
Annie Karni
Congressional Correspondent at The New York Times
Congressional correspondent, New York Times. Co-author of the NYT besteller "Mad House.” https://t.co/65LGhXtS9F
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Annie Karni
In an exchange about the effects of Trump's domestic policy bill, Senator Joni Ernst told constituents, 'We all are going to die.' Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, had a gloomy message for constituents at a town hall in Butler County, Iowa, on Friday morning: "We all are going to die." Ms. Ernst was fielding questions about cuts to Medicaid that were included in the domestic policy bill working its way through Congress, when someone in the audience yelled out that the effect would be...
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Annie Karni
In a recent pair of focus groups, voters loyal to President Trump judged members of Congress almost entirely according to whether they backed him - and rejected lawmakers who dared to dissent. Congress is a coequal branch of government empowered to make laws, control government spending and declare war. But according to Trump voters, the role of the legislative branch is to rubber-stamp the president's agenda - and they don't appreciate Republicans who deviate from the party line.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Annie Karni
Fetterman does not enjoy participating in these hearings that he has sat through in recent weeks as he seeks to prove that he is capable of performing the job he was elected to do until 2028. In fact, at a critical moment for the country, he appears to have little interest in the day-to-day work of serving in the Senate. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Annie Karni
16 hours agoThe Supreme Court just revealed one thing it actually fears about TrumpThe Republican justices draw a line in the sand – in an order that makes absolutely no sense. On Thursday evening, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order, which temporarily permits President Donald Trump to fire two federal officials who, by law, are shielded from being summarily terminated.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Annie Karni
The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been "weaponized" against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless. When Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, showed up at a hearing on May 8 with Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, his colleagues were surprised to see him. Until then, his chair on the dais of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee had sat empty all year.
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