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FL GOP Plans to Alter State Law to Help DeSantis, Should He Run for President
GOP lawmakers have changed the law in the past when it looked like it could help their party.
Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments for Student Debt Cancellation in February
The Supreme Court declined to lift an injunction on the plan, putting cancellation on hold until further notice.
GOP-Run Account Deletes Tweet Praising Ye After His Latest Antisemitic Diatribe
The tweet remained up for several weeks even though the rapper made antisemitic comments just days after it was posted.
Kevin McCarthy Vows to Investigate January 6 Committee Once GOP Takes the House
The next presumptive Speaker of the House promised that the committee’s work will “come to an end” next month.
Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump Mar-a-Lago Special Master
Legal experts say the court “eviscerated” Judge Aileen Cannon for interfering in the Mar-a-Lago case.
Over 60 Groups Urge Probe of Alito for Alleged Leak to Conservative Lobbyists
Reporters recently found that the justice allegedly leaked a Supreme Court decision to evangelical lobbyists in 2014.
House Ways and Means Committee Obtains Trump’s Tax Records
It's unclear what action, if any, the committee will take in the final weeks of Democratic Party control over the House.
Jan. 6 Committee Will Likely Decide on Criminal Referrals to DOJ This Friday
It’s all but certain that Republicans will dissolve the committee when they take control of the House early next year.
Lawmakers Set to Propose Record $847B for Defense, $45B Over Biden’s Request
Antiwar and progressive advocates have strongly condemned the proposed budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
High-Ranking Senate Republican Reveals GOP Plan to Slash Social Security
Sen. John Thune said that a potential debt default is an “opportunity” to push the GOP priority.