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Sen. Thom Tillis attends a hearing in Washington on June 25. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced June 29 he is not seeking reelection next year.

Sen. Thom Tillis announces he’s not seeking reelection, a day after voting against Trump’s agenda bill

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday he is not seeking reelection next year, a day after he was one of only two Republicans who voted against advancing President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda bill. Tillis had expressed concern about the impact that cuts to Medicaid would have

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Fairfax County Supervisor and former Chief of Staff to the late U.S. Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA) James Walkinshaw (D) speaks during the Congressional District 11 Candidates Forum at the Reston Community Center on June 24 in Reston

Former Gerry Connolly aide wins Democratic primary in bid to replace him in US House seat from Virginia

By David Adkins, CNN (CNN) — Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw will be the Democratic nominee in the upcoming special election to replace the late Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, district party officials announced Saturday after a party-run primary. Walkinshaw will face Republican Stewart Whitson, who also won a party-run nominating event Saturday. Connolly had

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House GOP leadership discussing new ways to limit classified information on Capitol Hill

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can receive, after the White House indicated it will limit intelligence sharing with Congress going forward. Democrats are warning that would threaten their ability to do their jobs, and some Republicans also say

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The US Capitol building is seen on the day of a meeting of US Senators

Senate votes to move forward on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ though measure’s fate remains in question

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer, Ted Barrett and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question as other hurdles remain. After an

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts speaks during a lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025

After Supreme Court term, Chief Justice Roberts shrugs off ‘venting’ by those who lost

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Speaking a day after the Supreme Court ended its term with a burst of high-profile decisions, Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday warned “political people” against criticizing judges and shrugged off critics if they are “venting” just because they lost. Without addressing the court’s blockbuster decisions, including the high-profile

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Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett are pictured here.

Initially wary of Trump, Roberts and Barrett offer the president his biggest win of the Supreme Court term

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts chastised President Donald Trump early on in his second term, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointedly questioned whether his administration would adhere to court orders. But their public wariness of Trump was fleeting. And on Friday, Roberts enlisted Barrett to write the

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President Donald Trump gestures next to Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Truman Balcony after she was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Associate Justice during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House October 26

Amy Coney Barrett leaves no doubt that she stands with Trump and the conservative supermajority

By John Fritze and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — For months, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has faced fierce criticism from conservatives over some of her decisions in cases involving President Donald Trump. That even included Trump at times. But after Friday’s blockbuster opinion in the birthright citizenship case, that blowback was suddenly a

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