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Joe Biden's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said she regrets speaking in 2019 at a Confucius Institute.

U.S. Senators introduce bill to block Biden energy ban From the Office of Senator Bill Cassidy: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), along with his colleagues Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kenne...

Republican members of  Senate are urging support for a resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers, farmers, manufacturers and businesses by upholding the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection rule, which replaced the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.  In 2015, the Obama administration finalized a rule that expanded the definition of the Waters of the United States. The Trump administration released a proposed rule to replace...

The Senate confirmed Antony Blinken as President Biden's secretary of state on Tuesday. The vote was 78-22. As the top U.S. diplomat, Blinken will face an array of national security challenges.

Antony Blinken, a longtime foreign policy aide to President Joe Biden who has pledged to rebuild American alliances and reinvigorate a State Department

US Senate confirms Blinken as secretary of state 307 WASHINGTON, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The US Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed Antony Blinken as secretary of state, with key members of the rival Republican Party backing him. Blinken, a longtime adviser to President Joe Biden who has vowed to repair US alliances, was approved by a vote of 78-22. His easy confirmation is in contrast with former president Donald Trump’s two secretaries of state, Mike Pompeo and Rex Tillerson, who both scr...

Biden’s UN Nominee Urged to Counter China, Defend ‘19 Speech Bloomberg 1/27/2021 David Wainer (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden’s nominee for United Nations ambassador was pressed to counter China’s influence at the organization as well as defend a speech she gave to a Chinese-sponsored institute in 2019 about Beijing’s strategy in Africa. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at her confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pledged t...

It is a bonanza of confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, including hearings vetting his pick to lead the Energy Department. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. ambassador role to the United Nations, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (Screenshot via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — Across the U.S. Senate, a trio of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks made their case Wednesday for confirmation ...

US Senate confirms Blinken as secretary of state

Biden’s UN Nominee Urged to Counter China, Defend ‘19 Speech Bloomberg 1/27/2021 David Wainer (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden’s nominee for United Nations ambassador was pressed to counter China’s influence at the organization as well as defend a speech she gave to a Chinese-sponsored institute in 2019 about Beijing’s strategy in Africa. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at her confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pledged t...