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MoveOn Announces 21 U.S. House Endorsements

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – After resoundingly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, MoveOn members have officially endorsed 21 Democratic candidates for U.S. House seats in key target races across the country. This is part of the group’s $ 32 million 2024 election program to protect our futures and our democracy against the planned Project 2025 takeover from MAGA extremists in the U.S. Capitol and the White House.  MoveOn members endorsed the following candidates in races crucial to protecting the U.S. House from Republican control: Kirsten Engel (Arizona, District 6) Adam…

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Last chance to apply for White House internship

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Today is the last day to apply for a federal internship with the White House. And as of 2022, those early-career positions are now paid too. The Biden administration says it’s paying its interns to try to reduce barriers for low-income students and improve diversity of each class of interns. For this round of internships, applications close tonight at 11:59 p.m. Those selected for the program will kick off their work in spring 2025. (Spring 2025 internship applications – White House) Regardless of who wins, an incoming president has to…

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EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Slam Democrats for Pushing Gun Control After Trump Assassination Attempt

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House Republicans criticized Democrats on Monday for using a hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump to call for gun control.  Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was at the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing to testify about security failures that led to a 20-year-old gunman opening fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this month, shooting the former president in the ear, wounding two rallygoers, and killing a third.  But committee members such as Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.; and Congressional Delegate Eleanor…

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House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. And even before the first hearing Republican calls for Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign intensified Wednesday with top Republican leaders from both the House and the Senate saying she should step down. The director has said she has no intention…

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Advertising Giant GARM Illegally Censored Conservative Outlets, House Report Finds

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The Global Alliance for Responsible Media likely violated federal antitrust laws by censoring the speech of conservative news outlets and personalities, the House Judiciary Committee concludes in a new report. GARM used its “tremendous market power in the advertising industry” to keep advertising dollars away from certain conservative news platforms, including Breitbart, Fox News, and The Daily Wire, according to the report released Wednesday by the committee chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. According to the report, emails show the alliance’s leadership strategized on how to use the coalition against…

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The federal workforce is growing, as House appropriators consider agency spending cuts

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With a net gain of more than 80,000 civilian employees during fiscal 2023, the federal workforce posted yet another year of growth. Between 2019 and 2023, more than 140,000 employees joined the civil service, an increase of about 7%, according to data that the non-partisan, non-profit Partnership for Public Service compiled and released this week. The majority of the growth in the past couple of years occurred in 2023 alone — the federal workforce grew by 4% in just that one year, the Partnership said. The latest increase brings the…

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