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"Didn't Realise Pistol Was In Briefcase": US Politician Acquitted In Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court acquitted U.S. State Senator Jeff Wilson of illegally possessing a firearm in the Chinese-ruled city as long as he doesn't commit any crime for the next two years.
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"Support For Putin Comes With A Price": US Senator's Warning To China
China must pay a greater price for backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a senior United States senator said Friday, during a trip to Taiwan in which American lawmakers vowed that Washington would not abandon the island.
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"China Provoking India At Every Turn": US Diplomat To Top Senate Panel
China is provoking India at every turn just as it is doing with the United States and Washington is committed to accelerating progress in strengthening India's defence capacity to deter Chinese provocations, a senior Biden administration official has
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US Senators Suggest Expelling 300 Russian Diplomats Amid Embassy Dispute
US Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia.
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US Senators Ask Trump to Suspend Licences for Tech Sales to Huawei
A bipartisan group of US senators wants the Trump administration to suspend its approval of US technology sales to China's Huawei, saying the manufacturer of cell phones and 5G network equipment poses risks to national security.
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Slams US Senator For "Police State" Remark
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday hit back at a US senator who said the city is becoming a police state, a day after a massive rally called on Washington to punish Beijing over sliding freedoms in the international hub.
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US Senator Ilhan Omar Decries Hate After Death Threat
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Wednesday denounced hate and publicized an anonymous death threat that she received in which the writer claimed that "a very capable person with a very big 'Gun' " would shoot her at the Minnesota State Fair.
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On Senate Floor With Gun On Hip, Republican Says She Will Deter Violence
Even in Virginia, where gun culture runs deep and some state lawmakers wear concealed weapons as routinely as dress socks, this scene raised eyebrows: State Sen. Amanda Chase standing on the floor of the ornate chamber with a .38 special openly strapped to her hip.
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Donald Trump In Pittsburgh Amid Protests, Officials Decline To Join Him
A mourning family doesn't want to meet him. Leaders of his own party declined to join him. The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come. Protesters have mobilized. And yet President Donald Trump visited this grief-stricken city Tuesday, amid accusations that he and his administration continue to fuel the anti-Semitism that inspired Saturday's mas...
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Riled With A Question, US Senator Snatches Student's Phone
An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.
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Google Maps Mistakenly Renames Senate Office Building After John McCain
A Senate office building was temporarily renamed for the late senator John McCain on Google Maps.
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From Vietnam War To US Election, John McCain Was Bred For Combat
U.S. Sen. John McCain, the son and grandson of four-star admirals, was bred for combat. He endured more than five years of imprisonment and torture by the North Vietnamese as a young naval officer and went on to battle foes on the left and the right in Washington
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Fox News Booked The Wrong Democrat. She Used It To Slam Trump On Live TV
A Massachusetts state senator who opposes President Donald Trump's immigration policies was mistakenly booked on Fox News, and she used the airtime to criticize Trump's "illegal and inhumane" treatment of migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border.
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Jones Declared Victor In Alabama Race For Senate; Moore May Seek Recount
Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama, according to exit polls and returns - a shocking upset in a solidly Republican state, in which massive turnout among African-American voters helped defeat a candidate enthusiastically backed by President Donad Trump.
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Former Oklahoma State Senator Admits To Child Sex Trafficking While In Office
Former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors months after investigators uncovered a secret life that they say involved child pornography and a rendezvous with a 17-year-old boy he had met through Craigslist's personal ads.
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"Didn't Realise Pistol Was In Briefcase": US Politician Acquitted In Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court acquitted U.S. State Senator Jeff Wilson of illegally possessing a firearm in the Chinese-ruled city as long as he doesn't commit any crime for the next two years.
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"Support For Putin Comes With A Price": US Senator's Warning To China
China must pay a greater price for backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a senior United States senator said Friday, during a trip to Taiwan in which American lawmakers vowed that Washington would not abandon the island.
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"China Provoking India At Every Turn": US Diplomat To Top Senate Panel
China is provoking India at every turn just as it is doing with the United States and Washington is committed to accelerating progress in strengthening India's defence capacity to deter Chinese provocations, a senior Biden administration official has
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US Senators Suggest Expelling 300 Russian Diplomats Amid Embassy Dispute
US Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia.
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US Senators Ask Trump to Suspend Licences for Tech Sales to Huawei
A bipartisan group of US senators wants the Trump administration to suspend its approval of US technology sales to China's Huawei, saying the manufacturer of cell phones and 5G network equipment poses risks to national security.
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Slams US Senator For "Police State" Remark
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday hit back at a US senator who said the city is becoming a police state, a day after a massive rally called on Washington to punish Beijing over sliding freedoms in the international hub.
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US Senator Ilhan Omar Decries Hate After Death Threat
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Wednesday denounced hate and publicized an anonymous death threat that she received in which the writer claimed that "a very capable person with a very big 'Gun' " would shoot her at the Minnesota State Fair.
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On Senate Floor With Gun On Hip, Republican Says She Will Deter Violence
Even in Virginia, where gun culture runs deep and some state lawmakers wear concealed weapons as routinely as dress socks, this scene raised eyebrows: State Sen. Amanda Chase standing on the floor of the ornate chamber with a .38 special openly strapped to her hip.
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Donald Trump In Pittsburgh Amid Protests, Officials Decline To Join Him
A mourning family doesn't want to meet him. Leaders of his own party declined to join him. The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come. Protesters have mobilized. And yet President Donald Trump visited this grief-stricken city Tuesday, amid accusations that he and his administration continue to fuel the anti-Semitism that inspired Saturday's mas...
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Riled With A Question, US Senator Snatches Student's Phone
An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.
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Google Maps Mistakenly Renames Senate Office Building After John McCain
A Senate office building was temporarily renamed for the late senator John McCain on Google Maps.
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From Vietnam War To US Election, John McCain Was Bred For Combat
U.S. Sen. John McCain, the son and grandson of four-star admirals, was bred for combat. He endured more than five years of imprisonment and torture by the North Vietnamese as a young naval officer and went on to battle foes on the left and the right in Washington
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Fox News Booked The Wrong Democrat. She Used It To Slam Trump On Live TV
A Massachusetts state senator who opposes President Donald Trump's immigration policies was mistakenly booked on Fox News, and she used the airtime to criticize Trump's "illegal and inhumane" treatment of migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border.
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Jones Declared Victor In Alabama Race For Senate; Moore May Seek Recount
Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama, according to exit polls and returns - a shocking upset in a solidly Republican state, in which massive turnout among African-American voters helped defeat a candidate enthusiastically backed by President Donad Trump.
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Former Oklahoma State Senator Admits To Child Sex Trafficking While In Office
Former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors months after investigators uncovered a secret life that they say involved child pornography and a rendezvous with a 17-year-old boy he had met through Craigslist's personal ads.
