Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance

| Importance: 8/10

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 …

Richard Blumenthal Lisa Murkowski Jeff Merkley Chuck Schumer Amy Klobuchar +5 more epstein-network congressional-oversight doj-obstruction bipartisan inspector-general
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Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War

| Importance: 9/10

The Trump administration’s naval blockade of Venezuela has killed at least 105 people in 29 strikes on 30 vessels as of December 22. The US Coast Guard seized the Centuries tanker carrying 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan crude to China. Approximately 15,000 US troops and more than a dozen …

Donald Trump Nicolas Maduro Stephen Miller Pete Hegseth Jeff Merkley +2 more venezuela military-strikes naval-blockade war-powers drug-war +1 more
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