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Washington — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP leaders announced Tuesday. He was 65. “Doug was a loving father and husband, and staunch advocate for his constituents and rural America,” Majority Whip Tom Emmer said in a post on X. “Our prayers are with

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration for its approach to the Venezuela operation, saying “this president ran on getting us out of foreign conflicts and he’s doing the exact opposite of that.” “I would like to understand from him, why the change?” Kelly said on “CBS Mornings.” Kelly said

Five years after the historic and damaging attack on the U.S. Capitol, millions of dollars in damages have been repaired and clean-up has long been completed. Many of the physical injuries have healed. And President Trump’s pardons ended the largest criminal prosecution in American history, while freeing more than 1,500 defendants from criminal liability. What

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to begin a process to demote and cut his retirement pay “is about stifling people’s speech.” “This administration doesn’t like what I say. Now they’re talking about demoting me,” Kelly said on “CBS Mornings.” Hegseth said on Monday that the

European leaders released a joint statement Tuesday, outlining the importance of Arctic security, but stressing that “Greenland belongs to its people,” hours after White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said it was “the formal position of the U.S. government… that Greenland should be part of the United States.” Miller also said,