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Here are the 70 House Republicans who voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine
While Rep. Matt Gaetz's amendment was voted down by a wide bipartisan margin, it offered greater cl…
Bryan Metzger
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US military leaders followed the January 6 attack through news reports and journalists’ tweets, according to new Pentagon emails released to Insider under the Freedom of Information Act
Insider obtained 48 pages of emails from the Department of Defense that detail how the Pentagon mon…
Mattathias Schwartz,Dave Levi…
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally won his battle against letting members vote remotely. It could cost him critical GOP votes when he needs it most.
The House implemented proxy voting in the 116th Congress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's…
Madison Hall,Bryan Metzger
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Walmart, McDonald's, and Amazon are among companies celebrating Pride after donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians who voted against the Equality Act
It is increasingly difficult for companies to say they support a cause while donating to politician…
Kate Taylor
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What's in the major voting rights bill that Senate Republicans voted to block
The legislation would have reshaped the election landscape in the United States by expanding voting…
Grace Panetta
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks Fox News analyst after he says Canadian government could have arrested Martin Luther King Jr.
"Fox News analysts already reaping the benefits of banning books, I see," the lawmaker tweeted on T…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Kamala Harris swipes at DeSantis using his 'vanguard of freedom' quote, on the governor's home turf, as she announces new moves on abortion pill
Harris made the remarks in Tallahassee on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and as DeSantis could be …
Kimberly Leonard
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GOP Rep. Scott Perry claimed 'the Brits' were manipulating the 2020 election results and asked Mark Meadows to 'immediately seize' Dominion voting machines
Rep. Scott Perry said Trump's CIA director was "covering for the Brits" in a text to Mark Meadows f…
Bryan Metzger
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Lauren Boebert's impeachment gambit is nothing new — one House Democrat forced his colleagues to vote on impeaching Trump 3 times before they actually did it
Rep. Al Green of Houston used privileged resolutions that made his Democratic colleagues squirm lon…
Bryan Metzger
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Murmu vs Sinha: Voting begins to elect the next President of India
PM Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, UP CM Yogi Adityanath have already casted their votes. T…
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Barack Obama calls the overturning of Roe v. Wade an attack on 'essential freedoms of millions of Americans'
Former president Barack Obama responded to the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, cond…
Talia Lakritz
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Black Democrats are growing impatient with Biden's failure to deliver on the voting rights reforms he promised
More than a year into his presidency and a Democratic monopoly of Congress, the Biden administratio…
Kayla Epstein
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Samuel Alito used his dissent in the abortion pill ruling to call out 3 justices in an act of judiciary 'theater,' SCOTUS expert says
Alito called out Kagan, Sotomayor, and Barrett, but a SCOTUS expert told Insider his apparent accus…
Kelsey Vlamis,Erin Snodgrass,…
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Senate Republicans unanimously vote down voting rights legislation, teeing up a fight over the filibuster
The vote was a major setback for Senate Democratic leaders, who now face a difficult uphill battle …
Grace Panetta
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Jen Psaki tells people angry about failure of voting rights bills to 'go to a kickboxing class, have a margarita, do whatever you need to do this weekend'
"And then wake up on Monday morning, we've got to keep fighting," Psaki said about Democrats' push …
Grace Panetta
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'Slap in the face': Arizona Democrats unload on Sinema over her 'betrayal' on voting rights reform
"People need to know she sucks," a former staffer said of the Arizona senator. Others told Vice the…
Jake Lahut
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Psaki tells Fox News that Biden 'absolutely is not predicting that the 2022 elections would be illegitimate'
"He has confidence in the American people. And we're going to do everything we can to protect peopl…
Oma Seddiq
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Democrats are fuming over their leaders' 'tepid' response to Roe v. Wade's demise
Operatives say that leaders should have had a plan in place given that they had advanced notice tha…
Nicole Gaudiano,Kimberly Leon…
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'I'm too young to give out': Black Democrats vow to press on with voting rights despite legislation headed for certain Senate defeat
"This country has changed because of people's courage," said Rep. Terri Sewell. "And it bends towar…
Grace Panetta
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Alabama coach Nick Saban — Joe Manchin's longtime friend — signs letter urging the West Virginia senator to support voting rights
Saban is a close friend of Manchin, the moderate Democratic senator who's resisted calls to change …