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Alaska Senate race has implications for moderate makeup on Capitol Hill

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By Peter Zampa
As Alaskans prepare to vote for U.S. Senate candidates, the balance of power in Washington is in focus.

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Trump influence faces test in Alaska in Tuesday primaries

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:25 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
One of the most divisive names in politics is heavily involved in Tuesday’s Alaska’s primaries. That name is Trump. The former president endorsed candidates in the House and Senate races as Alaskans prepare to head to the polls.

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Congress OKs Dems’ climate, health bill, a Biden triumph

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:18 PM EDT
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By ALAN FRAM
Democrats happily declared victory on top-tier goals like providing Congress’ largest ever investment in curbing carbon emissions, reining in pharmaceutical costs and taxing large companies.

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Man accused of bomb threat outside Library of Congress released on pre-trial house arrest

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT
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By Brendan Cullerton
A federal judge determined Floyd Roseberry, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD, was improperly medicated when he allegedly threatened there were a series of bombs placed around Washington D.C. Roseberry will be permitted to await his trial under house arrest with his wife in North Carolina

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Rep. Brad Finstad sworn-in days after winning special election

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 2:56 PM EDT
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By David Ade
Rep. Brad Finstad will finish term of late-Congressman Jim Hagedorn

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Ex-Virginia police officer receives 87 month prison sentence for role in Jan. 6th insurrection

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
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By David Ade
Thomas Robertson was found guilty on six charges related to the Jan. 6th insurrection.

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Indiana Rep. Walorski’s work called ‘mission’ during funeral

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 3:44 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Authorities say Walorski was in an SUV with two staff members when it crossed a highway median for unknown reasons and collided with an oncoming vehicle.

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Kentucky advocate celebrates signing of PACT Act

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 9:11 PM EDT
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By David Ade
Law makes it easier for veterans to get medical care after exposure to toxic fumes

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Vermont veterans’ widows grateful for signing of PACT Act

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:17 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday the White House is calling the most significant expansion of benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits in more than 30 years.

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North Carolina veteran’s wife grateful for signing of PACT Act

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:56 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday the White House is calling the most significant expansion of benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits in more than 30 years.

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Connecticut widow watches president sign law to help burn pit victims

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
President Biden signs PACT Act into law to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

National Politics

‘Self-professed’ white supremacist gets jail for Jan. 6 riot

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:50 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
A Maryland man described by the FBI as a “self-professed” white supremacist was sentenced on Wednesday to four months of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing a court-mandated device that tracked his movements, court records show.

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President Biden signs PACT Act into law

Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:19 PM EDT
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By David Ade
Law makes it easier for veterans to get medical care after exposure to toxic fumes

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Minnesota official touts CHIPS Act signing

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday to encourage semiconductor companies to build chip plants.

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Texas officials tout CHIPS Act signing

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:45 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday to encourage semiconductor companies to build chip plants.

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Pennsylvania’s Gov. Wolf attends CHIPS and Science Act signing

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
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By David Ade
Bipartian legislation signed by President Biden on Tuesday

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Former Pres. Trump’s tax returns can be handed over to House committee, per court ruling

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 2:18 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
The announcement follows a DC Court of Appeals ruling that the Ways and Committee said shows “the law is on our side in seeking Trump’s tax returns.”

National Politics

Veteran emissary Richardson hopeful for Griner, Whelan swap

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 1:17 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent emissary in hostage negotiations, said Tuesday he was hopeful about the chances of a two-for-two prisoner swap that could result in Russia’s release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan.

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David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:41 PM EDT
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By HILLEL ITALIE
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89.

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Alex Jones’ texts turned over to Jan. 6 panel, source says

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
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By CNN staff
The Jan. 6 House select committee now has about two years’ worth of text messages sent and received by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more US help

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, CHRIS MEGERIAN and BRUCE SCHREINER
President Joe Biden pledged the continued support of the federal government in the response to deadly flooding in eastern Kentucky.

National Politics

US issues sanctions on a 2nd virtual currency mixing firm

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 1:37 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Mixing services combine various digital assets, including potentially illegally obtained funds and legitimately obtained funds, so that illegal actors can obscure the origin of the stolen funds.

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4 days out: Democrat Jeff Ettinger campaigns through a covid diagnosis

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:22 PM EDT
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By Molly Martinez
The campaign trail comes with lots of handshakes and meet and greets. That spelled out covid for one candidate.

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White House lightning strike takes lives of Wisconsin couple

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:09 PM EDT
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By David Ade
A Wisconsin family is grieving following a lightning strike outside of the White House. James and Donna Mueller were on an anniversary trip to D.C. when tragedy struck.

