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Republicans Want Voters To Provide Proof Of Citizenship To Vote. Millions Could Be Impacted.

Mar 31, 2025, 05:45 AM EDT When she was working as an election official in Arizona years ago, Tammy Patrick encountered voters who supported what was then the state’s new “proof of citizenship” law for voter registration — only to realize that they had been disenfranchised by it. “They’d say, ‘I voted for that!’” she recalled of the voters, many of whom were “snowbirds, older people, who didn’t have the wherewithal to get [the correct documents] because the documents didn’t exist anymore.” “I ...

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JUST IN: Republican Quits House Freedom Caucus In Protest of Colleagues Killing Bill to Help New Mothers

Mar 31st, 2025, 4:32 pm Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday after the group moved to block a vote on her proposal to let new mothers and fathers in the House vote by proxy instead of needing to travel with newborns. “For several years, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with you, from the speaker’s fight — where I was one of only 20 — to numerous efforts aimed at bringing the institutional change Washington so desperately needs. My goal has always b ...

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Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees over price-gouging

Updated 5:43 PM EDT, March 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was signing an executive order Monday that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced. Designed to stop “price-gouging by middlemen,” the order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ensure that scalpers offering tickets at higher prices than their face value comply with all Internal Revenue Service rules, ...

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Republican Operative Nicholas Jacobs Locks Twitter After Elon Musk Check Controversy

Nicholas Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans and a rising GOP operative, has locked his Twitter account following intense backlash over his acceptance of a $1 million check from Elon Musk. The controversial payout, handed to Jacobs during Musk’s March 30 rally in Green Bay, has fueled accusations that he was being rewarded for his political influence rather than as an impartial voter. Critics across social media questioned the ethics of a prominent Republican activist receiving s ...

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Senate Republicans urge Trump, allies to stop threatening courts

03/31/25 6:00 AM ET Republican senators are warning that any efforts to impeach James Boasberg, the federal judge who ruled against President Trump’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members and is now handling a lawsuit related to senior Trump officials’ use of Signal, would be dead on arrival in the Senate. Senior Senate Republicans also say they will oppose any effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to defund federal courts that rule against Trump’s agenda, sending a message that the ...

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Trump says planned April 2 tariffs will 'start with all countries'

(NBC News) President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a smaller group of 10 to 15 countries with the biggest trade imbalances. Trump has promised to unveil a massive tariff plan on Wednesday, which he has dubbed “Liberation Day.” White House economics adviser Kevin Hassett recently told Fox Business that the administration’s tariffs focus would be on 10 to 15 countries with the worst trade imbalances, though he did not list them.

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Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom

(The Guardian) Stock markets across the world fell heavily on Monday after Donald Trump suggested that new tariffs he is expected to announce this week would hit “all countries”. Shares fell across Asia-Pacific markets and in Europe after the US president crushed hopes that “reciprocal tariffs” expected on Wednesday would only target countries that have the largest trade imbalances with the US.

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JD Vance's role in Signal chat angers senior Republican lawmakers

(NBC News) Vice President JD Vance’s last-minute concerns about President Donald Trump’s decision to strike the Houthis in Yemen, raised in a now-public Signal chat with other top U.S. officials, have left senior Republican lawmakers angry. Some are upset because they think Vance was trying to block a directive from Trump. Others, reflecting a broader debate inside the administration and the GOP over the wisdom of embarking on a stepped-up campaign against the militant group, are upset about the side he took.

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House GOP leaders look to hold off push to impeach judges by prioritizing hearings, bill to limit reach of rulings

(CNN Politics) When House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sat with President Donald Trump at the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia earlier this month, it was only a matter of time before they discussed the party’s brewing effort to impeach federal judges seen as blocking the president’s agenda. Trump and Elon Musk have publicly pushed GOP lawmakers to impeach federal judges impeding the administration – a call that a number of far-right GOP lawmakers have seized on, introducing impeachment resolutions in the House. But House GOP leadership has signaled in recent days that they don’t have the votes to greenlight the effort and are pursuing other avenues.

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More Than 11,000 Tuberculosis Deaths Since Trump Cuts

(Political Wire) CNN: “Already, more than 11,000 additional TB patients are estimated to have died in the two months since almost all USAID funding froze on January 24.” “TB infections are also expected to increase by 28-32% globally this year as a result of the cuts.”

