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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise shares preview of this week’s legislative priorities

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has shared "Committee Cliff Notes" -- a daunting preview of what House Republican committees are up to this week.

N.Y. appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial

A New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.

Rejecting a federal abortion limit, Trump blunts Democrats’ most powerful weapon for November

Democrats are hoping to make abortion a pivotal issue against the GOP's prohibitive presidential nominee, especially in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other key swing states. They also believe it will sway key congressional races.

Man arrested for setting fire outside Bernie Sanders’ office stayed at area hotel for weeks

The man charged with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had been staying at an area hotel for nearly two months and was spotted outside Sanders' office the day before and the day of the fire, according to court paperwork filed by a federal agent.

Biden unveils revamped student-debt plan to reel in young voters

MADISON, Wis. -- President Biden on Monday said 30 million former students will see relief under a new plan that relieves high student debt from interest and for-profit colleges, his latest attempt to wipe away college loans and woo young voters who might ditch him over his advanced age and the war in Gaza.

Trump asks appeals court to intervene in last-minute bid to delay hush money criminal case

Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to reverse his gag order and move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start.

McConnell, back in Kentucky, talks about life in the Senate after leaving longtime leadership post

For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell's only job uncertainty hinged on whether he'd serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he's no longer calling the shots for his party.

David Cameron to meet with Blinken, Congressional leaders to ‘reaffirm’ efforts to support Ukraine 

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and some Congressional leaders on Tuesday in an effort to push for more funding for Ukraine's fight against Russia. Cameron is on his way to D.C., where he is expected to hold discussions on support for Ukraine with "Republican and Democratic...

McConnell: TikTok threatens security ‘on US soil’

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Monday endorsed an effort to require the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the popular app within the United States, warning that Chinese ownership poses a serious national security threat. “America’s greatest strategic rival is threatening our security right here on U.S. soil…...

Could Dutch-style mortgages work in the US?

Dutch-style mortgages recently arrived in the U.K., but it could be a while before they come to the U.S.

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