Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has not yet said whether she’ll run for reelection in 2022 — but she is well aware of potential baggage one of her challengers could be carrying.
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GOP lawmakers push to uncover ‘bias’ in Covid probe during contentious classified intel briefing
Frustrations boiled over during a closed-door intelligence briefing last week as Republican lawmakers sought to expose what they believe is bias against the lab leak theory amongst experts consulted by the Biden administration in its hunt for the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, five sources tell CNN.
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‘Voice behind the violence’: English-speaking narrator of ISIS propaganda videos arrested and charged by Justice Department
An English-speaking narrator of ISIS recruitment videos is in custody in the US and charged with conspiring to help the terrorist organization, the Justice Department announced on Saturday.
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Senate passes 30-day extension for highway funding
The Senate on Saturday passed the temporary extension of the Highway Trust Fund, ensuring that 3,700 federal employees will not be furloughed after the House didn’t bass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would have addressed the funding.
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Trump wants court to force Twitter to reinstate his account
Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to restore his Twitter account, according to a court document filed Friday.
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Justice Sotomayor rejects request to block New York City school vaccine mandate
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday denied a request from a group of New York City teachers to block the city’s vaccine mandate for public school employees.
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Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public
Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in recent weeks, showing irritation with public expectations, the news media and one another.
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Biden signs bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
Government funding expires at midnight and Congress has not yet passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown, though Democratic leaders are on track to do so later Thursday.
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Manchin says $1.5 trillion is his limit on Biden economic agenda price tag
Moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia made clear Thursday that $1.5 trillion was the price tag he was willing to settle on for his party’s plan to expand the social safety net, putting him $2 trillion away from the lowest number progressive Democrats have said they would accept.
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Pelosi scrambles to pass trillion-dollar infrastructure bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been working furiously behind the scenes to build support for the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, personally calling Democrats and talking to members on the House floor as progressives threaten to tank it.
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