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Senators push $70 billion funding deal to support Trump’s critical minerals push, reports

Lawmakers try to inject an extra $70 billion

Published 04 Feb, 2026 04:33pm

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US government starts likely brief shutdown as House fails to approve deal

Senate passed the spending package by a bipartisan vote of 71 to 29

Published 31 Jan, 2026 01:29pm

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Republicans eye ‘Trump-palooza’ convention ahead of US midterms

US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has taken a step closer to staging a highly unusual party convention...

Published 26 Jan, 2026 08:15am

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In reversal, Trump supports House vote to release Epstein files

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers’ efforts to release more files related to ...

Published 18 Nov, 2025 06:44am

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Democrats more energised for 2026 elections than Republicans: poll

WASHINGTON: Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year’s congressional elections...

Published 14 Nov, 2025 07:42am

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US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

WASHINGTON: The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 10:53am

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US Congress scrambles to try to avert looming shutdown after Trump demand rejected

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:36pm

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Republicans pick John Thune as new US Senate leader

WASHINGTON: The Republicans in the US Senate picked John Thune as the chamber’s new leader Wednesday as lawmakers...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 08:02am

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Triumphant Trump returns to White House to meet Biden

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will make a triumphant return to the White House to meet President Joe Biden Wednesday, in...

Published 13 Nov, 2024 03:34pm

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Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:36am

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Trump names New York Rep. Elise Stefanik US ambassador to UN: US media

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump said he has offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the job of US...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 11:56am

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Republicans on brink of clinching US House control after taking Senate

WASHINGTON: Republicans on Saturday were close to clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives, a critical...

Updated 10 Nov, 2024 11:39am

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Republicans widen Senate majority, on track to win House

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s Republicans were projected to pick up another US Senate seat on Thursday and appeared to...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 11:02am

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Republicans ahead in battle for control of US Congress

WASHINGTON: Republicans nudged ahead in their mission to wrest the closely divided US Senate from Democratic control...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 09:58am

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Republicans lose bid to block Pennsylvania voters from ‘curing’ mail-in ballots

NEW YORK: Pennsylvania election officials will be able to notify voters of any mistakes in their mail-in ballots and...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

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Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be...

Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am

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‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ Trump tweets

WASHINGTON: The tweet came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” the former...

Published 15 Sep, 2024 09:37pm

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Fact Check: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s presidential debate

WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump clashed Tuesday in the pair’s first and so far only scheduled debate of...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 04:04pm

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Republican report slams Biden’s 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal

WASHINGTON: Republicans on Sunday released a critical report on US President Joe Biden’s 2021 military withdrawal...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

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Biden takes on Trump and Republicans in feisty State of the Union speech

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing his...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 10:12am

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Trump pledges to reimpose Muslim ‘travel ban’

LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump used a speech to a Republican Jewish convention Saturday to promise reimposition of a...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 08:50am

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US Congress averts govt shutdown

WASHINGTON: The US Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support...

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 08:46am

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Republicans appeal to far-right conservatives to avert US govt shutdown

WASHINGTON: With just a week before Washington runs out of money to keep the federal government fully operating,...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

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Biden says Republicans should live up to budget deal

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday rebuked what he called “extreme Republicans”, saying the party’s...

Published 24 Sep, 2023 10:11am

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Biden says Republicans holding US economy 'hostage'

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden accused Republicans on Friday of holding the US economy "hostage" by refusing to ...

Published 05 May, 2023 10:26pm

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Pence says history will hold Trump ‘accountable’ for Capitol attack

WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence on Saturday said history would hold former president Donald Trump...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 10:33am

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Biden’s budget plan would boost childcare funding by billions of dollars

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget plan would boost federal funding for childcare and early...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:24am

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Trump kicks off White House run but top Republicans absent

WASHINGTON: The patriotic music, fiery rhetoric and adoring crowd were all there as Donald Trump announced another...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 11:35am

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Republicans take control of US House, Congress split: projections

WASHINGTON: Republicans on Wednesday took control of the US House of Representatives from Democrats, networks said,...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 11:13am

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Trump acolyte Kari Lake loses Arizona governor race

LOS ANGELES: Donald Trump loyalist and prominent election denier Kari Lake has lost her bid to be governor of...

Published 15 Nov, 2022 01:29pm