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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

We are very confident that we can continue to provide hospitality to folks … while maintaining the same standard of security for passengers and our homeland.

usatoday.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

That doesn’t mean there won’t be times where someone will have to remove their shoes.

usatoday.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

If Harvard won’t defend the interests of its students, then we will.

breitbart.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

We tried to do things the easy way with Harvard. Now, through their refusal to cooperate, we have to do things the hard way.

newsweek.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

Harvard, like other universities, has allowed foreign students to abuse their visa privileges and advocate for violence and terrorism on campus.

newsweek.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 9, 2025

The long-standing policy requiring most passengers to remove their shoes at TSA checkpoints is no longer in effect.

usatoday.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 9, 2025

No one on Social Security would see any change to benefits as a result of the plan.

newsweek.com
Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Jul 9, 2025

We stand in solidarity with the people of Texas, and we are committed to offering any and all support requested during this critical time.

nbcnews.com
Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2025

Ruidoso endured devastating wildfires and flooding last summer, and now catastrophic flooding is hitting this resilient community again. This crisis demands immediate action.

newsweek.com
Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Jul 9, 2025

New Mexico is mobilizing every resource we have, but Ruidoso needs federal support to recover from this disaster. We’ve watched Texas receive the federal resources they desperately needed, and Ruidoso deserves that same urgent response.

cnn.com
Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Jul 9, 2025

My family was there, along with friends, and by the grace of God, my family was safe.

nbcnews.com
Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Jul 9, 2025

Our hearts go out to the families and communities in Texas who have been devastated by these historic floods.

nbcnews.com
Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

by blocking the rule, the legislative committee is taking over powers that the state constitution assigns to the governor and exercising an unconstitutional 'legislative veto.'

nbcnews.com
Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

Wisconsinites want to protect our constitutional checks and balances. Today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court decision ensures that no small group of lawmakers has the sole power to stymie the work of state government and go unchecked.

newrepublic.com
Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 8, 2025

It’s pretty simple—a handful of Republican lawmakers should not be able to single-handedly and indefinitely obstruct state agencies from doing the people’s work.

newrepublic.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 8, 2025

Our proposal is also consistent with virtually every other pension plan — state and private — currently operating in our country, and it matches the strategy most nations use to fund their retirement programs.

thehill.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 8, 2025

The Treasury would temporarily shoulder the burden of providing benefits to Social Security beneficiaries — but when the new fund’s 75 years are up, it would pay the Treasury back and supplement payroll taxes to help fill the future gap.

thehill.com