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Current Status: House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday

House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday

House Republican leadership called it quits for the week after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna led a bipartisan effort to tank a vote that would have effectively killed her discharge petition to allow new…

   notus.org  2025-04-01 20:31:14

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Current Status: Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents – The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.

   nytimes.com 2025-04-01 18:17:53

Current Status: Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free – It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.

   wired.com 2025-04-01 21:32:28

Current Status: Judge holds ICE agent in contempt for detaining suspect in the middle of his trial Judge holds ICE agent in contempt for detaining suspect in the middle of his trial – ‘I can't think of any greater injustice than a man who is taken away from his trial in the middle of it by the government,’ Wilson Martell-Lebron’s defense attorney tells The Independent

   independent.co.uk 2025-04-01 20:42:23

Current Status: Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media – The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza.

   nytimes.com 2025-04-01 17:38:02

Current Status: Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance? Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance? – New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into the evening.

     apnews.com 2025-04-01 11:46:57

Current Status: The View Lauds Mystal, Claims All Laws Pre-1965 Are 'Unconstitutional' The View Lauds Mystal, Claims All Laws Pre-1965 Are 'Unconstitutional' – ABC News’s The View had become a home for far-left extremist po

     newsbusters.org 2025-04-01 00:00:00

Current Status: Interactive Election Map Interactive Election Map – A 2020 presidential election map based on the consensus of the most respected forecasts and polling. Click on the states to make your own forecast.

   electoralvotemap.com 2018-11-28 06:37:14

Current Status: Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites – Because this situation is unprecedented, there is little case law to indicate whether the DOJ is correct that migrants lose their rights at CECOT.

  slate.com 2025-04-01 19:52:20

Current Status: House Republicans Turn On One Another Over Bill That Would Help New Moms House Republicans Turn On One Another Over Bill That Would Help New Moms – GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna worked with Democrats to bypass party leaders and force a vote on her bill to let new parents vote by proxy.

  huffpost.com 2025-04-01 17:43:28

Current Status: Air Traffic Controller Arrested in Incident at Reagan National Tower Air Traffic Controller Arrested in Incident at Reagan National Tower – The arrest of an F.A.A. employee on assault and battery charges comes as flight operations at the airport have been under scrutiny since a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in January.

  nytimes.com 2025-04-01 17:40:01

Current Status: Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Allaying a Senator’s Concerns Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Allaying a Senator’s Concerns – Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician’s confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.

  nytimes.com 2025-04-01 16:50:45

Current Status: Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street – The former Chicago mayor and 2028 presidential contender will rejoin Centerview Partners, historically an outpost of Democratic influence.

  semafor.com 2025-04-01 16:40:30

Current Status: Trump Pauses Dozens of Federal Grants to Princeton Trump Pauses Dozens of Federal Grants to Princeton – The Trump administration has sought to punish universities financially, saying they have not done enough to combat antisemitism or comply with other administration priorities.

  nytimes.com 2025-04-01 16:18:58

Current Status: A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said – The arrest comes the same day the New Jersey senator began a protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

  notus.org 2025-04-01 16:04:39

Current Status: An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says – President Donald Trump's administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.

  apnews.com 2025-04-01 15:52:44