Washington, March 31 Senior US lawmakers have urged the Department of Commerce to release detailed data on the export of American-made semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that such sales are fueling criminal violence abroad.In a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and...
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jeffrey kessler
semi-automatic firearms
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Washington, March 29 Indian-American Congressman Suhas Subramanyam said on Sunday that the ongoing shutdown is hurting Americans and blamed House Republicans for blocking a bipartisan Senate deal that could have eased airport disruptions.Subramanyam said the Senate proposal had support across...
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no kings rallies
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transportation security administration
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Washington, March 17 – The House Democrats are demanding that top officials from the Trump administration testify before Congress about the diplomacy and decision-making that preceded the United States' military conflict with Iran.Representative Gregory W. Meeks, the ranking Democrat on the...
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iran-united states relations
middle east conflict
military conflict
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Washington, February 25 — A broken US security clearance pipeline is keeping America’s most sensitive jobs waiting — and Congress is now warning that the Pentagon’s flagship fix is years late, billions over budget, and still unable to deliver the modern system Washington promised after a massive...
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national security
nbis
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personnel vetting
security clearances
trusted workforce 2.0
us government
Washington, February 24 – President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening (early Wednesday morning, India time), and he stated that it will be lengthy.“It will be a long speech because we have a lot to discuss,” Trump said at an event in the East Room of...
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iran nuclear program
jeffrey epstein investigation
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middle east
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united states constitution
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us politics
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Washington, February 20 – Two senior Republican lawmakers have written to NASA and the FBI, raising concerns about what they describe as potential research collaborations linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), involving US taxpayer-funded grants, including a NASA award.In letters dated...
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