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Former GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe, famous for throwing a snowball in the Senate chamber, dead at 89
Inhofe famously threw a snowball in the Senate in 2015 while assailing climate change as "hoax." Bu…
Bryan Metzger
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Bank of America's dealings with Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein are in the Senate's crosshairs
A Senate committee asked Bank of America whether Black's $158 million payments to Epstein followed …
Geoff Weiss
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A top Republican Senate candidate's story about accidentally shooting himself just got weirder
Per a newly-released Park Service report, a park visitor said a firearm discharged at Glacier Natio…
John L. Dorman
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Ohio GOP Senate nominee Bernie Moreno benefited from the kind of diversity initiative that Republicans hate
The GOP's Senate nominee in Ohio vocally opposes affirmative action. But he benefited from a versio…
Bryan Metzger
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A marquee GOP Senate recruit and ex-Navy SEAL admits he lied about how he received a gunshot wound
Tim Sheehy told WaPo he fabricated a story to shield himself and his former platoon members from be…
John L. Dorman
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California's newly-appointed senator may not live in California at all
Voter registration records indicate that California's interim replacement for the late Sen. Dianne …
Madison Hall,Brent D. Griffiths
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A Democratic senator said he's 'gobsmacked' the GOP turned its back on the immigration bill: 'They literally demanded specific policy, got it, and then killed it'
"I've never seen anything like it," Sen. Brian Schatz wrote on X. "They literally demanded specific…
Madison Hall
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The campaign manager for Obama's 2012 reelection bid has some advice for Democrats worried about Biden's polling woes
"A year before a presidential election, it is just too early to get an accurate read on how the peo…
John L. Dorman
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'The Good Doctor' actor Hill Harper is inching toward a potential Senate bid in Michigan, report says
According to Politico, Harper, who lives in Detroit, is putting the final touches on a campaign lau…
John L. Dorman
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Republican senators won't say if they support rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans: 'Come back and see me after the Supreme Court rules'
"Again, I'm not projecting ahead," Sen. Joni Ernst told reporters. "We need to go through the proce…
Brent D. Griffiths
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January 6 committee plays video of Josh Hawley sprinting from the Capitol just hours after his famous fist-raised photo
"Later that day, Senator Hawley fled after those protesters he helped rile up stormed the Capitol,"…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce said Democrats must deliver on abortion rights instead of continuing to treat it only as a campaign issue
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Missouri was the first state in the US to ban abort…
Kimberly Leonard
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GOP senators defend Clarence Thomas' billionaire benefactor's Nazi memorabilia collection: 'Harlan Crow's a terrific person'
Several prominent Republicans have been to fundraisers at Crow's Texas estate, where the GOP megado…
Bryan Metzger
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Ted Cruz is fundraising off his bill limiting senators to two terms in office while running for his third term
"It's finally time we do something about the entrenched politicians in Washington," said Cruz, who …
Nicole Gaudiano,Kimberly Leonard
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Top Democrat Dick Durbin says Senate won't discuss gun control measures until after holiday weekend
Sen. Chuck Schumer also blamed Republican colleagues for being "unwilling to do what it takes to ke…
Jake Epstein
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Republican Sen. Deb Fischer holds up to $100,000 in defense contractor Lockheed Martin stock while helping lead a Senate Armed Services subcommittee
The Senate is preparing to vote on a bill Monday that will send $40 billion in aid to Ukraine as it…
Kimberly Leonard
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Republican Sen. Mike Lee defeats independent Evan McMullin in Utah Senate race
Lee, a vocal conservative who often is nearly alone in his opposition, faced a stiff challenge from…
John L. Dorman
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Mitch McConnell says GOP Senate candidates' views on Trump are 'irrelevant' to him: 'You have to have electable nominees'
"You better nominate a totally capable, credible nominee or you're in trouble," McConnell said, all…
Bryan Metzger,Oma Seddiq
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Why Josh Hawley's 'dishonest' claim that Ketanji Brown Jackson was soft on child pornography is devoid of context and without merit
Judge Jackson "has never been known as an overly-lenient or one-sided jurist," a legal expert told …
Oma Seddiq,Brent D. Griffiths
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Senators blasted BOP director for worsening conditions at the Atlanta federal prison
Sen. Jon Ossoff called rampant narcotics use and roach infestations at the Atlanta prison "stunning…