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By Phil McCausland BBC News, New York 7 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday that he intended to step down as Senate Republican leader in November Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday that he intends to step down as the longest-serving Senate Republican leader following November’s general election.
John Moore/Getty Images The Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 9, 2024. CNN — The Senate’s border deal and foreign aid package, released Sunday, would implement strict limits along the US . . .
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a compromise to crack down on the surge of migrants across the United States border with Mexico, including reducing the number who are allowed to live and work in the country temporarily, but a final deal depends on resolving critical funding disputes. Much of the recent haggling […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House and Senate negotiators dug in Sunday laboring to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the holiday recess.
The debate over the U.S. Senate dress code, spurred by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), is a fight that seems insignificant to most yet reflects how the once vaunted and respected institution of the U.S. Senate has diminished in the eyes of the American people. Most voters care more about gas prices and inflation than Fetterman’s […]
Pressley, Bush, Frankel Led ERA Caucus, Dem. Women’s Caucus in March to Senate Prior to Vote WASHINGTON – At a Capitol Hill press conference today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Caucus, responded to the Senate’s vote on S.J.Res.4, the Senate companion to
By JEFFREY COLLINS – Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s newest senator was sworn into office on Tuesday. Surrounded by his family, Sen. Mike Reichenbach became the chamber’s newest member a week after he won a special election for his Florence County district with 90% of the vote. Reichenbach is a political newcomer […]
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May 2, 2022
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S. has condemned as “sickening” Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s antisemitic comments about the Ukraine invasion. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Russia is fooling no one by trying to justify its brutal invasion of Ukraine with a “deranged […]