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Washington United States Senators delivered overwhelming bipartisan approval to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden Wednesday, calling expansion of the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for U.S. national security and a day of reckoning for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. Wednesday’s 95-1 vote – for the…

WASHINGTON ― Republican senators were surprised by Tuesday’s huge win for abortion rights in Kansas, of all places, even as they sought to downplay the electoral implications for their party ahead of November’s midterm elections. “It’s definitely a wake-up call for us,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) acknowledged on Wednesday. “Kansas,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin.Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham mocked Putin as the Senate is poised to vote on Finland and Sweden's NATO accession. "Without you, we wouldn't be here," Graham said in comments directed at Putin. Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed the historically neutral Nordic countries to seek NATO membership.…

Home » Business » US senator wants Google, Apple to provide digital asset scams data Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, is pressing the two leading mobile phone application store operators— Apple and Google—for details of how they protect users from…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak. The White House said Biden will announce Tuesday that he has tapped…

Senator John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, praised Democratic Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema for her "spine of steel" as Republicans hope she will kill her party's spending bill. Sinema, along with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, have been the two Senate Democrats most willing to buck their party since President Joe…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke hopes to defeat Texas incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott, but with 100 days until the midterm election in November, polls show the former congressman facing an uphill battle. O'Rourke, who served as a representative for Texas' 16th District from 2013 to 2019, significantly increased his…

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Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon on Friday as his choice to take on Michigan's incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer—but polls show the GOP contender faces an uphill battle if she wins the midterm primary on Tuesday. Dixon has been the leading candidate in the Michigan…

Meanwhile, the resignation of the head of the Criminal Prosecutions Bureau, Natosha Toller, further rocked morale...Read More