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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing on Monday. Cheatle resigned her position the next day.

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  • Politics

Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt

U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her job, according to a statement released by the White House.

July 23, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Claudia Grisales
City of Woodstock Fire & Rescue truck. (Woodstock Fire Department, GA/Facebook)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Tax breaks for disabled people, fire safety, lowering prescription costs

For the week ending July 19, Warnock and Ossoff worked on providing fire safety upgrades to Georgia communities, lowering the costs of prescriptions, extending tax benefits for individuals with disabilities, and supporting the education of military children who have lost a parent who served.

July 19, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was found guilty of bribery charges, including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government.

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  • Law

Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in bribery trial

A New York City jury convicted the New Jersey senator of accepting bribes to benefit businessmen in his home state and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

July 16, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
Sen. Jon Ossoff at a press conference on July 11, 2024, discussing the Federal Prison Oversight Act that passed in the Senate the same day and heads to the President’s desk to become law. (Screenshot)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Ossoff protecting human trafficking victims, Warnock safeguarding veterans

For the week ending July 12, Warnock and Ossoff worked on improving connectivity in Georgia, securing funding for clean energy transportation in three cities, improving support for human trafficking victims, and safeguarding veterans from exploitive entities.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Warnock pictured on June 28, 2024, during his first visit with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. (CDC)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Warnock visits CDC, Ossoff protecting election workers

For the week ending July 5, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting election workers ahead of this year's elections, visiting the CDC to discuss maternal mortality and federal funding's impact on public health, improving affordable housing in rural areas, and helping Georgia farmers export more pecans.

July 05, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Jon Ossoff at the Fulton County Courthouse on June 25 for a press conference to discuss to continued USPS mail delays.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Senators on incarcerated deaths, military infrastructure, row crop farmers

For the week ending June 28, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on launching an inquiry to help prevent the deaths of incarcerated people in federal, state, and local facilities, providing infrastructure upgrades to several military facilities in Georgia, introducing legislation to double the Pell Grant maximum award to students, and supporting row crop farmers in Georgia.

June 28, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Raphael Warnock, in a video, introduced his legislation on June 18 to improve the workforce by bridging the gap between community and technical colleges and the local job industry. (Screenshot)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Senators on workforce development, military families, water infrastructure

For the week ending June 14, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on reviewing Atlanta's aging water infrastructure after the recent water main break in Midtown Atlanta, improving fire safety throughout Georgia, improving the workforce development by creating partnerships between community and technical colleges and the local job industry, and introducing legislations supporting Georgia military families.

June 21, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Ossoff, at a June 12, 2024, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, asked what the U.S. Department of Justice and Food and Drug Administration are doing to prevent e-cigarettes from being sold to children. (Screenshot)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Water infrastructure upgrades, Opposing e-cigarettes sold to children

For the week ending June 14, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on providing water infrastructure upgrades to several areas in Georgia after the recent water main break in Midtown Atlanta, inquire about the dangerous living conditions for children at the border detention families, push for stronger enforcement against selling e-cigarettes to children, and introduce legislation promoting fatherhood engagement for maternal health.

June 14, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
This image shows Capt. John Sax, one of five U.S. Marines killed in 2022 when their MV-22B Osprey crashed in California. Over the last two years, four Osprey crashes have killed a total of 20 service members. On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the House subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing into the Osprey's safety record and Pentagon management of the program.

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  • National Security

As Congress scrutinizes the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots' love for it

Families of service members lost in crashes say that if the Osprey is going to keep flying they want Bell Flight, Boeing and the Pentagon's V-22 joint program office to make the aircraft safe.

June 11, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Steve Bannon is seen appearing in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. Bannon says he'll fight a judge's ruling on Thursday that he must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

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  • Law

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1, judge says

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is expected to seek a stay of the judge's order, which could delay his prison surrender date.

June 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
TikTok's suit is in response to a law passed by Congress giving ByteDance up to a year to divest from TikTok and find a new buyer, or face a nationwide ban.

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  • Technology

TikTok challenges U.S. ban in court, calling it unconstitutional

The high-stakes legal battle could determine the future of the popular app in the U.S. TikTok's legal filing calls the ban law an unprecedented violation of First Amendment rights.

May 07, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
From left, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan and Diplo are among the more than 280 musicians who signed a letter to senators in support of concert ticketing reforms.

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  • Music News

Some 300 musicians, from Diplo to Nile Rodgers, lobby Congress for ticketing reform

Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are among the signatories of an open letter urging a Senate committee to support the Fans First Act.

April 28, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 18, 2021. Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints.

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  • Law

Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why

Experts say the Insurrection Act gives a president too much sweeping power to deploy troops on American soil without guard rails or proper oversight from Congress.

March 28, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.

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  • Politics

Speaker Johnson to invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress

Johnson's invitation comes as the debate about U.S. policy toward Israel has shifted since the war. GOP leaders are emphasizing their support for Netanyahu, and highlighting a divide among Democrats.

March 21, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh
People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol building on March 13.

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  • Politics

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

March 20, 2024
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jordan-Marie Smith,
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