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Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
When Florida state Rep. Fiona McFarland’s infant daughter, Grace Melton, crawled for the first time, the mom of four was ...
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NC Senate budget would eliminate office that helps minority firms seek state contracts
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday she was working to save a program slated to be eliminated under the Senate GOP’s budget proposal that works to increase diversity in state ...
The Times of Israel21d
US Senate confirms Huckabee as next Israel envoy, voting largely along party lines
The US Senate voted almost entirely along party lines on Wednesday to confirm the nomination of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee to be Washington’s ambassador to Israel. Senator John ...
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Whistleblower tells Senate committee that Meta undermined US national security to cozy up to China
testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Win McNamee/Getty Images / Getty Images ...
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Cory Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in anti-Trump remarks that exceeded 25 hours
Cory Booker set the record for the longest speech in Senate ... Booker's office, which said that it had also received more than 28,000 voicemails of encouragement. Booker took the floor at 7 ...
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‘The middle is disappearing’: Why three dealmaking Senate Democrats are heading for the exits
At a moment when Senate Democrats are grappling with how ... single year,” Peters said in an interview in his Washington office last week. “The middle is disappearing.” ...
Ars Technica22d
NASA nominee asks why lunar return has taken so long, and why it costs so much
The hearing took place in the Russell Senate Office building next to the US Capitol on Wednesday morning, in an expansive room with marbled columns and three large chandeliers. There was plenty of ...
Houston Chronicle22d
Trump’s NASA pick pledges to get humans to the moon and Mars, but dodges questions on federal cuts
Jared Isaacman emphasized the importance of getting humans to Mars – and the moon, along the way – during his Senate confirmation ... and if Musk was in the room when Isaacman met Trump ...
The Daily Beast23d
MAGA Podcaster Turned FBI Boss Demands 20-Agent Security Detail
The MAGA podcaster who was tapped to be the FBI’s second in command has chosen to be protected by as many as 20 agents—while his predecessors have often had no security detail at all, NBC News ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency23d
UJA-Federation of New York’s Midtown office building evacuated
It also leases part of the office building to other tenants. An email sent to UJA-Federation employees on Tuesday afternoon said the building would be closed through Thursday, and attributed the ...
Hindustan Times23d
Federal Reserve announces ‘closed board meeting’ amid Trump tariff tensions; When is it?
The Federal Reserve System Board of Governors will hold a secret meeting as the Trump administration's massive new tariffs start to go into force. The Federal Reserve System Board of Governors ...
Boston.com23d
This Downtown Crossing building just sold for one-fifth of its pre-pandemic price. Here’s why that may be a good thing.
It’s a historic building ... for Class B office space downtown, and around $20 less than what the prior owners would have had to charge, Papanastasiou said. Bringing in a ground-floor retailer ...