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07.10.2022 / 00:25

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaskan island

JUNEAU, Alaska - Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S.

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Senate poised to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill, April 04, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski announces reelection bid opposed by Trump

WASHINGTON - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run for reelection.Trump, who has focused his political efforts on punishing his political opponents, endorsed a leading opponent of Murkowski in June.

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Republican announces run for Murkowski’s Alaska Senate seat

JUNEAU, Alaska – An early Republican candidate announced plans Monday to seek the Alaska U.S. Senate seat that has been held since 2002 by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health. She is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation.

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White House drops Interior nominee after Murkowski objects

WASHINGTON – The White House is withdrawing its planned nomination of Elizabeth Klein to become deputy secretary at the Interior Department amid opposition from Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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Deb Haaland: Biden's pick for interior secretary faces final historic vote

WASHINGTON - The Senate is set to vote Monday on the likely confirmation of Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden’s pick as interior secretary. The historic move would make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.Earlier this month, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor.

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Deb Haaland nomination for interior secretary approved by key panel, moves to full Senate

WASHINGTON - A key Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary, clearing the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor.

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Murkowski says she can't fear fallout for impeachment vote

JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday she knows her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his recent Senate impeachment trial could have political consequences, “but I can't be afraid of that.”

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'Distressing and emotional': Senators relive horror of riot

WASHINGTON – For 90 tense minutes, members of the Senate relived the horror.

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Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and the Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority force him out, warning that Trump is a threat to democracy after the deadly assault on the Capitol.The House action could start as soon as Monday as pressure increases on Trump to step aside. A Republican senator, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, joined Republican Sen.

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'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.After riling up a crowd that later staged a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Trump appears to have lost some of his strongest allies, including South Carolina Sen.

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Murkowski becomes 1st GOP senator to say Trump should resign

WASHINGTON – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that President Donald Trump should resign, making her the first Republican senator to say he should leave office as backlash grows against his goading of violent supporters who stormed the Capitol.

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Republicans break with Trump over push to halt vote count

WASHINGTON – Some Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump’s attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and other states, leaving him without key voices of support as his reelection hangs in the balance. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump ally who won reelection Tuesday in Kentucky, told reporters that “claiming you’ve won the election is different from finishing the counting.” Sen.

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Pressure mounts on GOP senators over filling Ginsburg seat

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to rush a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as pressure mounted on senators to support or oppose a quick vote to fill the seat.As the Senate returned to Washington on Monday, all eyes were on Republicans Mitt Romney of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa for clues to whether Trump and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be able to confirm Ginsburg's replacement anytime soon. A day earlier, Biden had urged unnamed Republicans to join Sens.

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Biden to GOP senators: Don't jam through nominee to replace late Justice Ginsburg

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The Latest: Murkowski won't back court vote before election

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Donald Trump's effort to appoint a successor (all times local):1:10 p.m.Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she doesn’t support taking up a Supreme Court nomination so close to the Nov.

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Romney says he'll 'stay quiet' on his 2020 presidential vote

WASHINGTON – Utah Sen. Mitt Romney on Monday became the latest prominent Republican to cast doubt on his support for President Donald Trump's reelection, saying he would “stay quiet” about whom he'll be supporting in November.Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, told reporters on Capitol Hill that “I'm not going to be describing who I'll be voting for." His open acknowledgment of hesitance in supporting Trump comes after former Trump defense secretary Gen.

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