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Trump pressures Thune over ‘blue slips,’ attorney nominations

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Trump pressures Thune over ‘blue slips,’ attorney nominations

President Trump on Thursday pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to end the chamber’s blue slip tradition, which Trump complained has gotten in the way of confirming many of his judge and attorney nominees. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, bemoaned that blue slips were making it “impossible” to get “well qualified Republican…
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Mike Johnson says House can end government shutdown ‘by Tuesday’

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Mike Johnson says House can end government shutdown ‘by Tuesday’

The House speaker projected confidence about swiftly getting his caucus in line to pass spending for the Department of Homeland Security…
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Senate Ag advances crypto bill along party lines

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The Senate Agriculture Committee voted along party lines Thursday to advance a landmark cryptocurrency bill, sending the measure to the Senate floor without bipartisan backing. The committee voted 12-11 to advance so-called crypto market structure legislation, which would create new rules governing how digital tokens are regulated…
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House infighting will complicate brewing Senate spending deal

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House infighting will complicate brewing Senate spending deal

Some Republicans are skeptical of a plan to split off and renegotiate Homeland Security funding…
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