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  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the US Capitol on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Senate Democrats threaten partial government shutdown over DHS funding after Minnesota shooting
  • Exclusive: Pelosi privately blasts Democrats for vote to hold Clintons in contempt in Epstein probe
  • Democrats demand Trump officials disclose potential ‘profiteering’ from Venezuela oil dealings
  • House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Jeffrey Epstein probe
  • With Trump’s backing, Rep. Julia Letlow launches a primary challenge against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
  • With eyes on House majority, Democrats face Trump impeachment dilemma
  • Johnson seeks Trump agenda 2.0 as GOP anxiety grows over midterms
  • Video Democrats claim path to retake Senate after landing major recruits 5:08
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  • The coffins of two Danish soldiers killed in a suicide attack in Gereshk, Afghanistan, last week, are carried out of a military tranport plane upon its arrival at the Skrydstrup Airport in Jutland, Denmark on March 23, 2008. AFP PHOTO /  Claus Fisker / Scanpix 2008 (Photo credit should read CLAUS FISKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Senate GOP shields Trump from limits to his war powers in Venezuela after Vance breaks tie
  • US Representative James Comer, Republican of Kentucky and Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, speaks to the press following the failure of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear at a closed door deposition, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 14, 2026. Republicans moved on January 13 to hold former US president Bill Clinton in criminal contempt after he skipped a subpoenaed deposition in the congressional investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- marking a sharp escalation in a politically charged inquiry. The panel is also threatening similar action against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who is due to testify January 14. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
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    House Oversight moves forward on contempt against both Clintons after Hillary Clinton is a no-show in Epstein probe
  • President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026.
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    Trump steps up pressure campaign to avoid rare Congress reprimand on war powers
  • Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive for Donald Trump's inauguration as the next President of the United States in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.    SHAWN THEW/Pool via REUTERS
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    Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe despite contempt threat
  • The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 7.
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    Fear of Trump’s wrath ripples through House GOP
  • Members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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    Hill liberals push for shutdown clash over ICE funding but face resistance in Democratic ranks
  • Sen. Tim Kaine speaks to reporters in the US Capitol on October 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Handful of Republicans join Democrats to force Senate check on Trump’s war powers in Venezuela
  • US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer at the US Capitol in Washington, on May 17, 2022.
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    Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer announces he will retire after four decades in Congress
  • A statue of a hand holding an oil rig seen in Caracas, Venezuela on January 5.
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    Trump officials scramble to sell skeptical lawmakers, oil execs on Venezuela plan
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    GOP senator’s scathing message to Stephen Miller: Get informed on Greenland or leave the job
  • Supporters of President Donald Trump cover their faces to protect from tear gas during a clash with police officers in front of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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    The political divide over January 6 is only deepening five years after the deadly US Capitol attack
  • Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks during a rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles,  on November 1.
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    Will Amy Klobuchar run for Minnesota governor? ‘I’m seriously considering it,’ she says
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  • President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2026.
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    Trump’s ‘ammunition’ for House GOP to win the midterms involves lots of grievances
  • Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
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    California Congressman Doug LaMalfa dies at 65, further tightening GOP’s razor-thin House majority
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