Congress, Trump and Epstein
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In the government shutdown deal, Congress closed a loophole that allowed a Delta-8 THC market to explode in Indiana. What now?
Quietly tucked inside Republicans’ funding deal to end the government shutdown is a provision wiping the congressional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecard, effectively forgiving nearly $3.4 trillion in deficits.
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Congress to hold hearing on member stock trading amid Pelosi’s reported $130 million windfall
Recent reporting from the New York Post showed that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi, profited roughly $130 million over the course of her nearly four decades in Congress. While Pelosi has announced her plans to retire from her seat, there are a number of members who actively trade stocks and currencies.
Clients in Bedford say hemp-derived products have been life-changing in treating chronic pain. A Congressional ban could soon take that option away.
The group told Congress to “remember that your primary duty is to your constituents” when voting on releasing his case files.
The measure comes just over a month after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect Oct. 10, with its first phase nearing its end.
Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein urged Congress to compel the Justice Department to release all of the files on the accused sex trafficker, whose powerful friends included President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump’s push to send a tariff rebate check to Americans would take an act of Congress, his top economic advisers acknowledge. Support among Republicans on Capitol Hill is lukewarm, at best.
So far, two of Arizona's six Republican congressmen have said they will support the measure. The other four have kept conspicuously quiet. A vote is expected the week of Nov. 17. If it passes the House, the bill would still need approval from the GOP-controlled Senate, and a signature from Trump, which is widely seen as unlikely.
Congress shouldn't get paid while American workers, like our men and women in uniform, do without," Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South D