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U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote
Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, walks to the Senate Chamber ahead of a vote on a foreign aid package at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2024. The US Senate is due to vote on the final foreign aid package of $95 billion in total military assistance to US allies, including money for Israel and Taiwan alongside the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine -- is expected to land on President Joe Biden's desk for his approval by the end of the week. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
U.S. Senate advances $95-billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
FILE - The Capitol Dome is seen as lawmakers prepare to depart for the holiday recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber, a disparity that could have major ramifications in next year's elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
opinion
Canadian banks are not fighting climate change on their own. They must be legislated
Julie Segal and Rosa Galvez
technology
Memory chip maker Micron set to receive $6.1-billion in grants from U.S.
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed Micron logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
u.s. politics
Senate convenes the Mayorkas impeachment trial as Democrats seek a quick dismissal
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
u.s. politics
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
(FILES) US House Speaker Mike Johnson looks on after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2024. US House Speaker Mike Johnson said April 15, 2024 that his Republican-controlled chamber would vote this week on aid bills for Ukraine and Israel, after months of stalling over pressure from his party's right-wing. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Uncertainty surrounds U.S. Republicans’ plan for separate Ukraine, Israel aid bills
FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that Mayorkas has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce existing immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to convene a trial under the rules of impeachment, Democrats are expected to dismiss or table the charges before any of the arguments are even underway. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
canada
French universities want exemption from foreign student cap, file language complaint
Official Languages Commissioner Raymond Theberge responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursda, May 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
u.s. business
TikTok divestiture deadline could be extended to one year, U.S. senator says
FILE - The TikTok logo is displayed n a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 9, 2024, two tribal nations accused social media companies — including Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat's Snap Inc.; TikTok parent company ByteDance; and Alphabet, which owns YouTube and Google — of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
world
U.S. investigators interview ship personnel in Maryland bridge collapse
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 09: Salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the cargo ship Dali after it stuck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 09, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Unified Command has started removing containers from the Dali while also working to clear the channel to restore the flow of commerce to the Port of Baltimore. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot cargo ship Dali at 1:30 AM on March 26. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
FILE - No Labels leadership and guests from left, Dan Webb, National Co-Chair Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, and founding Chairman and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, speak about the 2024 election at National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. The third-party presidential movement No Labels is expected to move this week toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
politics
Bloc eyes adding age verification for pornography sites to online harms bill
The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $25.7 billion as of the end of January for the current fiscal year. The Peace Tower in Parliament Hill is pictured in morning light in Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</p>
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Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
u.s. politics
U.S. House passes $1.2-trillion bill to avoid shutdown, angers hardline Republican
A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, as Congress faces a deadline on Friday, March 22, to extend funding or face a partial shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
u.s. politics
Biden, congressional leaders announce deal on government funding as partial shutdown looms
FILE - The Capitol Dome is seen as lawmakers prepare to depart for the holiday recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber, a disparity that could have major ramifications in next year's elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
technology
Former U.S. treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says he’s putting together investor group to buy TikTok
Supporters of TikTok gather outside the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2024. The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in the United States. (Kent Nishimura/The New York Times)
world
U.S. to send Ukraine $300-million in new aid
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U.S. House approves spending bill to avert government shutdown
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The House is expected to vote to keep money flowing to scores of federal agencies before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. A significant number of House Republicans oppose the measure, forcing Johnson to use an expedited process to bring the bill up for a vote. That process requires two-thirds of the House to vote for the measure for it to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
u.s. politics
Independent Kyrsten Sinema will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate
FILE: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has announced that she will leave Congress at the end of her term this year. She was elected as a Democrat but left the party to become an Independent in 2022. WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Sen. Kyrtsen Sinema (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference after the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act at the Capitol Building on November 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. In a 61-36 vote, the measure would provide federal recognition and protection for same-sex and interracial marriages. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
world
Mitch McConnell stepping down as Senate minority leader
analysis
McConnell’s retreat will change not only the character of the Senate but also of the Republican Party
David Shribman
world
French Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right
A pro-abortion rights activist holds signs read ' my body, my uterus, my choice' and 'never again' during a rally for abortion rights outside La Sorbonne university in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. France's Senate is voting on a bill meant to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
world
Mitch McConnell says he will step down as Senate Republican leader
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opinion
The Senate should say no to yet another delay in expanding MAID
Jocelyn Downie
u.s. politics
Biden is summoning congressional leaders to the White House to talk Ukraine and government funding
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 27, to discuss the emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as avoiding a government shutdown next month, according to an anonymous White House official. The top four leaders include House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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In Ukraine, Schumer challenges Speaker Johnson to ‘rise to the occasion’ and pass more U.S. aid
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) shake hands during a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine February 23, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
politics
Trudeau announces appointment of senator from Quebec
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of Manuelle Oudar as Canada's newest senator from Quebec. An overall view of the Senate is shown in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
u.s. politics
Biden warns House GOP opposing Ukraine funding would play into ‘Putin’s hands’
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
world
U.S. Senate advances aid bill for Ukraine despite Trump opposition
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: The U.S. Capitol building is seen past a cloud of steam rising from a vent on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate is convening for a rare Sunday session to vote on a supplementary spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan without addressing border security after Republicans in the House abandoned an agreement that they initially agreed to. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain
FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he comes to the Capitol in Washington, to issue a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Dec. 12, 2023. Two months later, that aid request had still not been met but Schumer and McConnell are keeping the Senate in session on Super Bowl weekend to force funding for Ukraine and Israel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
world
What’s inside the Senate’s $95-billion bill to aid Ukraine and Israel and counter China
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber to work on a package of wartime funding for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
u.s. politics
Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as the Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid is rapidly collapsing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
u.s. politics
Senate bill would upend U.S. asylum at the border
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u.s. politics
Senators release a US$118 billion package that pairs border policies with aid for Ukraine and Israel
FILE - Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023. Senators are racing to release a highly-anticipated bill that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, as part of a long-shot effort to push the package through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
world
U.S. House Republicans announce bill that provides more military aid to Israel but leaves out Ukraine
President Joe Biden, shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., joined at left by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., at the conclusion of the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington.