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Republican congressional candidate suggests that gun stores sell 'fun-sized Snickers' bars for the price of assault rifles to circumvent a potential firearms tax
Errol Webber suggested that a 1,000% tax on AR-15s could be averted by selling a Snickers bar for t…
Cheryl Teh
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A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15s with a 1,000% tax and it could pass Congress without GOP votes
A string of mass shootings in New York, Texas, and Oklahoma is causing Rep. Don Beyer to seek an ag…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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This Democratic congressman voted for his out-of-town colleagues 2,251 times and voted to impeach Trump 6 times
"I think I could say I voted more than any other member of the House in the last eight years," the …
Bryan Metzger,Walt Hickey
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Congress members in lockdown on January 6 say they didn't realize how 'bad' the insurrection was until 'much later'
"Quite honestly, I didn't see the full extent of" January 6 "until the impeachment trial," Sen. Ron…
Oma Seddiq,Warren Rojas,Kayla Epstein,Adam Wren,C. Ryan Barber,Elvina Nawaguna,Nicole Gaudiano,Camila DeChalus
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GOP Rep. Mo Brooks tweeted a sympathetic statement about the Capitol bomb threat suspect, prompting one lawmaker to call him 'evil'
Brooks tweeted about the Capitol bomb threat on August 19, writing that he understood "citizenry an…
Cheryl Teh
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The man who threatened to bomb the Capitol area live-streamed himself sitting in a truck, saying 'I'm ready to die for the cause'
In the live-streamed video, the man said he was a "patriot" and claimed that he had a toolbox with …
Cheryl Teh
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Kevin McCarthy mistakenly attributes a 19-year-old's poster promoting the child tax credit to the IRS
The House Minority Leader blamed the IRS for wasting taxpayer dollars but he was citing a poster ma…
Ayelet Sheffey
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More than 40 million Americans are out of work. Here are 3 unemployment proposals that could be part of the next coronavirus relief package.
The approaching end-date is setting the stage for a fierce debate among lawmakers over how to mitig…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Rep. Don Beyer is proposing a new bill to regulate digital assets and provide the Fed with clear authority to issue a digital dollar
The Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act would also clarify which digital ass…
Emily Graffeo
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Long COVID patients say they feel gaslit by doctors that still don't believe them
Patients who've struggled to get doctors to take their long COVID symptoms seriously say that the e…
Marianne Guenot
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Treasury Secretary Yellen breaks with Biden and says Democrats should consider lifting debt limit without GOP help: 'I don't want to play chicken'
Mitch McConnell is digging in against helping Democrats lift the debt limit, and Yellen says she do…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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'We don't get the lifeboats': Entrepreneurs are raging on Twitter after banks turn away desperate business owners who were promised government relief today
As Business Insider's Dominick Reuter reported, banks, fintech platforms, and other financial insti…
Jennifer Ortakales
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I spent 3 hours in Miami's famed financial district, 'Wall Street South,' and I don't see what the hype is all about
I started my walking tour of the neighborhood at Brickell City Centre, the 500,000-square-foot "ver…
Katie Warren
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Jared Kushner is under fire as all eyes turn to the only White House adviser in on the Don Jr. meeting with a Russian lawyer
Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, sent a letter to Trump Jr., Kushner, and Manafort on Tuesday request…
Allan Smith
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A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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A 79-year-old and her 87-year-old husband moved from New York to a retirement community in North Carolina. They're more social, but services in the area are lacking.
Linda Beyer and her husband moved from New York to a 55+ community in North Carolina. Beyer says sh…
Noah Sheidlower
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Republicans' latest play for Trump's legacy: Renaming DC's Dulles International Airport
Seven House Republicans, including a member of GOP leadership, are behind the proposal to honor the…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Democrats have become way more comfortable putting Israel aid on hold amid the ongoing war in Gaza
"Israel is not about to be taken over by anybody," said one House Democrat as his party rejected an…
Bryan Metzger
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These 37 House Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against Israel aid
Despite bipartisan opposition, the Israel aid bill garnered a majority and will be taken up by the …
Bryan Metzger
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Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the IRS' plan to offer free tax prep software and break TurboTax and H&R Block's stranglehold
A pilot program allowing for free tax filing services by the IRS should be available in 2024, and c…