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After Trump propagandaist John Solomon published that Trump had been told he was a target of the Espionage Act investigation that has targeted him since last August, Trump did a post on his failing social media site.I've edited it down to the key bits:
Trump's first response to the first public confirmation that he will soon be charged was not, as it turned out, to bellow, "Lock him up!" or even reconsider his past obstruction, but instead demand that the insurrectionists in Congress do something.

The former Trump adviser and other MAGA Republicans are turning on Greene for allying herself with Kevin McCarthy.Former White House chief strategist for the Trump administration Steve Bannon speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on March 3, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who became House speaker in January, made a public promise on Monday to continue supporting Ukraine's war effort, walking back previous suggestions that the new House majority might curtail U.S. military and financial investments in Kyiv's effort to beat back Russia's invasion.

Republican congressional leaders said Thursday they were making progress toward a deal with President Biden to raise the debt ceiling while cutting spending, cautioning that an agreement that was still being hammered out would inevitably disappoint lawmakers in both parties.Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol that bargainers had worked well past midnight and resumed negotiations later on Thursday morning, trying to find a resolution to avert a default on the nation's debt before the projected June 1 deadline.

Lawmakers have said they're moving forward with plans for a national ban on TikTok, as users including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez take to the app to protest.White House very in favor' of bill thought to target TikTok The snowballing effort to take action against TikTok comes after company chief Shou Zi Chew appeared before a US House committee for five hours on Thursday, where lawmakers from both parties grilled him about national security and other concerns involving the app.

(CNN)When President Joe Biden returns to the House chamber to deliver his second State of the Union address, the former longtime senator will be addressing his onetime congressional colleagues as a guest.The president is invited to address Congress by the House speaker, in accordance with his constitutional duty to "from time to time" deliver a message outlining top issues facing Americans and plans to solve those issues.

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been grabbing national headlines with his relentless attacks on so-called woke.In addition to his Stop-Woke (Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees) Act, which prohibits educational institutions and businesses from teaching students and employees anything that would cause anyone to feel guilt, anguish or any form of psychological distress due to their race, color, sex or national origin, he has barred University of Florida professors from giving evidence against the state's voting law, claimed that professors at public colleges have no right to freedom of speech, and organizing a hostile takeover of the New College of Florida, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.

Remember how cameras followed Rep. Kevin McCarthy up and down the aisles of the Houseas he tried to string together enough deals during 15 rounds of voting to be elected House speaker?The California Republican gathered enough votes to win the post - and now he seems to be running almost as fast to back away from some of those deals.

By Adam Beam | Associated Press SACRAMENTO Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband will be released to the public after a judge on Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to keep it secret.San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled there was no reason to keep the footage secret, especially after prosecutors played it in open court during a preliminary hearing last month, according to Thomas R. Burke, a San Francisco-based lawyer who represented The Associated Press and a host of other news agencies in their attempt to access the evidence.

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.George Santos's former roommate appeared on CNN this week after reports that the New York congressman had kept money raised on GoFundMe meant to help a veteran with a sick dog, and that he went by other names, such as Anthony Devolder.

While Kevin McCarthy loses shot after shot at Speaker of the House, Democrats are being accused of taking another kind of shot: "They want us divided.They want us to fight each other.That much has been made clear by the popcorn and blankets and alcohol that is over there," Representative-elect Kat Cammack said yesterday on the House floor.