FARRINGTON REPORT

The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as he held the floor overnight in protest of President Trump’s agenda. With no progress on the funding bill, Republican leaders are raising the issue of…

The Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne was evacuated on Tuesday after a report about a suspected explosive device, according to authorities. “We are responding to a report of a suspected [improvised explosive device] at the Capitol Building. The building was evacuated quickly and safely as a precaution,” the Wyoming Highway Patrol said in a Tuesday post…

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President Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House on Wednesday, shortly after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil exporters.  The move marked the Trump administration’s most significant action yet in its efforts to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to his war in…

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