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thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., right, speaks to reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Feb.
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thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Angelica Frey
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in a case about Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors on Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law prohibiting gender affirming care for minors, saying children who seek the treatment don’t qualify as a protected class. In United States v.
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thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court seemed poised Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to command California National Guard troops during ongoing protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa
A growing memorial for Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband stands Monday, June 16, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Sophie and Colin Hortman, the children of Rep.
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thebradentontimes.com | Dawn Kitterman |Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa
Supporters of Adriana Smith, the brain-dead pregnant Georgia woman being kept on life support, released balloons at an event marking what would have been Smith’s 31st birthday on June 15, 2025, at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)The brain-dead pregnant woman who became a flashpoint in the national debate over reproductive rights and Georgia’s six-week abortion ban has delivered her baby, her family has announced.
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thebradentontimes.com | Mitch Perry |Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa |Ashley Murray
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled Monday that they plan to raise the country’s debt limit by $5 trillion in the “big, beautiful bill,” a full $1 trillion more than House GOP lawmakers proposed in their version.
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thebradentontimes.com | Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa |Ashley Murray |Dawn Kitterman
Senate President Ben Albritton, left, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, right. (Photos by Christine Sexton and Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)People with developmental and intellectual disabilities (IDD) who rely on Medicaid won’t have to worry about reapplying for services every year.
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thebradentontimes.com | Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa |Ashley Murray |Dawn Kitterman
U.S. Capitol Police officers stand guard outside of the U.S. Capitol on June 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will gather behind closed doors Tuesday to hear from federal law enforcement officials about protection for lawmakers and the safety of their families, just days after a gunman said to be posing as a police officer targeted state lawmakers in Minnesota.
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thebradentontimes.com | Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa |Ashley Murray |Dawn Kitterman
Bullet holes are seen in the door outside the home of DFL State Sen. John Hoffman on June 15, 2025, in Champlin, Minnesota. Hoffman and his wife were shot and hospitalized on June 14, 2025. DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were also shot and killed in a separate incident. Minnesota Gov.
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thebradentontimes.com | Michelle Griffith |Ariana Figueroa |Ashley Murray |Dawn Kitterman
Media gathers outside of the Warren E. Burger Federal Building as Vance Boelter, accused of assassinating Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and attempting the assassination of other lawmakers, makes his first court appearance Monday, June 16, 2025, in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri for the Minnesota Reformer)The Hennepin County prosecutor will pursue first-degree murder charges against Vance Boelter, the suspect arrested in the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.
