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Eight countries are represented in a new Panamerican Congress, meeting in Colombia this weekend to discuss tackling migration, climate change issues in Western Hemisphere.
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World & Nation
The men from Romania and Serbia targeted at least 100 people with ‘swatting’ calls to instigate an aggressive police response.
Sarah McBride, who built a reputation as a pragmatist in the Delaware state Senate, will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Friday.
One quarter of the newly seated U.S. House and Senate are people of color. Less than a third are women.
The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8-billion weapons sale to Israel.
In a deeply partisan Congress, one group of lawmakers with a shared background is working in a bipartisan way to try to pass important legislation.
Four years after Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, Vice President Kamala Harris formally certified his win in the 2024 election.
Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos and director Gregory Nava add another film to the National Film Registry. Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Spy Kids,’ ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ starring Ricardo Montalbán and Cheech Marin’s ‘Up in Smoke’ also make the list.
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago.