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Biden’s call for SCOTUS overhaul par for the Democratic course; experts call changes a ‘pipe dream’

President Biden’s latest call to overhaul the Supreme Court and his warning that “extremism is undermining public confidence” in the bench, is part of an ongoing pattern of institutional criticism, some legal experts have said. Biden called Monday for term limits and ethics guardrails for the justices to “prevent abuse of presidential power and restore...

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Lawmakers on Trump assassination task force share rare bipartisan ‘commitment’; omitted reps question absence

After House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., named their nominees to the Trump assassination attempt incident task force, the panel’s members expressed a bipartisan willingness to get to the bottom of how the historic tragedy was able to happen in the first place. Rep. Mike Kelly, the Pennsylvania Republican whose...

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Capture of 3 Palestinian terror suspects at border comes months after officials warned of Hamas fears

The reported capture of three Palestinian migrants at the southern border found to have terror ties marks the latest incident of migrants with terror links — and comes after officials told agents to be on the lookout for Hamas-tied fighters. The New York Post reported that three migrants with “possible ties to terrorist organizations” turned...

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'Stop pretending': Conservative activist wants Dems behind SCOTUS ethics rules to take their own medicine

A prominent conservative activist and philanthropist is pushing back against President Biden’s newly unveiled plan to make drastic changes to the Supreme Court and impose ethics rules, saying that if the president “were truly serious” about such transformations he’d start with Congress – “where the real corruption is.” On Monday, Biden and Vice President Kamala...

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Cornyn drives record fundraising as Senate leader race to succeed McConnell draws near

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, hit a fundraising milestone in the last quarter, just months ahead of the Senate Republican leader election, in which he’s hoping to fend off challengers to succeed reigning top fundraiser and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. He recently closed his highest-raising quarter in history with his joint fundraising...

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Cruz seeks to ‘safeguard’ schools from CCP influence, require parental review of foreign curricula

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz will put forward a bill Monday aimed at curbing the influence of China and other malign actors in U.S. schools. Cruz, R-Texas, authored the Senate’s version of the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act. The legislation requires schools to give parents the ability to review – or...