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US Senate confirms private equity executive Barrack as ambassador to Turkey
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed private equity executive Thomas Barrack, a longtime friend and backer of President ...
Angus King recalls Margaret Chase Smith, urges action against Trump in Senate floor speech
In a now iconic address, Smith denounced her Republican colleague Joseph McCarthy for his aggressive pursuit of those he considered communist sympathizers.
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US Sen. Ron Wyden plans to run for reelection in 2028
But U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says he doesn’t plan to go anywhere. The senior member of Oregon’s congressional delegation, Wyden ...
Illinois candidate for Durbin Senate seat consolidates support with Duckworth endorsement
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was endorsed by Sen. Tammy Duckworth in the primary to succeed the retiring Democratic Sen ...
Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump’s US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown
The Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff ...
Prison Fellowship’s Statement After United States Senate Declares April 2025 as Second Chance Month
Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families and a leading advocate for criminal ...
Duckworth endorses Stratton for Durbin Senate seat
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is endorsing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) in the Democratic primary next year as she ...
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Vermont Senate votes to condemn Mohsen Mahdawi’s arrest by immigration agents
Five of the chamber’s 13 Republicans voted against the measure, which had support from all Democratic and Progressive members.
Trump dismisses Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States ...
Ossoff: Trump’s recent actions ‘should chill us to the bone’
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) said that President Trump’s recent executive actions “should chill us to the bone” and claimed that ...