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Sep 18, 2026
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Internal Slack messages show staff approved flagged foreign donations rather than blocking them, three House committees say
But Speaker Johnson's 7-week recess pushes any floor vote to after the midterms
The House passed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's Russia and Iran sanctions bill 262-159, teeing up steep new tariffs on Moscow's oil buyers as it heads to Trump for signature.
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Plus: a Russian murder-for-hire plot busted in the DC area, Carney's EU associate-membership pitch draws Trump's ire, DOJ sues San Jose over its concealed-carry fee, Rand Paul blocks the Senate's AI ‘kill switch’ bill, and a new Fox News poll on the Iran war.
Sep 17, 2026
A proposal to redirect $12 billion in child-care funding toward married single-earner households draws 'socialism' and 'welfare' charges from the right.
