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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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Baloch activists holds protest in London against Pakistani police brutalit
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Baloch Republican Party UK Zone said, "BRP UK held a protest in London against the brutality of Pakistani forces and army in #Gwadar, we are showing solidarity with our brothers and sisters in #Balochistan #gwadarundersiege #GwadarProtests #GwadarisNotAlone."
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Erdogan uses the weaponised judiciary to block Imamoglu, his strongest riv
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the main opposition Republican's Peoples' Party (CHP), to two years and seven months in prison on charges of insulting members of the Supreme Electoral Board following his big victory in Istanbul's controve
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US House passes bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage, it now
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The House vote was 258 to 169 with 39 Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the legislation.
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House Judiciary Republicans delete Kanye tweet after antisemitic rant
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Kanye. Elon. Trump," the tweet appeared to be a statement of support for the rapper after he was suspended from Instagram and Twitter for several antisemitic posts, The Hill reported.
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Musk says he will back DeSantis if he runs for president
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Former US President Donald Trump announced his latest presidential bid last week after the Republican Party failed to gain control of the Senate and an anticipated broad wave of support for the GOP never materialized in the House midterms.
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Republicans pursuing audit of Ukraine aid from US Congress
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This comes as the Biden administration has provided more than USD 20 billion in military assistance to Kyiv, as well as about USD 10 billion in humanitarian assistance and about USD 13 billion in economic assistance, The Hill reported.
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US House Speaker Pelosi says will not seek leadership role in next Congres
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Democrats are slated to lose their majority in the House following midterm elections last week, with current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy favoured becoming speaker under Republican control of the chamber.
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Biden congratulates Republicans for winning majority in US House
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Biden said the future of the US is too promising to be trapped in political warfare and the American people want the US government to get things done for them.
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Republicans projected to win control of US House of Representatives: US me
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
On Wednesday, the outlet projected Republicans to win a majority in the lower chamber, at least 218 seats, but by narrow margins. Democrats retained their majority in the Senate following the midterm.
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US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy nominated to be next Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
McCarthy's nomination comes after an underwhelming performance in the midterm election. This led to a search among conservatives for a challenger. The vote puts McCarthy in line to be the next speaker of the House, only if he wins at least 218 votes in the full House of Representatives.
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Erdogan's opponents are indicted so that they are excluded from the Presid
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as one of most popular opponents of Erdogan, and the leader of the main opposition Republican Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu have already been indicted for speaking ill of Turkey, and under the draconian laws of the country, if convicted, will b
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