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A group of fourteen US Senators have written to Indian envoy to United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu welcoming India's decision to invite Australia for the Malabar exercises in the month of November, and batted for Quad grouping even as Chinese aggressiveness in the region and other part of the world…

Just 15 days ahead of the election, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney laid out his ideas on how he’d handle the COVID-19 pandemic if elected governor. Details were few, but the Democrat’s plan became one of only a handful being offered by candidates in the 11 U.S. governor’s races about…

FILE PHOTO: Armenian President Armen Sarkissian votes during an early parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia December 9, 2018. REUTERS/Hayk Baghdasaryan/PhotolureYEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has left for Brussels to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with NATO and European Union officials, his office said on Wednesday.During the visit he will…

Senators flag lack of housing assistance offered to residents in Taal danger zone (Philstar.com) - October 21, 2020 - 1:14pm MANILA, Philippines — Almost no help has been given to Filipinos whose homes were decimated or damaged by the eruption of Taal Volcano this year, senators said Wednesday.  This was…

WASHINGTON – Democratic senators appealed Tuesday for support of a legislative proposal that would suspend implementation of the Army’s new fitness test, arguing the high-profile initiative to improve physical readiness is based on faulty data and could undermine the goal of creating a diverse force. In an Oct. 20 letter…

Several Republican senators defended Anthony Fauci after a string of attacks in recent days from President Trump, who has called the government's top infectious-disease expert "a disaster" and claimed without evidence that he's a Democrat.Why it matters: As polls indicate warning signs for both Trump and down-ballot Republicans, more GOP…

KESTER, Belgium (AP) — To a few of the locals, the top-secret, fenced-off installation on the hill is known as “the radar station.” Some folks claim to have seen mysterious Russians in the area. Over the years, rumors have swirled that it might be a base for U.S. nuclear warheads.It’s…

A group of Republican senators advanced two proposals Monday, including a Constitutional amendment, to prevent court packing, which Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has portrayed as a near certainty if Democrats take power in November.The first proposal would amend the U.S. Constitution by explicitly limiting the number of Supreme Court justices to nine.…

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz unveiled a constitutional amendment on Monday that would prevent the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court from being expanded.Democrats have discussed placing more justices on the Court as a means to counterbalance the Supreme Court nomination by President Donald Trump of conservative judge…

Phillip M. Bailey ,  Ledyard King   | USA TODAY Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to drift away from President Donald Trump in the final weeks of the 2020 election even as the pair barrel toward filling a third U.S. Supreme Court seat.McConnell speculated last week about the time period after Judge Amy Coney Barrett's…