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Alphabet Gets House GOP Subpoena on Alleged Speech Censorship

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Alphabet Inc. and its CEO Sundar Pichai as part of its ongoing investigation into the biggest tech companies’ relationships with the Biden administration.

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Author: Emily Birnbaum

Judge pauses GOP states’ lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from census count

A federal judge has agreed with Trump administration lawyers to pause a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that attempted to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states

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Author: Mike Schneider

Social media giants hit with subpoena spree by Republicans

The House Judiciary Committee Republicans subpoenaed Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, as it investigates the Biden administration over censorship.

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Author: Sarah Ewall-Wice

Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself.

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Author: Catie Edmondson,Carl Hulse

NYC, Chicago and Other Sanctuary Cities Flip the Narrative

Also Today: Trump freeze spurs fight over $3.6 billion for homelessness, and small towns are better for upward mobility.

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Author: Magdalena Del Valle,Fola Akinnibi

Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for the federal firings

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he’s not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government.

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Author: Lisa Mascaro,Chris Megerian

House Republican plots to kick dozens of Democrats off committees over floor disruption

Democrats sang “We Shall Overcome” on the House floor over Speaker Mike Johnson’s objections.

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Author: Andrew Solender

Ten Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al Green over Trump speech

House votes to censure Texas congressman for ‘breach of proper conduct’ for disrupting president’s address

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Author: Joseph Gedeon

House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the Texas Democrat after he was ejected from the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Mr. Green voted “present.”

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Author: Maya C. Miller

Elon Musk Warns Republicans to Stop Blaming DOGE for Job Cuts

Elon Musk suddenly doesn’t want credit for how much DOGE has slashed.

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Author: Edith Olmsted

Elon Musk meets Republican senators to explore turning DOGE budget cuts into law – The Times of India

US News: Elon Musk met with Republican senators to discuss budget rescissions as part of his Department of Government Efficiency initiative. The meeting aimed

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Author: TOI World Desk

Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE

Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE

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Author: Liz Goodwin,Marianna Sotomayor,Jeff Stein,Theodoric Meyer

Bitcoin network used to secure local GOP convention election results

The Bitcoin network was used to secure the results of a local GOP convention election in a tamper-proof, censorship-resistant manner.

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Author: Vince Quill

Reps. James Comer and Ayanna Pressley engage in fiery back and forth

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Author: CNN

Big oil investigation dripping away as Republicans dominate Congress, US senator says

Fossil fuel groups poured a record $96m into Trump in 2023-24, demanding more scrutiny, not less, says Sheldon Whitehouse

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Author: Dharna Noor

Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy | Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy

The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyone

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds

The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.

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Author: Jacob Bogage

Senate Republicans push to codify DOGE cuts after Musk meeting

U.S. Senate Republicans pushed for Congress to codify spending cuts identified by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court declined to let President Donald Trump withhold payments to foreign aid organizations.

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Author: David Morgan

Cod Liver Oil? Vaccines? A G.O.P. Skeptic Confronts Kennedy’s Fine Line on Measles

After voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor and Republican of Louisiana, is embracing “the gestalt” of Kennedy’s measles response.

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Author: Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Republicans push to investigate mayor of sanctuary cities

Brandon Johnson was in Washington, D.C. to defend Chicago’s laws.

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Author: Monica Eng

Facing market pressure and GOP pushback, Trump delays auto tariffs

When President Donald Trump declared in the House Chamber this week that executives at the nation’s top automakers were “so excited” about their prospects amid his new tariff regime, it did not entirely reflect the conversation he’d held with them earlier that day.

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Author: Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Alayna Treene

Elon Musk Meets With Senate Republicans Amid Tensions Over Federal Cuts

Elon Musk heads to Capitol Hill for a diplomatic mission.

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Author: Jess Bidgood

With Musk Targeting Social Security, Democrats See a Political Opportunity

Democrats argue that Elon Musk’s criticism of the program and push to squeeze savings from it is a prelude to benefit cuts. Republicans and President Trump say they plan no such thing.

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Author: Carl Hulse

GOP senators to Musk: DOGE actions will require their votes

Republican senators told tech billionaire Elon Musk at a closed-door meeting Wednesday that his aggressive moves to shrink the federal government will need a vote on Capitol Hill, sending a clear m…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

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