US Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver a landmark speech to the US Congress on Wednesday as he fights off intense pressure to quickly cut a Gaza war ceasefire deal with Hamas. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving premier,…
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Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a “cascade of avoidable errors” that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials. Microsoft President Brad Smith spent more than three hours…
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Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the US-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a…
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Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition…
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Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hues to spending caps for defense and…
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Jordan’s King Abdullah on Monday welcomed a visiting US Congress delegation led by Sen. Joni Ernst. During their meeting, the king and his American guests discussed the latest developments in the region and ways in which the strategic…
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Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Thursday described a US congressional hearing that accused the Palestinian Authority of supporting violence against Israelis in the occupied West Bank as “misleading and unfair.” Only supporters of…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week as he visits the US during the United Nations General Assembly. Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21…
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Three members of the US Congress made a rare visit on Sunday to opposition-held territory in northern Syria controlled by pro-Turkish factions, an AFP journalist at the scene said. The bipartisan delegation comprising Joe Wilson,…
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Ukrainian officials have urged US Congress members to press President Joe Biden’s administration to send F-16 jetfighters to Kyiv, saying the aircraft would boost Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian missile units with US-made rockets,…
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