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As Congress enters a critical stretch to the November elections, a lengthy to-do list of critical funding items is piling in its absence. Congressional leaders have faced pressure from all sides to return early in recent weeks to approve additional disaster aid in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes. While there hasn’t been any appetite to [...]

Trump declared he was "the father of IVF" during a Fox News town hall, while also saying he just recently discovered what the decades-old procedure actually is.

Democratic incumbent Rep. Chrissy Houlahan and Republican challenger Neil Young are competing for the seat.

SPOKANE — The first debate between Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell and Republican challenger Dr Raul Garcia elicited civil disagreements and a fair amount of agreement for what may be expected in modern polarized politics.

A National Institutes of Health employee who served the agency for over three decades is pleading the Fifth after the House COVID Subcommittee demanded her testimony on allegedly making documents "disappear" for coworkers.

Lawmakers are seeking answers from the Biden administration on whether an "entanglement" with the border crisis has affected FEMA's ability to respond to disasters.

Republican Senator Rand Paul was busy last week.What Happened: In addition to introducing a measure that aims to relax federal constraints on hemp by tripling the allowable THC content from 0.3% to 1%, he also proposed a cannabis-related bill.The Clean Slate Act would allow individuals convicted of simple drug possession and other low-level, nonviolent crimes involving marijuana to request record sealing. That's for offenses that aren't eligible for automatic relief.The newly introduced measure is a companion bill to a House version, filed in 2023, by Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

“All the troubles in the world apparently lead back to Wuhan,” muses National Review’s Jim Geraghty.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan (HEMP) Act on Thursday, aiming to relax federal constraints on hemp by tripling the allowable THC content from 0.3% to 1%.This legislation seeks to redefine hemp and simplify the testing process, shifting focus from raw hemp flower to finished products – a change that could ease operational challenges for hemp farmers and processors.HEMP Act Aims To Cut Red Tape"For years, I've led the fight in Washington to restore one of Kentucky's most historically vital crops by legalizing industrial hemp,” Senator Paul stated in a press release. “We achieved a hard-won victory, but there is still work to do to prevent the federal government from weighing down our farmers with unnecessary bureaucratic micromanaging. My legislation will help this growing ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn veterans' and survivors' benefits payments are at risk absent congressional action in the coming days. The House passed legislation with bipartisan support Wednesday night, and members on both sides of [...]

Donald Trump’s call for mandating free access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) has puzzled congressional Republicans, drawing a mix of skepticism and opposition.

The antitrust trial against Google by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has started, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has shown his support for the tech giant. What Happened: Paul described U.S. antitrust policies as being “misused and abused” and defended Google’s business strategies, such as linking their search engine to computer and phone sellers, during CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “We are going to penalize them for trying to be good business? That’s insane. And the ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Why do conservatives wrap themselves in the flag so desperately? Maybe because their ideas are un-American

Hawley was among eight US senators who cleared more than $100,000 last year in book royalties. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, led the pack with about $460,000 in 2023.

n January 1942, a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, low-flying airplanes began appearing in the skies between Springfield and Decatur.

How the Democratic presidential candidate's state-level achievements might inform her national ambitions

Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah won the Republican primary in Utah's 2nd congressional district on Tuesday. She will take on the Democratic nominee in November. The seat has been solidly red and will likely be won by Republicans.

Republicans in the Senate are slamming President Biden over his delay of weapons to Israel as the country continues to fight against several terrorist groups.

'You have missed the point'

Here are his pandemic missteps and why trying to criminalize them is a bad way to go.

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

Not to exonerate him on his missteps, but investigating Fauci would be naked politicization of science — something Fauci himself can be accused of.

Here are 10 questionable things Dr. Anthony Fauci did during the pandemic years as America’s COVID-19 czar: He administered conflicting advice about masks to the public, first saying they were unnecessary, then changing positions and even wearing one at an...