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- Federal employees in the hot seat as GOP senator pushes transparency proposal: 'Historic opportunity' - Sen. Joni Ernst introduced her ‘Where’s WALDO’ Act aimed at compelling the government to build a public directory listing every federal worker’s name, salary, duties and more.
- Senate GOP moves 97 Trump nominees closer to historic milestone - Senate Republicans teed up another massive batch of President Donald Trump's nominees for confirmation as they sprint to finish out a busy year in the upper chamber.
- Defense bill bans males from women's sports at military academies - The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act will ban biological males from women's sports at U.S. military academies after passing the Senate 77-20.
- FCC Chair Brendan Carr accused of presiding over censorship, told to resign in tense hearing exchange - FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defended his enforcement actions while Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., accused him of running a "Federal Censorship Commission" during a heated Senate exchange.
- Senate Republicans block Schiff effort to force release of Caribbean strike footage - Sen. Adam Schiff's, D-Calif, legislation would have required that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth release the footage first to Congress, then to the public.
- Senate sends $901B defense bill to Trump after clashes over boat strike, DC airspace - Despite possible hiccups, the Senate coalesced around the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026, marking one of the final legislative hurdles the upper chamber had to overcome for the year.
- Trump's push to 'knock out' filibuster gains new GOP traction as funding deadline nears - Some Senate Republicans are beginning to shift their position on getting rid of the filibuster after President Donald Trump again called on lawmakers to "knock out" the longstanding procedural safeguard.
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to where we stand with a healthcare package - GOP moderates push healthcare fixes before 2026 midterms as Democrats warn expired Obamacare subsidies can't be restored after January deadline.
- Senate advances $901B defense bill as Congress races into year-end legislative sprint - Included in the colossal, 3,000-plus page package are provisions that would end longstanding war powers authorizations and require the Pentagon to release unedited footage of boat strikes.
- GOP leaders call Reiner family slayings a 'tragedy' as director's son detained in homicide probe - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., both weighed in on the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, calling the incident a "national tragedy."