#GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement 

#GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement 

GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement  Senior Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the flow of drugs and migrants over the U.S.-Mexico border and the Justice Department’s stance on mandatory minimum sentences. The moments of drama came…

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#Nikki Haley: Bernie Sanders is ‘exactly the reason’ mental competency tests are needed

#Nikki Haley: Bernie Sanders is ‘exactly the reason’ mental competency tests are needed

Nikki Haley: Bernie Sanders is ‘exactly the reason’ mental competency tests are needed MARION, Iowa — Presidential candidate Nikki Haley defended her proposal for mental competency tests here on Tuesday — in startlingly personal terms. Haley said that one critic of the proposal, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was “exactly the reason we need it.” Sanders,…

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#Scrutiny turns to George Santos’s campaign funding

#Scrutiny turns to George Santos’s campaign funding

Scrutiny turns to George Santos’s campaign funding As new revelations about the falsehoods Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) has told about his background continue to emerge, several peculiarities in the incoming congressman’s finances are facing heavy scrutiny — and could prove to be his greatest liability. Santos’s finances and financial disclosures are the subject of a federal investigation, reports revealed this week. “Given that much…

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#Jan. 6 committee goes out swinging 

#Jan. 6 committee goes out swinging 

Jan. 6 committee goes out swinging  The House committee investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol is going out with guns blazing, using its final appearance on the public stage to recommend severe criminal charges against former President Trump and accuse four sitting GOP lawmakers — including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — of ethical…

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#McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’

#McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’

McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a terse response to the House Jan. 6 select committee’s decision to refer criminal charges against former President Trump to the Justice Department.   “The entire nation knows who…

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#FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

#FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas The founder and former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested Monday in the Bahamas and will be indicted in the U.S. as soon as Tuesday morning, according to U.S. and Bahamian authorities. The attorney general for the Bahamas said in a statement Monday that…

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#Lawmakers race toward Christmas deal on spending

#Lawmakers race toward Christmas deal on spending

Lawmakers race toward Christmas deal on spending Congressional negotiators are racing to strike a bipartisan deal on government funding for fiscal year 2023 this week, but they have a long way to go before they can put a bow on an omnibus before Christmas. Lawmakers have until midnight on Friday to pass legislation to keep…

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