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Nearly 90 million Americans are facing heat alerts this week, yet GOP members are wrangling over spending to reduce emissionsSwaths of the US are baking under record-breaking heat, yet some lawmakers are still attempting to block any spending to fight …
Aileen Cannon sets 18 July for hearing as ex-US president asks for trial delay; grand jury to decide if Trump has case to answer on election interferenceTrump asks for documents trial delay until after 2024 US electionAs California considers implementi…
Kevin McCarthy threatens impeachment proceedings in a tweet after president’s son accepts plea dealSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe supreme court has just ordered Louisiana to draw another majority Black congressional dis…
Finance committee focusing on tax treatment of billionaire mega-donor’s gifts to supreme court justiceThe rightwing billionaire real estate developer Harlan Crow is facing a possible showdown with Senate investigators looking into the financial arrange…
The budget committee hearing looked into alleged misinformation from big oil that covered up ‘massive’ risks of the climate crisisThe Senate budget committee held a hearing on Wednesday morning to scrutinize the role of oil- and gas-linked “dark money”…
Invitation raises possibility Yasir al-Rumayyan could be questioned under oath about execution of Jamal KhashoggiThe powerful governor of Saudi Arabia’s state-backed investment fund has been invited to testify before a Senate committee in the wake of a…
Saudi Arabia has gained foothold in world of golfUS senator sends letter to senior figures in gameThe leader of a US Senate subcommittee is demanding the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf present records about the negotiations that led to their plan…
More than 1,000 delegates at the North Carolina Republican party’s annual convention voted to censure TillisRepublican US senator Thom Tillis has been reprimanded by party officials in his home state of North Carolina after his support of gun control a…
Senator Ron Wyden, chair of finance panel, warns of ‘next steps’ to compel testimony of Harlan Crow about supreme court justiceThe Democratic chair of the Senate finance committee has reiterated his threat to subpoena Harlan Crow, the Republican mega-d…
Statement by US attorney’s office says Brian Landry, 66, called office of unnamed senator saying ‘I’m a veteran sniper’A New Hampshire man was arrested and charged with threatening to kill an unnamed US senator.On Friday, the US attorney’s office for t…