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• Republican Burchett on Tennessee special election: 'We got a real problem'

  03-12-2025 23:51 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Republicans have “a real problem” after the party eked out a narrow victory in a ruby red Tennessee district in Tuesday’s special election. “I'm always concerned, to be honest,” Burchett told CNN’s Manu Raju when asked about the race, which was more competitive than in recent years. “We got a...
  
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• Trump backs release of second boat strike video

  03-12-2025 23:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said on Wednesday he supports the release of the video showing the second boat strike that killed the remaining survivors in a Sept. 2 Caribbean operation.  "I don't know what they have, but whatever they have, we'd certainly release, no problem,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Every boat we knock out,...
  
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• 3 key questions about the US boat strike that killed survivors

  03-12-2025 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief senior lawmakers on the Trump administration’s controversial strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. Questions have been swirling in recent days about the details of the Sept. 2 attack, which The Washington Post reported last Friday required...
  
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• Trump's name added the US Institute of Peace building

  03-12-2025 22:44 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s name has been added to the exterior of the U.S. Institute of Peace Building in the nation’s capital. NBC News first reported that “Donald J. Trump” was added to the sign outside of the building. The change comes after the Institute of Peace was among the organizations targeted by the Department of Government...
  
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• House cancels vote on the SCORE Act amid GOP opposition

  03-12-2025 21:37 via thehill.com
  
  House leadership on Wednesday cancelled a vote on a bill designed to regulate the compensation college athletes earn from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), following opposition from a few hard-line conservatives in the lower chamber.  The move comes amid uncertainty about whether Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would have had the votes to pass the...
  
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• Trump proposes to roll back auto gas mileage standards

  03-12-2025 21:34 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is proposing to roll back vehicle mileage standards put in place under the last administration, President Trump announced on Wednesday. The standards in question, set by the Transportation Department, set minimum miles per gallon that automakers’ fleets have to meet. However, enforcement of the standards were recently gutted in the president’s Big Beautiful Bill:...
  
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• Live updates: Trump reverses Biden-era fuel standards

  03-12-2025 21:29 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday weakened vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening pollution restrictions. The proposal reduces fuel economy requirements set by former President Biden. The administration claimed the reversal would boost access to and the affordability of gasoline vehicles. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) warned that Republicans will...
  
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• Trump faces mounting criticism over calling Somali immigrants 'garbage'

  03-12-2025 21:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is facing increasing criticism over his attacks against Somali immigrants, particularly in Minnesota. In recent weeks, the president has blasted the Somali population, stating “hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota.” During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump went after Rep. Ilhan Omar...
  
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• Senate Democrats call for 'immediate removal' of Trump GSA appointee

  03-12-2025 21:13 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to the White House requesting the "immediate removal" of Paul Ingrassia, President Trump's appointee at the General Services Administration (GSA). Senators wrote that they were "deeply disturbed" by Ingrassia being appointed to serve as the GSA's deputy general counsel, "one...
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell to ask court to free her from prison

  03-12-2025 21:02 via thehill.com
  
  The imprisoned accomplice of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein intends to seek her release, court filings show, throwing a wrench into the Justice Department's bid to make public scores of records from her case. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Epstein counterpart, wrote in a letter filed Wednesday in federal court that she plans...
  
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• These companies have sued Trump for tariff refunds

  03-12-2025 20:41 via thehill.com
  
  Costco on Friday joined more than a dozen companies that have sued the Trump administration to request refunds for tariffs currently being challenged at the Supreme Court. In April, President Trump announced sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs on foreign trade partners, setting particularly high rates on countries he felt were treating the United States unfairly. “The United...
  
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• USDA threatens to withhold SNAP funding from Democratic states over data demands

  03-12-2025 20:40 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning to block Democratic-led states from accessing billions of dollars in federal funding under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if they continue refusing to comply with the agency’s demand for data about food stamp recipients, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday.“As of next week, we have begun and will begin to stop moving federal funds into those states until...
  
