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By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law Monday that capped the number of campaign dollars political candidates could use to repay themselves for money they personally loaned their campaigns, handing a victory to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who challenged the restriction. The …

Kristen Clarke was confirmed by Senate in a 51-48 vote on Tuesday to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division. Clarke is the first Black woman to serve in this position. “Our nation is a healthier place when we respect the rights of all communities. …

According to reporting from CNN, Neera Tanden will serve as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden. Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. A long-time health policy expert, …

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, alongside U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The military justice reform bill would …

The Republican National Committee and three other organizations spent $1 million bulk buying Republican candidates books. According to The Wrap, the National Republican Congressional Committee spent $400,000 on 25,500 copies of Representative Dan Crenshaw’s memoir, “Fortitude,” the Senate Conservatives Fund spent $90,000 on Senator Tom Cotton’s “Sacred Duty,” and $65,000 …

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. Many Republicans are condemning the president’s plan because they believe that it’s not the right time to remove the troops. “Precipitously withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan …

President Joe Biden is under fire for the influx of migrants at the southern border. Senator Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, and more than a dozen Republican Senators went to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where most migrants are crossing into the United States. “John and I were able to …

Various Senate Republicans have publicly criticized former President Donald Trump’s legal defense team’s performance on day 1 of his second impeachment trial. Most of the criticism was reserved for attorney Bruce Castor, who delivered a sometimes rambling and unfocused opening argument while trying to make the case that the trial …

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday there is “no common ground” to work together legislatively after his “role” in the Capitol riot earlier this month and urged him to resign. “You almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out,” …

A group of seven Senate Democrats filed an ethics complaint Thursday against Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) over the January 6 Capitol riots. “The Senate Ethics Committee should investigate their conduct to fully understand their role. The actions of which we know demand an investigation and a …

Sen. Ted Cruz‘s (R-Texas) communication director has announced her resignation after the deadly events at the U.S. Capitol. Lauren Blair Bianchi, who has worked with Cruz since 2019, said in a brief statement, “I’m grateful to Senator Cruz for the opportunity and wish him and his first-rate staff nothing but …