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As summer interns descend on the Hill, this resource office is ready - Roll Call

Advocates say the House Intern Resource Office is a step in the right direction — and want to see a similar effort on the Senate side.

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Senate readies for Mayorkas impeachment showdown - Roll Call

The Senate received the articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday.

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Critical spending decisions await Tuesday White House meeting - Roll Call

Senators returned to Washington on Monday with scant sign of the elusive spending breakthrough needed to avoid a partial government shutdown.

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Shoshana Weissmann: Online Age Verification Rules Are Unconstitutional and Ineffective

"None of these laws prevent kids from viewing anything. They just prevent kids from posting," argues Shoshana Weissmann.

Reason

Border Security Bill at Risk in the Senate as Republicans Continue Withdrawing Support

The initiative faces an even steeper hill in the House, where most high-ranking Republicans blasted it

Latin Times

Schatz says two-state solution amendment has 48 co-sponsors - Roll Call

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's comments helped round up co-sponsors to a bill on Palestinian statehood.

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Democrats seize on Iowa results to campaign on threats posed by Trump

Kamala Harris reminds voters of Trump’s role in overturning Roe v Wade as unstated core of campaign is Biden can beat him again

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Senate Democrats call for conditions on US aid to Israel two months into war with Hamas

Republicans blocked a vote on a $110.5bn supplemental bill that would have included aid not just to Israel but also to Ukraine

The Independent UK

Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

GOP speaker proposes to extend spending for some agencies to mid-January and others into February as a partial shutdown deadline nears.

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Combo appropriations package hits the skids in Senate - Roll Call

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

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Things to know about aid, lawsuits and tourism nearly a month after fire leveled a Hawaii community

It's been nearly a month since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people in Hawaii

The Independent UK

Protecting Kids on Social Media Act Cloaks Attack on Privacy Behind Concern for Children

There are already people responsible for regulating children’s online activity: parents and guardians.

Reason

Hawaii’s politicians are trying to get tourists back after deadly fires

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz claimed "furloughs and layoffs" were underway due to tourists staying home after the state's deadly wildfires.

Fortune

Senate mulls going first on stopgap, supplemental funds package - Roll Call

Senators are quietly discussing the possibility of moving first on a stopgap spending and supplemental appropriations combo package.

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US President Biden tours aftermath of deadly Maui fires, visits Lahaina

Visit comes 13 days after Hawaiian island experienced deadliest US fire in more than a century, killing at least 114.

The Independent UK

The Bidens will travel to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors and first responders

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Maui to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island earlier this month

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Senate Panel Piles On Potential Social Media Regulations

Republicans, Democrats speak with one voice, and it is an angry shout at Big Tech

Tribune News Service

House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks

WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2024 appropriations process has just begun, but some patterns in the distribution of earmarks by the majorities in their respective chambers are starting to emerge.

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House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks - Roll Call

Despite a push to hold down overall spending, earmarks in four House bills have grown from less than $1.6 billion to more than $1.9 billion.

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Native American tribes hail ‘major victory’ after supreme court ruling

Justices ‘on the right side of history’ for upholding protections for Native American children against removal for adoption

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Supreme Court upholds federal law on Native American children - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American children being fostered or adopted by Native American families.

Reason

Childproofing the Internet

How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.

Roll Call

Even Senate sponsors are skeptical of bills to shield kids online - Roll Call

Even as many advance in congressional committees, bills to protect children online could be doomed by opposition from powerful opponents.

Salon

GOP defend Thomas from ethics charges

Republicans defend Clarence Thomas and deflect from bombshell reports about the Supreme Court justice

WEKU

Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online

Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.

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