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Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks
Republicans launched an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections.
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Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war.
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What’s in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor
Legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship for new voters has become a rallying cry for President Donald Trump, who claims that passage of the bill will “guarantee the midterms” for his Republican Party in November.
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Trump says chief of staff Susie Wiles has breast cancer but will keep working through treatment
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but will continue working during her treatment, President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Monday.
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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability
The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to address a growing national problem.
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Georgia’s special election had lowest turnout of the country’s past three congressional special elections
Tuesday's special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District had the lowest turnout of the past three special elections in the country, with 20% of registered voters participating.
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Georgia special elections end with another runoff and a new Dalton City Council member
Lanny Thomas, a Republican and former mayor of Trion, and Jack Zibluk, a Democrat living on Lookout Mountain, have moved on to a runoff in the special election to replace former state Sen. Colton Moore, who resigned to run for Congress.
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Fuller and Harris move to April 7 runoff to replace Greene
Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris have advanced to an April 7 runoff in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Northwest Georgia.
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Results from Northwest Georgia’s special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress
Here are the unofficial live results from the Georgia Congressional District 14 special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Trump pushes GOP on voting bill, demanding an end to most mail balloting
President Donald Trump said Monday he won't sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans' ability to vote by mail, a startling demand months before the midterm elections.
