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Members Confused Why British Monarch Set to Address Congress 250 Years After America Dumped Him

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This piece includes satire. King Charles III of the United Kingdom is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 28. Ahead of the address, members of Congress told The Daily Signal they were unaware or did not know why the King would come address Congress 250 years after America ran the monarchy out of town. The King’s visit will be the first time a British royal addresses Congress since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, delivered an address to Congress in 1991. In response to Punchbowl News scooping…

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ICYMI: MoveOn Ramps Up Pressure for Congress to Reject DHS Funding

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Read Reporting from Puck News and Axios Historic 40,000+ letters to Congress in three days WASHINGTON – As reported by Puck News and Axios, MoveOn Civic Action is increasing the grassroots pressure on Congress to reject the The Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The news follows a historic rise in MoveOn member advocacy for the Trump administration and Congress to rein in ICE, with nearly 40,000 letters sent to Congress in only three days. Members have been activated to call congressional offices throughout the week.   “Trump and Republicans slashed our health…

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MoveOn: Congress Needs to Go To Minnesota and Block DHS Funding

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WASHINGTON – In response to ICE’s latest murder in Minnesota, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “As we can see with our own eyes, Trump’s ICE murdered another person today. President Trump, DHS, and ICE are lying to the American people to cover up state-sanctioned violence. We cannot trust a word out of the Trump administration’s mouths. ICE needs to follow the guidance of local officials and residents and get out of Minneapolis immediately. Members of Congress must show some spine and do everything in…

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Census Battle: How This Lawsuit Could Change Political Power in Congress

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A federal lawsuit could be decided in early 2026 to require the Census Bureau to only count people rather than use statistical sampling—a move that could determine who controls Congress.  The 2020 Census overcounted the population of several Democrat-leaning states and undercounted the population of several Republican-leaning states. While the agency admitted this was an error, plaintiffs in the case of University of South Florida College Republicans et al. v. Lutnick allege that its method of sampling led to the inaccuracies in the Census—and, ultimately, to the wrong apportionment of seats in Congress. Commerce…

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Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ for troops is housing money approved by Congress

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President Donald Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” bonus for service members, which he suggested would be funded by tariff revenue, is actually a one-time basic allowance for housing stipend already approved by Congress, according to a senior administration official. The $ 1,776 bonus payment Trump announced while addressing the nation Wednesday night will be paid using funds Congress appropriated to the Defense Department in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed into law in July, to supplement the basic allowance for housing. Congress appropriated $ 2.9 billion to supplement the…

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