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We’re less than five days away from a (temporary, partial) government shutdown, but no one is worried … Kyrsten Sinema leaves Senate Democrats in the lurch — or does she? … Just how worried should we be about that potential amnesty deal, anyway? … Is or isn’t Kevin McCarthy going to be Speaker of the new House? … all this and more, plus your questions.

Congress is back, and we’re still waiting to hear about government funding … President Biden rejiggers the Dems’ 2024 nominating calendar … the Senate passes a bill putting religious liberty at risk … Chief Twit Elon Musk dumps Twitter internal documents on the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story … will the House finally end the vaccine mandate for the Armed Forces in the NDAA? … all this and more.

House and Senate return for the opening of the lame duck session … House and Senate GOP conferences hold leadership elections, and the only surprise is how many votes short of the Speakership Kevin McCarthy really is … a federal circuit court blocks President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … Trump declares for president, learns AG Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigations aimed at him, and is welcomed back to Twitter … all this and more.

House and Senate are (finally!) back in DC … changes at Customs and Border Protection … another judge rules against Biden’s student loan debt scam … who won last week’s elections? All this and more.

First Joe Biden attacks oil producers and threatens a new tax, then he attacks coal-fired power plants and says he’s going to shut them all down … what’s on the agenda for the lame duck Congress that will begin meeting next week? … our final campaign update before tomorrow’s election … all this and more.

House and Senate are still out … senior House Republicans on Judiciary Committee warn Garland and Mayorkas to be ready for questions on how they’ve handled the crisis on the southern border … 30-year fixed rate mortgages hit heights not seen in 20 years … evidence of a Red Wave continues to mount … all this and more.

A lower court judge dismisses a lawsuit against President Biden’s student loan payoff scam, but an appeals court blocks it temporarily … CBP releases numbers for September, and it turns out it’s the worst month for migrant encounters in history — and FY22 was the worst YEAR in history … you know it’s bad when the IRS and Social Security Administration are making news on inflation … our latest campaign update. All this and more.

House and Senate are still on recess, but are our wallets really safe? … Biden gets sued AGAIN for his unconstitutional/illegal/justplaincrazy student loan debt payoff scam … will DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas be impeached if Republicans take back the House in November? Maybe … and a campaign update focusing on governors. All this and more.

House and Senate pass a bill to keep the government funded through mid-December, just in time for a Christmas shutdown showdown … House and Senate have finally done all the damage they’re going to do before November, and Members have gone home to face the wrath of their constituents, also sometimes known as their bosses, in case the Members have forgotten … Biden gets sued over his student loan payoff scam … a House campaign update with a constitutional twist on gerrymandering … all this and more.

House and Senate gear up for a tough week — both houses have to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded beyond the midnight Friday deadline, and we still don’t know what’s in the bill … Kevin McCarthy releases the House GOP “Commitment to America” … the January 6 Committee schedules one more public hearing before the midterm elections, and it will take place Wednesday at 1 PM EST … new numbers on illegal immigration are out, and they’re scary … 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns key portions of Judge Cannon’s ruling and DOJ lawyers are happy … plus, a Senate campaign update. All this and more.

50 Venezuelan migrants arrive on Martha's Vineyard, and the local Chamber of Commerce declares it a "humanitarian crisis" … House and Senate still haven't figured out what to do about the CR … that same-sex marriage bill in the Senate gets punted to the lame duck session … Judge Cannon appoints a special master in the case of the purloined documents at Mar-a-Lago … all this and more.

House and Senate have finally ended their ridiculously long summer breaks and are back in DC, so hold on to your wallets … Biden requests $47 billion in emergency supplemental spending, but Senate Republicans object … will the Senate pass a same-sex marriage bill? … Biden’s speech attempting to “unify” the country succeeds, but not the way he planned … in just a few days, the cost of that student loan scam doubles … is Ukraine turning the tables on Russia? … former President Trump gets a win in the latest news on the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago … all this and more.

It’s the biggest student loan scam of all time, and it doesn’t involved Nigerian princes — instead, it involves the occupant of the Oval Office! — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals how Facebook made the decision to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in the closing weeks of the 2020 presidential campaign (hint: you’ll be surprised, but not too much) … the judge releases a redacted version of the affidavit supporting the application for the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, and even the redactions have redactions! … all this, plus our first campaign update of the election year.

Dr. Fauci announces resignation to come in December; conservatives ask, “Why wait?” … CDC chief Walensky acknowledges errors, says she will reorganize the CDC … Judge Reinhart orders DOJ to offer redactions on FBI affidavit re: Trump search warrant … Liz Cheney gets destroyed in her denomination bid, ponders 2024 run … all this and more.

House and Senate, after working for a couple of weeks following their Fourth of July recess, now take their August recess, and won’t return until September 13 — but only after the House returned from the beginning of its recess to pass Joe Biden’s monstrous $740 bill reckless tax-and-spend bill … that sound you heard last Monday evening was the sound of the world stopping spinning on its axis, as word of the FBI’s unprecedented raid on former President Trump’s home spread … all this and more.

The House enjoys its first week of summer break, but plans to come back for one day this week — why? … the Senate processes a ton of work: ratifies the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, passes a bill providing healthcare and disability benefits to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits; passes a CRA resolution of disapproval against a Biden Administration rule making permitting more complicated — and THEN takes up and passes, after a 15-hour-long Vote-a-Rama, the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend package. How’d they do it?

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