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Budd, Bishop cry foul over White House statement on border security

The White House announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would soon have to cut back operations at the southern border due to the Senate’s failure to pass a border bill, which also included billions in aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine, and that has many including U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC and Congressman Dan Bishop, R, NC-08 crying foul.

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Probe: Federal government paid $127 million fraudulently to Teamsters

A letter from Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s 5th congressional district accuses a federal government agency of “reckless mismanagement” for sending $127 million in pension payments earmarked for deceased members of a Teamsters union. Originally reported by The New York Post, Foxx’s letter, dated Jan. 16, says that the Pension Benefit Guaranty...

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Budd sees atrocities of the Israel-Hamas war firsthand

U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, got a firsthand look at the devastation left by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel, along with a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Middle East this weekend.

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Tillis, Budd demand answers to growing fentanyl crisis in NC

Republican North Carolina U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd voiced their concerns Thursday about the level of fentanyl and other drugs coming into the country and communities across North Carolina in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

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Extending McHenry’s powers as interim speaker is still a possibility

North Carolina Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry has served as interim speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives since Oct. 3 after former speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, was ousted. Given the failed attempts of fellow Reps. Steve Scalise, R- LA, and Jim Jordan, R-OH, to lock up a vote as the next speaker, how likely is it that McHenry will be given extended powers?

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