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US SenateUS Senate to hold infrastructure vote after bipartisan breakthroughAgreement, which follows months of talks between Democrats and Republicans, expected to gain strong support from lawmakers Joan E Greve in Washington and agency@ More
OhioOhio Senate candidate JD Vance blames America’s woes on ‘the childless left’Hillbilly Elegy author singles out Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker and AOC as he praises far-right president of Hungary Martin Pengelly in New York@ More
US Capitol attackPelosi will ask anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger to join 6 January panel
Speaker wants Illinois representative to join Liz Cheney
Minority leader withdrew support after Trump allies rejected
I Alone Can Fix It: Leonnig and Rucker on Trump bestseller
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US voting rightsUS democracy faces a momentous threat says Joe Biden – but is he up for the fight? The president’s speech in Philadelphia decried Republicans’ assault on voting rights but critics say it offered few answers, especially on Senate rules that let the minority to block reformDavid Smith in Washington@ More
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was one of nine people arrested during a voting rights protest at the US Capitol on Thursday. Beatty was participating in a protest calling for the Senate to pass a sweeping election reform bill. The bill passed the House in March but is being held up in the Senate because of a Republican filibuster. Beatty and others were arrested by Capitol police for ‘demonstrating in a prohibited area on Capitol grounds’, said police
Democratic congresswoman arrested during voting rights protest at Capitol More
US voting rightsDemocratic congresswoman arrested during voting rights protest at CapitolJoyce Beatty, chair of Congressional Black Caucus, was calling on the Senate to pass a key election reform bill Joan E Greve@ More
UyghursUS Senate votes to ban products from China’s Xinjiang over Uyghur abusesLatest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups R More
