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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that the House GOP leadership wants to see the Senate pass a full-year funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security rather than a short-term or even long-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the department at current levels. His position is a contrast from that of Senate Majority Leader John

A procedural vote slated for Tuesday afternoon is in trouble as Republican leaders seek to reinstate a prohibition on calling snap votes to repeal President Trump’s tariffs. Two Republicans — Reps. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) — told The Hill that they planned to vote against the rule out of opposition to reinstating…

New Jersey progressive candidate Analilia Mejia appears set to clinch the Democratic nomination in the race for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) former House seat Tuesday after former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), her closest rival, conceded. Malinowski acknowledged Mejia as the winner in his statement Tuesday, praising her for “running a positive campaign and inspiring so…

The family of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre wrote a Monday letter to Ghislaine Maxwell that she deserves to be “trapped in a cage forever” after being convicted as a Jeffrey Epstein accomplice in a scheme to exploit and abuse multiple minor girls. “Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail…