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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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MoveOn’s Fastest Growing SMS Petition in Five Years Calls for No U.S. Occupation of Venezuela

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See the petition here WASHINGTON – A MoveOn petition, with nearly 50,000 signatures and growing in less than 24 hours, is calling for no United States occupation of Venezuela. The petition follows Trump’s declaration the U.S. will “run” Venezuela and his decision to invade and capture its President, Nicolás Maduro. MoveOn members overwhelmingly reject yet another expensive and deadly war, leading to the group’s fastest growing SMS petition since the end of the first Trump administration.  “The American people did not vote for an illegal and taxpayer-funded forever war. There…

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Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won’t be spending $ 4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, is using what’s known as a pocket rescission — when a president submits a request to Congress to not spend approved funds toward the end of the fiscal year, so Congress cannot act on the request in a 45-day timeframe and the money goes unspent…

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This politician is still going strong at 75 years old

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Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) could be called a renaissance man of Congress. He’s been a successful businessman, ambassador, philanthropist, civic booster and elected official at the state and tfederal levels. A life-long learner, he’s also been a regular guest on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, and joined Tom for a final interview. Interview transcript: Tom Temin Congressman Beyer, good to have you back. Don Beyer Thank you, Tom, very much. And I get a lot of lifelong learning on your show. Tom Temin Well, I appreciate that very much.…

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Five years after congressional report, national service recommendations face test

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A bipartisan congressional commission released its recommendations to strengthen all forms of service to meet the country’s needs just as COVID shut down the country in 2020. Now, five years later, Congress received an update on progress and unfinished business. Federal News Network’s Terry Gerton spoke with Dr. Joe Heck, the former chair of the Commission on the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to get his take on how times have changed and why his recommendations still matter. Interview transcript: Joe…

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