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• Jeffries backs Trump’s pardon of Cuellar: ‘Exactly the right outcome’

  03-12-2025 20:14 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday backed President Trump’s decision to provide a preemptive pardon for embattled Rep. Henry Cuellar, suggesting the corruption charges against the veteran Texas Democrat were so “thin” that he wouldn’t have been convicted anyway.“I don't know why the president decided to do this, [but] I think the...
  
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• Live updates: Trump slated to reverse Biden-era fuel standards

  03-12-2025 19:58 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday is expected to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening pollution restrictions. The proposal would reduce fuel economy requirements set by former President Biden, The Associated Press reported. The administration claims the reversal would boost access to and the affordability of gasoline vehicles. Trump is expected to make the...
  
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• University of Alabama shuts down Black, female student magazines

  03-12-2025 19:54 via thehill.com
  
  The university told editors the publications would be suspended due to a federal memo on DEI programs.
  
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• House Democrats share photos of Epstein's island home

  03-12-2025 19:35 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight Democrats released photos of the Jeffrey Epstein’s home, the latest document release to come as the party pushes ahead with its investigation into the deceased sex offender. The photos offer a look into Epstein’s mansion on his private island in the Caribbean, where he was accused of sex trafficking young girls. In addition to...
  
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• Warner knocks Trump, Hegseth: 'Wimps'

  03-12-2025 19:27 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday slammed President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following their latest remarks regarding a strike on survivors clinging to an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.  “This is the biggest crowd of wimps you’ve ever seen,” Warner, who serves as vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, said...
  
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• Homan: ICE targeting Minneapolis, St. Paul because of criminal behavior

  03-12-2025 19:03 via thehill.com
  
  Border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are ramping up in Minneapolis and Saint Paul because of “criminal activity” in the area. “We've done operations in Twin Cities, but you know what? The uncoverings of criminal activity … just elevated their priority status,” Homan said in an interview...
  
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• DOJ sues 6 more states over voter data

  03-12-2025 18:52 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration sued six additional states on Tuesday for voter data after launching a campaign earlier this year to retrieve election information on individuals across the country. The Justice Department filed lawsuits against Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington for not complying with its request to produce documents that tabulate their...
  
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• Jack Smith to sit for House Judiciary deposition on Dec. 17

  03-12-2025 18:51 via thehill.com
  
  Former special counsel Jack Smith has agreed to sit for a deposition with the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 17 after the panel’s Republicans issued a subpoena compelling him to appear for closed-door questioning. The subpoena comes after Smith pushed to testify publicly about his prosecution of President Trump for his actions related to Jan....
  
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• DHS launches immigration effort in New Orleans

  03-12-2025 18:48 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun an immigration effort in New Orleans, the department said in a Wednesday press release. DHS said the New Orleans-based “Operation Catahoula Crunch” will aim for “criminal illegal aliens roaming free thanks to sanctuary policies.”  “Sanctuary policies endanger American communities by releasing illegal criminal aliens and forcing DHS...
  
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• USA: New White House “Hall of Shame” webpage expands Trump’s war on the press, disparaging the media - RSF.org

  03-12-2025 18:18
  USA: New White House “Hall of Shame” webpage expands Trump’s war on the press, disparaging the media  RSF.org
  
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• USA: New White House “Hall of Shame” webpage expands Trump’s war on the press, disparaging the media - Reporters sans frontières (RSF)

  03-12-2025 18:18
  USA: New White House “Hall of Shame” webpage expands Trump’s war on the press, disparaging the media  Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
  
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• Live updates: After Tennessee GOP victory, Thune warns of midterm challenges

  03-12-2025 18:11 via thehill.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday warned that Republicans will face political “headwinds” ahead of the 2026 elections after the GOP won a closer-than-expected Tennessee special election. “The opposition party tends to be more motivated, their voters are motivated. So in a special election or off-year elections the turnout models are significantly different...
  
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• US sanctions Tren de Aragua affiliates in alleged money laundering scheme

  03-12-2025 17:44 via thehill.com
  
  The Treasury Department announced on Wednesday sanctions against affiliates of the US-designated terror organization Tren de Aragua.  The targeted individuals, which the department said are involved in a money laundering scheme, includes Venezuelan entertainer Jimena Romina Araya Navarro. Navarro is one of five people connected to the entertainment industry “that have provided material to support...
  
