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Live updates: After Super Tuesday, Trump and Biden set to be 2024 nominees as Haley drops Republican bid
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Quick Glance: Nikki Haley's Supporters' Impact on Election Outcome
  • Nikki Haley ends failed White House bid with warning to Donald Trump.

  • Haley's voters have significant influence on the election.

  • Experts identify different categories within Haley's voter base.

  • Undecided voters could play a crucial role in determining the election outcome.
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Texas Sen. Cornyn announces bid to succeed McConnell as Senate leader: Cornyn is citing his experience in that role in a statement to fellow senators announcing ...
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Texas Sen. Cornyn announces bid to succeed McConnell as Senate leader
Quick Glance: Sen. McConnell Stepping Down as Republican Leader in November
  • Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, will step down from that position in November.

  • McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision in the Senate.

  • His choice signifies a significant shift in ideology within the Republican Party.

  • McConnell cited the recent passing of his wife's youngest sister as a moment of reflection.
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Ron Johnson leaves open door to running for Senate GOP leader: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) left the door open on Sunday to running for Senate GOP leader after ...
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Ron Johnson leaves open door to running for Senate GOP leader
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Philadelphia man freed after 34 years in prison: Mr Ronald Johnson maintained his innocence throughout his years behind bars.
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Philadelphia man freed after 34 years in prison
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Ron Johnson Insists Alexander Smirnov 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty': The Wisconsin GOP senator reacted to Smirnov's arrest for falsely saying President Joe ...
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Ron Johnson Insists Alexander Smirnov 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty'
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McConnell’s GOP critics grow louder as party descends into feud over Ukraine and immigration
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McConnell’s GOP critics grow louder as party descends into feud over ...
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Schumer presses forward with Ukraine Plan B as GOP leaders reel: Both Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell are facing fresh questions about their ability to lead.
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Schumer presses forward with Ukraine Plan B as GOP leaders reel
Quick Glance: McConnell's Immigration and Foreign Aid Deal Rejected by Republicans
  • Mitch McConnell urged the Senate to pass a bipartisan immigration and Ukraine aid deal.

  • McConnell's Republican conference rejected the deal he had supported and left it for dead.

  • Even McConnell voted against the package he had helped develop.

  • The former president, who strongly opposed the border deal, is on track for a third consecutive GOP presidential nomination.
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Senate Republicans threaten to block border security bill they negotiated: Senate Republicans threatened Monday to block a major, bipartisan border security and ...
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Senate Republicans threaten to block border security bill they negotiated
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GOP leaders face unrest amid chaotic, bungled votes : Former president Donald Trump has used his perch as the GOP frontrunner to bend Congress to his political ...
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GOP leaders face unrest amid chaotic, bungled votes
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Border failures put McConnell under tough new microscope: "They had their shot."
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Border failures put McConnell under tough new microscope
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Washington politicos dogpile on Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell amid immigration stalemate
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Washington politicos dogpile on Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell amid ...
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Senate GOP looks to Wisconsin to set 2024 candidate map in stone: Senate Republicans are expecting the final piece to their 2024 puzzle to fall into place in ...
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Senate GOP looks to Wisconsin to set 2024 candidate map in stone
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Sen. Johnson slams border talks as ‘negotiating with the arsonist’: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) slammed border talks as “negotiating with the arsonist” Tuesday ...
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Sen. Johnson slams border talks as ‘negotiating with the arsonist’
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DeSantis criticizes Senate Republicans for ‘caving’ on immigration deal: West Des Moines, IA — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) accused Senate Republicans of ...
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DeSantis criticizes Senate Republicans for ‘caving’ on immigration deal
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If Trump wins, will he support Ukraine? 'Putin will not lose the war', says Senator Ron Johnson. He adds that 'the only way this ends is with a negotiated ... Show more
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US Senate lurches toward possible early passage of Ukraine aid bill: The Democratic-led US Senate moved towards the final passage of a $95.34 billion aid package ...
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US Senate lurches toward possible early passage of Ukraine aid bill
Quick Glance: Biden Urges Vote on $95.3B Aid Package
  • Biden calls on House GOP to vote on aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

  • Package supports Ukraine and stands up against Putin.

