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John McGuire Says Fuel Prices 'Would Have Gone Up Whether We'd Had Conflict With Iran or Not.' He Voted Six Times to Keep the War Going.

John McGuire Says Fuel Prices 'Would Have Gone Up Whether We'd Had Conflict With Iran or Not.' He Voted Six Times to Keep the War Going.

With Virginia diesel at a record for 15 straight days, Rep. John McGuire blamed Biden-era refinery closures, not the Iran war. Congress's own budget office ties the price spike to the war, federal data shows refining capacity was flat when Biden left office, and McGuire has voted against every House resolution to end the war.

A Sworn Ethics Complaint Accuses Lauren Boebert of Sexual Relationships With Three of Her Own Staffers and a $200,000 Payment to Keep One Quiet

A Sworn Ethics Complaint Accuses Lauren Boebert of Sexual Relationships With Three of Her Own Staffers and a $200,000 Payment to Keep One Quiet

A complaint filed under penalty of perjury with the House Ethics Committee on Sept. 17 accuses Rep. Lauren Boebert of breaking the House rule against sexual relationships with staff she supervises. Boebert calls it 'utterly false' and a 'politically motivated stunt.' The committee hasn't said what it will do.

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Hasn't Disclosed At Least Four U.S. Troop Deaths in the Middle East. It Did Post a Video Starring Jake and Logan Paul.

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Hasn't Disclosed At Least Four U.S. Troop Deaths in the Middle East. It Did Post a Video Starring Jake and Logan Paul.

Six U.S. officials told The Washington Post that at least 22 service members have died in the Middle East during the Iran war — four more than the Pentagon's public count — and the Pentagon declined to explain the gap. The same week, Hegseth hosted YouTubers Jake and Logan Paul at the Pentagon and put the video online.

Trump Kept His Drug-Price Deals Secret Until a Watchdog Sued. They Let Eli Lilly Stop Selling Drugs Abroad to Erase Lower Prices.

Trump Kept His Drug-Price Deals Secret Until a Watchdog Sued. They Let Eli Lilly Stop Selling Drugs Abroad to Erase Lower Prices.

Public Citizen had to sue to see Trump's 'most favored nation' drug-price deals with Pfizer and Eli Lilly. The heavily redacted contracts carve Lilly's blockbuster weight-loss drugs out of the Medicaid discount, let Lilly stop selling drugs abroad to escape a lower price, and let Pfizer calculate its own prices for newly launched drugs.

Refugees and Trafficking Victims in New Jersey Could Start Losing Medicaid Oct. 1. Chris Smith, Tom Kean Jr. and Jeff Van Drew Voted Twice for the Law That Does It.

Refugees and Trafficking Victims in New Jersey Could Start Losing Medicaid Oct. 1. Chris Smith, Tom Kean Jr. and Jeff Van Drew Voted Twice for the Law That Does It.

Up to 25,000 legal immigrants in New Jersey — refugees, trafficking victims, domestic violence survivors, family of veterans — could lose Medicaid on Oct. 1 under Trump's budget bill. All three New Jersey Republicans in the House voted for it twice, and Van Drew had signed a letter promising he wouldn't.

Louisiana's Four Republicans in the House Voted Twice for Medicaid Work Rules. Now the State Says 58,000 Louisianans May Fall Short of Them.

Louisiana's Four Republicans in the House Voted Twice for Medicaid Work Rules. Now the State Says 58,000 Louisianans May Fall Short of Them.

Louisiana's health department told lawmakers that as many as 58,000 Medicaid recipients may have to take extra steps to keep their coverage when Trump's budget bill work requirements begin in January — 46,000 of them with no income at all. Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, Clay Higgins and Julia Letlow voted for the law twice.