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Senators call for DOJ probe into Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway
The billionaire businessman has reportedly faced a warning from the Justice Department over the $1 …
Bryan Metzger
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Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose yet another trip with Harlan Crow, senator says
Sen. Ron Wyden alleged that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose another trip o…
Alice Tecotzky
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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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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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The Fed's best tool for fighting inflation won't fix Americans' biggest problem: surging gas and food prices
The country needs to get to more sustainable inflation levels "so we can have the labor market that…
Ben Winck
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Clarence Thomas never paid back a $267,230 loan from a rich friend used to buy a luxury RV, Senate committee finds
Clarence Thomas' $267K loan from Anthony Welters bought a luxury Prevost Marathon RV. Thomas didn't…
Kelsey Vlamis
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The US Senate Banking Committee chair suggests banning cryptocurrencies and says they are a threat to national security
Senator Sherrod Brown added that a ban would be difficult because crypto would then "go offshore, a…
Brian Evans
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The Senate Judiciary Committee just asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a list of any gifts he's given to a Supreme Court justice
The letter follows reporting from ProPublica documenting the many vacations Crow has paid for with …
Madison Hall
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4 unhealthy aspects of the current US economy, according to Janet Yellen
In Senate Finance testimony, Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen said four major things predate the pandemic…
Juliana Kaplan
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Kyrsten Sinema is still sitting on over $11 million in campaign cash — and she could easily use it to fuel her post-Senate life
Several ethics experts said that Sinema's campaign account could easily become a "zombie PAC," cont…
Bryan Metzger
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Elizabeth Warren slams billionaire Leon Cooperman as 'too frightened' to talk to Congress about a wealth tax
Warren said she's made three tax proposals - on wealth, corporate profits, and enforcement - that c…
Juliana Kaplan
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Powerful senators fire off letter decrying 'abusive' tactics in Corizon bankruptcy
Nine senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have sent a letter calling prison health provider Corizo…
Dakin Campbell,Nicole Einbind…
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Janet Yellen isn't likely to immediately revive the Fed's expired relief programs, report says
Five lending facilities expired at the end of last year after the Treasury called on the Fed to ret…
Ben Winck
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New Hampshire's GOP Senate nominee Don Bolduc is breaking federal law by not disclosing his personal finances
Bolduc has yet to file personal financial disclosures for 2022. A federal conflicts-of-interest law…
Madison Hall
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Elon Musk made a gross sex joke at the chair of the Senate Finance Committee who criticized his Twitter poll about taxes
Sen. Ron Wyden said a Twitter poll should not decide if "the world's wealthiest man pays any taxes …
Sinéad Baker
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Fed's Powell says US economy is entering bounce-back still clouded by 'significant uncertainty'
"We may be reaching a bottom" on the nation's shutdown phase, Fed chair Jerome Powell said, citing …
Ben Winck
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Dr. Oz's Senate campaign is using the same automatic donations tactic that Trump used and the FEC wants banned
Mehmet Oz's campaign uses pre-checked boxes to automatically sign up for donors for monthly recurri…
Charles Davis
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Hitting the debt ceiling is the worst possible outcome for the dollar, Janet Yellen says. That would be a disaster for the whole world.
US economic strength rests on trust in the dollar. A debt-ceiling breach would destroy that, Yellen…
Ben Winck
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The Republican National Committee took $1.4 million from a casino magnate accused of sexual misconduct after saying they'd reconsider his money
Despite numerous settlements and fines against the disgraced casino mogul over sexual misconduct, t…
Madison Hall
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The head of the Senate banking committee wants details from banks linked to Archegos on how an under-the-radar family office caused so much turmoil
The head of the Senate banking committee is calling on lenders for answers about the blow-up of pri…