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Dem senator swipes credit for bill he opposed amid heated reelection bid: ‘Disturbing pattern’

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Secretary Hegseth defends military budget as a ‘generational investment’ Secretary of War Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate, defending the administration’s 1.5 trillion dollar budget request as a “generational investment” crucial for military readiness and troop welfare. Hegseth states that training will be curtailed without urgent funding, blaming previous administrations for “funding shortfalls” and “deferred … Read more

Senator targets alleged China-linked Singham network in fiery floor speech

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, took to the Senate floor Wednesday to call out Neville Roy Singham, saying the communist tech tycoon’s vast nonprofit network is helping China wage “political warfare” against the U.S. Singham, a 72-year-old American who sold his tech company for $785 million in 2017 … Read more

SEE IT: GOP senator flips script on agitators tied to pro-CCP, Singham network

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Rick Scott., R-Fla., was confronted by activists from the far-left group CodePink, accusing the senator of backing policies they claimed harmed civilians in Gaza and Cuba. CodePink is known for regularly hosting anti-American street protests and badgering Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The group has also … Read more

Blanche nomination at risk of delay as senator seeks assurances on Trump settlement

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WASHINGTON — A planned vote to move forward with Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general appeared in doubt Wednesday as a key Republican senator demanded more assurances from the Justice Department about the settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. GOP Sen. John Cornyn, a crucial swing vote, called off a … Read more

GOP senator unveils BOASBERG Act to stop ‘rogue’ judges from handpicking Trump cases

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is planning to curb so-called “rogue” judges, and he is using one of President Donald Trump’s greatest foils in the judicial branch as the launching point. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is planning to introduce the Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By … Read more

Combat vet senator chokes up over fallen friend in fiery floor speech about Iran war: ‘We will finish it’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., choked up on the Senate floor as he pointed to a bracelet honoring a fallen friend he said was “cut in half” by an Iranian bomb, turning a Democratic-led push to rein in President Donald Trump’s war powers into an emotional warning about … Read more

Senator says key piece of college sports legislation ‘probably’ has 60 votes to clear upper chamber

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ARLINGTON, Va. — A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation said he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber. “We probably have 60 votes,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said Friday at the Associated Press Sports Editors meeting. Schmitt called the next two … Read more

Schumer dodges questions after bombshell report alleges Dem senator had relationships with House staffers

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declined to weigh in on the latest scandal to hit a member of his party, instead focusing on his planned diatribe against President Donald Trump’s prime-time address Thursday. The New York Post reported that Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., engaged in sexual … Read more

Trump’s DNI pick Jay Clayton locks horns with Democratic senator in fiery confirmation hearing clash

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! [BC ID: 6401218653112] President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies appeared in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday for a relatively smooth hearing that quickly turned explosive just before it ended.  U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, who currently serves in the Southern District … Read more