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Why Elon Musk is voting for the Republican party
The billionaire said used to vote for Democratic presidential candidates but no longer considers it…
Ana Altchek
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These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
Republicans complained that Democrats were simply holding a show vote. But they also said they were…
Bryan Metzger
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Pelosi said lawmakers should 'just go to the beach and forget the whole thing' if voting rights legislation failed, book says
Pelosi clashed with the White House over what she saw as lack of urgency to pass the bill and even …
Grace Panetta,Brent D. Griffi…
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries blasts Republicans for their opposition to voting-rights legislation: 'What happened? Was it the election of Barack Obama?'
"Voting rights now is a partisan thing," Jeffries said, criticizing Republicans for being "largely …
John L. Dorman
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Bernie Sanders says the Arizona Democratic Party was 'exactly right' in censuring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her vote to preserve the filibuster
Sanders in recent days has floated backing progressive primary challengers to Democratic senators w…
John L. Dorman
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Instead of passing Ukraine aid, the House is voting on bills to shield home appliances from government regulations
The GOP-led House of Representatives keeps stalling to bring a Ukraine aid bill to a vote after MTG…
Madison Hall
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The NRA and the House Freedom Caucus announced their opposition to the bipartisan Senate gun bill less than an hour after it was released
14 Republican senators voted to advance the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which will enact the …
Bryan Metzger
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Republicans might not have the votes to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Two GOP lawmakers are still undecided.
Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of California said he's undecided. While his GOP colleague, Rep. Ken…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump said Republicans will never be elected again if Democrats pass their voting rights bill
The "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" seeks to expand voting access and introduce reforms relate…
Morgan Keith
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Mitch McConnell said Black people show up to vote just as much as 'Americans' after the voting rights bill failed in the Senate
"McConnell's comments suggesting African Americans aren't fully American wasn't a Freudian slip — i…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's filibuster speech has reenergized progressive efforts to find someone to primary and oust the Arizona Democrat
Grassroots groups in Arizona are working feverishly to find someone to challenge and unseat Democra…
Kayla Epstein
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Obama firmly backs Biden's call to change the filibuster to pass voting-rights legislation, blasts Senate Republicans for failing to protect democracy
Biden on Tuesday endorsed changes to the filibuster rules if voting rights bills continue to be blo…
Sinéad Baker
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John Lewis wrote an essay to America in his final days: 'Now it is your turn to let freedom ring'
"Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part," John Lewis wrote. "…
John Haltiwanger
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family say's there's no MLK Day celebration without the passage of voting rights
At least 400 voter suppression bills were introduced during the first five months of 2021, and at l…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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House Freedom Caucus pushes McCarthy to force vote to oust Pelosi as speaker
The group alleged that Pelosi "has no interest in representative democracy" and lamented proxy voti…
John L. Dorman
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More secret Trump and Pence staffing records revealed following Insider's federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit
For months, the staffers continued to earn taxpayer-funded paychecks after President Donald Trump a…
C. Ryan Barber
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Fetterman blasts the government shutdown near-miss and says lawmakers can't 'allow' the Freedom Caucus to turn governing into 'The Steve Wilkos Show'
"I voted yes tonight to keep the government open, but I'm done normalizing this dysfunction," Fette…
John L. Dorman
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'Sound of Freedom,' this summer's surprise blockbuster, is fronted by a QAnon supporter and financed by a man who defrauded Medicare
The QAnon-adjacent movie 'Sound of Freedom,' about controversial anti-trafficking activist Tim Ball…
Katherine Long
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Supreme Court rules just barely — that racial gerrymandering still violates voting rights
The decision comes as a surprise to court watchers who expected the Supreme Court to gut the Voting…
John Cook,Insider staff
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Lawmakers pressure McCarthy once again on stock trading ban: 'You have not acted on your promise'
McCarthy made noise about tackling the issue before he became speaker of the House. Since then, it'…