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WASHINGTON – LSU's Baton Rouge campus and the St. Charles Parish community of Montz are set to get a single zip code if the U.S. Senate takes up legislation the House approved on a voice vote Wednesday.

A report by the Congressional Budget Office indicates these unauthorized programs received $516 billion in funding for fiscal year 2024.

Reps. Burgess Owens of Utah, left, and Tim Walberg of Michigan are seeking the chairmanship of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photos)

The assistant energy secretary refuted the significance of the claim, saying the decision to pause LNG was based on multiple reports.

Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert broke new ground over the weekend when she became the first sitting member of Congress to offer personalized messages on Cameo. But her profile was inactive by early Monday evening.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) briefly offered videos on Cameo, a website on which public figures sell personalized videos to fans, before the page went offline amid questions about whether it would have violated House ethics rules. An introductory video from Boebert was visible on Cameo as of Monday morning, and a screenshot posted by a [...]

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., plans to introduce a measure to abolish the ATF which then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., previously introduced in 2023.

A post made on X claims that President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former HUD secretary Ben Carson as U.S. Surgeon General. 🚨BREAKING: President Trump expected to pick Ben Carson as the nation’s top doctor, the U.S. Surgeon General. — Trent Leisy (@realTrentLeisy) November 17, 2024 Verdict: Misleading Carson has already announced that he will not be serving [...]

There is no evidence to suggest anyone has been chosen for the position at the time of writing.

Colorado Republican Gabe Evans accomplished something rare last week when he unseated the congressional incumbent in the state's newest district, flipping the seat two years after its creation while putting the GOP one member closer to keeping its slim majority...

Boebert joined other members of the House Oversight Committee in a hearing about UFO transparency.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert gave a possible preview of the upcoming Republican congressional majorities’ priorities during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. The topic: underwater alien bases.The loyal Donald Trump ally initiated her bonkers investigation during a hearing entitled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”xxYouTube VideoThe controversial Colorado representative, who overwhelmingly won her new congressional district, asked witnesses if they were aware of any “known instances of recovered materials or technologies that are not of human origin” that were connected to “advanced bioscience defense programs” within the U.S. government. After the witnesses said they were unaware of any such recovery, the congresswoman got into the details.

Republican Jeff Hurd defeated Democrat Adam Frisch in Tuesday's election in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, the GOP-leaning seat that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert left after Frisch came close to defeating her two years ago.

Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Rep. Lauren Boebert left. Hurd’s victory fulfills the congresswoman’s hope that her mid-election departure from the race would make it easier for a different Republican to retain the...

