Capitol agenda: The rundown on reconciliation, Vought vote, Netanyahu visit

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Kate meets new mothers and babies on prison visit

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Capitol agenda: Johnson's new budget plan, Dems' shutdown dilemma

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Amazon Faces Union Vote at North Carolina Warehouse

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Capitol agenda: Johnson falls behind in budget race, Gabbard and RFK Jr. coming up

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RFK Jr. Made These Promises to Win Key Senator's Vote

This is a MedPage Today story. Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), said he received numerous pledges from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration to protect medicine and science -- ...
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Capitol agenda: Battle of the budgets coming next week

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Committee punts on Kash Patel vote as Democrats keep up the pressure

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Senate to vote on Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation for intelligence chief

The Senate advanced Gabbard's nomination in a party-line procedural vote Monday night, teeing up a vote on final passage.
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Officials bristle at courts throttling Trump actions and Hamas postpones hostage exchange: Morning Rundown

Court rulings against parts of Donald Trump's agenda put White House officials on the defensive.
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King visits Cornish housing project in rare joint visit with PM and Rayner

The King gives Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a guided tour of sustainable housing in Cornwall.
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Confirmation votes expected this week for Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr.

Republicans are racing to shore up support for Trump Cabinet nominees Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard with confirmation votes expected for them this week. CBS News congressional ...
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Eagles stun Chiefs in Super Bowl blowout and winter storms expected this week: Morning Rundown

Who won Super Bowl, Super Bowl score, Kendrick Lamar halftime super bowl, eagles vs chiefs, winter storms expected, U.S. snow, weather
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House, Senate Republicans race each other to advance Trump agenda

House and Senate Republicans are racing each other this week to see who can advance President Trump’s sprawling domestic agenda, as the two chambers move forward with their contrasting legislative ...
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Trump Has Given Netanyahu the Ultimate Gift

Turning Gaza into a Riviera is not a serious plan, but it does solve a few big problems for Israel’s leader.
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Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work

The development came after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, gained access to the CFPB and began a thorough review.
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Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week

The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling agency employees to halt nearly all ...
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Ecuador votes for president, with the conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer in the lead

Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist protégée of the country’s most influential ...
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Vought seeks to halt actions at CFPB

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickly seeking to crack down on the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), preventing it from drawing down more ...
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India needs an ambitious agenda for higher growth

Economic liberalisation will help unlock the country’s vast potential
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Purdue visits Adams and Rutgers

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Campbell visits Dorsey and N.C. A&T

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Netanyahu praises Trump's as Israel's 'greatest friend' to ever be president

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Trump in Saturday comments, calling him "the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House." "Israel has no better friend ...
The Hill - 2d
Modi’s BJP wins Delhi vote for first time in almost 3 decades

Indian prime minister’s party regains control of capital’s legislative assembly ahead of Trump meeting
Financial Times - 2d
Who's who in German elections and why this vote is important

German voters go to the polls on 23 February in a pivotal vote focused on immigration and the economy.
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Democratic governors step forward to set the party's agenda

As President Donald Trump’s second administration takes shape in Washington, Democratic governors across the country are laying out their own plans for the year, with some using high-profile ...
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Richmond visits Davidson, aims to stop road skid

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Vote counting is underway in high-stakes state election in the New Delhi region

Vote counting started in the high-stakes state legislature election in India’s federal territory, including New Delhi, with TV exit polls predicting a win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling ...
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Trump's sweeping agenda is hitting legal roadblocks

The courts are slamming the brakes on some of President Donald Trump's efforts to quickly trim and transform the federal government.
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Giants' Malik Nabers finishes fifth in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting

In a stacked class of offensive rookies, Giants wideout Malik Nabers finished top five in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting on Thursday night.
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Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director

Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
The New York Times - 4d
Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.
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Johnson urges Senate to wait for House to "do its work" on Trump agenda

House Republicans met for several hours with Trump Thursday, after GOP senators planned move forward with their own plan to enact Trump's priorities.
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Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill

Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.
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