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Democratic lawmakers are in favor of spending cuts, but not at the hands of DOGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrats who spoke with Fox News Digital said they do support cutting some wasteful spending from the federal government, but not by Elon Musk. “Of course there’s some wasteful spending, but you don’t use a meat ax and cut everything,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday after Fox News Digital asked

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U.S.

Lawmaker’s attempt to be woke backfires horribly and destroys her election chances

A Canadian candidate for Ontario’s parliament humiliatingly dropped out of her race after her rival party shared a clip of her declaring: ‘My secret is that I want to be a black woman.’  Amanda Zavitz, a self-professed DEI advocate who was running as the NDP Party’s candidate in Ontario’s upcoming election to represent the Elgin-Middlesex-London

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Black lawmakers continue push to assist California descendants of enslaved Americans

The California Legislative Black Caucus on Thursday proposed a package of reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the United States, proposals that include preferences for public university admissions and financial assistance for first-time home buyers. The package contains 15 bills in what caucus members said will be a multiyear effort

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MAGA lawmakers have different ideas about where Trump should put ‘DOGE dividend’ money: ‘What about the national debt?’

President Donald Trump signaled he likes the idea of sending some of the DOGE savings directly back to taxpayers, but the idea has been met with skepticism by even his allies on Capitol Hill.  Trump said he was considering giving 20 percent of savings from Elon Musk’s effort to cut federal spending back to U.S. citizens

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Sports

Minnesota lawmakers advance trans athlete ban bill as state defies Trump order

Minnesota’s House Education Policy Committee passed a bill on Thursday that would prevent trans athletes from playing in women’s and girls sports in the state. The bill, HF12, also known as the “Preserving Girls’ Sports Act,” states “only female students may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an

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Lawmakers sum up Donald Trump’s first month in office in just one word

By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 10:27 EST, 20 February 2025 | Updated: 13:21 EST, 20 February 2025 Top senators have revealed to DailyMail.com the one word they would use to describe Donald Trump’s first month in office.  Walking around Capitol Hill on a busy day for the Senate, DailyMail.com stopped

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Lawmakers balk at $241M in taxpayer funds for trans studies on animals

At least $241 million in taxpayer funds was spent on transgender surgeries and animal experiments, prompting a congressional lawmaker to question the rationale behind the expenditures. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., on Wednesday, said spending millions on such treatments was “insane, right?” During a Feb. 6 House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing titled: “Transgender Lab

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U.S.

Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors

The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill that bans gender-transition treatments for minors, fulfilling a longtime goal of conservative lawmakers and joining about half of the country’s states in enacting bans or sharp limits on those procedures. The Kansas bill had broad Republican support, but its status had

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California Republican lawmakers create their own Latino caucus

SACRAMENTO — Republican lawmakers, excluded from the Democrat-led California Latino Legislative Caucus, have taken matters into their own hands. Nine Latino GOP legislators have created the California Hispanic Legislative Caucus to champion priorities that, they say, diverge from those prioritized by their liberal colleagues. “My experience as a Latino is different than that of my immigrant grandmother,”

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Florida’s move from 2000s vexation to 2020s role model a blueprint for Arizona, lawmakers say

The 2000 presidential election was held up for weeks due to snafus across the state of Florida, and ultimately ended in a Supreme Court ruling effectively deciding that Texas Gov. George W. Bush would be named the victor. In recent Arizona elections, voters and Republican politicians have complained of similarly grueling canvassing, wait times, alleged

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