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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 ...
AmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states led by Democrats to sue Trump administration
About two dozen states led by Democrats sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Senate Democrats fire off angry letter to Trump on El Salvador deportations
A group of Senate Democrats has written a letter to Donald Trump to demand that he walk back his threat to send prison ...
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 ...
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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 ...