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‘Warmonger’ idiocy, bring back school discipline and other commentary
The Post Editorial Board gives its thoughts on issues including bringing back school discipline, the conservative 'warmonger' idiocy, GOP isolationism, pro-Hamas protests, and Bragg v. Trump.
Congress puts more nails in the constitutional coffin as it's set to renew FISA
Promising reforms is the easiest way to perpetuate abuses in Washington.
Putin must think he's winning the propaganda war after listening to Musk and his pals on Twitter
Elon Musk and some buds like JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy and Mike Lee had a gabfest about the Ukraine war, and it must have been music to Vladimir Putin's ears.
Elon Musk joins Trump, Republicans to slam rumored Senate border deal
Elon Musk joined Donald Trump and Republican critics to denounce the contentious Senate border deal touted by President Joe Biden, saying "no laws need to be passed" to keep illegal...
Senate border, Ukraine deal seems dead as McConnell says GOP doesn't want to 'undermine' Trump
An agreement on legislation to spend more on US border security while also helping Ukraine and Israel was moribund Thursday.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee endorses Trump: ‘Our one opportunity to choose order over chaos’
“Look, whether you like Donald Trump or not, whether you agree with everything he says, or not, he is our one opportunity to choose order over chaos and putting America...
Congress wants to unleash federal spies at your hotel and coffee shop
The FBI exploited FISA to illegally spy on the Trump presidential campaign and to wrongfully search millions of Americans’ emails and online records.
Republicans warn DOJ over surveillance of staff probing Russiagate: ‘Attack on our democracy’
“The decision by unelected government bureaucrats to investigate the elected congressional representatives and congressional staff trying to hold them accountable is a true attack on our democracy,” the GOP senators...
Senator's Twitter suspended, ‘flagged as impersonation’
Sen. Mike Lee had his personal Twitter account inadvertently suspended Wednesday after it was flagged by the social media company as a fake, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk. “My...
Mitch McConnell removes GOP lawmakers who challenged his leadership from Senate panel
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell booted two Republican lawmakers from a powerful Senate committee on Wednesday after an unsuccessful attempt last year to oust him from his leadership position.
GOP senators blast colleagues for voting to approve $1.7T spending bill
Two Republicans senators blasted fellow party members and GOP Senate leaders for voting to approve the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill last week to avert a government shutdown.
Senate makes deal on passing $1.7T spending bill as lawmakers race against weather, time
The Senate passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday, moving one step closer to avoiding a partial government shutdown as legislators raced to get out of Washington before a massive...
GOP senators demand government spending bill be pushed to next year
GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Mike Lee called on their congressional colleagues to oppose a spending bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Congress set to push back government shutdown deadline to next week
The House and Senate are expected to vote this week on a short-term bill to fund the government for another seven days.
GOP senators want leader vote postponed with balance of power in limbo
As of Friday afternoon, control of the Senate had not yet been determined as final election results continued trickling in from Arizona and Nevada.
If Congress keeps bickering, it may fail to do anything at all in response to the Uvalde massacre
Nearly a month after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre, Congress is mired in details over passage of a modest gun-control law.
GOP Sen. Lee tells colleagues to hold off on backing gun bill outline
Sen. Mike Lee warned his fellow lawmakers against throwing their support behind the framework of new gun control legislation until the actual bill text has been hammered out.
Google's ad business would be broken up under new bipartisan bills
The pair of bills would bar large companies from operating in multiple parts of the online ad supply chain — effectively ending what critics say is Google’s ability to act...
GOP senators cite freeing of rapist who assaulted again in opposing Jackson
Several Republican senators cited Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's decision to sentence niece rapist Leo Weekes to half the prison time sought by prosecutors.
Google's online ad business would be broken up under bill gaining bipartisan support
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is set to introduce a bill within weeks that would bar Google and other large tech firms from controlling multiple parts of the online ad supply...