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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse demands more transparency on gifts, food, lodging and entertainment that federal judges and Supreme Court justices receive
"If we don't know who's providing judges with gifts and hospitality, it becomes difficult for the p…
Oma Seddiq
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Clarence Thomas accepted a free yacht trip to Russia and got flown out on a complimentary helicopter ride to Putin's hometown, 2 Democratic senators say
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to the US attorney general with a list of…
Aditi Bharade
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Senators ask DOJ to investigate 'serious possibility of additional tax fraud' by Clarence Thomas
Two Democratic Senators asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch a special counsel investig…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Commercials on streaming services can be unbelievably loud. A new bill wants to fix that.
Congress is advancing legislation that would compel loud commercials on streaming services to quiet…
Walt Hickey
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Democrats zero in on right-wing influence over the Supreme Court after the GOP attacked 'far-left dark money groups' during Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse countered the GOP attacks in a new report that highlights what Democrats vi…
Oma Seddiq
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Alabama attorney general refuses to say Biden is the 'duly elected and lawfully serving' president
Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall had previously challenged the 2020 presidential election re…
Oma Seddiq
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Vulnerable Democrats are floating quick fixes in hopes of avoiding a November shellacking
Vulnerable Democrats up for reelection are floating ideas like enacting a temporary gas tax holiday…
Warren Rojas
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This member of Congress wants everyone to know about the 'dark money scheme' that's 'captured' the Supreme Court
"Democrats have been overlooking the Supreme Court for a long time and are now getting a wake-up ca…
Oma Seddiq
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Biden's Education Department has wiped out $8.1 billion in student debt for 145,000 borrowers following reforms to a loan forgiveness program
Biden made it easier to qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program — but student-loan …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Public servants seeking student-loan forgiveness have long faced a 'bureaucratic nightmare' and 2 Democratic senators have a plan to fix it
Sens. Whitehouse and Merkley gave Insider an exclusive look at their bill to improve debt forgivene…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats outraged after the FBI said it got more than 4,500 tips about Brett Kavanaugh - and referred the 'relevant' ones to the Trump White House
When Kavanaugh was a Supreme Court nominee, the FBI conducted just 10 interviews after receiving th…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says his family's exclusive beach club has 'diversity in membership' amid claims it is all-white
Whitehouse told reporters the exclusive oceanfront club "does in fact have diversity in membership."
Eliza Relman
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Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse violated a conflict-of-interest law with 2 late stock purchase disclosures
Whitehouse, who represents Rhode Island, supports a recent push to ban members of Congress from buy…
Dave Levinthal
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Elizabeth Warren wants to investigate Warren Buffett and other billionaires' tax practices - and probe the banks and wealth managers behind them
The senator wants a crackdown after ProPublica reported Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk paid zero federal …
Theron Mohamed
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asks AG Merrick Garland to probe 2018 FBI background check into Brett Kavanaugh, suggests it was 'fake'
Whitehouse called for "congressional oversight to understand how, why, and at whose behest and with…
Azmi Haroun
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Republicans sure don't sound like they're about to block Democrats from filling Dianne Feinstein's Judiciary Committee seat
GOP senators could technically filibuster a resolution to change the all-important committee's memb…
Bryan Metzger
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I watched the newly-public security camera footage from January 6. I saw things I hadn't seen before including eerie scenes of lawmakers fleeing for their safety on one of the darkest days in American history.
House Republicans are now letting reporters comb through reams of old footage via 3-hour appointmen…
Bryan Metzger
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives a middle finger to Congress: 'No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.'
The statement comes after months of news reports of ethical impropriety by members of the high cour…
Madison Hall,Azmi Haroun
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Republicans could filibuster the replacement of Dianne Feinstein, but it's unclear if they actually would: 'We couldn't do that'
Sen. Ted Cruz notably declined to say whether he would seek to block a replacement for Feinstein, a…
Bryan Metzger
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The attorney featured in the painting that shows Clarence Thomas at one of the undisclosed vacations just published an article arguing that the Supreme Court justice did not have to report the trips
Mark Paoletta, attorney and friend of Clarence Thomas, argued that recent rule changes show why the…