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A decade after Standing Rock protests, contentious segment of Dakota Access oil pipeline gets OK

Federal officials have given final approval for a controversial segment of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River

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Photos of the week | May 5-14, 2026

A visit from the Artemis II astronauts, Police Week, the ACLI race and a new courtyard for a House office building highlight this week on and around Capitol Hill. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week, plus a few from last week’s recess.

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Capitol Lens | Space time

From left, Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., meet with Artemis II crewmembers in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. The Artemis II crew are, from left, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover.

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Senate ‘slipping further down the slope’

As senators headed Wednesday into their latest “vote-a-rama,” one thing was clear: Not many of them were happy. The procedural hallmark involves a series of unlimited amendment votes and is often bemoaned because of its marathon pace, twilight-hour votes and embarrassingly large pizza deliveries to the U.S. Capitol. But Republicans’…

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Future for voter ID bill unclear in Senate

Five weeks ago, Senate Republicans said they were bracing for an extended fight as they kicked off debate on their marquee election overhaul bill. Now, they have quietly set aside what’s known as the SAVE America Act. The question is: For how long? And is there an appetite to return…

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Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week

Senate Republicans plan to release a budget resolution next week that would kick-start the process for a reconciliation bill on immigration enforcement funding and help end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers said Thursday. The party is aiming to provide about $70 billion in funding for…

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Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging

On a day when they had hoped to focus messaging on last year’s tax cut law, congressional Republicans spent Tax Day focusing on theology. A dayslong spat between the Trump administration and the Vatican left lawmakers urging the White House to stay in its lane on matters of liturgy and…

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Who’s the shutdown scapegoat now?

As Senate Majority Leader John Thune hashed out a deal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, he may have thought Democrats were its biggest threat. Instead, his fellow Republicans across the Capitol were the ones to tank it. Now, instead of blaming Democrats for prolonging the shutdown,…

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Trump intervenes to pay airport security workers amid standoff

President Donald Trump announced Thursday night he would immediately begin paying Transportation Security Administration workers through an emergency executive order. The order promised to end long delays at the nation’s airports and allow TSA workers to get paychecks they have been denied during a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland…

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‘Byrd rule’ poses challenge for voter ID bill in reconciliation

Republicans have started talking seriously about using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to get the GOP voter ID bill — a top priority of President Donald Trump — through the narrowly divided Senate. But budget experts say the effort faces long odds due to the complexities of the Senate’s “Byrd rule.” The House-passed bill…

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Deal to fund DHS falters amid bipartisan pushback

Democrats immediately shot the latest proposal down — and some Republicans framed it as a capitulation to Democrats.

Axios

White House details immigration offer; Democrats tight-lipped

The White House fleshed out its latest offer on immigration enforcement practices Friday night at a bipartisan meeting with senators, as lawmakers scramble to find a compromise that would end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After a roughly one-hour meeting with White House “border czar” Tom…

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Forde Minutes: Big East Bubble Burst and Small-Conference Tournament Previews

The feared Big East takeover never came in the revenue-sharing era, plus Championship Week begins as we march toward Selection Sunday.

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Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow forecasting 6 more weeks of winter

The news was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos from the tens of thousands who braved temperatures in the single-digits Fahrenheit to await the annual prognostication

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Senate Republicans detail farm aid package components

Key GOP senators released more details Friday on a farm aid package they’re pushing to be included in upcoming government funding legislation.

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Six fiscal 2026 spending bills done, six more to go

The Senate cleared a three-bill spending package Thursday, marking a halfway point in completing long-delayed fiscal 2026 appropriations.

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House passes second spending package with more bills in pipeline

The package moves now to the Senate, which isn’t expected to take it up until the final week of January after a week-long recess.

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GOP lawmakers ding Powell probe as coercion, distraction

Some Republican lawmakers on Monday criticized the Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

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Walmart, Costco May Need Old-School Cash Lanes Under New Legislation

Ohio may require Walmart, Costco, and Target to offer cash lanes for purchases under $500 under a new bill.

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Top four appropriators set to meet on spending package - Roll Call

The top four leaders of the House and Senate spending panels plan to huddle Thursday to try to make headway on a major spending package.

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Senate votes to reopen the government as the future of health care subsidies remains uncertain

Republicans are split about whether to vote to extend enhanced tax credits for the health care marketplace while Democrats do not trust GOP to follow through

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No Injunction in Defamation and Copyright Case Stemming from "Africatown International Design Competition"

From Magistrate Judge Gray Borden's opinion Friday in Studiorotan LLC v. Howell (N.D. Ala.): A team of researchers discovered the… The post No Injunction in Defamation and Copyright Case Stemming from "Africatown International Design Competition" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Republicans flirt with hardball offer on ending shutdown

If Democrats want "to pay SNAP recipients, open the government," Thune said.

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters announce 2026 stadium tour as Dave Grohl says band is ‘forever devoted’ to playing

New song ‘Asking for a Friend’ is available to stream now

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"Take cover." Foo Fighters announce 2026 stadium tour with Queens Of The Stone Age - listen to new Foos song Asking For A Friend now

Foo Fighters will be back on the road in 2026!

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