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DCCC adds 12 Republican-held seats to its target list

House Democrats are zeroing in on 12 additional Republican targets in deep-red districts, nearly all of which President Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2024. The new additions bring the total number of House seats targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to 58. And it reflects the party’s…

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How to serve up a year-old bill

Standing on the stage of a local high school in his reliably red Nebraska congressional district last week, Republican Rep. Mike Flood replied to a constituent who asked about disability benefits. “Well, under the one big beautiful bill —” he began on the livestream, then paused. The crowd had erupted…

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Constituents derail Republican rep’s town hall after he promoted Trump’s legislation

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Hostile crowd shreds Nebraska rep during town hall as crowd boos Trump’s policies

Nebraska Republicans’ constituents reacted negatively toward mentions of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill during the town hall

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Pick Your YIMBY

The D.C. mayoral race offers two leading candidates who are saying a lot of the right things about housing supply.

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Mike Pence says Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies, including J6-ers who shouted to hang him, is ‘deeply offensive’

Former vice president, who was a target of January 6 rioters, said it was ‘unacceptable’ to create a multi-billion-dollar fund for those who attacked the Capitol

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Republican heckled during his own town hall as crowd raises alarms over Trump’s slush fund and Iran war

The Nebraska Republican has faced heckles and jeers at previous town halls when forced to defend Trump’s agenda

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A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis

A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in

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Watch: Red SUV with Trump flag hits student at anti-ICE protest in Nebraska

A student was struck by a vehicle during a student-led protest in Fremont, Nebraska, on Thursday. Video shows the driver of a red SUV, displaying a Trump 2024 flag, accelerating into a student who stepped in front of the vehicle. The student was hospitalized, and the driver left the scene.

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How Politicians and Cops Tried To Dodge Responsibility in 2025

Presidents, legislators, and police officers were desperate to blame anyone but themselves.

Reason

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen Opts State Into Federal School Tax Credit Program Under 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Nebraska opts into a new federal school tax credit program under the government's One Big Beautiful Bill.

International Business Times

Ilhan Omar brands Nancy Mace a ’really disturbed and demented person’ amid Charlie Kirk censure feud

Four Republicans doomed Mace’s efforts to censure and strip Omar of her committee assignments

The Independent UK

House Republicans help Democrats quash Nancy Mace's rogue Ilhan Omar censure

Rep. Cory Mills provided the decisive vote after Axios reported that a censure measure against him would be pulled if the Omar vote failed.

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House lawmakers squash effort to censure Ilhan Omar - Roll Call

Four Republicans helped Democrats pull off the procedural move. Some hope it could be enough to defuse a cycle of retribution in the House.

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House halts censure resolution against Rep. LaMonica McIver - Roll Call

The House voted to table a GOP push to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., over an altercation outside an immigration detention facility.

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Trump’s sweeping bill looms large over Democrats and Republicans as they head for recess

Republicans see it as the epitome of Trump keeping his promises, while for Democrats it’s an opportunity to return from the political wilderness

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Trump promised to be a dictator on day one. We’re now past day 200

Donald Trump’s second term has seen a sustained assault on democratic institutions – political, judicial, media, cultural, academic – that appears to be only accelerating

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DOGE tore through National Weather Service like a tornado with mass firings. Many are being rehired

The rehiring comes after deadly flooding in the Hill Country of Texas put the cuts under scrutiny

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At the Races: Have we heard this song before? - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including campaign announcements and redistricting.

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Furious voters boo GOP congressman for defending Trump’s ‘totally normal’ friendship with Epstein

No one is buying the defenses.

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Nebraska Republican faces heckles and boos at town hall over Trump cuts and Epstein

Congressman Mike Flood contended with backlash, in what could be a preview of what Republicans in 2026 midterms might face

The Independent UK

Nebraska Republican heckled at town hall over Epstein files and Trump’s firing of labor stats chief

Mike Flood endures torrid evening with angry constitutents incensed by ‘coverup’, data commissioner’s removal, welfare cuts and immigration crackdown

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At the Races: Redrawing the majority? - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and new campaign launches.

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Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them?

The budget bill was a reminder: the president and House speaker don’t care about lawmakers’ views. Why not just quit?

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House adopts fixes to keep ‘big, beautiful bill’ filibuster-proof - Roll Call

At least two Republicans said they were unaware of provisions in the bill they oppose, while Freedom Caucus demanded steeper cuts.

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