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House Democrat Introduces Bill To Expand Access To Trans Health Care

15 min ago - Mar 31, 2025, 05:46 PM EDT Democratic Rep. Becca Balint — the first openly gay lawmaker to represent Vermont in Congress — on Monday introduced legislation to expand access to gender-affirming care for trans people across the country, by im ... (Huff Post)

Senate Democrats Seek to Squash GOP Scoring Method

43 min ago - March 31, 2025 at 4:30 pm EDT “Senate Democratic staff is meeting with the chamber’s referee office Monday in a bid to stop Republicans from using a controversial scoring method on their upcoming tax bill,” Bloomberg reports. “Th ... (Political Wire)

Wall Street is fed up with Trump's tariffs. Stocks are off to their worst start to a year since 2022

1 hr ago - Mon, March 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT As Wall Street heads into a new quarter, a flurry of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are set to go into effect. That has traders on edge and has helped put US stocks in their worst first-quarter slump in years ... (Yahoo! Finance/CNN)

SEC continuing $150 million lawsuit against Elon Musk

1 hr ago - 12h The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing its $150 million lawsuit against Elon Musk that was brought during the Biden administration. According to a court filing Monday, the tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Ef ... (msn/ABC News)

White House Correspondents Association says Trump administration is trying to pressure reporters

1 hr ago - Updated 3:16 PM EDT, Mon March 31, 2025 CNN — The White House Correspondents’ Association says the Trump administration should abandon its “wrong-headed effort” to take control of the press briefing room seating chart. In a memo ... (CNN Business)

SpaceX launches 4 people on a polar orbit never attempted before

2 hrs ago - SpaceX on Monday launched its latest mission for paying customers: This time, a Crew Dragon spacecraft is carrying a cryptocurrency billionaire and three guests on a dayslong trip that will orbit directly above Earth’s North and South poles  ... (CNN/Yahoo)

Hooters files for bankruptcy

6 hrs ago - NEW YORK -- Hooters - the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings - filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand said it isn't going anywhere. In the bankrupt ... (ABC 7)

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt 'honored' with Trump's White House invite for 2019 Super Bowl team

7 hrs ago - The Chiefs never visited the White House after that Super Bowl win due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared weeks after the game. Hunt spoke to reporters Monday at the NFL owners meeting in Florida. "We're very honored that the president woul ... (KMBC)

Trump travel ban indefinitely delayed as U.S. continues to revoke visas

8 hrs ago - WASHINGTON — A plan for the Trump administration to bar entry into the United States from foreign nationals whose countries do not meet its vetting standards has been indefinitely postponed, with no new date set. The State Department said Monday ... (USA Today)

White House says case 'closed' on Signal chat despite calls for investigations

8 hrs ago - Politics Mar 31, 2025 5:07 PM EDT White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trump’s confidence and that it was done discussing the embarrassing matter of ... (PBS)

Democratic senators urge Trump to revamp China trade ties, revise free trade deals

8 hrs ago - March 31, 2025 11:19 AM EDT Updated 9 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Three Democratic senators on Monday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to "dramatically revise" the United States' trade relationship with China along with 14 free trade ... (Reuters)

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show

8 hrs ago - The DOGE-affiliated acting president of the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded, independent think tank, has moved to transfer the agency’s $500 million headquarters building to the General Services Administration free of ... (Wired)

Nonprofit groups sue Trump administration over election executive order, calling it unconstitutional

8 hrs ago - Updated 5:24 PM EDT, March 31, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Two election watchdog organizations sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over his executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections through a proof-of-citiz ... (AP)

House Republicans And Democrats Find Common Ground In Opposing GOP Member Hanging a 'Wanted Poster' For Judges

9 hrs ago - House Republicans And Democrats Find Common Ground In Opposing GOP Member Hanging a ‘Wanted Poster’ For Judges Outside His Office Alex Griffing Mar 31st, 2025, 6:14 pm Top House Democrats and Republicans agreed during a House Rules Commit ... (mediaite)

'We weren't stuck': Nasa astronauts tell of space odyssey and reject claims of neglect

9 hrs ago - In the end, whatever Elon Musk and Donald Trump liked to insist, astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were never stuck, nor stranded in space, and definitely not abandoned or marooned. The world heard on Monday, for the firs ... (Guardian)

Rubio says 17 more 'violent criminals' sent to El Salvador prison

9 hrs ago - Posted 12:32 PM, Mar 31, 2025 and last updated 1:24 PM, Mar 31, 2025 The U.S. has sent another group of suspected gang members to El Salvador. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X that the group of 17 included "violent criminals from th ... (Scripps News)

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

9 hrs ago - The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave. The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to museums and libraries across the United States. Th ... (NPR)

Under financial and political pressure, the LGBTQ+ community is 'putting the protest back in Pride' celebrations

9 hrs ago - Updated 9:05 AM EDT, Mon March 31, 2025 CNN — Jordan Braxton still remembers her first Pride celebration in St. Louis, when it was still a relatively small gathering of about 5,000 people asserting their identity, in a city where simply being ... (CNN US)

New FDA commissioner agreed to oust top vaccine regulator after private swearing-in

10 hrs ago - 03/31/2025 02:26 PM EDT Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary signed off on the ouster of top vaccine official Peter Marks shortly after being quietly sworn in as the agency’s new leader late last week, four people familiar with ... (Politico)

Judge blocks Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for Venezuelans

10 hrs ago - March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for some Venezuelan immigrants. In a case brought by the National TPS Alliance, a group that advocates for immigrants, U.S. District J ... (Reuters)

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