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The US Senate is considering giving up crucial authority over key intelligence officials responsible for assuring major agencies comply with legal restrictions and the Constitution.
President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed TK DATE to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.
The federal government has been debating the best location for a new FBI headquarters for well over a decade while its current office space in the J. Edgar Hoover Building continues to deteriorate.
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Sen. Cory Booker was the last Democrat remaining in the room, pleading with Republicans to delay a vote on Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove.
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A Senate advanced a spending bill that includes $20 million in funding for infrastructure upgrades at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan.
Esther Dikongue-Bayighomog was a legislative aide for state Sen. William C. Smith Jr. during most of the time prosecutors say she stole $20,000 in scholarship funds.
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.
The Senate cleared two procedural hurdles Tuesday/TK day to move closer to a final vote on the GOP effort to codify Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts as a deadline to act on the White House priority looms.