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VideoDemocrats urge government to consider canceling Trump hotel lease
The U.S. government should consider canceling former President Donald Trump’s lease of a historic Washington building he made into a luxury hotel before he sells it, a congressional committee said Thursday.
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VideoBeto O’Rourke slams culture wars in run for Texas governor: 'I know democracy is under attack'
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke is canvassing the Lone Star State by visiting 20 cities in 12 days, looking to drum up excitement ahead of next month's primaries, in which he faces an uphill battle to unseat Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Yahoo News connected with O'Rourke and attendees at the Waco and Austin rally stop to understand what's at stake in the race.
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VideoPelosi: Reconciliation bill is the 'culmination of my service in Congress'
At a press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that the $3.5 trillion spending bill intended to be passed through reconciliation will be the "culmination" of all of the work she has accomplished in government thus far. Pelosi pointed to the potential benefits of the bill for children through initiatives related to education, jobs, the environment and national security.
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VideoTrump defense team creates video mashup of Democrats saying the word ‘fight’
During former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, defense lawyers presented a video, running some 9 and a half minutes, of Democrats uttering the word “fight.”
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VideoCori Bush slams GOP colleagues failing to show leadership: ‘Find another job because this one isn't for you'
As members of the House debate the future of freshman Rep. Marjorie Greene, who has become notorious for her bizarre conspiracy theories, racist and anti-Semitic statements, Rep. Cori Bush challenges her GOP colleagues to show leadership. “We all raised our hands and took that oath together,” Bush said. “We took that oath at the same time on January the third. So they need to think again, because [this work is about] saving lives and building communities, building families, building people. It's
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VideoA leader of the Young Democrats of Georgia reacts to the party's sweep in Senate runoff races: 'They gave me hope'
Jaylan Scott, the executive vice president of the Young Democrats of Georgia, said that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock's wins in the Jan. 5 Senate runoff races made him discover what was possible. “When I first got into politics, I remember thinking, 'I want to be the first Black senator [from Georgia],'” Scott told Yahoo News. “And so now I realize, even though I can't be the first, now I know it's at least possible for it to happen.”
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VideoGeorgia voters in Fulton County decide the future of the state, and the U.S., by voting in the Senate runoff race
Georgians turned out in record numbers for a runoff election on Tuesday, casting more than 4 million votes. That high-water mark came weeks after the state surpassed 5 million votes, another record, in the Nov. 3 election. Yahoo News talked to several voters in Fulton County, which Warnock and Ossoff won by a margin of 72.5 percent and 71.6 percent, respectively. They shared why it was important for them to vote in this year’s runoff race.
