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Jeffrey Epstein, Senate Democrats and Obscure Law

Senate Democrats try to force release of Epstein files using arcane law

Senate Democrats are using an arcane procedural tool to try to force the Department of Justice to release additional files from the Jeffrey Epstein case – the latest gambit to keep the issue front-and-center as lawmakers prepare for their month-long August recess.

CBS News on MSN · 3d

Senate Democrats seek to force release of Jeffrey Epstein files with rarely used "Rule of Five" law

Senate Democrats are trying to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files using a little-known law.

HuffPost on MSN · 2d

Senate Democrats Use Obscure Law To Compel Trump Admin To Turn Over Epstein Files

The Trump administration likely will defy the law and rebuff the request, as it has done in similar situations.

Israel, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

TIME on MSN · 1d

A Majority of Senate Democrats Voted to Block Weapons Sales to Israel. Is the Party Turning?

“These are misguided resolutions and if adopted would reinstate the failed policies of the Biden administration and would abandon America’s closest ally in the Middle East,” Republican Senator James E. Risch of Idaho and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on the Senate floor.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Full list of senators who voted to block Israel arms deal

A majority of Democratic senators voted in support of Senator Bernie Sanders' resolution to block an arms deal to Israel as public opinion shifts amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Newsweek reached out to Sanders' office for comment via email.

Oregonian · 15h

Oregon’s U.S. senators split on weapons sales to Israel as death toll from Gaza war surpasses 60,000

Jeff Merkley, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, co-sponsored six bills in September 2024 with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont,

Trump, Senate and GOP

CBS News on MSN · 2d

Senate GOP threatens confirmations rule change amid Democrats' "path of obstruction" on Trump's nominees

Senate Republicans are mulling a possible rule change to allow them to more swiftly confirm President Trump's nominees amid Democrats' efforts to slow the process in protest to the president's policies.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

Senate GOP threatens to 'grind it out' through August as Trump nominees face Democratic delays

Senate Republicans push through Trump nominees as Democrats use delaying tactics, with GOP leaders threatening to cancel August recess to confirm pending appointments.

Yahoo · 1d

Trump doubles down on call for Senate nominees before breaking for August recess

President Trump on Thursday doubled down on his call for the Senate to stay in session and confirm his nominees before breaking for their annual August recess. “The Senate must stay in Session, taking no recess,

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What a Senate floor clash between two Democrats says about where the party is headed

The spat between Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Cory Booker this week illustrates the larger question before Democrats: ...

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MSNBC Democrats mock Cory Booker's political 'theater' stunt on the Senate floor

Democratic panelists on "Morning Joe" derided Cory Booker's bombastic Senate performance, calling it political theater that ...

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Senate Democrats push legislation to get answers on DOGE’s security issues

They’re demanding an audit to determine whether DOGE employees — deliberately or not — created vulnerabilities through their ...

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Senate Democrats call for probe into DOJ settlement over HPE-Juniper merger

Several Senate Democrats are calling for an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to settle a lawsuit ...

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Trump pick for counterterrorism role confirmed by Senate despite Democrats’ concerns over past association with extremists

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Joe Kent to a top counterterrorism role, overcoming opposition from Democrats who described ...

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Congressional Democrats Threaten To Investigate If Harvard Settles With Trump Administration

Fourteen House and Senate Democrats warned Harvard on Thursday that they would consider launching a congressional ...

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Senate Democrats Estimate DOGE Caused Billions of Dollars In Government Waste

Democrats on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations yesterday released a jaw-dropping report attempting to ...

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Democrats slam Trump firing of labor statistics head: ‘Insane,’ ‘Soviet,’ ‘authoritarian’

Senate Democrats reacted with outrage and disbelief to the news that President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the agency released a weaker-than-expected ...

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