Months before death by suicide, aide texted she had an affair with congressman

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Regina Santos-Aviles, an aide to Rep. Tony Gonzales, wrote a text message to a colleague that  she had an affair with the Republican congressman. Months later, Santos-Aviles, 35, died after allegedly setting herself on fire.  “I had affair with our boss and I’m fine,” Santos-Aviles said in the text exchange, which was viewed by CBS

Jeffries: Democrats ‘steadfast’ in demands for ICE reforms

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Wednesday that Democrats are “steadfast” in their demands for specific reforms to President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. Those reforms are at the heart of the partisan impasse that’s halted funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the last five days, setting the stage for what could…

Jeffries meets with Maryland Senate president opposed to congressional redistricting 

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he had met with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), a critic of mid-cycle redistricting, and urged him to have his chamber vote on a new set of congressional lines passed by the Maryland House of Delegates. Jeffries said in a statement that he met…

National Institutes of Health Director to Serve as Acting CDC Director

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in Washington on June 10, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is becoming the new acting director of the Centers