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Political Developments in Washington
The Wall Street Journal editorial board criticized President Trump's push to eliminate the Senate filibuster for a voting rights bill. Meanwhile, the Pentagon plans to rename a South Carolina military base after late Senator Lindsey Graham. Additionally, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries from the COVID-19 response period were released.
Coverage timeline — 18 articles
The Hill
The ousted interim U.S. attorney in Milwaukee will remain in charge of cases after Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned him a new title that allows him to stay atop the federal prosecuting office. It's the latest example of the Justice Department maneuvering to keep President Trump's appointees in t
2026-03-19 13:41 UTC
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee despite reservations from Democrats as well as the committee’s Republican chair. The roughly 3-minute meeting was
2026-03-19 13:56 UTC
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Big trucking companies lowered these standards and undermined safety in order to get more drivers behind the wheel.
2026-03-19 14:00 UTC
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday morning, more than a month after funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lapsed. Jeffries and other House Democrats on Wednesday formally launched their bid to fund the Transportation Security Administrat
2026-03-19 14:02 UTC
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Grammy award winning rapper Afroman on Wednesday won a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who raided his home in 2022. The artist, born Joseph Foreman, used his home surveillance footage of the raid to produce music videos that showed their face and likeness. The
2026-03-19 14:06 UTC
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Homeland Security, “have some personal history” that they have to “work through” after they got into
2026-03-19 14:14 UTC
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President Trump will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House on Thursday. Trump endorsed Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, who is known to be a staunch conservative. She worked to dissolve the country’s lower house of Parliament last month to help her Liberal D
2026-03-19 14:15 UTC
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A group of Republican attorneys general are voicing support for the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, as the Senate debates the election reform legislation this week. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) obtai
2026-03-19 14:17 UTC
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) pressed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on the resignation letter from Joe Kent, one of her top aides, who resigned earlier this week over his opposition to the U.S. launching strikes against Iran and accused the U.S. of attacking Tehran under pressure fr
2026-03-19 14:21 UTC
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Uber is investing in the electric vehicle maker Rivian for a robotaxi launch, according to a Thursday press release. Uber is set to make an investment with a ceiling of $1.25 billion in Rivian for the next five years, according to the release, in the aim of “a scaled, fully-autonomous fleet of Rivia
2026-03-19 14:22 UTC
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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) called the “defund the police” movement a “mistake” in a new interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “In retrospect, the whole concept of ‘defund the police’ made no sense,” de Blasio said in a preview clip of Thursday’s episode of the “Hang Out with
2026-03-19 14:23 UTC
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Joe Kent, a top intelligence official who resigned this week in the wake of the U.S. strikes in Iran, said the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk last summer implored him to do what he could to make sure the Trump administration resisted getting involved in a war in the Middle East. "I wasn't p
2026-03-19 14:26 UTC
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If that instability grows while Washington is focused elsewhere, Americans may be the ones to feel the consequences first.
2026-03-19 14:30 UTC
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Vice President Vance, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are meeting with oil executives as prices soar over the conflict in Iran. A spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute (API), a major oil and gas lobbying group, confirmed that the officials would attend th
2026-03-19 14:30 UTC
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A group of eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed mega merger between Nexstar Media Group and fellow local broadcaster Tegna. The deal, if approved by President Trump's administration, would create the largest local broadcast group in the country and hand Nexs
2026-03-19 14:37 UTC
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In years’ worth of journal entries, Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the origins of COVID-19, the media attention he received during the pandemic and his “unique” relationship with President Trump. The office of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released the entries, which Fauci wrote
2026-07-28 18:54 UTC
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The Pentagon will reportedly rename a South Carolina military base after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Air Force veteran, citing his “decades of distinguished service” to Congress and the armed services. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink in a July 27 internal memo ordered staff to begin wor
2026-07-28 19:01 UTC
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board on Monday said President Trump is wrong in his pressure campaign to get rid of the Senate filibuster for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “Bad ideas are everywhere in Washington, but here’s one that belongs in a hall of fame: Presid
2026-07-28 19:03 UTC