McConnell on vote to undo Trump tariffs against Canada: ‘We need to reinforce our allies’

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the United States needs to “reinforce our allies” when asked why he voted to undo President Trump’s tariffs against Canada. Four GOP senators, including McConnell,…

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Author: Lauren Irwin

Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs

Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plans

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Author: Lauren Gambino

House Republicans Demand Documents About ActBlue Departures

Republicans began investigating ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fund-raising platform, last year in part of a broader bid to target key Democratic organizations.

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Author: Reid J. Epstein,Shane Goldmacher

Musk to keep spending on politics despite Wisconsin loss, GOP doubts

Musk and his PAC plan to remain highly involved in boosting GOP candidates, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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Author: Hannah Knowles,Liz Goodwin,Trisha Thadani

Wisconsin Republicans Hit Their Vote Target, but Democrats Blew Past Theirs

The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state.

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Author: Reid J. Epstein

Secrets of dinosaur gathering revealed by newly discovered footprints

Footprints found on the Isle of Skye show herbivores and carnivores gathered 167 million years ago

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Author: Nick Forbes

How Booker pulled off the Senate’s longest speech ever

Unlike Thurmond’s bathroom break, Booker never left the floor.

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Author: Stephen Neukam

Political parties: Respect working-class voters

Re: “Democrats have lost the common touch” (March 28, Opinion): If you grew up in the Midwest as I did, the MAGA movement would not surprise you. David Horsey’s editorial cartoon and one-sentence comment sums it up completely. If you…

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Author: Letters editor

Senate votes to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs

The resolution, offered by Sen. Tim Kaine, would repeal the emergency declaration that allowed Trump to place tariffs on Canada.

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Author: Stephen Neukam

Booker’s Senate record broke Thurmond’s plea to ‘go down fighting’ against voting rights

The New Jersey senator said he didn’t like that the record for the longest Senate speech was held by “someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate.”

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Author: Curtis Bunn

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security

PURSUING RECIPROCITY TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY AND RESTORE NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that foreign trade and

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Author: @whitehouse