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Donald Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize For "Historic" Middle East Policy
Former US President Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for the fourth time. Mr Trump's name was put forward by a Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney, citing his "historic" policy in the Middle East.
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12 Republican Lawmakers Urge Biden To Not Support India At WTO On Covid Vaccines
12 Republican lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to not support a proposal by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules amid Covid.
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This US Lawmaker Wants You To Know Him So He Can Wreak Havoc In Congress
Everybody went to high school with Matt Gaetz, in some form. You know the type. Contrarian, but well-argued. Obnoxious, but not a bully. An OK baseball player, but a much better debater: loud, fast and fearsome. Not boastful of family money, but not stealth about it either. You pictured him becoming a litigator, flashing cuff links like a sidearm, ...
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Steve Scalise: Rising Conservative Star And Gun Rights Advocate
Steve Scalise, the senior Republican lawmaker seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting at a baseball practice near Washington, is a hardline conservative who opposes abortion, immigration and gun control, and who cleared numerous hurdles to become the number three House Republican.
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Prominent Republicans Not Voting For Donald Trump
US Republican lawmakers, governors, advisors and former officials have come out against GOP nominee Donald Trump, saying he lacks the judgment, character and experience to be president.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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Plan to Admit More Refugees Faces Stiff Opposition in US Congress
White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.
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US Lawmakers Push Ahead on Iran Sanctions: Senior Senator
Republican and Democratic US lawmakers will press ahead with a plan for more sanctions on Iran, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday, despite White House warnings that they risked derailing nuclear talks.
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Lawmaker Sorry He Mistook US Officials as Indian
A freshman Republican lawmaker has apologised for mistaking two senior US government officials as Indian when they testified at a congressional hearing.
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United States Officers Say No 'Stand-Down Order' for Benghazi
Military officers testified that there was no "stand-down order" that held back military assets that could have saved the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed at a diplomatic outpost and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, undercutting the contention of Republican lawmakers.
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Republican Intelligence Chief Urges United States to Get tougher on China
The chief of the US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused China of "gluttonous, naked aggression" in its drive to control territory and resources in the South China Sea.
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Despite Grousing, United States Voters Rarely Fire Lawmakers
The US Congress is wildly unpopular. In fact, two-thirds of Americans want their own House member booted. And the ultraconservative tea party movement is dogging longtime Republican lawmakers.
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Donald Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize For "Historic" Middle East Policy
Former US President Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for the fourth time. Mr Trump's name was put forward by a Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney, citing his "historic" policy in the Middle East.
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12 Republican Lawmakers Urge Biden To Not Support India At WTO On Covid Vaccines
12 Republican lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to not support a proposal by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules amid Covid.
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This US Lawmaker Wants You To Know Him So He Can Wreak Havoc In Congress
Everybody went to high school with Matt Gaetz, in some form. You know the type. Contrarian, but well-argued. Obnoxious, but not a bully. An OK baseball player, but a much better debater: loud, fast and fearsome. Not boastful of family money, but not stealth about it either. You pictured him becoming a litigator, flashing cuff links like a sidearm, ...
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Steve Scalise: Rising Conservative Star And Gun Rights Advocate
Steve Scalise, the senior Republican lawmaker seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting at a baseball practice near Washington, is a hardline conservative who opposes abortion, immigration and gun control, and who cleared numerous hurdles to become the number three House Republican.
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Prominent Republicans Not Voting For Donald Trump
US Republican lawmakers, governors, advisors and former officials have come out against GOP nominee Donald Trump, saying he lacks the judgment, character and experience to be president.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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Plan to Admit More Refugees Faces Stiff Opposition in US Congress
White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.
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US Lawmakers Push Ahead on Iran Sanctions: Senior Senator
Republican and Democratic US lawmakers will press ahead with a plan for more sanctions on Iran, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday, despite White House warnings that they risked derailing nuclear talks.
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Lawmaker Sorry He Mistook US Officials as Indian
A freshman Republican lawmaker has apologised for mistaking two senior US government officials as Indian when they testified at a congressional hearing.
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United States Officers Say No 'Stand-Down Order' for Benghazi
Military officers testified that there was no "stand-down order" that held back military assets that could have saved the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed at a diplomatic outpost and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, undercutting the contention of Republican lawmakers.
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Republican Intelligence Chief Urges United States to Get tougher on China
The chief of the US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused China of "gluttonous, naked aggression" in its drive to control territory and resources in the South China Sea.
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Despite Grousing, United States Voters Rarely Fire Lawmakers
The US Congress is wildly unpopular. In fact, two-thirds of Americans want their own House member booted. And the ultraconservative tea party movement is dogging longtime Republican lawmakers.
