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Trump posts cell phone number of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in fight over daylight saving timePresident Donald Trump is urging people to call the personal cellphone number of Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas after posting the number online. Trump wants the Senate to help pass the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent. The bill passed the House in July but some Republican senators — including Cotton — oppose it.…
Senators question FDA nominee Overton about her views on abortion pill and vaccinesPresident Donald Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration is facing questions from Senate lawmakers considering her nomination. Thursday’s hearing is expected to focus on Dr. Heidi Overton’s views on vaccines and abortion drugs. Both have come under new scrutiny at the FDA under Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Overton is a…
How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to doTwo senators who are set to retire have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years. It’s one of the most perilous political efforts that a member of Congress can undertake. So it’s telling that this push is being led by two lawmakers who are…
US Rep. Julia Letlow wins the Louisiana Republican primary for SenateU.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Letlow was endorsed by President Donald Trump. She defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff Saturday. The two candidates finished ahead of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy last month after Trump vowed to defeat him as punishment for his vote to convict him on impeachment…