Former President Donald Trump has clinched a second term in the White House, and his Republican Party has won control of the Senate. But control of the House of Representatives is still up for grabs, as is the size of the incoming Senate majority.With votes still being counted, here’s a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision Desk (read more about how those races are called). While some of the battleground states may be projected relatively quickly, it could take days or even weeks to resolve control of the House.Presidential battlegroundsWith Trump’s victory in Michigan projected by NBC News Wednesday afternoon, two battleground states remain uncalled.In the Sun Belt, Trump is also leading in Arizona and Nevada, but Arizona remains too early to call, while Nevada is too close to call.Alaska, where Trump is leading, is also too early to call.Senate races left to callArizona Senate: Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego is leading Republican Kari Lake in the vote count, but the race is still too early to call. Lake is trailing Trump’s margin in the state, while Gallego is outperforming Harris. Gallego, a Marine veteran, touted his military service in his race against Lake, a former local TV news anchor. Lake ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022, and she made false claims that her 2022 race was affected by voter fraud.Michigan Senate: GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers is locked in a tight race against Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in a contest that is too close to call. Rogers and Slotkin are competing to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.Nevada Senate: Republican Sam Brown, a military veteran who was wounded in combat, is in a very tight race against Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is seeking her second term in the Senate. Nevada has been narrowly divided in recent elections, with Republican Joe Lombardo flipping the Governor’s Mansion in 2022 even while Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election. But while Democrats had been hopeful that the state’s abortion referendum could help boost turnout for Democratic candidates, the margin in the race remains extremely tight.Pennsylvania Senate: Although Trump is projected to win Pennsylvania, the Senate race there is still too close to call. Democratic Sen. Bob Casey is running for a third term against Republican Dave McCormick, a former hedge fund CEO who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP Senate nomination in 2022.Wisconsin Senate: The race between Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and GOP businessman Eric Hovde remains too close to call. While Democrats have touted Baldwin as a senator who has appeal in rural parts of the state, Republicans also flooded the airwaves painting her as a creature of Washington and making note of the first openly gay senator’s sexual orientation.House control on the lineControl of the House is still unclear in part because dozens of competitive races remain uncalled, including a number of key races in California alone. There are also other races that are not expected to be competitive but have not yet been projected because few votes have been counted.Alaska At-Large District: Republicans are looking to pick up this seat, which encompasses the entire state. Republican Nick Begich is leading Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, but he is hovering around the 50% threshold required to win the race outright. If he falls short of that threshold, the race will head to ranked-choice voting, but Republicans are confident they would still carry the seat in that scenario.Arizona’s 1st District: GOP Rep. David Schweikert is in a competitive race in the Phoenix suburbs against Democrat Amish Shah, a former state legislator.Arizona 6th District: GOP Rep. Juan Ciscomani is trailing his Democratic opponent, former state Sen. Kirsten Engel, in this competitive district in the Tucson suburbs.California’s 9th District: Democratic Rep. Josh Harder is narrowly leading his Republican opponent, Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln.California’s 13th District: GOP Rep. John Duarte is locked in a tight race against Democrat Adam Gray, a former state legislator, in this Central Valley district.California’s 22nd District: GOP Rep. David Valadao, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, is leading his Democratic opponent, former state Assemblyman Rudy Salas.California’s 27th District: GOP Rep. Mike Garcia is in a tight race against Democrat George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff and Virgin Galactic CEO, in this Southern California district.California’s 41st District: Democrats have targeted this Riverside County-based district, and GOP Rep. Ken Calvert is in a competitive race with Democrat Will Rollins, a former prosecutor.California’s 45th District: GOP Rep. Michelle Steel is leading Democratic Army veteran Derek Tran in one of the most expensive races in the country.California’s 47th District: Republicans are looking to flip this open seat in Southern California, and Republican Scott Baugh, a former state legislator, is in a competitive race against former state Sen. Dave Min.California’s 49th District: Also in Southern California, Democratic Rep. Mike Levin is in a tight race against auto dealer Matt Gunderson, a self-described “pro-choice” Republican.Colorado’s 3rd District: GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s decision to run in the neighboring 4th District, which is more Republican, opened up this seat on the Western Slope. Democrat Adam Frisch, who came close to defeating Boebert in 2022, is in a competitive race against Republican Jeff Hurd.Colorado’s 8th District: Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo is locked in a tight race in the Denver suburbs against Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans.Iowa’s 1st District: Just a few hundred votes separate Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative. It is familiar territory for Miller-Meeks, who won her 2020 race by just six votes.Maine’s 2nd District: Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has been a top GOP target, and he is hovering just above the 50% threshold that would allow him to win outright over Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver (the state holds ranked-choice elections).Maryland’s 6th District: Democratic Rep. David Trone’s unsuccessful Senate run opened up this Frederick-based district. Democrat April McClain Delaney, a former Commerce Department official and the wife of former Rep. John Delaney, is locked in a tight race against Republican Neil Parrott, a former state legislator.Montana 1st District: Democratic attorney Monica Tranel trails Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, who was Trump’s first interior secretary in between stints in the House.Nebraska’s 2nd District: Harris carried this Omaha-based district and nabbed one of the state’s electoral votes, but GOP Rep. Don Bacon is in a close race against Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas.North Carolina’s 1st District: Democratic Rep. Don Davis is in a competitive race against Republican Laurie Buckhout, an Army veteran and businesswoman.Nevada’s 3rd District: Democratic Rep. Susie Lee is in a competitive race with Republican marketing consultant Drew Johnson in the Las Vegas suburbs.Nevada’s 4th District: Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford is leading former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, the Republican nominee.New York’s 4th District: GOP Rep. Anthony D’Esposito is locked in a tight race against Democrat Laura Gillen, a former town supervisor, in this Long Island-based district that was one of Democrats’ top targets.New York’s 19th District: Democratic attorney Josh Riley and GOP Rep. Marc Molinaro are running neck and neck in a rematch of their close 2022 race.Ohio’s 9th District: Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur is locked in an extremely tight race with GOP state Rep. Derek Merrin.Oregon’s 5th District: Democrat Janelle Bynum narrowly leads Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.Oregon’s 6th District: Democratic Rep. Andrea Salinas leads GOP businessman Mike Erickson in another rematch. Salinas beat Erickson by 3 percentage points in 2022.Pennsylvania’s 10th District: GOP Rep. Scott Perry, a former Freedom Caucus chairman, has a slight lead over former local news anchor Janelle Stelson, a Democrat.Texas’ 34th District: Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez faces a rematch against former GOP Rep. Mayra Flores, with Gonzalez slightly ahead.Virginia’s 7th District: Democrat Eugene Vindman has a slight lead over Republican Derrick Anderson. Both candidates are veterans, and Vindman came into the public spotlight in 2019 when his brother, Alexander Vindman, testified in Trump’s impeachment hearings about a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Washington’s 3rd District: Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads Republican Joe Kent, whom she defeated by less than 1 point in 2022.Washington’s 4th District: Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse narrowly leads Republican former NASCAR driver Jerrod Sessler. (Washington’s primary advances the top two vote-getters to the general election, regardless of party.)Sessler has Trump’s endorsement over Newhouse, who is one of the two Republicans left in the House who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.This story first appeared on NBCNews.com. More from NBC News:Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to become the next U.S. president, NBC News projectsTrump won the presidency. Here’s what he’s said he’ll do.5 key takeaways from election night 2024

