#Sherrod Brown, JD Vance form unlikely partnership

#Sherrod Brown, JD Vance form unlikely partnership

The environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, has resulted in a rare display of bipartisanship from the state’s two senators, a hardline, Trump-endorsed, vocal critic of President Biden and a progressive populist facing the reelection fight of his life.   In the wake of the February train derailment that released toxic chemicals into the Ohio town, Sens. J.D….

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#Alleged Pentagon leaker charged under Espionage Act

#Alleged Pentagon leaker charged under Espionage Act

Jack Teixeira, the suspected leaker of hundreds of Pentagon records, was charged Friday with violating the Espionage Act and another statute that prohibits the unauthorized removal of classified documents. Teixeira, who appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston after his Thursday arrest, did not enter a plea. Espioange Act charges…

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#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

#Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first 100 days

House Republicans entered the majority 100 days ago with a long list of policy priorities and investigative inquiries. In the past three months, the conference has ticked-off a number of those tasks: lawmakers passed messaging bills to appeal to the base, opened long-promised investigations and even clinched a few bipartisan victories. The GOP majority, however,…

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#Swalwell on Greene over leak remark: ‘This wouldn’t be the first time she sided with traitors’

#Swalwell on Greene over leak remark: ‘This wouldn’t be the first time she sided with traitors’

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) slammed Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her comments defending Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in leaking Pentagon files. “McCarthy’s top lieutenant is siding with one of the biggest traitors America has seen,” Swalwell wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “I’m sorry, Marge,…

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#Supreme Court faces urgent test in abortion pill battle

#Supreme Court faces urgent test in abortion pill battle

The Supreme Court will face its first test in the battle over abortion pills, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked it to pause a ruling set to take effect this weekend that would significantly hamper the availability of mifepristone.  A late Wednesday night federal appeals court ruling on the widely used abortion…

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#Alleged Pentagon leaker charged under Espionage Act

#Suspected US intelligence leaker arrested in Massachusetts

Jack Teixeira, an airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in Massachusetts in connection with the leak of classified documents shared in a group he managed on a website popular with gamers. Teixeira oversaw Thug Shaker Central, a group on Discord where more than 100 classified documents on topics ranging from Ukraine…

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