The bill passed mostly along partisan lines only hours before financing for federal agencies was set to expire.
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President Joe Biden welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Oval Office, saying the U.S. and Ukraine would continue to project a “united defense” as Russia wages a “brutal assault on Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation.”
Two congressional sources and one person familiar with the matter said his visit could still be called off at the last minute due to security concerns.
The measure, introduced as part of a $1.7 trillion spending package, would apply to the executive branch but doesn’t appear to cover Congress.
The chairman of the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said the former president “lost the 2020 election and knew it.”
The panel is also considering recommending prosecutors pursue charges for obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
“The common cause that we have to address is climate change induced lower flows,” commission Chair Anne Castle said. “That’s what we have to work on together. It’s not an enemy that we can defeat. It’s one that we have to live with.”
The Justice Department said the defendants showcased their “extravagant lifestyles” to fool others into thinking they were skilled stock traders.
Twenty students and six teachers died in the 2012 massacre at the Newtown, Connecticut, school which shocked the nation.
The Justice Department subpoenaed Clark County’s elections department for communications from former President Donald Trump’s attorneys on the 2020 election.
On a month-to-month basis, the consumer price index rose just 0.1% in November, down from 0.4% in October.
The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority.
“The Constitution is set for a reason, to protect the rights of every American,” NewYork Republican Mike Lawler said. “I think the former president would be well-advised to focus on the future, if he is going to run for president again.”
President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into a catastrophic recession.
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