RFK Jr. Confirmation BLASTED by McConnell, Linda McMahon gets ICY reception during DOE Confirmation
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Michigan lawmaker postpones town hall after Minnesota shootings
Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) has postponed her town hall event on Monday following the weekend shootings of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota. 'West Michigan, I want nothing more than to hear from you in person during town halls and other events,' Scholten wrote in a post on X. 'However, after the events of this weekend, Team Scholten has decided to postpone our event tonight in Muskegon for the safety of everyone involved,' the post added. The town hall was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The congresswoman said to 'stay tuned' for a new date for the event, adding, 'Keep yourselves safe and well, West Michigan.' The decision was made after the lawmaker was made aware that her name was on a document tied to the suspect in the fatal Minnesota shooting, she said in a statement obtained by The Hill's sister network NewsNation. Scholten said in the statement that she was canceling her town hall in Michigan 'out of an abundance of caution' and to avoid diverting law enforcement away from broader public safety efforts. Dozens of names were reportedly on the list recovered from a vehicle left at the crime scene over the weekend. The list included prominent state and federal lawmakers and community leaders, along with abortion-rights advocates and information about health care facilities, officials told The Associated Press. The Hill has reached out to Scholten's office for additional information. Two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses were shot early Saturday morning in what public officials have described as acts of politically motivated violence. Former Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park, Minn., while state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were injured after being shot multiple times at their home in Champlin, Minn., located 8 miles away. The suspect in the shooting, Vance Boelter, was taken into custody Sunday night following the largest manhunt in Minnesota's history. Authorities tracked him down in a field near his home after spotting his abandoned car and cowboy hat. He is facing numerous federal charges, including stalking, murder and shooting, prosecutors announced at a news conference Monday. Some authorities have responded to the shootings by tightening security. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) — who was friends with Hortman and said they dined together Friday night — said earlier Sunday she didn't know if her name was included on the list of targets but that her security was increased without her request.
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Allred says he'd ‘run differently' if he launches new Texas Senate campaign
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Senate version of Trump agenda cuts more from Medicaid: GOP aides
The Senate's version of a bill to enact President Trump's agenda goes further than a House-passed bill to reduce Medicaid spending, according to GOP aides familiar with the legislation. GOP aides say it will go further to tighten Medicaid eligibility requirements and to restrict states from using health care provider taxes to draw down more federal Medicaid funding. 'It's still f'd up,' said a GOP aide about the Senate's Medicaid legislation, which does nothing to alleviate the concerns of several Senate Republicans who raised objections to the Medicaid language in the House-passed bill. At least four Republican senators have publicly raised concerns that Medicaid spending cuts passed by the House could hurt their constituents: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Josh Hawley (R), Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska). Senate GOP leaders can afford to lose only three votes and still pass the party-line bill. A broad range of GOP senators, including Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Rick Scott (Fla.) had called for more deficit reduction in the bill, which is expected to spend roughly $150 billion on border security and immigration enforcement and increase defense spending by another $150 billion.
