GOP reverses move to consolidate antitrust at DOJ It's the latest example of Republicans course correcting during the first week of megabill markups.

NEW: "House Republicans backtracked on a plan Wednesday to yank antitrust responsibilities from the Federal Trade Commission and centralize all antitrust enforcement within the Justice Department."
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Make or Break YouTube video by Jordan Wood

Jordan Wood, who once was chief of staff to former Rep. Katie Porter, launches a challenge to GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.

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Approps Chair @TomColeOK04 sends letters to each committee chair listing various programs under their respective jurisdictions that need to be reauthorized.

Subcommittees will begin marking up bills in "late April" with bills done before Oct. 1, he says.

Trump’s power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit Hampton Dellinger, who led an ethics enforcement office, said his firing is illegal.

Trump’s power to fire executive branch officials will be tested in another lawsuit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's address to a joint session of U.S. Congress

What a wild ride it's been for South Korea’s impeached and arrested president Yoon Suk Yeol. He ws just indicted leading an insurrection. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

He addressed a joint session of Congress less than 2 years ago! kr.usembassy.gov/042823-south....

Dems fight to Trump-proof the federal judiciary They just topped the mark for confirmations set under Trump’s first term, but Senate Democrats are fighting to avoid Trump putting more of a stamp on the judiciary in his second.

🚨🚨 Dems fight to Trump-proof the federal judiciary

They just passed the number of life-time judicial slots filled under Biden (235), passing the mark set by Trump in his first term (234).

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Past Democratic presidential wannabes? Sign most Senate Republicans up. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ran for president as Democrats not very long ago, but few GOP members seem to be sweating that past political history.

Past Democratic presidential wannabes? Sign most Senate Republicans up. www.politico.com/live-updates...

How close is the race in California's 45th?

***58 votes****

Rep. Michelle Steel's (R) lead over Derek Tran. Still more votes to count here.