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House speaker Mike Johnson face pushback from hardline Republicans, who view the Senate funding bill as a concession to Democrats’ demands
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The supreme court has sent a case involving a key ally of Donald Trump – one that holds him in contempt of Congress – back to an appeals court, where it is now likely to be dismissed.
Steve Bannon, who served as a White House adviser during the first seven months of Trump’s first administration, was convicted of defying a subpoena from the House January 6 committee and served four months in prison in 2024. But today, the justices vacated a ruling by the US court of appeals for the DC circuit and sided with Bannon, who has since become a prominent rightwing podcaster.
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