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Augusta Health is sounding the alarm on how the trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts in the Big, Ugly Bill that the U.S. Senate just passed will affect its operations.
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That so-called Big, Beautiful Bill is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate, and Republicans are fighting amongst themselves over whether they can cut even more.
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U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar have filed a bill in the U.S. Senate to reverse Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.
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U.S. Senate lawmakers are demanding that President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from a hiring freeze.
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Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate have introduced legislation to expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who die or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers.
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Mark Warner said today his U.S. Senate office got a phone call from a domestic-violence shelter serving multiple counties in Virginia that “may have to close their doors if President Trump doesn’t reverse course” on the pause on federal grants and loans set to go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, came under fire during his nominee hearing today in the U.S. Senate.
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The U.S. Senate passed Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan’s H.R. 7385 to rename the Petersburg Post Office for John Mercer Langston.
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Sen. Tim Kaine was re-elected to his third term in the U.S. Senate on Election Day 2024. In 2024, he marked 30 years serving in public office.
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Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz isn’t likely to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, but anyway, he has the support of our local congressman, Ben Cline.
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