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News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign

Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.

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Illegal immigrants would be banned from boarding commercial flights under GOP bill

A senior House Republican is poised to introduce legislation that would ban illegal immigrants from flying into the United States from abroad or from the border without the same documents that the general traveling public must have, the Washington Examiner has learned.

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Mexican cartel uses death threat to force tribal leader to cancel U.S. House testimony

A Mexican drug cartel used death threats to force a tribal leader to back out of testifying to Congress this week, according to another tribal leader who did show up to tell lawmakers just how much power the drug lords have accumulated.

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Sloan: Speaker Mike Johnson has chance to lead on Ukraine

House Speaker Mike Johnson is experiencing a defining moment in his career. As Congress resumes, he seems to have successfully – one hopes – hammered out a workable deal to finally get arms flowing to the Ukrainians as their defense starts to falter.

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In Biden’s latest gaffe, President declares he’s living in the wrong century

President Biden on Wednesday struggled through a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, fumbling to find his list of preselected reporters to call on and concluding the event by announcing he’s living in the wrong century.

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McCarthy says he’s not Speaker because ‘one person’ in Congress wanted to avoid ethics complaint

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said at an event Tuesday that he is no longer the leader of the House because “one person” in Congress wanted to avoid an ethics complaint about sexual misconduct.

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