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Senate plans to vote on bill that would increase Social Security benefits for some pensioners
People who receive income from public pensions may have their Social Security benefits reduced. The Senate may soon vote to eliminate those rules.
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IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.
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Former Jan. 6 committee chair fires back at Trump's suggestion that panel members should be imprisoned
The president-elect suggested in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the former committee’s members should be jailed.
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Battle underway to third most powerful position in Texas politics
A stand-off is ongoing for the third most powerful position in the state of Texas after Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan announced he would not seek re-election. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports two competing factions of lawmakers aim for the job.
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Lara Trump says she's stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair
President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
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Boston city councilor arrested on public corruption charges
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested on federal public corruption charges, officials said Friday.
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Trump's former FDA commissioner: ‘It will cost lives in this country' if RFK Jr. follows through on intentions
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Friday raised concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Lone Star Politics: Nov. 24, 2024
Texas lawmakers filed hundreds of bills before the next session starts in January, including one to take cell phones out of students hands across the state. The cryptocurrency industry put lots of money into the election, so what does the industry want in return? Plus voting problems during the 2024 election.
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5 things to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted a long-running television show before pivoting to politics.
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
Many Senate Republicans want the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz to be released. Gaetz is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
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Woman told House ethics committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says
Matt Gaetz is president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. attorney general.
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RFK. Jr's controversial health stances, from vaccines to raw milk
Kennedy is Trump’s pick for health secretary, but he has a history of spreading misinformation about a range of issues.
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Democrats are already looking to revamp their early state primary calendar for 2028
Some caution that putting South Carolina to the back of the line-up could alienate Black voters.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he will ‘strongly request' that Ethics Committee withhold its Matt Gaetz report
Johnson said that it would be a “terrible breach of protocol” if the committee released the report on Gaetz, who resigned from the House this week.
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5 things to know about Doug Collins
Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins is a former member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command who fought in the Iraq War.
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5 things to know about Doug Burgum
Here are five things to know about North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
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What do President-elect Trump's appointments mean for checks and balances?
President-elect Donald Trump continues to name people to major positions in his new administration. Late Thursday afternoon, we learned that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump’s appointments set up a conflict over checks and balances to come in D.C. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has the details.
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Council repeals language on Dallas Police staffing minimums
The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to repeal a portion of a 1988 ordinance that provided the language used by a group in a police-centered charter amendment that Dallas voters narrowly approved last week.
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Dallas city leader wrestle with amendments approved by voters
Dallas voters said yes to pot, more police and the ability to sue the city if it doesn’t follow its own charter. NBC 5’s David Goins reports city leaders are trying to figure out how to implement all three amendments, even as they conflict with one another.