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Trump tweets 'VETO!' after Senate rejects his border emergency declaration
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the US Mexico border, prompting a swift response from the 72-year-old leader who tweeted 'veto', an indication that he would reject the resolution.
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Resolution passed to end US role in Saudi war in Yemen
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): The Senate on Wednesday voted a resolution to stop US military support in the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen, in a vote widely seen as an unprecedented rebuke of President Donald Trump's policy on the Middle East.
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US Senate confirms Indian-American Neomi Rao as judge of appeals court
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Indian American Neomi Rao, who was under scrutiny for her previous writings on sexual assault will now be judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, US Senate confirmed on Wednesday.
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We hope he learned his lesson: Pelosi, Schumer on Trump’s plan to ask wall
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 11 (ANI): Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer on Sunday hinted that United States President Donald Trump's reported plan to ask for 8.6 billion USD in the 2020 budget to fund the wall was a non-starter.
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House of Representatives passes resolution to overturn Trump's emergency d
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): The US House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, on Tuesday (local time).
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Cohen apologises for lying to Congress in 2017 testimony
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen apologised to the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during the 2017 testimony, on Tuesday (local time).
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Senate investigators to question Moscow businessman linked to Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [United States] Feb 22 (ANI): The Senate Intelligence Committee, which is probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 United States election, has expressed its desire to question a Moscow-based American businessman with longstanding ties to US President Donald Trump.
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US Senate approves William Barr as attorney general
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) voted to confirm William Barr as the nation's next attorney general, putting him in charge of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into alleged Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential elections.
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Cohen postpones testimony for 3rd time in a month
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who was slated to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on February 12, has once again postponed his testimony for the third time on Monday (loca
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative a global security challenge, say European
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI): China’s ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is a global security threat, according to conclusions reached by various experts from renowned European think tanks.
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US: Senate passes Syria, anti-BDS bill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): United States Senate on Tuesday approved legislation which includes a provision warning US President Donald Trump not to precipitously withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Syria until terrorist groups in the regions are destroyed.
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Senate, House lawmakers to reintroduce resolution to end US role in Yemen
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties will make another legislative attempt on Wednesday to halt the United States' involvement in the war in Yemen.
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