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        <title><![CDATA[Matt Shirley - Senior Washington Booking Producer]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Paul Opposes Trump DHS Pick Mullin Over ‘Anger Issues’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:05:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Markwayne Mullin during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on March 18. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Forces Senate Voter ID Showdown Ahead of Midterms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Paul Draws Line for Mullin’s DHS Hearing: ‘This Is America’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:19:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tillis Praises Warsh After Meeting, Yet Won’t Lift Fed Blockade]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US President Donald Trump&apos;s tariffs spark a global trade war.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats Vow to Stall Senate Until Trump Team Explains Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, during a news conference following Senate Democrat policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Votes expected this week on legislation to halt US military action against Iran are shaping up largely along party lines.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP Leader Warns Trump on Muscling Senate Over Voting Bill]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:32:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US House Rejects War Critics’ Bid to Halt Strikes on Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:38:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Motorists drive along an expressway as plumes of smoke rise after a strike in Tehran on March 5.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rubio Says US’s ‘Hardest Hits’ on Iran Are Still to Come]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:09:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Economist Calls Citrini AI Report ‘Science Fiction’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Niquette]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pierre Yared</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CBO Plans New Fiscal Estimates After Trump Cements Tariff Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Adviser Yared Defends Hassett Criticism of Fed Study]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Homeland Security Department Shuts Down Amid ICE Raid Impasse]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Federal law enforcement agents detain a demonstrator during a raid in Minneapolis on Jan. 13. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cruz, Britt Seek to Raise Smaller Banks’ Debit Card Fee Cap]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Shirley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:56:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bondi Says DOJ Has Pending Investigations Related to Epstein]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Feb. 11.  Photographer: Alex Wong/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bondi Spars With Lawmakers on Epstein, Targeting Trump Foes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:58:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lutnick Admits Travel to Epstein Island, Downplays Relationship]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Lucey]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:56:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Move to Keep Putting Off Vote on Trump Tariffs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. A Democratic-led bill that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years is set for a House vote in early January, as Congress leaves Washington until the new year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs His Funding Deal With Democrats]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Sways Republicans Threatening Blockade of Shutdown Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Wasson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Must Be ‘Strategic’ on China Tariffs, Trade Chief Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:23:58 GMT</pubDate>
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