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Senate Swears In 6 New Members as 117th Congress Convenes

by USNN2020January 3, 2021January 12, 2021

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Growing Number of GOP Senators Back $2,000 Stimulus Checks After House Passes Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020February 26, 2025

President Donald Trump called on GOP leaders in the Senate not to override his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the House was able to. “Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass. Say goodbye to VITAL Section 230 termination, your National Monuments, Forts (names!) and Treasures … 5G, and our great soldiers being removed and brought home from foreign lands who do NOTHING for us,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW! Senate should not approve NDAA until fixed!!!” The Senate is slated to take up the bill starting at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would slow down the NDAA veto override to get a vote on the $2,000 stimulus payments to people. The House passed the $2,000 stimulus check bill on Monday night. The NDAA was passed in the Senate in an 84-13 vote, meaning that Sanders’ efforts to fillibuster will likely be overcome. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he would join Sanders’ efforts to slow down the measure. “I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2,000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need,” Markey wrote on Twitter. About a week ago, Trump vetoed the NDAA because it failed to change or remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been flagged by him and other Republicans as an enabler of censorship by tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter. “Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement after vetoing the measure. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.” The NDAA, he said, goes against his foreign policy mandate. “Not only is this bad policy, but it is unconstitutional,” he added in a statement at the time. “Article II of the Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and vests in him the executive power. Therefore, the decision regarding how many troops to deploy and where, including in Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea, rests with him.”

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Trump Calls on GOP Senators Not to Override Veto of Defense Spending Bill: ‘Get Better Leaders’

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

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House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

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Number of Congress Members Planning to Challenge Election Results Expected to Grow

by USNN2020December 9, 2020January 12, 2021

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Trump Supports McConnell’s COVID-19 Relief Package: Mnuchin

by USNN2020December 3, 2020January 12, 2021

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Rep. Mo Brooks Plans to Challenge Electoral College Votes in Congress

by USNN2020December 2, 2020June 20, 2024

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GOP ‘Freedom Force’ Vows to Fight Socialism, Counter ‘The Squad’ in House

by USNN2020November 21, 2020February 26, 2025

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Rep. Jim Jordan: Congress Needs to Investigate 2020 Election

by USNN2020November 21, 2020February 26, 2025

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McConnell Reelected as Senate Majority Leader

by USNN2020November 10, 2020January 14, 2021

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Pelosi faces unexpected challenge as she launches bid to remain speaker

by USNN2020November 6, 2020May 16, 2024

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House of cards? Pelosi to have a hard time becoming speaker, GOP officials say

by USNN2020November 5, 2020May 16, 2024

NATIONAL NEWS

Stephen Miller Says Administration Working to Dismantle ‘Domestic Terror Movement’

By Jack Phillips White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller confirmed on Monday that the White House will be going after networks that organized ...

Trump Says He Will Declare National Emergency If Washington Stops Cooperating With ICE

By Aldgra Fredly President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 threatened to declare a national emergency in Washington after Mayor Muriel Bowser said local police would ...

Utah Governor Says Suspected Charlie Kirk Assassin Left Note, Has ‘Leftist Ideology’

By Jack Phillips Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said the suspected assassin of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk left behind a note, and confirmed reports that the ...

Employees Fired, Suspended for Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death

By T.J. Muscaro Multiple companies across the United States have issued warnings to employees that they won’t have a job to go back to on ...

Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Lived With Transgender Partner: FBI

By Nathan Worcester Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of prominent conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, resided with a transgender partner, The Epoch Times confirmed. A senior FBI ...

‘I Will Never Let Your Legacy Die’: Charlie Kirk’s Widow Gives First Public Address After Assassination

By Sam Dorman Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, addressed the public for the first time on Sept. 12 since her husband’s assassination two days prior. In a ...

What to Know About Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Assassin

By T.J. Muscaro and Savannah Hulsey Pointer The suspected shooter in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has been arrested, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox ...

Who is Tyler Robinson? What we know about Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin

By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Michael Ruiz WASHINGTON, Utah – Tyler Robinson, 22, has been identified as the suspect in Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination on a ...

Manhunt Continues as More Details Emerge in Kirk Assassination

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sept. 11 said law enforcement had made “big progress” in the search for conservative commentator Charlie ...

Never Forget – We Remember

By USNN World News The September 11 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of ...

FBI Says Charlie Kirk Assassin’s Rifle Recovered, Suspect Appears to ‘Be of College Age’

By Jack Phillips The FBI has recovered a “bolt-action, high-powered rifle” in a wooded area near an area where the assassin of conservative commentator Charlie ...

FBI Releases Images of ‘Person of Interest’

By T.J. Muscaro The FBI has shared images of a “person of interest” in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Person of interest The two images ...