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LIVE: Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House committee

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June 25, 2026

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The U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on the department's 2027 budget request. #MarkwayneMullin #dhs #homelandsecurity #trumpadministration #senate #housecommittee #budget #us #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

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Conservative Review

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· Jul 10, 2026

MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire

The rules are clear: senators must disclose to the Senate reasons for an extended absence. Has Mitch McConnell done that? Is he even alive?

Malaysiakini

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· Jul 11, 2026

Harapan candidates sound alarm over alleged 'phantom voters'

JOHOR POLLS | Two voters claim they were told ballots already cast in their names.

ArcaMax

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· Jul 2, 2026

As questions about McConnell's health grow, Charles Booker calls for answers

The Democrat vying to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate says Kentuckians deserve to know “if our senator is alert, conscious, or capable of serving” more than two weeks after the 84-year-old was hospitalized for an unspecified reason....

PolitiFact

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· Jul 8, 2026

Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest

Fact-checking Markey, Moulton in Massachusetts Senate debate

DNyuz

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· Jul 1, 2026

After GOP Members Rebel, House Stalls Trump Agenda and Heads For Early Holiday Recess

Speaker Mike Johnson (R, La.), flanked by Rep. Lisa McClain (R, Mich.), left, and Rep. Beth Van Duyne, (R, Texas), talks to reporters after a Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on June 30, 2026. —J. Scott Applewhite—AP Photo House Republican leaders sent lawmakers home for a nearly two-week holiday recess Tuesday after []

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· Jul 9, 2026

Meghan McCain Makes Surprising Confession Amid Mitch McConnell Drama

REUTERS/GETTYMeghan McCain has some major “regrets” about the aftermath of her late father’s diagnosis, she shared on Thursday amid continued calls for Mitch McConnell to share “proof of life” with the public.The former co-host of The View followed up an X post in which she’d allegedly “made fun” of McConnell’s disappearance from public life after an apparent medical emergency by divulging that she wished she’d urged her father, then-Arizona Senator John McCain, to step down when he was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017. “I also have a lot of regrets, almost a decade since my dad’s passing,” she wrote.Read more at The Daily Beast.

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Related coverage for "LIVE: Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House committee": Conservative Review — MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire. Malaysiakini — Harapan candidates sound alarm over alleged 'phantom voters'. ArcaMax — As questions about McConnell's health grow, Charles Booker calls for answers. PolitiFact — Fact-checking the first debate between Ed Markey, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate contest. DNyuz — After GOP Members Rebel, House Stalls Trump Agenda and Heads For Early Holiday Recess. The Daily Beast — Meghan McCain Makes Surprising Confession Amid Mitch McConnell Drama