  • Senate passes bill with support from 22 Republicans and almost all Democrats.
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McConnell steps up personal effort to win Ukraine, border deal : Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is stepping up his personal efforts to secure a ...
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McConnell steps up personal effort to win Ukraine, border deal 
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Three years after the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6 still reverberates in Wisconsin
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Three years after the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6 still ...
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US Treating Migrants With 'Kid Gloves,' Republican Warns: Senator Ron Johnson said the U.S. government is not making migrants "adhere to the same standards" as ...
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US Treating Migrants With 'Kid Gloves,' Republican Warns
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Sen. Ron Johnson Squirms When CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Asks Him To Back Up Claim: “This wasn’t what this interview was gonna be about,” the Donald Trump ally ...
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Sen. Ron Johnson Squirms When CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Asks Him To Back Up ...
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Russia-Ukraine war will end ‘in a negotiated settlement’: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he thinks the war between Russia and Ukraine will end ...
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Russia-Ukraine war will end ‘in a negotiated settlement’
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Meet House Speaker Mike Johnson’s inner circle of Senate rebels, Trump officials and veteran aides
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Meet House Speaker Mike Johnson’s inner circle of Senate rebels ...
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White House reacts to Speaker’s ‘extreme’ stopgap funding bill : The White House reacted to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) new stopgap funding bill ...
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White House reacts to Speaker’s ‘extreme’ stopgap funding bill 
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Looming shutdown serves as first major test for McConnell-Johnson relationship: The looming government shutdown set to begin Saturday presents the first major ...
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Looming shutdown serves as first major test for McConnell-Johnson ...
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Senate GOP faces pivotal week on Tuberville military holds: Senate Republicans are staring down a make-or-break week as they search for a resolution to Sen ...
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Senate GOP faces pivotal week on Tuberville military holds
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Mitch McConnell: GOP's Ukraine Views Would Make Reagan 'Turn Over' in Grave: The Republican senator said that cutting off aid to Ukraine would be "a huge setback ...
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Mitch McConnell: GOP's Ukraine Views Would Make Reagan 'Turn Over' in ...
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McConnell, Speaker Johnson divide sharply on year-end strategy : New Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a meeting with the Senate GOP conference Wednesday laid out ...
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McConnell, Speaker Johnson divide sharply on year-end strategy 
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PBM, mental health legislation advances through Senate Finance Committee: Legislation addressing Medicare payments and mental health and pharmacy benefit ...
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PBM, mental health legislation advances through Senate Finance Committee
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Fact check: Johnson’s claim Democrats have used alternative slates of electors 'repeatedly in all kinds of different states' is wrong
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Fact check: Johnson’s claim Democrats have used alternative slates of ...
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U.S. House speaker signals Ukraine aid, tied to border security, to come soon: New U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators a Ukraine bill will come as ...
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U.S. House speaker signals Ukraine aid, tied to border security ...
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McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La ...
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McConnell, Speaker Johnson headed for shutdown clash over Ukraine
Quick Glance: McConnell and Speaker Johnson on Collision Course over Ukraine
  • McConnell and Speaker Johnson are headed for a showdown over emergency funding for Ukraine and funding the government beyond Thanksgiving.

  • McConnell wants to pass the regular appropriations bills before Christmas to boost defense spending, while Johnson has suggested freezing federal funding with a stopgap measure.

  • McConnell and Speaker Johnson have different relationships to former President Trump and were on opposite sides of the debate on Jan. 6, 2021.

  • McConnell and Johnson also have differing views on the role of the federal government in steering the national abortion debate.
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McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP: His intense lobbying effort puts the Senate GOP leader at odds with his new House counterpart ...
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McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP
Quick Glance: McConnell Supports Ukraine Amid Party Fracture
  • McConnell advocates for a holistic strategy towards Iran, China, and Russia.

  • McConnell disregards criticism and invests political capital for Ukraine.

  • McConnell and new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson disagree on aid for Israel and Ukraine.

  • McConnell emphasizes that the GOP will make changes to the Biden administration's request.
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On podcast, FBI director pushes back sharply against critics: FBI Director Christopher Wray offers his most extensive rebuttal to GOP critics who accuse the FBI ...
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On podcast, FBI director pushes back sharply against critics
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Senate strikes down GOP anti-shutdown amendment creating permanent stopgap: The Senate on Wednesday voted down an amendment to its latest government funding ...
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Senate strikes down GOP anti-shutdown amendment creating permanent stopgap
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Empty speaker's office aggravates House-Senate beef: It's not just increased fears about a shutdown. Senators would consider themselves lucky to end ...
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Empty speaker's office aggravates House-Senate beef
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Scott Simon: I worked with Mike Johnson; here's why I'm optimistic: While the problems facing our nation stand tall, the newly elected speaker, Mike Johnson ...
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Scott Simon: I worked with Mike Johnson; here's why I'm optimistic
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'It's crazy': Shutdown caps Congress' week from hell: Back in the 1990s, as then-Speaker Gingrich put it, Republicans could at least ...
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'It's crazy': Shutdown caps Congress' week from hell
Quick Glance: North Texas federal employees prepare for upcoming government shutdown
  • Federal employees in North Texas seeking assistance from local food banks and community centers.