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• Top Senate Democrat demands $10K shutdown bonus for all air traffic controllers

  03-12-2025 17:26 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) called on the Transportation Department to give $10,000 bonus checks to all air traffic controllers and technicians who worked during the shutdown without on-time pay, not just those with perfect attendance. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Duckworth pushed back on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposal to award...
  
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• Trump targets Somali community in Minnesota: What to know

  03-12-2025 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning to launch targeted immigration enforcement operations aimed at those living in the U.S. illegally among Minnesota’s Somali community.In recent weeks, President Trump has lashed out at the large influx of Somali migrants who have entered the country, since the 1990s, many as refugees, in an attempt to escape civil...
  
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• House Democrats stall Russia sanctions bill over tariff powers

  03-12-2025 17:22 via thehill.com
  
  The bipartisan sanctions bill against Russia has hit another roadblock, as some Democrats are working to remove a presidential waiver and block the president from being granted sweeping powers on tariffs.The opposition marks another delay for a widely supported bill that has sat on ice for months over resistance from President Trump. The bill,...
  
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• Stefanik signs discharge petition to ban lawmakers, spouses from trading individual stocks

  03-12-2025 16:51 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the chair of the House Republican Leadership, who is butting heads with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), on Tuesday signed the discharge petition to ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks. “Throughout my entire 11 years in Congress, I have never purchased or traded...
  
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• Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar after bribery indictment

  03-12-2025 16:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Wednesday he was granting a full and unconditional pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife, who last year were indicted on charges related to allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds. In a Truth Social post announcing the pardon, Trump asserted that Cuellar was unfairly targeted by the Biden...
  
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• White House launches 'media bias offender' tip line

  03-12-2025 16:46 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is asking for help from the American people to identify what it calls biased reporting against President Trump's administration by mainstream media outlets. "The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency," the West Wing wrote in a communication sent to reporters on Tuesday. "Its purpose is to combat...
  
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• Patel defends FBI leadership, jet use: 'I'm entitled to a personal life'

  03-12-2025 16:29 via thehill.com
  
  FBI Director Kash Patel defended his handling of the bureau and his use of its private jet amid a storm of criticism over his leadership. Patel has faced mounting scrutiny in recent days, with a coalition of current and former agents slamming his leadership in a 115-page report that described the bureau as rudderless. On...
  
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• House Democrat launches investigation into Trump, '60 Minutes' interview edit  

  03-12-2025 16:22 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is demanding that CBS, and its parent company Paramount, provide more information about how it edited an interview the network conducted with President Trump that aired on “60 Minutes” last month.   Raskin, in a letter to newly appointed CBS News ombudsman Ken Weinstein which was shared exclusively with The Hill,...
  
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• Hegseth says he wouldn't trust Miller, Rubio to babysit his kids

  03-12-2025 16:19 via thehill.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a recent interview said he would not trust Secretary of State Marco Rubio or White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to babysit his children. In an episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast,” posted Tuesday, the host asked Hegseth and his wife, Jen Hegseth, which members of the Trump...
  
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• Stefanik gets intelligence provision after call with Trump, Johnson

  03-12-2025 15:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said she secured a provision in the annual defense bill requiring congressional notification of counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates after a “productive conversation” on Tuesday night with President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). The call and the win for Stefanik comes after she accused Johnson of “torpedoing” the Republican agenda by not...
  
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• Live updates: Tennessee win bolsters GOP as it looks to potentially brutal midterms

  03-12-2025 15:07 via thehill.com
  
  A win by Matt Van Epps in Tennessee's special election on Tuesday allowed Republicans to exhale a bit. His victory by 9 points in the 7th Congressional District, though, was a far cry from the 20-point win by President Trump last year, giving Democrats a bit of hope. But looking ahead, GOP retirements in the...
  
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• Napolitano: Hegseth 'should be prosecuted for a war crime'

  03-12-2025 15:05 via thehill.com
  
  Newsmax senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should face trial over war crime allegations, after reports surfaced that he directed the military to “kill everybody” during a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. “It gives me no pleasure to say what I'm about to say...
  
