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Bills aimed at rebuffing Trump's Russia waivers filed in House - Defense
‘Scrappy’ conference chair helped shape GOP midterm message
Few House lawmakers have risen through party leadership ranks as fast as GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain. Now comes the toughest political challenge she’s faced in her short time in office: helping maintain Republicans’ tenuous grasp on the majority. The third-term Michigan Republican, who took just four years to secure the No. 4 slot in […]
Diesel dilemma squeezes Republicans in America’s heartland
Vance and Louise Ehmke have been growing rye seed, wheat and triticale for over 50 years on a farm in western Kansas that their ancestors first homesteaded in 1885. They say decisions being made thousands of miles away in Washington are costing them. “Compared to last year, our fuel bill is $50,000 higher,” Vance Ehmke […]
‘Red to Blue’ Democrats rake in more than GOP rivals in third quarter
In their quest to flip the House, Democrats have sought to expand the battleground map by targeting seats in red-leaning terrain, and their candidates in these races dominated third-quarter fundraising, new filings show. But many of their Republican opponents, including vulnerable incumbents, entered October with larger bank balances, according to a CQ Roll Call analysis […]
At the Races: Seeing red in Minnesota?
Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski Campaigning some thousand miles away in Ohio this week, President Donald Trump urged Minnesotans to vote […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz faces sex trafficking lawsuit
Republican former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is facing a lawsuit accusing him and others of sexually trafficking and abusing two women from 2017 to 2019. The lawsuit, filed anonymously by a pair of women in Florida federal court and docketed Thursday, alleges that Gaetz and coconspirators coordinated to pay for travel, sex and illicit […]
Calling off livestream of execution was right call, members say
Members of Congress expressed relief Thursday after President Donald Trump overturned a Pentagon plan to livestream the execution of a man convicted of a deadly 2009 shooting spree at a Texas Army base. On Oct. 8, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a broadcast interview, announced the department’s plan to air the Dec. 3 execution by […]
Amid ‘time of transition,’ Freedom Caucus sees room to grow its influence
The House Freedom Caucus is poised to look very different next year, with several stalwarts of the hard-line conservative bloc moving on. Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Byron Donalds of Florida and Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin are all running for governor. Alabama Rep. Barry Moore is favored to win election to the Senate. Reps. Ralph […]
Justices wrestle with video privacy law from VHS era
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with how far a law Congress passed to cover video rentals in the 1980s should stretch to cover the modern advertising-supported internet. The case turns on the justices’ interpretation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, first passed in 1988 and last amended in 2013, and the protection it is […]
Political ad rates case frozen through midterms
The Supreme Court in an unsigned decision Wednesday sided with Republicans in a dispute over expanding discounted television advertising rates beyond political candidates ahead of the midterms. The unsigned order from a majority of the court paused a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals from the 4th Circuit that could have allowed the courts […]
Social Security benefits set for a boost next year
Social Security benefits will increase by 3.6 percent in 2027, a jump from the 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment provided this year, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday. Monthly benefits for nearly 72 million recipients are set to increase by an average of $75 for all retirees beginning in January, the agency said. Increased payments to […]