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Democrats Plan August Blitz to Campaign Against GOP Spending Bill

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (C) of New York, flanked by Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Pete Aguilar of California and Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference on July 23, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images House Democratic leaders plan to use the August recess to launch

Johnson Announces New Subcommittee to Investigate Jan. 6

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the weekly GOP press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on July 23 that Republicans would pursue passage of a resolution to form a new subcommittee that would investigate events surrounding the Jan. 6,

House GOP Paves Way to Establish New Subcommittee to Investigate Jan. 6

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the weekly GOP press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on July 23 that Republicans would pursue passage of a resolution to form a new subcommittee that would investigate events surrounding the Jan. 6,

Border officials directed to give migrant teens the option of returning home voluntarily

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The Trump administration instructed Customs and Border Protection officials this week to offer migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries, instead of being sent to government-overseen shelters, upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two U.S. officials told CBS News Wednesday. For many years, U.S. immigration officials were required to transfer all unaccompanied