As of early Tuesday morning, with most precincts reporting, April McClain Delaney was ahead of Neil Parrott by 315 votes.

Tuesday's election offered a wide range of results to digest, both in Colorado and nationally -- at times going in different directions. Here are major takeaways from voters' decisions.

Leading Colorado Republicans on Wednesday called on Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold to resign after the state's top election official admitted that someone in her office posted a spreadsheet online that "improperly" included passwords to voting equipment used throughout...

The U.S. House race in Colorado's 8th Congressional District is one of the closest in the nation and a testing ground for Republicans' and Democrats' strategies to reach Latino voters

Voters in Colorado will cast ballots for a slew of statewide measures and local contests alongside elections for president and the U.S. House on Election Day

Republicans are kicking their defensive messaging on abortion into high gear, aiming to blunt Democrats’ attempts to paint them as extreme in the run-up to the election. In debates, GOP congressional candidates are taking a more aggressive approach when talking about the issue, accusing Democrats of misrepresenting their position. Republican campaigns are successfully pitching fact-checks [...]

Proposition 131 would implement non-partisan, open primary elections and a ranked-choice general election. It will give voters more — and better — options.

Colorado's Democratic candidates for Congress have reported raising more than $34 million this election cycle, according to new federal campaign finance reports -- more than triple what Republicans have reported.

Denver Post Editorial Board endorsements for Amendment 79, Denver Public Schools' bond issue and more.

Trump is likely to seize on a chance to amplify his often-exaggerated rhetoric about migrants in the city.

Editor’s note: Candidates are listed in the order they appear on ballots. Active voter registration numbers are current as of Sept. 25, 2024, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

We have a two-parter this week, folks. First, let’s take a deeper look at the most consequential question on the statewide ballot, Proposition 131, which would significantly alter Colorado’s election process. Then, we will finish with some quick takes on...

Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Jeff Hurd are set to face off Monday night in Pueblo, in the final debate in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Congress.

With Trump leading the Republican Party, weirdos come out of the woodwork.

If you’re not transgressive, you’re suspicious. Decency is countercultural in the Republican Party. It’s seen as a rebuke of Trump.

Polluted water leaking from thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado's mountains is turning wetlands orange and dumping toxic metals into rivers.

For the sake of our children and grandchildren, Trump needs to be defeated. While imperfect, at least the Democrats have acted to combat global warming via the (misnomer) Inflation Reduction Act. I'm voting for Harris-Walz because only they take global warming seriously and will act to combat it.

While Club 20's candidates’ debate day in Grand Junction Saturday offered voters the chance to hear from candidates for 13 statewide and congressional offices, the marquee event of the day was clearly the contest for Congressional District 3.

'I would say what he’s done is par for the course'

Republican congressional candidate Jeff Hurd hits the road to talk health care in a TV ad his campaign released Wednesday in Colorado's sprawling 3rd Congressional District.

In 2004, they were known as the Gang of Four. Wealthy Democrats, including Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, Tim Gill, and now-Gov. Jared Polis, who pooled their resources for a take-over of the Colorado General Assembly.

Twice during the debate Tuesday night's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump referred to Aurora, the Colorado suburb recently in the news amid claims that members of a Venezuelan gang have "taken over" multiple apartment...

