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Chip Roy introduces death penalty bill for convicted fentanyl dealers

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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is introducing a bill on Tuesday that proposes allowing the death penalty for people convicted of distributing fentanyl that results in fatalities, Fox News reported.  The bill, the Deal Death, Face Death Act, proposes amending the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to say that convicted fentanyl dealers “shall be sentenced, if…

Jeffries’s office slams Kiggans for agreeing with a conservative host’s ‘cotton-picking’ remarks

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The office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) on Tuesday after the Virginia Republican concurred when a conservative radio host urged Jeffries to get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” Christie Stephenson, a spokesperson for Jeffries, who is the first Black lawmaker to lead either party in Congress,…

Key House Republicans press Hegseth, express skepticism on Pentagon budget

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The top Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday seemed dubious of plans to fund the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request as Congress waits to receive a supplemental request for tens of billions of dollars to fund the war in Iran. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chair of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, pressed…

Comer requests sit-down with former JPMorgan banker in Epstein probe

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday asked former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley to sit for an interview with the panel as part of its probe into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Comer wrote in a letter to Staley, “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department…