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Rep. Chip Roy (R., Texas), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, listens at the Capitol in Washington, April 9, 2025.

House Freedom Caucus falls as Trump targets former GOP allies

by Paul Kane of NOTUS

Come January, almost the entire top rung of the Freedom Caucus will leave the House, a hollowing out of one of the most influential power centers of the past decade.

Karns Foods Board Chair Scott Karns in one of his stores.

Democrats push to delay SNAP cost-sharing hitting most states next year

by Tyler Spence of NOTUS

John Fetterman

Fetterman blames violation of federal transparency law on ‘administrative error’

by Dave Levinthal of NOTUS

Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) leaves the chamber as the Senate holds a procedural vote on July 24, 2025.

Senate Democrats try to make nice with John Fetterman

by Igor Bobic of NOTUS

John Fetterman in 2025.

John Fetterman rejects setting limits on Trump’s Iran war powers

by Hamed Ahmadi of NOTUS

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