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Biden slams Cruz, other Republican lawmakers for 'big lie' that fuelled Ca
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): Joe Biden on Friday lashed out at Republican Senator Ted Cruz and other GOP lawmakers who led efforts to challenge the Presidential election results ahead of Wednesday's pro-Trump supporters breaking into Capitol, with the US President-elect drawing a parall
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Democrats take US Senate as Ossoff wins in Georgia
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday (local time) as Jon Ossoff won the Georgia runoff elections, New York Times reported.
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Democrat Raphael Warnock projected to win Senate runoff against GOP candid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Reverend Raphael Warnock, Democratic politician and senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, is projected to become the first Black Senator from Georgia, defeating Republican candidate Kelly Loeffler, CNN projected on Wednesday.
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New US Senators sworn in to 117th Congress
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): New members of the US Senate, who were elected in the November vote, are being sworn in on Capitol Hill on Sunday noon as lawmakers convened to form the 117th Congress.
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US Senate Democrats slam Republican Senators for opposing Electoral Colleg
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): US Senate Democrats on Saturday criticised 11 Republican Senators, who announced that they would oppose the Electoral College results of the presidential elections on Wednesday, when the Congress convenes in a joint session to formally count the vote.
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11 US Senators say they'll challenge Electoral college results
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): Eleven Senate Republicans on Saturday announced that they would vote for objections to the Electoral College results come Wednesday when the US Congress convenes in a joint session to formally count the vote.
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Senator Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation named among most influential
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt] December 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Senator Dr RashaKelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and Member of Egyptian Senate (2020-2025) has been named one of the most influential African women in the world for 2020, for the third time.
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Pakistan using Taliban as 'tool' for dominance in Afghanistan: Former sena
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 26 (ANI): Pakistan is using Taliban as a "tool" for its dominance in Afghanistan under the pretext of strategic depth, said former Pakistan senator Afrasiab Khattak, adding that the terror group's approach towards the peace process has remained unchanged as it f
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NAB committing human rights violations, says Pak senator
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 20 (ANI): Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla has levelled charges against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of committing grave human rights violations and accused Imran Khan's government of using government machinery, including the an
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PTI government has become nightmare for poor, says Jamaat-e-Islami chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has become a nightmare for the poverty-ridden people, said Jamaat-e-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq.
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Trump campaigns for Republican Senators in Georgia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday visited the state of Georgia to campaign alongside two Republican Senators running against Democratic challengers in the January runoff election that will decide which party controls the Senate in Joe Biden's presidenti
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US Senators say China poses greatest threat to Washington's National Secur
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 5 (ANI): US Senators Marco Rubio and Mark Warner on Friday reiterated the remarks made by the country's Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe, saying that China is now the greatest national security threat the United States faces.
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