With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft that includes provisions to
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House votes overwhelmingly to save Speaker Johnson from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s push to oust him
Greene lacked much support within her party to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, winning just 11 GOP votes, while a
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Johnson confronts most significant threat to his speakership to date as key decisions over Ukraine aid loom
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing down yet another pivotal week of his speakership as he confronts both the
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that bans children under 14 from having social media accounts
The bill is expected to face legal challenges. Florida parents react to child social media ban signed by DeSantis
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker
Johnson has served as speaker of the House for five months. Greene stopped short of forcing a vote to remove
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Supreme Court escalates high-stakes border drama between Biden, Texas and Trump
— For a few fleeting hours Tuesday, Texas was able to enforce a hardline immigration law blasted by
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New York mayor accused of sexually assaulting transit co-worker in 1993
(Please note contains graphic content in paragraph 7) March 18 (Reuters) – A former New York City employee filed suit
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Lawmakers fail to override veto of ‘safe needles’ bill as HIV rates rise in Nebraska
The Nebraska Legislature could not override Gov. Jim Pillen’s veto of a “safe needles” bill on Tuesday, losing by
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Many Republicans plan to skip House GOP retreat as they grumble about location and spending time with one another
Many Republicans plan to skip the House GOP retreat as they grumble about both the location and the idea
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A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M
BOSTON (AP) — Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years
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