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Senator Paul calls Virginia shooting a 'killing field'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Virginia [U.S.], June 14 (ANI): "It would have been a massacre without Capitol Hill Police. Nobody would have survived, 'it was a killing field' because nobody had weapons to shoot back." Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who was present at the shooting scene where five people
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Journalists barred from 'filming' interviews with U.S. Senators
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 14 (ANI): Members of the Capitol Hill press corps on Tuesday morning were verbally informed that reporters would no longer be granted access to film interviews with the United States senators, unless they obtain permission from the Senate rules committee as well as the se
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'Will not be silenced': Sen. Kamala Harris interrupted by male c
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June. 14 (ANI): It was a frustrating moment for Senator Kamala Harris, who once again found herself interrupted by her male colleagues during the Congressional testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday.
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You're making me nervous: Jeff Sessions to Senator Kamala Harris
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], June. 14 (ANI): Things got intense between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during the Senate hearing, as the latter interrupted Sessions several times to press him on his responses and ask follow-up questions.
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Democrats join hands with Republican Rand to oppose Saudi arms deal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], June 13 (ANI): Senate Democrats are joining hands with Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky to oppose a segment of U.S. President Donald Trump's arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
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Russia Probe: Senator Schumer invites Trump to testify before Senate
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 12 (ANI) : Senator Chuck Schumer has invited U.S. President Donald Trump to testify before the U.S. Congress on his campaign's alleged ties to Russia after the latter expressed his "100 percent" willingness to testify under oath about the events that led
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Pak senators demand probe on Musharraf-era nuke proliferation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore[Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Two Pakistani senators have demanded a probe into the nuclear proliferation carried out during the era of former military ruler General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf.
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Serial blasts kill 18 in Kabul
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 3 (ANI): At least 18 persons were killed and 30 others wounded in in three serial blasts that ripped through a Khair Khana cemetery in Kabul during the funeral of Senator Ezadyar's son on Saturday.
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Former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning dies at 85
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC (US), May 28 (ANI): Former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, the only National Baseball Hall of Fame member ever to serve in Congress, has died at the age of 85.
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We're nation of laws: Senator Rubio on Trump's 'witch hunt&
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 19 (ANI): Responding to US President Donald Trump's claim that he is a victim of the "witch hunt," Florida Senator Macro Rubio said that the former is entitled to his opinion, but the United States is a "nation of laws."
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Flynn not cooperating in Russian probe: GOP Senator
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 19 (ANI) : Senate Intelligence Committeee Chairman Richard Burr has accused the former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, of not cooperating with the investigation into Russians meddling in the U.S. Presidential election.
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Australian senator scripts history by breastfeeding her baby in Parliament
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 10 (ANI) : Queensland Senator Larissa Waters' 2- month-old daughter made history by becoming the first baby to be breastfed in Parliament.
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