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January 28, 2026
Trump puts Republicans in a tough spot on gun rights
Republican lawmakers are caught between the powerful gun lobby and top Trump officials over the deadly shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti.Why it matters: The GOP has a long, mutually ben...
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January 27, 2026
The dam is breaking on Republicans questioning Trump's DHS
After lockstep unity on immigration for the first year of Trump 2.0, a growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for investigations and testimony from top Trump officials after the deadly ...
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January 21, 2026
Trump blows off Senate Republican leaders on critical endorsements
Senate Republicans are rallying behind Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), but their big-dollar super PAC will likely leave him out to dry.Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is 0 for...
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January 14, 2026
Senate GOP succeeds in last-minute move to block Venezuela vote
Senate Republicans successfully thwarted a final vote Wednesday on a war powers resolution seeking to restrict future military action in Venezuela.Why it matters: It's a big win for President Trump...
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January 13, 2026
Republicans try to scuttle Venezuela war powers vote after Trump fury
Senate Republican leaders are eyeing a procedural maneuver on the Venezuela war powers resolution that could spare President Trump an embarrassing defeat.Why it matters: Trump went ballistic after ...
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January 7, 2026
Inside the Senate's last-gasp effort to solve the health care crisis
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) isn't giving up on a health care plan that can win 35 Senate Republicans and a majority of Democrats — but he and a small bipartisan group have about three weeks left to...
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December 23, 2025
Ben Sasse announces terminal, stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis
Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) publicly shared Tuesday that he was diagnosed last week with "stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die."Why it matters: Sasse, 53, has been one of the few Repub...
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December 19, 2025
The senators America searched for most in 2025
Data: Google Trends; Chart: Axios VisualsBernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sparked more Google searches than any other senator this year, according to data from Google Trends.Why it matters: The progressive p...
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December 5, 2025
Republicans have a mess on their hands over health care subsidies
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson are both considering votes on GOP health care priorities next week — if they can figure out what those priorities are.Why it matters...
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