Marsha Blackburn

The assignments 'have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference,' Sen. John Thune says.

A growing GOP coalition supports a two-track reconciliation process to secure border funding and extend Trump-era tax cuts.

In July, 91 senators supported the legislation, which would establish limits on Big Tech's collection of young peoples' data and the use of that data to keep them glued to scrolling on their screens. In an age when the mental health of teens, tweens and children is suffering, the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act cannot wait. It's a disservice to Americans that House Speaker Johnson is unwilling to bring well-conceived and thoughtful digital safety reforms to the House floor.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested he still has hang-ups about the Kids Online Safety Act after senators worked with X to reform it over the weekend.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, here during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, is a potential Senate candidate in 2026.

The new text clarifies that the legislation 'would not censor, limit, or remove any content from the internet.'

People in President-elect Trump's orbit are pushing Speaker Johnson and House Republicans to take up the Kids Online Safety Act.

Senators Kelly and Blackburn introduced the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act to explore Direct Primary Care and enhance healthcare access.

Blackburn announced she will be introducing the "DOGE Acts," following meetings with Musk and Ramaswamy on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch is warning about the presence of violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in the state.

Since the earliest days of the nation, any person born on US soil is a US citizen.

Anthony Brandisi, 46, will be serving as a federal judge following a narrow U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday and being nominated by President Joe Biden in July.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his move to install ally Kash Patel as the next director of the Justice Department’s top investigative arm.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing in 2020.

A handful of moderate and establishment Republican lawmakers on Sunday offered receptiveness and even praise of Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's controversial nominee to lead the FBI.Why it matters: Patel will need to garner the votes of nearly every Senate Republican in order to be confirmed – a potentially uphill battle for several of the president-elect's more inflammatory picks.What they're saying: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), a centrist from a swing district, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that he has no reservations about Patel serving as FBI director."Donald Trump campaigned on reforming the FBI and the Department of Justice, so I don't know why any of this is, frankly, surprising to people," Lawler said, listing off details of Patel's national security background.Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), both conservative Trump allies, offered effusive praise for Patel during their Sunday show appearances.Zoom in: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) was slightly more equivocal on Patel during an ABC "This Week" appearance, saying Trump "has the right" to nominate who he wants and that "it doesn't surprise me that he will pick people that he believes are very loyal."Rounds said current FBI director Chris Wray is a "very good man" and noted he has several more years before his term expires, but said the Senate will "provide advice and consent" on Patel's nomination.Zoom out: Patel is a staunch Trump loyalist who wants to upend what he says is the entrenched bureaucracy running federal law enforcement.He served as a senior aide to the House Intelligence Committee and Directorate of National Intelligence before serving as chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.He was caught up in several of the major scandals of Trump's first term, with Trump even scheming to appoint him as deputy CIA director in the aftermath of the 2020 election.The other side: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he will oppose Patel's nomination and "organize not just my colleagues but the American public to understand what's happening here.""Kash Patel's only qualification is because he agrees with Donald Trump that the Department of Justice should serve to punish, lock up, and intimidate Donald Trump's political opponents," Murphy said.Citing a bomb threat he received on Thanksgiving, Murphy said he wants an FBI director who will "go after anybody that tries to threaten the American political system, that goes after Republicans or Democrats."

Gaetz met for hours behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has launched an effort to personally secure his embattled nomination, meeting behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have heard questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him. As Gaetz and senators holed up near the Senate, members of the House [...]The post Matt Gaetz Meets Privately With Senators to Shore Up Support as House Ethics Decision Looms appeared first on GV Wire.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has launched an effort to personally secure his embattled nomination

WASHINGTON — Contests for Senate majority leader and the suddenly open House Republican conference chair position headline GOP leadership elections on Capitol Hill this week, with open jockeying for both posts.

The Senate majority leader had not extended invitations to two candidates in close races.

Microsoft said Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Harris’ campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot candidates critical of China.

'They are sacrificing girls at the altar of wokeness'

Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y., arrives for a hearing when he was in office in 2019.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford is pictured in the Capitol during votes on July 31. Lankford on Tuesday blocked a resolution expressing a sense of the Senate that every patient should have the right to emergency health care, including abortion, regardless of where they live, saying that “there is no state in America where a woman faces prosecution for having an abortion.”

The politician has praised the singer's looks & disparaged her political views.

CHICAGO – Former President Barack Obama’s first Democratic convention speech 20 years ago propelled him first to the Senate and then the White House. His return to the stage this week nearly eight years removed from office was a reminder of how a speech can inject unexpected contenders into the national political chatter. For ambitious politicians, a highly-coveted speaking slot at a national ...

A Harris advertising campaign that uses Google search is prompting some concerns among news outlets about their work being co-opted for political purposes.

WASHINGTON — If you’re not looking too closely, some recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news organizations are taking sides in the campaign for president. The advertisements, which have turned up in some Google search feeds, include links to legitimate news stories but feature — in words that appear [...]The post They Look Like — and Link to — Real News Articles. But They’re Actually Ads From the Harris Campaign appeared first on GV Wire.

Violence and horror continue to haunt Black Americans.

'Swifties' could well decide the outcome of the election.

'This is election interference- there must be accountability'

The Senate passed a bill by a 91-3 vote, designed to protect kids from dangerous online content; it forces companies to take steps to prevent harm on online platforms frequently by minors.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said he is committed to changing the work culture and listening to agents’ concerns, while testifying to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday over what happened leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

'Passed the Senate in a 91-3 vote'

NBC News' Julie Tsirkin spoke to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about the Kids Online Safety Act and the bipartisan support their legislation is receiving in the Senate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to pass legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the vote was a step in "the most important update in decades to federal laws to protecting kids on the internet."

Former U.S. alpine skiing champion Lindsey Vonn speaks during the Salt Lake City bid for the 2034 Winter Games during the 142nd session of the International Olympic Committee on July 24.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said social media “can do a lot of good things, but it also can lead to serious health risks that we cannot ignore.”

Sen. Tom Cotton introduced a bill to strip noncitizens of applicable visas if they're convicted of participating in violent or destructive protests.

The Senate plans to vote this week on a pair of children’s online safety bills, KOSA and COPPA 2.0, though the tech bills' future in the House is less clear.

The American Civil Liberties Union and some LGBTQ+ groups oppose the bill, saying it will result in unconstitutional clampdowns on free speech.

Former Vice President Mike Pence sent letters to pro-life RNC delegates on Tuesday thanking them for working to amplify pro-life issues on the GOP platform.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will step down from her role after facing calls to resign after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born

‘No, no, no. We’re going with you'