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No U.S. senator appears among the persons formally identified or sanctioned in the Department of the Treasury’s public Venezuela-related actions, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reporti...
There is no reliable, sourced list in the provided reporting that names U.S. senators accepting money from the Venezuelan government; available sources focus on U.S. Senate votes and legislation relat...
In December 2025 multiple Democratic members of the House introduced and advanced articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump alleging abuse of power, incitement of violence, threats aga...
Republicans hold a 53‑seat majority in the 119th Senate while Democrats (including two independents who caucus with them) make up the remaining 47 seats (45 Democrats + 2 Independents) — Senate.gov li...
The provided reporting documents that seven Republican senators voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in February 2021, producing a 57–43 guilty vote that nonetheless fell shor...
Joe Biden and Jill Biden first met in March 1975 on a blind date arranged by Joe’s brother, when Joe was a U.S. senator and Jill was a college senior; their courtship quickly deepened into a long-term...
Michelle Obama filed a high-profile defamation lawsuit reported as targeting Senator John Kennedy over statements he made from the Senate floor, specifically accusing him of calling the Michelle Obama...
As of the most recent, authoritative material in the package, , having been elected by Senate Republicans in November 2024 and taking the post at the start of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025. Mu...
President Donald Trump did not personally secure a floor vote that he authored, but the Senate did unanimously approve a measure tied to his agenda when the No Tax on Tips Act passed 100–0, a rare bip...
Two different votes are required at different stages: a simple majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is needed to adopt articles of impeachment (218 of 435 if all seats vote), and a two‑thirds...
The most reliable, multi-source accounting concludes that — a figure that combines four people in the crowd and three law-enforcement officers who later took their own lives, according to a bipartisan...
Available reporting in the provided sources does not show any current House or Senate leaders openly calling for President Trump to resign in 2025; instead, the material documents calls for action in ...
If a sitting president and the entire executive branch were simultaneously removed or incapacitated, the Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act lay out a specific order: the vice president i...
A single online item alleges that televangelist Joyce Meyer publicly accused U.S. Senator John Kennedy of “not being a Christian,” describing a dramatic confrontation that silenced an audience . Offic...
Multiple single-topic websites and aggregators claim Senator John Kennedy publicly confronted Rep. Ilhan Omar in a dramatic live hearing that “exposed” scandals, drove viral viewership, and produced e...
Multiple independent fact-checks and news reports show the viral claim that the U.S. Senate passed a “Born in America” law forcing naturalized or dual‑citizen federal officials to resign is false; Sno...
As of the incoming 119th Congress (Jan. 2025–Jan. 2027), available reporting identifies four Muslim members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Ilhan Omar (Minnesota’s 5th), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan’...
Democrats held both chambers of Congress (House and Senate) together during the 21st century in the 110th Congress (2007–2009) after the 2006 elections and again during the 117th Congress (2021–2023) ...
The “Born in the USA” / “Born in America” Act refers to multiple congressional bills and competing narratives in 2025 about birthright citizenship; the Senate and House versions (S.646 and H.R.3368 / ...
Al Franken resigned from the U.S. Senate after , but the specific allegations are not detailed in the provided articles. The materials reviewed show repeated references to accusations as the proximate...