Author: Ramsey Touchberry
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Congressional gridlock threatens billions in earmarks for lawmaker pet projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fast-approaching government funding deadline means a new federal budget, and lawmakers can secure funding for community projects back home — or so they hope. But so-called “earmarks,” formally known as congressionally directed spending, are once again…
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Senate Democrats make late push to drive GOP’s Epstein files headache
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Democrats in the Senate are picking up the baton from their colleagues in the House to keep the Jeffrey Epstein saga in the news cycle and stoke GOP divisions. A small group of Senate Democrats,…
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‘Not a stunt’: Schumer invokes rare ‘Rule of Five’ to force release of Epstein files
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is looking to capitalize on the Jeffrey Epstein feud roiling Republicans by trying to invoke a nearly century-old law to require the release of files detailing those once connected…
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Booker blasts Democrats as ‘complicit’ with Trump in heated spat over police bills
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A rare and contentious showdown among Democrats played out in public view on the Senate floor Tuesday as an animated Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) sparred with colleagues over passing bipartisan bills to bolster local police…
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GOP urged to get tough with recess playbook for Trump’s tax law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional Republicans are looking to use more face time with constituents during the August recess to right the ship of sinking poll numbers for President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” tax law. Democrats are pummeling the law just…
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Rabble-rouser Thomas Massie questions why GOP leaders won’t allow recess appointments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), the libertarian who has fallen out of favor with President Donald Trump and been a thorn in leadership’s side, suggested Friday that GOP leaders are the ones standing in the way…
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GOP Senate hopeful Scott Brown once called DEI a ‘core value.’ Now he says it’s ‘woke’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE — As leader of New England Law in Boston, Scott Brown touted diversity, equity, and inclusion as a “core value” and “top priority” of the institution. Now a Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire,…
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Graham and Cornyn call for Obama special counsel to investigate Russiagate claims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A pair of leading Senate Republicans on Thursday called for Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate new claims by the Trump administration that former President Barack Obama sought to undermine…
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Democrats offer tepid government funding support even as GOP eyes spending cuts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Democrats are reluctantly offering Republicans vital votes to advance government funding measures despite a lack of GOP assurances that partisan methods won’t later be used to slash bipartisan spending deals. However, some Democrats suggest…
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Senators stand by 2016 Russia election meddling report despite Gabbard’s claims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Intelligence Committee members, including some Republicans, are standing by their panel’s findings on “extensive” Russian interference in the 2016 election despite new allegations from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that the Obama administration…





