On March 9, 2026, a group of Senate Democrats escalated their opposition to the Trump administration’s undeclared war on Iran by announcing they would force a series of repeated War Powers Act votes unless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to testify …
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 3, 2026 for her first major oversight hearing since the deaths of two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. The nearly four-hour session produced extraordinary bipartisan …
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Twelve bipartisan senators write to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The letter is led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), with additional …
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Morton County Sheriff’s Department and allied law enforcement agencies attack approximately 400 peaceful water protectors attempting to cross Backwater Bridge near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades in temperatures as low …
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