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China falters at easing tensions with US after balloon fallout
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A high-altitude balloon from China carrying a payload the size of three coach buses equipped with what American officials have described as surveillance equipment was spotted over the continental US, visibly hovering above a state with key military assets and ultimately sparking an internati
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House fires Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee over Israel comments
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Today's vote is not a reflection of Representative Omar, but on the rank hypocrisy of Republican leadership, which has used its power to exact revenge on their political opponents and, in the case of Omar, punish a Member to satisfy the extreme MAGA (Make America Great Again) wing of the
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'We will get to the bottom', US Speaker McCarthy on Biden's classified doc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Monday, US media reported that the president's personal attorneys discovered the first batch of 10 classified documents at a Biden think-tank office, prompting a federal probe into the matter.
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Special counsel named to probe classified documents found at Biden's offic
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, US Justice Department said the investigation would be carried out by former career Justice Department prosecutor and former US Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur.
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US Congress should probe Biden's handling of sensitive materials, says Hou
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
McCarthy compared Biden's handling of classified documents to former President Donald Trump's. The House Speaker added that he didn't see the difference between the two situations, despite Trump's months of stonewalling investigators efforts to retrieve them.
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Our very first bill will repeal funding for 87,000 new IRS agents: Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Saturday announced that bill for funding 87000 new Internal Revenue Service agents will be repealed when his party comes back to power, CNN reported.
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Republican Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker after 15 rounds of voti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
McCarthy, who now becomes second in line for the presidency, clinched victory following the longest speakership election in 160 years as the establishment Republicans took 15 rounds of voting over a span of four days to fend off a right-wing, anti-McCarthy rebellion.
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US House adjourns for third day without electing Speaker, McCarthy loses i
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lawmakers voted five times on Thursday. However, Kevin McCarthy was unable to secure the majority of votes needed for being elected as the speaker.
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US: Kevin McCarthy loses seventh vote for speaker despite offering concess
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Kevin McCarthy has failed to secure 218 votes and had 20 total GOP lawmakers voting against him.
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Biden slams Republicans as they fail to elect Speaker, calls "embarrassing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While talking with the reporters, Biden said, "That's not my problem. I just think it's a little embarrassing it's taking so long and the way they're dealing with one another,"
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Uncertainty grows over McCarthy's fate as US House adjourns after 3 failed
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The adjournment of the US House of Representatives after it failed to elect a speaker despite three attempts to obtain the required support in three rounds of voting on Tuesday has resulted in growing uncertainty over Kevin McCarthy's fate who was regarded as the Republican Party's favourite
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US House fails to pick Speaker on first ballot for first time in a century
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed to attain the required number of votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as a Speaker on the first ballot thus sending the House to a second ballot for the first time in a century, The New York Post reported.
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