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Fetterman: Democrats 'own' shutdown amid SNAP funding fight
Nov 026 months ago

Fetterman: Democrats 'own' shutdown amid SNAP funding fight

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Sunday that Democrats “need to own” the current government shutdown amid a fight over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding. “Well, I mean, for me, ...

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Mark Warner says shutdown could end 'this week' with Trump back in US
Nov 026 months ago

Mark Warner says shutdown could end 'this week' with Trump back in US

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said he’s hopeful the government shutdown could come to an end this week with President Trump back from his Asia trip. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warner ...

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Wicker, Reed demand Hegseth share Caribbean strike orders
Nov 016 months ago

Wicker, Reed demand Hegseth share Caribbean strike orders

Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Friday called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to give them copies of the orders issued to strike boats in the Caribbean that the Trump administ...

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Some senators stranded in DC because of government shutdown
Oct 306 months ago

Some senators stranded in DC because of government shutdown

Some senators are finding themselves stranded in Washington, D.C., at the end of the Senate workweek because of delays at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport linked to the monthlong government s...

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Venezuela boat strikes briefing leaves Democrats frustrated
Oct 306 months ago

Venezuela boat strikes briefing leaves Democrats frustrated

Democrats emerged irritated and frustrated from a classified briefing Thursday on the Trump administration’s military strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the East Pacif...

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Senate Democrats demand answers on legality of boat strikes
Oct 296 months ago

Senate Democrats demand answers on legality of boat strikes

Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding to see the legal justification behind a series of boat strikes in South American waters they argue appear to violate a number of laws...

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Senate chaplain offers pointed prayer over 'breaking shutdown records'
Oct 286 months ago

Senate chaplain offers pointed prayer over 'breaking shutdown records'

Senate Chaplain Barry Black on Monday offered a pointed prayer, saying he hopes lawmakers remember that "no gold medals given" for breaking shutdown records. “Eternal God, our king, when our children ...

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Graham says lawmakers to be briefed on potential Venezuela land attack
Oct 266 months ago

Graham says lawmakers to be briefed on potential Venezuela land attack

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) said Sunday that President Trump told him that he plans to brief members of Congress on possible military action in Latin America, including potentially shifting att...

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