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Secret Service approval 🔜plunges to new low after Trump assassination attempt: poll
Public approval of the Secret Ser𝐆vice's job performanꦿce tanked to a decade low in the wake of two would-be assassins coming ominously close to former President Donald Trump, a new...
Speaker Johnson unveils second꧟ plan to avert shutdown, heeds to key Dem demand
House Republican leadership on Sunday unveiled its second plan to avert a government shutdown, opting to ditch a key provision from the first atte👍mpt that Demo🌊crats had roundly opposed.
FBI ‘completely stonewalling’ Trump assassination attempt task force, member says: 'Not been forthcoming'
"The Sec🐻ret Service is being forthcoming about its failures i𝄹n communication guidance to locals having appropriate command posts. The FBI, on the other hand, is completely stonewalling this task force,"...
Democrats are lying: Republicans in hotly contested races support IVF availability: 'Promotes more babies and strong families'
Republican candidat꧋es across the crucial swing states almost unanimously back IVF availability — with the former president even making taxpayer-p𓆏aid treatments part of his platform.
Metﷺa takes a step to protect kids on Instagram — but needs to go a lot further
In🐷stagram this week put in place new measures meant to protect minors, introducing "Teen Accounts" that give parents more control and limit what content kids see and who can contact...
Swing-state Democrat intros Trump-inspired 'No Tax on Tips' bill in Congress
Horsford said his bill would also eliminate the “subminimum wage” for tipped workers, forcing employers to pay both the federal minimum wage and pass along tips. 𝔉
GOP lawmaker's daughter calls out dad amid alleged affair, divorce: 'Loss of the person that we thought was our father'
Rep. Mark Gr𝔍een's daughter is grieving "the loss of the person that we thought was our father" as the family navigates the aftermath of the lawmaker's aff༺air allegations.
Dem senator accuses Harris-Biden administration of 'stonewalling' Trump assassination attempt probe
“I am reach🌺ing the point of total outrage, because the response fr🌃om the Department of Homeland Security has been totally lacking,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Democratic challenger edges 🐎ahead of Trump-endorsed House incumbent in battleground race
WATERTOWN, Wis. — In a House race Cook Political Report rates "lean Republican," Democratic challeng𝓰er Rebecca Cooke has taken a 2-point lead over retired Navy SEAL and incumbent Rep. Derrick...
Defense experts warn US military 'not prepared' for major global war as Congress feuds over funding
🦋 A congressionally mandated report concluded that "in many ways, China is outpacing" the US and has "largely negated the US milita♔ry advantage in the Western Pacific."
Instagram revamps safety features for teens as congressional pressure mounts -- here's all the changes social media giant is making
The overhaul was announced as the bipartisan Ki﷽ds Online𒉰 Safety Act – a landmark bill that would impose a legal “duty of care” on Instagram parent Meta, TikTok and other...
Arizona Democrat backed universal single payer health care in𓄧 resurfaced slip
🧸 PHOENIX — The Democratic nominee in a close Arizona House race backed government-run universal health care during a 2019 town hall for then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, an archived vidღeo clip...
Democrats 🍷recruited third-party candidates to siphon votes f💯rom Republicans — which could decide close Virginia congressional contest
The Patriots Run Project, a group linked to ꦿDemocrat-aligned campaign firms, scouted third-party candidate Robert Reid to run against GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans and Democratic nominee Missy Cotter Smasal.
Ex-federal law enforcement officials, Republicans call for more Trump protection after second assassination attempt 😼
“When there’s something that clearly i✤s a failure, the go-to is always, 'Well, let's just throw more money, more people at it,'" former Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan told...
ꦯ TikTok 🙈grilled in appeals court as judges consider challenge to sale-or-ban bill
TikTok and the DOJ have asked the appeals court to make aꦅ decision by Dec. 6.🌳
Trump security failures caused by 'manpower issue,' not lack of money: Speaker Johnson
According to USASpending.gov, the Secret Service has a $3.81 billion budget for fiscal year 2024, which concludes Sept. 30. Of that amount, the vast majority -- $3.37 billion -- has... 🍌
🅠 Striking a blow for the whistleblowers who exposed the Bidens
The way the American legal system is weighted against the littlꦫe guy is exemplified by the $20 million defamation action brought Friday night by IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe...
Republicans and Democrats demand answers after would-be Trump assassination: 'Deeply concerned'
"We are thankful that the former Pres🥂ident was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned abo꧂ut political violence and condemn it in all of its forms," said a bipartisan task force.
AOC boosts stranded staffer in viral🎐 X video, X users not so friendly
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez more than fulfilled her civic duty by aiding a stranded motorist whose car ba🌠ttery died at the ꦜU.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11.
Wife of powerful GOP conꦗgressman says he filed for divorce after affair
🐲 Camie Green♏ accused her husband, Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), of having "having an affair."