Author: Emily Brooks
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The GOP’s jokermen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A few blocks away from where scores of teenage girls line up in Washington, D.C.’s Wharf district to see a former One Direction heartthrob in concert, more than a hundred Hill staffers, party operatives, digital…
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House passes Russia energy ban bill in aim to build on Biden’s embargo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed in a bipartisan basis a bill to ban energy imports from Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. The bill passed by a vote of 414-17. The…
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House passes $1.5T government funding bill plus Ukraine aid after chaotic day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House passed a $1.5 trillion government funding bill Wednesday night, setting the first new spending levels under the Biden administration, providing $13.6 billion in measures to support Ukraine, and marking the end of months…
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House Democrats strip COVID-19 aid from spending bill amid intraparty disputes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Democratic leaders are stripping $15.6 billion in funding from an omnibus spending bill that they hoped to pass on Wednesday after Democratic concerns about promised aid no longer being available for states delayed consideration of…
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House to follow Biden Russia energy ban with vote on bill that pressured him
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House will vote Tuesday on a measure to ban Russian energy imports into the United States and further punish trade actions hours after President Joe Biden announced executive actions to ban Russian energy imports…
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Elise Stefanik builds GOP female candidate crew with 10 more endorsements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is adding to her slate of favored female candidates by endorsing 10 more Republican women in House races, some of whom are competitive…
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How the ‘ISIS bride’ affair and a scorned inventor brought down Van Taylor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Texas Republican Rep. Van Taylor may still be running for reelection today if not for a 25-year-old aspiring investigative journalist who interviewed the former “ISIS bride” who dished on his affair and alleged he paid…
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Navy SEAL Morgan Luttrell wins in Texas House primary that was GOP proxy war
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Retired Navy SEAL Morgan Luttrell won the Republican primary in the Texas’s 8th Congressional District, with allies of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy prevailing in a proxy war between giants of Republican politics and issuing…
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Bill introduced to solidify ban on Russian planes from US airspace
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill introduced by Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez on Wednesday would solidify a ban on Russian planes from entering U.S. airspace as a way to penalize Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime for its invasion…
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Judge Nathaniel Moran wins GOP primary to replace Rep. Louie Gohmert in Texas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran won Tuesday’s Republican primary to replace Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert in Texas. He is nearly certain to win the general election for the seat in the heavily Republican district, which…