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What Happened Today – April 15, 2026

Sen. Tammy Duckworth laughing in her wheelchair next to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the Governor's Reception Room in Annapolis

Sen. Tammy Duckworth laughed with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Annapolis a week ago; tonight the Army deleted her tribute page and Senate Republicans killed her Iran war powers vote. (Maryland GovPics, CC BY 4.0)

The Army deleted its own tribute to Sen. Tammy Duckworth today. Duckworth flew Black Hawks in Iraq until an RPG took both her legs. She came home with a Purple Heart, earned her PhD, served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and raised a family. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who couldn’t answer her questions at … Read more

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