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U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton will challenge incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in next year’s Democratic primary for one of Massachusetts’ two Senate seats. Moulton framed the race as a referendum on the future of the party.
The Senate Wednesday rejected 51 to 48 a bid by Sen. Adam Schiff to require President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before continuing the administration’s deadly military strikes against ships allegedly carrying illegal drugs. The vote was largely along party lines.
Per sources: Disney/ESPN has removed @finebaum from appearing on @ESPN since his @outkick interview expressing interest in running as a Republican for senate in Alabama. ESPN has canceled all network appearances on all shows, including some that have occurred for a decade plus.
There are no term limits for the United States Congress, and an analysis by the Get the Facts Data Team found that members of the 119th Congress have been in office for nearly two terms in the Senate and more than four and a half terms in the House.
A group of Republican senators on Wednesday called on newly sworn-in President Joe Biden to submit his plan to re-engage the United States in the Paris climate agreement to lawmakers for "review and consideration,
The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson warned that the United States is “barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns” in history on Monday as lawmakers remained at a standstill over funding and policy. Newsweek reached out to Johnson’s office for comment via email.
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Bart M. Davis is sworn in as United States Attorney for District of Idaho
Bart Davis has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. Davis was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on March 31 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Oct.