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  • Lawmakers say they’ve been stonewalled by DHS, undercutting attempts to hold Trump officials accountable
  • Video Jeffries goes all in on the redistricting map wars: ‘When they go low, we strike back’ 8:14
  • Jeffries goes all in on gerrymandering — with House control on the line
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  • Department of Homeland Security on track to shut down with lawmakers leaving Washington and an unresolved ICE fight
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  • The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Senate Republican leaders plan to reject Democratic demands to split off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and pass the rest of a giant funding package needed to avert a partial government shutdown this week, a Senate GOP aide said. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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    House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers’ Epstein document review
  • President Donald Trump departs an event in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.
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    Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
  • Rep. Tim Burchett walks into the U.S. Capitol as the House votes on a funding bill to reopen the government on February 3, in Washington, DC.
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    ‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
  • Trucks carry goods across a bridge between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, carrying goods between the United States and Canada, on December 8, 2025.
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    Six House Republicans defy Trump to block his Canada tariffs
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the US Capitol on Tuesday, in Washington, DC.
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    Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs
  • Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Lutnick confirms an island lunch with Epstein while insisting they ‘did not have any relationship’
  • Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie speak after viewing unredacted Epstein files on February 9, 2026, in Washington, DC.
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    Lawmakers suggest at least a half-dozen men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files
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    Senators’ stock trades directly overlapped with their committee work, CNN analysis finds
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    GOP lawmaker behind Congress’ Epstein push says Commerce Secretary Lutnick should resign over links
  • <p>In an exclusive interview with CNN's Manu Raju, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie says it's time for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign following the latest release of the Epstein files. Massie was the co-sponsor of the bill to have the files released, but questions where the rest of them are. He also said Trump needs to apologize to the Obamas following his now-deleted, racist video. He also joked that he relished Trump calling him a "moron" at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. </p>
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  • US President Donald Trump stands during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is joined by bipartisan Congressional members, business, and religious leaders to pray for the nation.
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    GOP leaders fret as Trump sits out the party’s nastiest primary battles — with Senate control on the line
  • Rep. Thomas Massie arrives for a House vote on February 3.
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    A defiant Thomas Massie takes on the MAGA machine in heated Kentucky primary
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    Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
  • Federal law enforcement agents detain a person in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11.
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    Prospects for ICE deal sour on Capitol Hill as shutdown deadline nears for critical agency
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