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Senate Dems preserve shutdown leverage over Trump, GOP  Axios Schumer’s strategy for avoiding a shutdown scramble  Politico Senate weathers Dem opposition, advances first government funding bill  Fox News Senate Democrats agree to advance military construction, VA spending bill  The Hill Republicans fear Washington headed for shutdown after bruising spending fights  Yahoo Home Source link

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Nicole Mitchell to resign from Minnesota Senate after burglary conviction  MPR News Minnesota Lawmaker Convicted of Burglary Plans to Resign, Ending Democratic Majority  The New York Times Minnesota senator to resign following felony burglary conviction  Axios State Sen. Nicole Mitchell will resign after guilty verdict in burglary trial  CBS News State Sen. Mitchell found guilty  MinnPost Source link

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement regarding Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s request for information related to the FBI’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and mishandling of classified information during her time as Secretary of State: “Today, the Department of Justice honored Chairman Grassley’s request to release …

JD Vance and Marco Rubio’s Senate successors are cruising to the primaries. Artificial intelligence is fueling job cuts and anxiety in the tech world. And a new genetic test may predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood. Here’s what to know today. Vance and Rubio’s Senate successors avoid GOP primary drama As JD Vance and Marco Rubio shot to …

As JD Vance and Marco Rubio shot to the top of Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates last year, a mix of joy and dread set in for Republicans in Ohio and Florida. The joy was self-explanatory, springing from the clout that comes with having a favorite son in the White House. The dread was more complicated. Even though …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority in next year’s midterm elections, with recruitment failures, open primaries, infighting and a president who has been sitting on the sidelines. Democrats still face an uphill battle. They need to net four seats to retake the majority, and most of the …

Republicans then lodged an ethics complaint because Mitchell cast a tie-breaking vote in her own favor on the issue, which they argued was a conflict of interest. The complaint also took aim at the underlying criminal charges. But the Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct deadlocked on the issue along partisan lines and punted until Mitchell’s trial. Senate Minority Leader Mark …

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the appeals court nomination of Emil Bove, the former personal lawyer of President Donald Trump whose actions since joining the Justice Department have attracted widespread criticism. The panel voted on Thursday to advance Bove’s nomination out of Republican-led committee to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as Democrats complained they weren’t allowed …

Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out  The New York Times Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans advance nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as Democrats walk out  CNN ‘Dear God’: Democrats storm out of vote on controversial Trump nominee  Fox News Hundreds of DOJ alumni warn Senate against Trump’s appellate judge nominee  Reuters Why Emil Bove’s nomination has …