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US lawmakers resume globe trotting paid by special interests

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and their staffers rebounded from pandemic travel anxiety in 2022, accepting more than $6.6 million worth of airline tickets, hotel rooms and meals paid for by special interest groups.

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Hey MAGA: Trump thinks you're stupid

His latest tantrum over potential indictment is just another reminder: Trump sees his followers as easy marks

Salon

Trump allies and rivals rally to his defence after he claims arrest is imminent

Former president says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday but there has been no official confirmation of the likelihood or timing of charges being brought

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Trump arrest claim draws allies to his side as 2024 bid heats up

Donald Trump’s claim of an imminent arrest jolted the 2024 Republican primary field, with party leaders rallying to his side while forcing his potential challengers to choose between publicly supporting the former president or backing the moves of a Democratic prosecutor.

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Nancy Pelosi and Democrats condemn Trump’s ‘reckless’ statement as he stokes unrest over indictment

Current and former members of Congress warn against Kevin McCarthy’s ‘dangerous’ defence

The Independent UK

Trump calls for protests over expected arrest on New York charges

Former President Donald Trump said he expected to be arrested next week on New York charges and, echoing his rhetoric before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, called for protesters to “take our nation back.”

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Some Trump rivals rally to his side as possible charges loom

Top Republicans, including some of Donald Trump’s potential rivals for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination, are rushing to his defense after Trump said he's bracing for possible arrest

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McCarthy orders congressional probe of local district attorney investigating Trump

The investigation will look at whether federal funds are being used.

Axios

‘Let’s make these folks famous’: the leftwing push to raise 18 Republicans’ profiles

Indivisible is targeting little-known GOP House members in swing districts for the 2024 election. Co-founder Ezra Levin says: ‘They are basically Marjorie Taylor Greenes in how they vote’

The Guardian - US

Biden celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish leader at White House

Biden, who often speaks of his Irish heritage and is fond of quoting Irish poets, declared March Irish-American heritage month. The White House even dyed the water of the South Lawn fountain green for the occasion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden, McCarthy unite on Ireland at St. Patrick’s Day lunch

WASHINGTON — A very Irish American president finally got to experience the most Irish presidential tradition after years of pandemic restrictions canceled the annual St. Patrick’s Day toast in the Capitol with Irish leadership.

Tribune News Service

Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

Tribune News Service

US President Joe Biden condemns attempted murder of Detective John Caldwell in Omagh

Caldwell was shot on February 22

Irish Mirror

Donald Trump allowed back on YouTube after two-year suspension following Capitol attack

Donald Trump's YouTube account has been reinstated more than two years since the January 6 Capitol riots. He can now post on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter but has snubbed them all

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Reuters

Biden, Irish leader Varadkar affirm support for UK-EU deal on post-Brexit terms

U.S. President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed support for a UK-EU deal on post-Brexit trade rules as the two leaders met to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Friday.

Roll Call

‘Which one of us is more Irish?’ — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy rock the green for St. Patrick’s Day, and more in this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

Roll Call

Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

Roll Call

Biden, McCarthy unite on Ireland at St. Patrick’s Day lunch - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy touted their heritage at a luncheon with Ireland's leader, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

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Tribune News Service

Q&A: New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

WASHINGTON — Warm and cuddly is not the approach you’d expect from a former college hockey star who’s now in a position called “majority whip,” but that’s how the House Republican Conference’s new No. 3, Tom Emmer, describes his job.

The Guardian - US

More than a quarter of Republicans approve of Capitol attack, poll shows

Survey also reveals more than half of Republicans think January 6 was a form of legitimate political discourse

Roll Call

New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

House Republican Whip Tom Emmer says his duty as the party's No. 3 is to make sure everybody in his conference gets heard

The Independent UK

DUP urged to restore powersharing institutions by US senate leader

Irish premier Leo Varadkar said that the Good Friday agreement was one of the most significant successes in American foreign policy.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis scores 1st congressional endorsement over Trump, from Texas Rep. Chip Roy

WASHINGTON – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored his first congressional endorsement for president, as Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right Freedom Caucus, urged conservatives Wednesday to look past Donald Trump in 2024.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be president

The Austin Republican is the staunch conservative who led 19 House members in blocking Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership. “I believe it’s time for a new generation of leadership,” he said of DeSantis.

Tribune News Service

‘Watershed’ $1 trillion defense budget on the horizon

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion American defense budget is in sight.

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