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McConnell bashes Iraq AUMF repeal ahead of Senate passage

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) railed against a bill to repeal a pair of war authorizations that presidents have used to take military action against Iranian proxies in the region.

Mayorkas refuses to apologize to parents of children killed by fentanyl in testy hearing

A senior Republican senator blasted the Biden administration's top border official, Alejandro Mayorkas, in a public hearing for his refusal to apologize to the parents of child victims of drug overdoses for his role in the United States's failed response to the fentanyl epidemic.

WATCH LIVE: Merrick Garland testifies before Senate on DOJ budget

Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before a Senate committee on President Joe Biden's budget for the Department of Justice amid a grilling from GOP lawmakers on the origins of COVID-19 and House committee investigations into the "weaponization" of the department.

Nashville shooting: Bodycam footage of police who killed shooter released

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has released body camera footage from the two officers who killed the shooter who killed three students and three faculty members at the Covenant School on Monday.

Cotton accuses Defense Department of hiding strike in Syria until after votes

President Joe Biden authorized retaliatory strikes in Syria last Thursday, though GOP lawmakers have accused the Department of Defense of slow-walking its notification process due to planned hearings and votes on Capitol Hill.

Mike Pence must testify on conversations held with Trump leading to Jan. 6: Report

Former Vice President Mike Pence must testify about his communications with former President Donald Trump leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, a federal judge said.

AUMF mirage: Republicans still hawkish on war powers despite support for repeal

Republicans, by and large, remain in favor of giving the president sweeping authority to use military force abroad despite a groundswell of GOP support for the repeal of two decades-old war authorizations.

Tax season 2023: These are the places where state taxes are not due on April 18

The deadline to file federal income taxes is on April 18 this year, but a handful of states have separate deadlines for their state taxes.

Ivana Trump was under FBI inquiry for ties to her homeland Czechoslovakia

Former President Donald Trump's late first wife, Ivana Trump, was under an FBI counterintelligence inquiry stemming from allegations over ties to her home country of Czechoslovakia, according to newly unearthed documents.

Freedom Caucus to propose major budget cut demands as debt ceiling fight continues

Lawmakers in the conservative House Freedom Caucus are set to release more than 500 pages of proposed spending cuts they hope to use as leverage to negotiate slashing President Joe Biden’s budget in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling.
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