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Brazilian senators ask high court to BAN President Bolsonaro from social media after bogus claims Covid shots are linked to AIDS

On Tuesday, the Covid Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) approved a request from opposition parliamentarians to sanction the president’s use of…

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US senators want to boot out 300 Russian diplomats over embassy row, but Moscow says it doesn’t even have that many in Washington

“There aren’t even that many Russian diplomats in Washington,” the Foreign Ministry stated. “Those who propose such steps are apparently…

3 years ago

Bipartisan group of Senators unveil $1 trillion infrastructure bill after marathon negotiations

The group of “moderate” Republicans and Democrats, tasked with ironing out differences so that a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package can…

3 years ago

US senators Sanders, Murphy & Lee introduce bipartisan bill to rein in presidential war powers & foreign weapons deals

Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) put forward the National Security Powers Act on Tuesday,…

3 years ago

China rails against ‘provocation’ as American senators fly into Taiwan on a military plane & promise to donate 750,000 vaccines

On Sunday, three US senators briefly visited Taiwan in a military aircraft in a move which angered China. Although they…

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China files formal complaint after US senators meet with senior Taiwanese leaders and declare island won’t ‘stand alone’

Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, has announced that the country has filed “solemn representations” with the US…

3 years ago

Senators Duckworth, Hirono to vote against straight white Biden nominees as Dems’ identity-politics balance starts to show cracks

Senator Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) told reporters on Tuesday that they'll vote to approve only non-white or…

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Rand Paul says Trump impeachment case is ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ after 45 senators support his motion to declare trial unconstitutional

The Senate voted 55-45 on Tuesday to set aside Paul's motion to short-circuit the trial before it even starts on…

3 years ago

Georgia’s GOP senators join fight against Biden’s victory certification, demonstrate loyalty to Trump amid runoff election

One of the senators, Kelly Loeffler, waited until literally the 11th hour to announce her plans, saying in a statement…

3 years ago

Ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan takes heat from both sides after blasting GOP Senators’ effort to challenge Biden’s victory

Efforts to challenge the results of the November 3 presidential election "strike at the foundation of our public," Ryan said…

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