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Russian war games set stage for Biden and Putin’s head-to-head Julian Borger in Washington If Biden had wanted to illustrate his emphasis on the need for stability and dialogue between Washington and Moscow, he could not have arranged it better. In the post cold war years, Russia has shrunk to an economic minnow, but it still has the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world, with more than 6,250 warheads (compared with the US total of 5,550) according to the Federation of American...

  WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) signed on to a letter to Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman urging her to disburse Shuttered Venue Operator Grant funding to struggling live entertainment venues as soon as possible. The legislation that created this program, the  Save Our Stages Act, was signed into law more than six months ago, and event venues are going out of business while waiting for these grants. In the bipartisan letter, led by Sena...

With relations between Biden and Putin chilled, it's likely that a 'cold peace' is the best-case scenario coming out of this week’s summit.

As the Biden administration continues to pursues a U.S. re-entry into the Iran nuclear deal, a recent opinion poll finds strong bipartisan support for any agreement with the regime in Tehran to be a treaty, presented to the U.S. Senate for advice and consent.

Senate Republicans introduced on Friday legislation that would require President Joe Biden to obtain congressional approval before he signs any new nuclear deal with Iran, according to a copy of that bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Biden to take a tougher line with Nicaragua amid President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on political opponents.

The S.H.R.E.D. Act would strengthen Wyoming ski hills and communities by ensuring fees paid to the U.S. Forest Service are invested back into winter recreation.

145 Democrats urge the release of $75m in US aid to Gaza Signatories to the letter include by Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive representatives including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. June 4, 2021 at 1:11 pm Some 145 Democratic members of Congress are urging a key Republican senator to release the hold on $75 million in Palestinian aid. The lawmakers, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, wrote to Senator James Risch "to respectfully request that you release y...

Money 'desperately needed' in wake of Gaza-Israel fighting, Democrats say. Effort led by Rep. Jamie Raskin wins support from across ideological spectrum of Democratic Party

(CNS News) -- The Senate failed on Friday to pass legislation to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.  Senators voted 54-35, falling short of the 60 votes needed to pass the bill.