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Mar 02 2023
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US Senator Dianne Feinstein in hospital with shingles - report
California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has been admitted to hospital to be treated for shingles, an aide told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs Feinstein, 89, was diagnosed with the virus, which caused a painful rash, in February and is expected to make a full recovery, the report said.
Shingles often develops in older adults who have had chicken pox. The rash can linger
BBC News
Mar 09 2023
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Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most influential figures in Washington, has been hospitalized after tripping and falling at a hotel in the U.S. capital on Wednesday, his spokesperson said.
McConnell, who is 81 and was first elected to the Senate in 1984, "tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving
Reuters
Mar 07 2023
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White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTok
The White House said it backed legislation introduced on Tuesday by a dozen Senators to give the administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.
The endorsement boosts efforts by a number of lawmakers to ban the popular ByteDance-owned app, which is used by more than 100 million Americans.
Reuters
Mar 08 2023
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Twenty years later, US Senate may finally end authorization for war on Iraq
A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to repeal two authorizations for past wars in Iraq, paving the way for a possible vote in the full Senate before the 20th anniversary of the last invasion by American troops.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13-8 to approve a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, or AUMFs,
Reuters
Feb 11 2023
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US Senator John Fetterman discharged from hospital
US Senator John Fetterman was discharged from hospital on Friday two days after the stroke survivor was admitted feeling lightheaded.
Following tests, doctors said that the Pennsylvania lawmaker was not suffering from a new seizure.
His spokesman, Joe Calvello, said Mr Fetterman "is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday".
BBC News
Mar 28 2023
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Man accused of stabbing Senate staffer after prison release
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a man who had been released from federal prison a day earlier. The suspect, Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill after Saturday’s attack. The federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press Neal had been
Washington Post
Mar 28 2023
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Increase to smoking age passes in Kansas Senate
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An increase in the minimum age for the sale, purchase or possession of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or tobacco products from 18 to 21 in Kansas passed in the Kansas Senate 28-11 on Tuesday. The bill now goes to Governor Laura Kelly. The senate made no changes to the bill, which previously passed in the Kansas House of Representatives and prohibits electronic
KWCH
Mar 06 2023
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D.C. Council chair says he’s withdrawing crime bill before it goes to U.S. Senate
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wrote to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning to withdraw the city’s criminal code revision legislation, before the Senate votes on a Republican-led disapproval resolution that could overturn the bill. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. “I don’t know if that’ll stop the
Washington Post
Mar 01 2023
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US Senate Allows Foreign Nationals, Illegal Aliens, to Vote in Local D.C. Elections
(CNSNews.com) - Because the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate failed to block it, a new District of Columbia law will allow non-citizens -- foreign nationals and illegal aliens -- to vote in local elections. The Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act allows "otherwise eligible residents" of D.C. to vote in local elections if they have lived in the city for at least 30 days. "Non-citizens,
CNSNews.com
Mar 27 2023
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Oregon senators consider tightening rent control law
Oregon lawmakers this week will consider a bill that could dramatically rewrite the state’s rent control policies. Senate Bill 611 would limit annual rent increases to 3% plus inflation or 8% total, whichever is lower. The current law, passed in 2019, was the first of its kind in the nation, and limited rent hikes to 7% plus inflation. The bill was championed by tenants and renters’ rights
The Oregonian