Author: Theodoric Meyer

Washington Post – Politics:

The political terrain remains forbidding, but the president’s crumbling approval ratings and the Iran war’s weight on the economy offer the party an opening.

Washington Post – Politics:

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump’s pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

Washington Post – Politics:

The review by the Government Accountability Office, an independent agency that is part of the legislative branch, will look into how the department released the files.

Washington Post – Politics:

The win capped a tough night for AIPAC and Crypto, which spent heavily in Illinois’ primary elections.

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The Save America Act does not have the support of the 60 senators needed to overcome a filibuster — but Republicans are set to debate it at length under pressure from President Donald Trump.

Washington Post – Politics:

A bipartisan group of senators raised concerns in a letter to the Government Accountability Office that the department failed to redact names and photos of victims.

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Congress has voted on seven other war powers resolutions since June, all of which failed.

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The legislation underscores qualms that lawmakers in both parties have expressed about a push to set up facilities in their states and districts.

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Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) asked the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to look into the impact of accusations that Renée Good and Alex Pretti were domestic terrorists.