  • A shutdown is unnecessary and avoidable, hopefully it doesn't happen.

  • Sen. Patty Murray blocked the proposal but argued for continued pay for all federal workers.

  • Ted Cruz would pause his paychecks in the event of a shutdown.
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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024: Here’s where things stand in the race for the Senate just over a year before Election Day 2024:
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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
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Susan Collins tries to steer GOP away from the shutdown cliff: It may be strange for a centrist to be leading on spending strategy for an increasingly ...
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Susan Collins tries to steer GOP away from the shutdown cliff
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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife indicted on bribery charges: Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife have been indicted ...
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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife indicted on bribery ...
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The PGA Tour Wants U.S. Money As Insurance For Opposition Of Saudi LIV Golf Takeover
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The PGA Tour Wants U.S. Money As Insurance For Opposition Of Saudi LIV ...
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Senate Democrats lambaste House GOP spending bill: ‘not a serious proposal’: Senate Democrats on Monday universally panned the stopgap spending bill rolled out ...
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Senate Democrats lambaste House GOP spending bill: ‘not a serious ...
Quick Glance: White House monitors House GOP dysfunction as government shutdown approaches
  • Biden aides communicate with congressional leaders about extending the federal funding deadline.

  • Economists predict moderate growth impact from a government shutdown, followed by potential greater growth.

  • The White House acknowledges the possibility of a shutdown, with potential political consequences for the GOP.

  • House Republicans are blamed for not adhering to the debt ceiling agreement reached in June.
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Ron Johnson offers to end blockade in Senate spending package: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday that he is willing to waive his blockade of the Senate’s ...
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Ron Johnson offers to end blockade in Senate spending package
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Congress lurches closer to shutdown: Congress lurched closer to a government shutdown Thursday after Senate conservatives demanded changes to a noncontroversial ...
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Congress lurches closer to shutdown
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Republicans defeat effort to suspend Senate rules to advance spending package : The Senate voted 49 to 48 Wednesday to block a motion to suspend the rules to ...
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Republicans defeat effort to suspend Senate rules to advance spending ...
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Collins takes aim at Ron Johnson for holding up funding package : Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) took aim at Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday for slowing down ...
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Collins takes aim at Ron Johnson for holding up funding package 
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Schumer: GOP senators ‘trying to mimic’ House Freedom Caucus in spending fight: A visibly frustrated Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y ...
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Schumer: GOP senators ‘trying to mimic’ House Freedom Caucus in spending ...
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Senators push for unredacted 9/11 documents on Saudi Arabia: The Senate intelligence subcommittee is asking the Justice Department and FBI to provide “complete ...
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Senators push for unredacted 9/11 documents on Saudi Arabia
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McConnell said he plans to stay as leader as he addressed his health in closed-door meeting
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McConnell said he plans to stay as leader as he addressed his health in ...
Quick Glance: McConnell not affected by stroke or seizures, says Capitol doctor
  • McConnell did not have seizures, stroke, or movement disorders at a press conference last week.

  • No evidence of seizure disorders, mini-strokes (TIA), or Parkinson's in McConnell.

  • No additional information about the cause of the two incidents where McConnell froze in front of reporters.

  • Dr. Monahan confirmed McConnell's medical clearance after consultation and examination.
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Ron Johnson Parrots Misinformation That 'Windmills Are Killing Whales': Republican Sen. Ron Johnson claimed that wind turbine farms are harming marine life ...
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Ron Johnson Parrots Misinformation That 'Windmills Are Killing Whales'
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Senate panel tees up new hearing on PGA-LIV Golf deal: The Senate investigations subcommittee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on concerns over the pending ...
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Senate panel tees up new hearing on PGA-LIV Golf deal
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"He believes outsourcing manufacturing jobs is a great thing."President Joe Biden called out Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson for during a speech in ... Show more