Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions
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Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The budget plan that Republicans pushed through the Senate early Friday was a necessary first step toward enacting President Trump’s ambitious domestic goals, but it punted the most difficult and divisive questions about how Congress will do so. On a largely party-line vote,…

Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate
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Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate was on track to pass Republicans’ budget plan on a straight party-line vote sometime early Friday morning. But first, it was time for a well-worn parliamentary ritual: the hourslong marathon of votes on proposals that will never become law (and were…

Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours
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Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A few years back, the online right became enamored of a new epithet for liberals NPC short for non-player character. Non-playable non-player character. But you don’t know about this. Do I get to tell you the NPC meme. Yes, this is the most…

Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.
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Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Who’s worse: Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Kash Patel? Gail Collins: Gee, Bret, good question. Easy to imagine R.F.K. Jr. screwing up the vaccination system and sending throngs of people to the hospital, if not worse. But…

Kennedy Says He Will Give HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Proceeds to His Son
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Kennedy Says He Will Give HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Proceeds to His Son

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers in responses to questions released on Friday that he would divest his interest in litigation against a major HPV vaccine maker and would sign over the financial stake to an adult son. He also disclosed he had…

Opinion | ‘Her Opening Line Was a Home Run’: The Best and Worst Moments From the Tulsi Gabbard Hearing
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Opinion | ‘Her Opening Line Was a Home Run’: The Best and Worst Moments From the Tulsi Gabbard Hearing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of President Trump’s cabinet picks, Tulsi Gabbard, a former representative from Hawaii, could have the hardest time making it through the confirmation process. On Thursday, with several key senators still undecided, she appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for an all-important hearing as…

5 Takeaways From R.F.K. Jr.’s First Confirmation Hearing
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5 Takeaways From R.F.K. Jr.’s First Confirmation Hearing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, appeared to dispel some Republicans’ qualms about him on Wednesday and inched closer to a confirmation vote after more than three hours of intense grilling from senators of both parties. His hearing before…

Menendez Co-Conspirators Sentenced to Prison as Ex-Senator Awaits Fate
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Menendez Co-Conspirators Sentenced to Prison as Ex-Senator Awaits Fate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two of former Senator Robert Menendez’s co-defendants were sentenced on Wednesday to lengthy prison terms, after being convicted last year of participating in a brazen scheme of bribery and corruption. Fred Daibes, a New Jersey businessman, was sentenced to seven years in prison…

Opinion | Trump Takes on Whistle-Blowers
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Opinion | Trump Takes on Whistle-Blowers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2019, we represented an anonymous whistle-blower from the American intelligence community whose disclosures about President Trump’s attempt to coerce President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine led to his first impeachment. Our goals as lawyers were simple: to ensure that the truth came out…

Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary
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Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Caroline Kennedy wrote a scathing letter to key senators on Tuesday, calling her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a “predator” addicted to attention from airing dangerous views on vaccinations and who is unfit to be the nation’s health secretary. She urged lawmakers, who…