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Condolences are collected for U.S. Congresswoman from Indiana who was killed in a crash

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 5:41 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
A memorial is now growing on Capitol Hill in honor of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski.

National Politics

4 critically injured in lightning strike near White House

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:22 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Four people have been critically injured after a lightning strike outside the White House, fire officials said Thursday.

National Politics

US declares health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:33 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
The Biden administration has declared monkeypox a public health emergency amid rising cases.

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Recount confirms that indicted Colorado clerk lost election

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:25 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
A recount has confirmed that an indicted Colorado county clerk who alleged voting fraud lost the primary election she ran in last month in her attempt to win the post of running the state’s elections, officials announced Thursday.

National Politics

Dick Cheney calls Trump a ‘coward’ in ad for daughter Liz

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:17 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Former Vice President Dick Cheney excoriated Donald Trump in a new campaign video for his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, calling the former president a “coward” and saying there has never been anyone who is a “greater threat to our republic.”

National Politics

EXPLAINER: What will it take to get Brittney Griner home?

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Now that WNBA star Brittney Griner has been convicted of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison, attention turns to the prospect of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia that could get her home.

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Lawmakers remember US Representative killed in deadly crash as a woman who lived a ‘life of service’

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:56 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
As news of the death of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) spreads through the hallways of Capitol Hill, outside her once buzzing office hangs a simple black ribbon.

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Bucks, bears, and binders - inside the final days of Don Young’s office

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
Months after the passing of Rep. Don Young (R-AK), his office on Capitol Hill is being cleared out.

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Former White House counsel, deputy counsel subpoenaed in DOJ’s Jan. 6 probe

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:52 PM EDT
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By CNN staff
High-level officials are being subpoenaed in the federal criminal probe of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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‘Jackie was full of life’: Washington lawmakers react to passing of Rep. Jackie Walorski

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 7:53 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
Capitol Hill is in shock after the Indiana congresswoman died in a car crash.

National Politics

Trump ally Navarro sued for alleged unofficial email account

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday against Peter Navarro, claiming the former adviser to Donald Trump used an unofficial email account while working in the White House and wrongfully retained presidential records.

National Politics

Nancy Pelosi’s husband pleads not guilty to DUI misdemeanor charges

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
He was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content level of .082%.

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Missouri voters consider new faces for US House & Senate

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 7:19 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Next year Missouri voters could soon send a batch of new faces to Capitol Hill.

National

Virginia lawmakers raise possible consequences of killing al-Qaida leader

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Joe Biden confirmed that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. We spoke to Virginia’s senators about the mission.

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Florida senator continues to question Afghanistan withdrawal after al-Zawahiri killing

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
Scott argues the al-Qaida leaders would not be in Afghanistan at all had the U.S. not withdrawn forces.

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Alaska senator calls out Taliban after al-Zawahiri killing

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 4:20 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
Sullivan says he was initially skeptical of the approach. He also says killing al-Zawahiri in Kabul makes it clear the Taliban cannot be trusted.

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Iowa senator says al-Zawahiri death a ‘moral victory’

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 3:33 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says killing Ayman al-Zawahiri is a moral victory for the country, but exposes problems with President Biden’s Afghanistan exit.

Politics

White House continues push for COVID funding as fall approaches

Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:43 AM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
The White House has its eyes on the coming months as COVID-19 continues to evolve.

National

Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:17 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE, NOMAAN MERCHANT and MIKE BALSAMO
Al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahri, who was killed in a drone strike, and the better-known Osama bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks.

Politics

Trump’s Missouri endorsement for ‘Eric’ causes confusion amongst 3 Eric’s in the GOP race

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 8:10 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Trump’s Missouri endorsement for ‘Eric’ causes confusion amongst 3 Eric’s in the GOP race

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FEMA working with Kentucky flood survivors as devastation continues

Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 7:28 PM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground as communities continue to deal with devastation in the eastern part of the state.

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Garrett Soldano makes final push ahead of Michigan’s GOP gubernatorial primary

Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 5:47 PM EDT
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By Nicole Neuman
Soldano spoke to supporters in Marysville, Mich. on Sunday.

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U.S. Senate candidates campaign across Missouri as one unknown factor still hangs in the balance

Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 12:48 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Cape Girardeau was Schmitt’s third scheduled stop on Saturday following a breakfast in Poplar Bluff and a meet and greet in Sikeston.

National Politics

House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 9:55 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years.

National Politics

House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 8:46 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

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How do Missouri voters feel about the job lawmakers are doing? New polling reveals split opinions

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Voters issue a report card for President Joe Biden, US Senator Josh Hawley, and Governor Michael Parson. They also weigh in on how they feel about a possible Biden & Trump 2024 rematch.