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Latest updates from the 114th Congress

Jan 5, 2015

Lawmakers are back on the job in our nation's Capitol and the Cox Washington News Bureau is there covering all angles as the 114th Congress is set to convene.

Keep checking throughout the day for the latest on what your Representative and Senator are doing to help their districts.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, watches Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arriving at the chancellory in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Maryam Majd)

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Students at Carver Early College School of Technology attend the school’s art class on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Atlanta Public Schools plans to convert the campus to a school of the arts that will serve grades 6-12. The plan depends on voters extending a one-cent sales tax for education. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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Washington County coach Robert Edwards let go

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