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The Senate votes on a bipartisan resolution on April 30

Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill bipartisan effort to rebuke Trump’s trade policy

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked

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People walk past the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters a block from the White House on March 6 in Washington

Housing advocates ‘very worried’ veterans could face foreclosure as VA mortgage rescue program phases out

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Affordable housing advocates and congressional Democrats are warning that more foreclosures may occur as the Department of Veterans Affairs phases out a mortgage rescue program for financially strapped veterans this week. Beginning Thursday, the VA will no longer accept enrollees to the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase Program, or VASP,

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A pedestrian walks past the Federal Election Commission's headquarters in October 2016

Election watchdog loses its enforcement powers as Trump seeks to exert more control over its decisions

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The agency charged with policing federal campaign finance laws is losing its enforcement and policy-making powers with the resignation of a Republican commissioner. Allen Dickerson’s departure Wednesday — combined with President Donald Trump’s February firing of long-serving Democratic Commissioner Ellen Weintraub — leaves the Federal Election Commission with just

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Supreme Court’s conservative majority open to endorsing the use of state funds for a Catholic charter school

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday seemed open to backing the creation of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, a decision that would expand the availability of taxpayer money for religious education in school systems across the nation. During more than two hours of at times feisty arguments

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Marco Rubio and Salvadoran president have been in touch about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sources say

By Priscilla Alvarez, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele have been directly in touch about the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the US mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison, according to multiple sources familiar with the previously undisclosed

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Inside JB Pritzker’s public and private efforts to counter Trump and challenge fellow Democrats

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — JB Pritzker greeted Rep. Maggie Goodlander with a joke. Answering his own question about how the New Hampshire congresswoman’s first few months in office have been, the Illinois governor laughed: “Awful, right?” But the conversation immediately became a mini-huddle about the debates they’ve each been having

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Supporters claim victory after state Supreme Court upholds Prop A

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Supporters of a voter-passed proposition rejoiced after a court’s decision on Tuesday. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition A, which raised the state’s minimum wage and requires employers to offer paid sick leave, rejecting arguments from business groups that the ballot measure was misleading and unconstitutional. The court’s majority ruled

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