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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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Flurry of House activity on 2025 federal spending, but not much bipartisanship

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In the House, it’s one down and 11 to go for the appropriations bills that make up the federal budget for 2025. And lawmakers are set to make a lot of progress over the next several weeks, with an aggressive schedule of votes coming up. Loren Duggan is Deputy News Director at Bloomberg Government spoke with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview Transcript:  Loren Duggan This is the latest week that’s very spending focused in the House. As you mentioned, three of the…

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