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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year. The bipartisan bill, which next heads to President Joe Biden, will eliminate longtime reductions to Social Security benefits for nearly 3 million people who …

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Congress clears government shutdown patch following Trump, Musk disruptions

Politico

Congressional Democrats, howling about the way the two billionaire businessmen pressured and threatened Republicans into backtracking on the agreement, largely voted in favor of the package in the end. “The president put his stamp on it, so let’s get ‘er done,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Friday night. “I’m disappointed that E-15 wasn’t in there, very, very disappointed,” Sen. Joni Ernst …

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Trump orders Senate GOP not to ‘fast-track’ confirmations — Will some nominees change?

Raw Story

After strongly defending even his most controversial nominees, and amid growing skepticism, pushback, and occasional mockery, even from Republican senators, President-elect Donald Trump issued a confusing statement Tuesday night, ordering Senate Republicans to not "fast track" any "nominations." "To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS," Trump wrote Tuesday night …

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'Never again': MAGA attorney threatens 'attitude adjustment' for senators opposing Trump

Raw Story

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina stirred things up in MAGA world over the weekend when he suggested that Donald Trump's current strategy for backing his nominees could backfire. Tillis gave an interview with Fox News, during which he spoke out about Trump's pressure campaign to get his controversial nominees, such as Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard and Pete …

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'A lot of risks': GOP Senator puts Trump on notice that nomination strategy may backfire

Raw Story

Donald Trump on Sunday was warned by a Republican Senator that the President-elect's current strategy for pushing his Cabinet nominations could backfire. Sen. Thom Tillis gave an interview with Fox News over the weekend, during which he spoke out about Trump's pressure campaign to get his controversial nominees confirmed. Tillis said the maneuvering will “run a lot of risks,” "including …

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December 15, 2024 - Presidential transition news

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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina blames “third parties,” not the president-elect, for pressure on senators to fall in line behind Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. “I don’t believe that it’s coming directly out of Mar-a-Lago,” Tillis said of the pressure campaigns in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “If people want to play the outside game, then they run …

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UC Irvine hosts CSU Bakersfield after Tillis’ 25-point outing

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners at UC Irvine Anteaters Irvine, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Anteaters -15; over/under is 134 BOTTOM LINE: UC Irvine plays CSU Bakersfield after Devin Tillis scored 25 points in UC Irvine’s 67-60 victory against the Towson Tigers. UC Irvine …

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Tillis scores 15, UC Irvine knocks off Kennesaw State 76-59 at Western Slam

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! LETHBRIDGE, Alberta — Devin Tillis had 15 points in UC Irvine’s 76-59 win over Kennesaw State on Thursday night at the Western Slam, Tillis went 6 of 8 from the field for the Anteaters. UC Irvine is off to its best start since it won …

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Trump warned by GOP senator that Tulsi Gabbard faces a hard road to confirmation

Raw Story

Now that scandal-plagued ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz has stepped aside as Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, Republicans are sending out signals that his other cabinet nominees will be receiving increased scrutiny after the "botched" selection. In a report from the Wall Street Journal, there is evidence that GOP lawmakers –– particularly those in the Senate who will have a …

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Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. Sen. Thom Tillis said Gaetz was “in a pressure cooker” when he decided to withdraw, but suggested that it would have little bearing on Trump’s other …

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Republican Senators On Matt Gaetz Dropping Out: Phew

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Republican senators were shocked last week when President-elect Donald Trump announced Matt Gaetz would be his nominee for attorney general. “I thought it was problematic, and I think, as some of our members have expressed, as they’ve learned more about it, there was perhaps some information out there that the president was not aware of …

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Why the Matt Gaetz report blew up the Ethics Committee

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday, the House Ethics Committee met for more than an hour in the …

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Here Are the GOP Senators Best Positioned to Take on Trump

Politico

Not that this is the Hollywood version of the Senate. Yes, it’s those senators who may never have to face Republican primary voters again and are therefore immune from Trump’s greatest power — his control of the GOP base. It’s worth watching, though, because this same bloc of Republican lawmakers would also be the most likely to reemerge later in …

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'Intense pressure': Senate Democrats urged to make GOP pay for MAGA loyalty

Raw Story

With Republicans set to control a unified government next year, Democrats need to crank up the pressure on the Senate GOP, wrote former conservative turned anti-GOP commentator Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post — subjecting them to as much voter pressure as possible to block the most damaging parts of the MAGA agenda and exacting as much political pain on …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Order in the Senate!' Sparks fly as Rand Paul derails GOP-backed hurricane relief bill

Raw Story

Sen. Rand Paul clashed with Sen. Thom Tillis over a bill to provide disaster relief funding to parts of Virginia and North Carolina recently devastated by a hurricane. In a Senate floor speech on Thursday, Tillis called for the relief bill to be passed by unanimous consent. "This bill, if it got amended, has no prayer," the North Carolina lawmaker …

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'Order in the Senate!' Sparks fly as Rand Paul derails GOP-backed hurricane relief bill

