation spaces' in all county courthouses and district court of appeals
Lawmakers file bill for 'lactation spaces' in all county courthouses and district court of appeals
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- Business Insider
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Two House Republicans blurted out what they really thought about Thursday's vote to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in what they thought was private.
- Business Insider
AOC to GOP: Don't tell me you're condemning antisemitism when a Republican 'who has talked about Jewish space lasers' gets a plum committee assignment
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- NextShark
Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force
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- Quartz
India's Adani crisis marks its first political casualty...in the UK
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- The Daily Beast
Trump Whines After McCarthy Praises Capitol Officer
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- HuffPost
'It's Scary': Jordan Klepper Reveals What's So Worrisome About Trump Supporters
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- HuffPost
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- NBC News
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- HuffPost
Matt Gaetz's Pledge Of Allegiance Proposal Gets A Reality Check From House Democrats
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- Fox News
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- HuffPost
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- Kansas City Star
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- The Root
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- The Daily Beast
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- The Hill
McCarthy breaks with Greene on death of Ashli Babbitt
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) broke with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday when asked about the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by Capitol police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, concluding she was not murdered, as Greene has said. “I think the police officer did his job,” McCarthy told…
- NBC News
Fireworks in House after Democrat says 'insurrectionists' should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance
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- Business Insider
86 House Democrats voted against a GOP-proposed resolution 'denouncing the horrors of socialism'
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- Associated Press
Mexico's president promises total withdrawal after term ends
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