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Mitch McConnell misses two Senate votes after brief Capitol return

Sen. Mitch McConnell cast one vote Thursday but missed two later Senate votes, leaving his office with fresh questions about…
By Samuel Lee

Hedge fund billionaire John Overdeck settles into $72M Palm Beach mansion with new girlfriend while divorce drags on

Two Sigma co-founder John Overdeck, worth an estimated $8 billion, has moved into a 16,000-square-foot Palm Beach waterfront estate with…
By James Carver

Texas Supreme Court clears transfer of medically fragile surrogate-born baby to California

The Texas Supreme Court sided with the biological parents of a critically ill infant born to a surrogate, rejecting the…
By Matthias Dathan

Trump bans CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from White House grounds, enforcing order within hours

President Trump banned three major news outlets from the White House over what he called "fake news" reporting, and within…
By George Robertson

House heads home seven weeks early with debt, AI, and surveillance bills untouched

The House canceled its remaining September session and will not return until after the November 3 midterm elections, leaving legislation…
By Francis Walshe

House votes 352–72 to make Trump's fraud enforcement division permanent, with more than 140 Democrats joining in

More than 140 House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, voted Wednesday to codify President Trump's National Fraud Enforcement Division…
By Elizabeth Delaney

Obama family dog Sunny dies at 13 after more than a decade with the former first family

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama announced the death of their Portuguese water dog Sunny, calling…
By Samuel Lee

Hoeven tried to tell McConnell how to vote on the farm bill — McConnell voted his own way

Sen. Mitch McConnell defied a colleague's whispered instruction and cast his own "aye" vote during a heated farm bill markup,…
By Mandy Donalds

House GOP leaders send lawmakers home early, sidestepping Hegseth impeachment vote

House Republican leaders scrapped Thursday's scheduled votes and sent members home ahead of the midterm elections, a move that conveniently…
By George Robertson

Fetterman loses patience with reporters pressing him on a Republican switch

Senator John Fetterman snapped at Capitol Hill reporters who followed him to an elevator demanding answers about his party affiliation,…
By George Robertson
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