Raw Story

Sen. Rand Paul clashed with Sen. Thom Tillis over a bill to provide disaster relief funding to parts of Virginia and North Carolina recently devastated by a hurricane. In a Senate floor speech on Thursday, Tillis called for the relief bill to be passed by unanimous consent. "This bill, if it got amended, has no prayer," the North Carolina lawmaker …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

The North Carolina Republican stuck between Mark Robinson and Trump

The Independent

Embattled gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was not the only Republican absent at former president Donald Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina last weekend. Back in 2023, Tillis endorsed Bill Graham in the primary for governor rather than Robinson, which led to Robinson calling Tillis “North Carolina’s Mitt Romney”. “Not many Republicans in North Carolina have done so, so credit to …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP senator demands Democrats be 'intellectually honest' in their Mark Robinson attacks

Raw Story

Sen. Thom Tillis on Wednesday blasted "political hacks" who are suggesting embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson could harm the party up-ballot, and slammed Democratic attacks against his party, pointing out that Vice President Kamala Harris once praised Sean "Diddy" Combs. Tillis told Raw Story on Wednesday that he doesn't believe Robinson will have an up-ballot impact on North Carolina …

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In effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson said Tuesday his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. The announcement comes as more North Carolina Republicans disturbed by last week’s report said that if Robinson can’t formally refute the …

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Oops! Mark Robinson Decries ‘Lies' About Porn Site Posts, Then Says They 'Possibly Happened'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson lashed out Monday against “the false lies” about him in a CNN investigative report Thursday that uncovered years of disturbing comments he made in a forum on a porn website. “You’d better understand I am coming after CNN full-throttle,” a visibly angry Robinson told reporters about taking legal …

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Embattled NC Republican must take 'legal action' — or 'accountability': GOP senator

Raw Story

North Carolina's Republican senior U.S. senator on Friday evening called for the state's embattled GOP gubernatorial candidate to make a decision: take accountability or take legal action. Mark Robinson has denied an explosive report this week from CNN's KFILE that he praised slavery and called himself a "Black Nazi" on a pornographic message board years before entering politics. Sen. Thom …

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'Today's your lucky day': CNN conservative put on the spot over Mark Robinson scandal

Raw Story

CNN's Scott Jennings drew the unenviable assignment of providing a conservative defense of embattled North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, after reports emerged about shocking comments he made years ago on a smutty online forum. The Donald Trump-endorsed Republican candidate flatly denied the comments, including an anecdote about spying on a women's locker room and stating "I'm a black NAZI," …

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Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Sept. 16

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In a Sept. 19 Television, Luke Winkie misstated that Jeopardy! In a Sept. 18 War Stories, Fred Kaplan misstated that U.S. officials who have spoken to the press knew about the Israeli Hezbollah operation ahead of time. In a Sept. 15 Books, Imogen West-Knights misstated that FHM magazine named Gillian Anderson the sexiest woman in the world in 1998. Scott …

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Sen. Thom Tillis blasts Trump on 'crazy conspiracy theorist' MAGA influencer

Raw Story

North Carolina’s senior U.S. senator and the chairman of the state Republican Party offered starkly different assessments Friday on former President Donald Trump’s recent travel with far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. Enough.” Tillis’ comments echo those of his GOP colleague U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who told HuffPost on Thursday that Loomer’s history was “really toxic” …

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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees

Congress clears government shutdown patch following Trump, Musk disruptions

Trump orders Senate GOP not to ‘fast-track’ confirmations — Will some nominees change?

'Never again': MAGA attorney threatens 'attitude adjustment' for senators opposing Trump

'A lot of risks': GOP Senator puts Trump on notice that nomination strategy may backfire

December 15, 2024 - Presidential transition news

UC Irvine hosts CSU Bakersfield after Tillis’ 25-point outing

Tillis scores 15, UC Irvine knocks off Kennesaw State 76-59 at Western Slam

Trump warned by GOP senator that Tulsi Gabbard faces a hard road to confirmation

Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney general

Republican Senators On Matt Gaetz Dropping Out: Phew

Why the Matt Gaetz report blew up the Ethics Committee

Here Are the GOP Senators Best Positioned to Take on Trump

'Intense pressure': Senate Democrats urged to make GOP pay for MAGA loyalty

'Order in the Senate!' Sparks fly as Rand Paul derails GOP-backed hurricane relief bill

'Order in the Senate!' Sparks fly as Rand Paul derails GOP-backed hurricane relief bill

The North Carolina Republican stuck between Mark Robinson and Trump

GOP senator demands Democrats be 'intellectually honest' in their Mark Robinson attacks

In effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm

Oops! Mark Robinson Decries ‘Lies' About Porn Site Posts, Then Says They 'Possibly Happened'

Embattled NC Republican must take 'legal action' — or 'accountability': GOP senator

'Today's your lucky day': CNN conservative put on the spot over Mark Robinson scandal

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Sept. 16

Sen. Thom Tillis blasts Trump on 'crazy conspiracy theorist' MAGA influencer