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US Senate rebukes Trump on Venezuela in war powers vote

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The US Senate took a major step Thursday toward passing a resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s military actions in Venezuela — a rare bipartisan rebuke following alarm over the secretive capture of leader Nicolas Maduro. The Democratic-led legislation, which bars further US hostilities against Venezuela without explicit congressional authorisation, got through a key […]

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US Senate confirms judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Supreme Court Justice

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The full United States Senate voted 53-47 in favor of confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Jackson, who makes history as the first Black woman and the first public defender to serve on the highest US court, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer when he officially retires this summer at […]

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