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• Kelly on threats since Trump call for arrest: 'They're graphic, they're violent'

  03-12-2025 14:39 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Tuesday that his office has received a slew of “graphic” and “violent” threats since President Trump called him out for releasing a video telling service members that they can disobey "illegal orders." “We get more threats now in a single day than we would get in months,” Kelly, who was...
  
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• Live updates: The Hill's AI in America Summit

  03-12-2025 13:30 via thehill.com
  
  The Hill on Wednesday is gathering top policymakers, tech leaders, regulators and experts to discuss the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). Speakers, including Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and former Rep. Garret Graves (R-Iowa), will examine what it will take to build a future where American AI innovation thrives —...
  
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• Thune blocks Johnson’s request to advance Georgia sanctions bill

  03-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) turned down a personal request by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) last month to advance a sanctions bill targeting pro-Russian, anti-Democratic officials in the country of Georgia, according to two congressional aides. Johnson wanted to include the bill, called the Megobari Act, in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),...
  
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• RFK Jr.'s advisory panel may change childhood vaccine guidance

  03-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The influential vaccine advisory committee that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remade to reflect his views will meet this week to vote on childhood hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns as well as children's immunization schedules.After months of delay, the panel is poised to tackle the topic on Thursday and Friday, as...
  
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• House GOP exits mount as gridlock deepens

  03-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans have an exodus problem.More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to grow in the coming weeks as lawmakers visit their families for the holidays, complicating Republican efforts to fend off a blue wave...
  
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• 5 takeaways from Tennessee's competitive special election

  03-12-2025 05:40 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Matt Van Epps (R) won a special election on Tuesday in Tennessee in what was seen as a likely bellwether for next year’s midterms. Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a Nashville-area House seat that went for President Trump by over 20 points last year. According to voting data on Tuesday night, he...
  
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• USCIS holding pending asylum apps, reviewing benefits from ‘high risk countries’

  03-12-2025 05:28 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 countries deemed “high risk” by the Trump administration. The policy memo instructs USCIS personnel to halt review of Forms I-589 — which covers applications for...
  
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• Trump lashes out against Ilhan Omar, says he doesn’t want Somalis in the country

  03-12-2025 04:24 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling the congresswoman “garbage” and saying he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country. In a conversation about immigration policy, the president unleashed a pointed attack on the progressive Minnesota congresswoman, who became a U.S. citizen 25 years ago after...
  
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• Live updates: Trump-backed Republican wins Tennessee special election

  03-12-2025 04:21 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Matt Van Epps won a closely watched special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, beating back a competitive challenge from Democrat Aftyn Behn. The race was seen as a key bellwether for next year's midterms, and high-profile figures on both sides, including President Trump and former Vice President Harris, raced to shore...
  
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• Live results: Republican wins Tennessee special election

  03-12-2025 04:18 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats fell short of a major upset in a deep-red House district in Tennessee on Tuesday night, though the Republican's relatively narrow margin of victory is likely to put further wind in their sails heading into the midterms. The special election in the 7th Congressional District pitted Republican Matt Van Epps against Democratic state Rep....
  
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• Republican wins closely watched Tennessee special election

  03-12-2025 03:08 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Matt Van Epps is projected to defeat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, in a race that was seen as a key bellwether for Democratic voter enthusiasm ahead of 2026. Van Epps, a former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, defeated...
  
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• Pope Leo pushes for 'dialogue' between US and Venezuela

  03-12-2025 00:14 via thehill.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday pushed for “dialogue” between the United States and Venezuela after recent tension between the two countries. “The signals coming from the United States change, and so we must see … On the one hand, it seems there has been a telephone conversation between the two presidents; on the other hand,...
  
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• 90 ex-House members call for stock trading ban

  03-12-2025 00:03 via thehill.com
  
  Ninety former House members signed a letter calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to pass legislation prohibiting members of Congress and their families from owning or trading individual stocks. In a letter, published Tuesday, the former elected officials urged the top Republican and Democrat in the House to...
  
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