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Reporter’s Notebook: Summer ends, but the Senate’s fall crunch begins
The article, a Fox News reporter’s notebook, describes a hectic autumn workload facing the US Senate as its summer recess ends, with bipartisan lawmakers racing to avoid a government shutdown. The stakes are significant because the federal fiscal year begins on 1 October, and failure to act would risk a repeat of the prolonged 43-day…
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DC to vote on foie gras ban in November
Washington, D.C., voters will decide in November whether to ban the sale of foie gras, setting up a fight between animal welfare advocates and the city’s fine-dining industry over the controversial delicacy. The D.C. Board of Elections on Wednesday certified Initiative 86, also known as the Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act, officially placing the…
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Republicans vote down farm bill amendment enabling lawsuits against pesticide companies, a blow to MAHA
Senate Republicans on Thursday voted down an amendment that sought to open up Americans’ ability to sue pesticide companies over the health impacts of their products. The amendment to the Senate farm bill failed in a party-line vote. While the measure was backed by all of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Democrats and none of its…
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Detroit voters call on Democrats to unite around El-Sayed after stunning victory of far-left progressive
Fox News Digital spoke to voters in Detroit following Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Democratic primary for a Michigan US Senate seat, with locals urging the party to rally behind the self-described democratic socialist candidate ahead of November’s general election. His win has become a flashpoint within the Democratic Party, with figures such as Bernie…
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Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment
Snails are slimy. But there’s more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It’s a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
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Democrats targeting 12 additional red districts in midterms push to retake House
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has expanded its list of Republican-held US House seats it plans to target in the November midterm elections, adding 12 new districts to the 46 it had already earmarked as potential flips. The move signals Democrats’ broader push to retake control of the House, with the party’s campaign arm…
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The park service says Trump’s arch would obstruct historic sites. Could it be moved?
President Trump’s proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there’s been minimal discussion of alternate locations.
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Vance meets with Senate GOP to help settle fight over hemp language in funding stopgap
Vice President Vance met with Senate Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday to discuss how to move the Republican agenda, which has stalled in part because of a fierce intraparty fight over delaying a ban on hemp-derived, intoxicating products, such as delta-8 THC. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) invited Vance to speak to GOP colleagues at…
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FCC votes to eliminate broadcast ownership rule
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to eliminate a long-standing rule capping the number of households a single broadcaster can reach nationwide, a move the commission said is necessary to better help television networks compete with the rapid growth of tech companies in the media sector. The now-scrapped rule, which had been in…