Without Lauren Boebert to run against, Democrat Adam Frisch's chances of flipping Colorado's 3rd Congressional District just aren't what they used to be.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democratic opponent Trisha Calvarese sparred over veterans care, the national debt and the congresswoman’s record during their only scheduled debate.

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her Democratic challenger Trisha Calvarese are set to face off in a debate on business and economic issues on Sept. 3 in Roxborough Park.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Trisha Calverese on Tuesday clashed in their only debate so far in the race for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.

Today is Aug. 19, 2024, and here's what you need to know:

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) faces a primary challenge on Tuesday as former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his allies seek revenge against the Republicans who ousted him nearly a year ago. That revenge tour will reach its apex with the multi-million dollar effort to defeat Gaetz, a conservative rabble-rouser who spearheaded the effort to take [...]

Supporters of former President Donald Trump are rushing to defend Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) after scantily clad photos and video of the congresswoman began circulating online.A resurfaced video in particular of Luna, who has served in Congress since last year, suddenly went viral on Wednesday, much to the glee of Trump fans.The footage, which shows the conservative in a MAGA-themed swimsuit, was filmed back in 2016 as part of an effort to support then-candidate Trump.Anna Paulina Luna Swimsuit Videohttps://twitter.com/3orovik/status/1823771632210686366The 35-year-old appeared to blame Democrats for the video resurfacing in remarks on X."There are better [things] to do with your time than digging up modeling photos of me from almost a decade ago," she wrote. "The left is attempting to make this a thing yet can’t define a woman. Very low IQ behavior. Get over it."https://twitter.com/realannapaulina/status/1823835792386502695"I’m confirming that I have indeed worn swimsuits and you can tell I am biologically a woman," she added. But while Luna was attempting to defend herself, MAGA was busy ogling over the content."Anna Paulina Luna is probably the Hottest congresswoman we’ve ever had," the user Facts Matter wrote.Other users like Malaysian-based commentator Ian Miles Cheong accused liberals of trying to "shame" Luna for being "hot.""If she was a man in drag performing in front of children, they’d be celebrating her for ... being stunning and brave," Cheong wrote.Others also took time out to ding trans people. "I say WOW ... Definitely Biological Female,” wrote one. "They hate her for many intersectional reasons: She happens to have XX chromosomes," wrote another. https://twitter.com/GodIsNotDead/status/1824142304212357528"Liberals hate actual, biological women," said someone else. Criticism from some on the left, while present, appeared to pale in comparison to the praise coming from conservatives.Nevertheless, at least one prominent left-wing user, podcast host Ryan Shead, attacked Luna for the imagery."Anna Paulina Luna is trending for showing her ass on social media displaying her lack of qualifications or good ideas," Shead wrote. "I guess it’s ok for a former stripper to sleep her way to the top when they’re GOP. Imagine if AOC posted this?"https://twitter.com/RyanShead/status/1823965234140483677Yet most of the users in Shead's replies pushed back, despite having different political opinions than Luna. They did note, however, the apparent hypocrisy from conservatives."I really don’t have a problem with her doing this. I just have a problem with the hypocrisy that this is ok but AOC dancing in a college video or Megan Thee Stallion twerking at a Harris rally isn’t," the user said. "That’s my main qualm with this issue. If you’re sexy, flaunt it idgaf."Others similarly pointed out the sexist remarks made against Vice President Kamala Harris in recent weeks including the claim from conservatives that she "slept her way to the top.""Can people please not do this or accuse a woman of sleeping her way to the top?" asked MSNBC columnist Eric Michael Garcia. "This is sleazy slut-shaming. This is sleazy when people do it with Kamala Harris and AOC and it's just as sleazy when people do it with Anna Paulina Luna and Lauren Boebert."https://twitter.com/EricMGarcia/status/1824096968710221926But topics like these are always rampant with hypocrisy from both sides. Regardless, the vast majority of posts seemed to come primarily from thirsty MAGA bros, not angry liberals.Internet culture is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter here. You’ll get the best (and worst) of the internet straight into your inbox.Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online.The post ‘They hate biological women’: MAGA bros gin up fake outrage after Anna Paulina Luna swimsuit video recirculates appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Colorado's congressional delegation on Wednesday once again urged the Internal Revenue Service not to treat refunds issued under the state's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights as taxable income.

Colorado Democrats hailed Vice President Kamala Harris' announcement Tuesday that she had picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, calling the home-spun military veteran and former social studies teacher an ideal addition to the Democratic ticket.

The former president's racist lies at NABJ are déjà vu all over again.