US House Republicans bring culture wars into spending showdown with Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is due to begin voting this week on
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US attorney who has led Hunter Biden probe offers to publicly testify to Congress this fall
US attorney David Weiss, who has led the Hunter Biden criminal probe, has offered to testify at a public congressional hearing this fall, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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US Supreme Court faces 'outright defiance' from Alabama
It was a legitimate surprise when the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court ordered Alabama's conservative-dominated state government last month to redraw its congressional map and include either a second majority-Black congressional district or something quite close to it.
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Alabama GOP-controlled legislature approves congressional map with just one majority-Black district despite court order
Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature gave final passage Friday to a new congressional map with just one majority-Black district, despite a court order calling for the redrawn lines to create two majority-Black districts or "something quite close to it."
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US House Speaker McCarthy denies deal with Trump to expunge impeachments
WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday said he did not make any promises to
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U.S. House passes bill allowing older pilots, other aviation reforms
WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age
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US Senate considers sweeping defense bill, heads for showdown with House
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday they expected a sweeping defense policy
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US public defenders could lose hundreds of staff in budget shortfall-officials
By Sarah N. Lynch and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON The U.S. federal public defenders system could need to cut
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200 U.S. lawmakers agree not to intervene in any UPS strike
WASHINGTON A group of 200 U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday said they have agreed not to intervene in the
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Israeli president to deliver address to joint meeting of Congress
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, in what is expected to mark a bipartisan show of support for a top strategic ally in the Middle East.
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Republican lawmakers urge FTC to drop fight against Microsoft deal for Activision
WASHINGTON Twenty-two Republican lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to drop its fight against Microsoft's deal to buy
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Biden administration amps up pressure on US Senate over nomination delays
By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that a
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