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The 'ICE Tax': What the Data Actually Says About Immigration Raids and Your Grocery Bill

A new report links mass deportation to higher grocery, housing and health care costs nationwide. Here's what the data actually shows.

Latin Times

'It's a raise against Trump:' Despite inflation being ahead of target for five years, Trump brands latest hike as political

"The problem they have is that we have the greatest economy in history ... so they're raising that only for political reasons, and that's a raise against Trump."

Fortune

Frail Mitch McConnell appears to need assist from fellow Republicans after he nearly votes wrong way in Senate

McConnell is accused of nearly voting with Democrats by mistake at Agriculture committee meeting

The Independent UK

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Mitch McConnell ‘got 92 days of paid’ leave but ‘a mother gets none’: Internet trashes senator’s absence

McConnell cited the lingering effects of childhood polio as a factor in his slow recovery

The Independent UK

Where Is Mitch McConnell? Capitol Police Presence at DC Home Raises New Questions After Senate No-Show

Mitch McConnell missed the Senate's September 14 return after about three months away, with his office yet to announce when he will resume duties following a June fall and hospitalisation.

International Business Times UK

Mitch McConnell back in Senate to cast first vote since disappearing from public life in June

Former leader of the GOP Senate caucus, 84, was hospitalized in mid-June after a fall

The Independent UK

Will Mitch McConnell Return to the Senate Today? Kentucky Republican Faces Resignation Calls After Three-Month Absence

The Senate has reconvened without Mitch McConnell, who has been absent since a June fall. His office remains silent as criticism mounts over his health and future.

International Business Times UK

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An ex-congresswoman’s ‘passion project’: the national debt

Even before she won her hotly contested Georgia congressional seat in 2020, Carolyn Bourdeaux was always something of a budget nerd. As director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office during the Great Recession, the Democrat won recognition from a Republican-controlled Senate for her work to cover a budget shortfall.…

Roll Call

Mitch McConnell Allegedly Gone as Staff Hide Him From Public View and Refuse To Provide Proof of Life

Mitch McConnell has remained out of public view since a June fall and hospitalisation. His staff have not confirmed when the Kentucky senator will return to Capitol Hill.

International Business Times UK

Social media debate shaken up by Meta settlement

Those who’ve fought on Capitol Hill to rein in social media platforms see last week’s settlement between Meta and state attorneys general not as a final destination, but as a roadmap to what’s possible. Privacy and First Amendment advocates are worried they’re right. The settlement comes as the House and…

Roll Call

Shades of 2006 loom large two months out from Election Day

ANALYSIS — Despite adverse political conditions, Republicans still have an opportunity to hold both the House and the Senate this fall. But it’s also possible that the bottom will fall out from under them, leading to heavy GOP losses reminiscent of an election 20 years ago. Back in 2006, there…

Roll Call

Andrew should face investigation for US sex crimes, says senior Republican

The disgraced former prince was named on Capitol Hill as one of the ‘co-conspirators’ of paedophile predator Jeffrey Epstein

Evening Standard

Congress’ wide age gap comes into focus

Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the oldest member of Congress, was born in 1933, the year Prohibition ended. On the other end of the age spectrum, Congress’ youngest member, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, was born in 1997, the year Google registered its domain. That’s an age gap of…

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Inside DHS: How Old Senate Friendships Are Steering Trump's Immigration Crackdown

DHS chief Markwayne Mullin keeps reversing enforcement moves after calls from old Senate friends — and it's now colliding with a MAGA revolt.

Roll Call

White House legislative liaison’s exit comes ahead of tricky pre-midterms session

James Braid, President Donald Trump’s point man on Capitol Hill, will soon leave that post ahead of a packed September congressional session and just over two months before voters will decide which party controls the House and Senate. A White House official on Thursday confirmed the legislative affairs director’s exit…

The Times of India

Trump’s Harp strings: The aide who strums the President’s ego

TOI Correspondent from Washington: The US capital is never short of political scandal, sexual intrigue, and salacious scuttlebutt -- to the extent that Playboy magazine once offered a “sex tour” of the city, pointing visitors toward such scandal-scarred landmarks as the White House and Capitol Hill. Washington’s latest soap opera…

The Independent UK

Heavily tattooed Nancy Mace shows off her new look as she launches YouTube podcast

Mace previously said that she got tattooed to ‘reclaim’ her body and to feel ‘the pain that I need to feel’

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International Business Times UK

Democratic Governor Demands Mitch McConnell 'Provide Proof of Your Capacity to Serve, or Resign'

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has fiercely demanded that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell either prove his physical capacity to serve or resign immediately amid his prolonged absence from Congress.

International Business Times

AI Is Quietly Becoming Part Of Congress' Workforce While Lawmakers Are Still Figuring Out The Rules

Congressional offices are adopting AI for tasks ranging from summarizing bills to preparing amendments even as lawmakers are debating privacy, accuracy and safety concerns surrounding the technology.

International Business Times UK

Mitch McConnell's Caregiver Assures Public Everything Is Fine Right Before Sprinting Away At Full Speed

A caregiver hired to look after Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was filmed sprinting away from a journalist outside his home, fuelling wild speculation about the true state of his ongoing health.

Roll Call

August recess was saved. The GOP’s voter ID bill, not so much

President Donald Trump and his closest allies on Capitol Hill said they’re willing to do whatever it takes to pass the so-called SAVE America Act before the midterms — except follow through on threats to cancel August recess. A group of ultraconservative House Republicans and even a few GOP senators…

The Independent UK

White House’s push to delay hemp product ban could have big benefit to Susie Wiles’ son-in-law: reports

Bret Worley, who married Wiles’ younger daughter Caroline in June, is the CEO of a global hemp product supplier

The Guardian - US

Mitch McConnell announces discharge from rehabilitation center

Republican, 84, absent from Senate after fall that led to hospital stay, says he will continue recovery at home

International Business Times UK

'That's Delusional': Senators Bash Elon Musk Claim That AI Will Do Away With Retirement Accounts

Elon Musk's claim that AI will make retirement accounts obsolete faces bipartisan scepticism in Congress, with lawmakers urging continued savings amid uncertain economic impacts of AI technology.

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