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Democrats in the US Senate blocked the Republican proposal for sanctions against Russia over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying it didn’t help Ukraine and denied President Joe Biden “leverage” to deal with the Kremlin. Proposed by Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senate bill 3436 would have given the White House two …

The vote passed on Thursday evening, giving authorities initial approval to drop the poison onto the islands in a bid to stop the mice, which are threatening rare bird populations. The plan will now have to be approved by the Pacific Southwest regional director of the US Fish and Wildlife …

On Thursday, 62 countries voted in favor of the motion, which accuses Moscow of building up its forces in the region and violating the rights of its citizens. However, the majority of states did not vote in favor, with 55 abstaining from casting their ballots. A further 22 nations, including …

52 members of the Senate voted in favor of repealing the mandate on Wednesday while 48 voted against. Those in favor included all 50 Republican senators along with two Democrats, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and Montana Senator Jon Tester. The rest of the Democrats in the Senate voted to …

Musk – the CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man – put the decision of whether to sell his stock to a Twitter poll on Saturday and pledged to “abide by the results of this poll, whichever way it goes.” Over 3.5 million people voted in the poll, which …

Murphy “narrowly won reelection in his reliably blue state,” AP announced on Wednesday evening, saying the Democrat “barely eked out a victory” against his GOP challenger. “With the candidates separated by a fraction of a percent out of 2.4 [million] ballots cast, it’s irresponsible of the media to make this …

The state was found to have double-counted early votes in Hudson County, one of the most strongly “blue” counties in New Jersey. The adjustment saw incumbent Democrat Murphy lose 10,732 votes, while challenger Ciattarelli lost 2,842.  The two remained in a dead heat as of Wednesday afternoon, both polling at …

Minneapolis is holding municipal elections on Tuesday, with the post of mayor and city councillors being contested. The poll has been somewhat overshadowed by Question 2 on the ballots, however, which asks citizens to help decide the future of the city’s embattled police department. It proposes replacing the department, which …

Parental consent is not required for a minor to get an abortion in Illinois, and the parental notification statute allowed the minor in question to waive the notification if they are concerned for their safety. Adopted in 1995, the statute only went into effect in 2013. Just one minor has …

The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles endorsed the request on Monday, after a pardon application was filed in April on behalf of Floyd’s family, citing the fact that an arresting officer in Floyd’s 2004 case had been found to have fabricated evidence against other defendants.  A copy of …