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Senate Passes Foreign-Aid, TikTok-Divestment Package, Sending Legislation to Biden’s Desk

The vote came just days after Speaker Mike Johnson maneuvered the legislation through the House, under threat of his own ouster from GOP hardliners.

Senate passes $95 billion aid bill after delay, Biden poised to sign

President Biden scored a major victory on Tuesday when the Democrat-led Senate heeded his long unanswered foreign aid request by passing the House's $95 billion foreign-aid package.

Senate Republicans prod Justice Department to crack down on ‘antisemitic, pro-Hamas mobs’ on campus

The Biden Justice Department has zeroed in on Catholics, pro-life activists, and rowdy parents at school-board meetings, but Senate Republicans wish the feds would turn their attention to those supporting blood-soaked terrorists.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Protesters chanted "Blood on your hands" at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed.

Bob Casey, David McCormick to face off in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania's high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall, as Tuesday's primary election put the men on track for a race that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and help decide control of the Senate next year.

Hundreds of athletes urge the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports

Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself,...

Russia to intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine, Kremlin warns 

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Kremlin will intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine. “We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centers and storage bases for Western weapons,” Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti. The warning from Shoigu came just as the House passed the $95...

Biden says he’ll sign foreign aid bill Wednesday after Senate passage

President Biden praised the Senate after the chamber passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid package, saying he would sign the legislation on Wednesday at the White House. "Congress has passed my legislation to strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership: we stand resolutely for...

Baltimore to open deeper channel for commercial ships starting Thursday

A deeper channel to allow commercial ships into and out of the Port of Baltimore is set to open Thursday, a major step in reopening trade after the port was closed due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The Army Corps of Engineers has opened three shallow, temporary channels under...

Senate passes Ukraine, Israel funding after months-long stalemate

The Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion emergency foreign aid package, ending months of bitter fighting over $61 billion for the war in Ukraine that had deeply divided the Republican Party. The measure passed by a vote of 79 to 18 and now goes to President Biden for his signature. The package also includes...

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