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Boebert raising gold-level prize money for female Olympic athlete bested by boxer barred from women's events

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is seeking to raise the equivalent of a gold medal for an Olympic athlete who was defeated by an opponent who previously failed gender eligibility tests. Italian boxer Angela Carini competed in the 66-kilogram women’s division Olympic boxing match Thursday, but abandoned the fight just 45 seconds in after getting...

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Ex-Marine leads plea for Congress to hear exiled Afghan resistance leader's warnings

A retired Recon Marine who conducted civilian rescues within Afghanistan, a former Navy SEAL and an ex-Pentagon chief are among the figures clamoring for Congress to hear from a top Afghan resistance leader and to stop directly or indirectly financially backing the Taliban government there. Around the time of the U.S.’ withdrawal, National Resistance Front...

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'No Kings Act': Schumer advances Biden SCOTUS overhaul with bill to strip Trump’s immunity

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took the first step to advance President Biden’s Supreme Court overhaul plan, beginning with a measure to strip immunity from former President Trump after last month’s ruling in his favor. The “No Kings Act” would “clarify” that the Constitution does not entitle presidents to immunity from criminal prosecution for...

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Kamala Harris hit for her role in promoting IRA funding of 'anti-American' groups

Vice President Kamala Harris is being criticized for her support for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the organizations that have been chosen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive grants under the law. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ranking member Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., shared findings from her investigation into...

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New acting Secret Service director, FBI official face Senate questions on Trump assassination attempt

The new acting director of the Secret Service is testifying before Congress on Tuesday alongside a senior FBI official regarding the assassination attempt against former President Trump. Acting director Ronald Rowe Jr. and FBI Deputy director Paul Abbate are appearing for a joint hearing with the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees. It is the...

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Trump assassination attempt: FBI still does not have complete access to shooter’s online activity

BUTLER, Pa. – FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate revealed Tuesday that federal investigators do not have complete access to emails that former President Trump’s shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, sent. “I think we’ve experienced a range of returns because some of the applications that he was using online were encrypted in nature,” Abbate said while testifying...

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Acting Secret Service director tells Senate Trump shooting was 'a failure of the Secret Service'

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, Jr. admitted to the Senate on Tuesday that the assassination attempt against former President Trump was “a failure of the Secret Service,” and not local law enforcement. Rowe’s admission was the most direct assignment of guilt by the Secret Service and investigators since the July 13 shooting. The acting...

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Senate unanimously condemns 'horrifying' Trump assassination attempt

Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., led a majority of the Senate in co-sponsoring a resolution to officially condemn the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. The resolution passed by unanimous consent in the upper chamber on Thursday, officially condemning the attempt on Trump’s life, honoring “the victims who...