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A pair of GOP lawmakers are blocking the State Department from providing $75 million in food assistance for Palestinian refugees, as civil society groups raise alarm over a worsening humanitarian crisis compounded by grain shortages from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican lawmakers on the…

Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said AI could be a “game changer” in helping manufacture complex treatments.

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U.S. officials are being asked to invest more in programs that could help end or prevent conflicts, whether in Ukraine or any region dealing with significant unrest. The Prevention and Stabilization Fund is a key account in the U.S. ...

“This is likely going to be an expensive year,” Senate Democratic appropriator Chris Murphy said.

JOLIET U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced

Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured investments for Alaska in the Energy and Water; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD); and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Act of 2024, which were approved by the committee will now advance to the full Senate for consideration.

Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, the House narrowly passed its version of the annual defense spending bill, which would authorize $886.3 million for...

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Senate and House Republicans once again face competing priorities, this time over federal funding for programs designed to maintain international peace.…