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Senate Democrats Reject GOP Funding Bill, Raising Risk of Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 19/09 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US senators failed to pass a stopgap funding bill Friday as Republicans raced to avert a government shutdown and political challenge to President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives had narrowly passed the measure, but it was shot down by Democrats in the Senate amid no sign of compromise with Trump's ...

Trump Heads for Historic Second UK State Visit

This is Beirut, 15/09 19:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump will get the red carpet treatment this week on an unprecedented second UK state visit, as Britain counts on royal pomp and circumstance to woo the unpredictable US leader. From a flyby and carriage ride with King Charles III to a grand state banquet at historic Windsor Castle, Britain is pulling out all the stops to flatter ...

Washington Steps up Pressure on Hezbollah

This is Beirut, 28/08 23:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has toughened his stance against Lebanon's Hezbollah, calling for decisive measures to "put an end to its existence" and raising the possibility of military force as an alternative solution. “The time has come to finish with Hezbollah,” he declared, emphasizing that the group “is trained by Iran and completely ...

Texas Republicans Advance Map that Reignited US Redistricting Wars

This is Beirut, 21/08 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Texas legislature's lower chamber passed a contentious new electoral map on Wednesday that aims to help Donald Trump's Republican Party retain its razor-thin US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. The vote had been delayed by two weeks after Democratic legislators fled the southern state to halt the aggressive redistricting drive, ...

Trump Flirts with Ukraine Security, with Narrow Margins

This is Beirut, 21/08 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump's newfound if vague willingness to entertain security guarantees for Ukraine could be a game-changer, but the US president's right-wing base is already warning him not to go too far. After a campaign last year spent bashing predecessor Joe Biden over billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, and Trump's public upbraiding of Ukrainian ...

Republican-Led States Sending Hundreds of Troops to US Capital

This is Beirut, 19/08 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Mississippi will send some 200 National Guard personnel to Washington, its governor said Monday, where they will join hundreds more from other Republican-led states to double the number of troops in the US capital. US President Donald Trump last week ordered the deployment of National Guard forces in Washington as part of what he has billed as a ...

800 National Guard Personnel Mobilized for DC Mission: Pentagon

This is Beirut, 14/08 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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All 800 National Guard troops who were ordered to the US capital, Washington, to aid law enforcement personnel by President Donald Trump have now been mobilized, the Pentagon said Thursday. Trump ordered the deployment—which follows a similar move during protests in Los Angeles in June—as part of what he billed as a crackdown on crime in the ...

National Guard Begins DC Deployment Despite Uproar

Rayan Chami, 13/08 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump announced on August 11 the deployment of approximately 800 National Guard troops to Washington, DC, to assume temporary federal control over the city's police force. The move, which Trump framed as a response to escalating crime, has drawn widespread scrutiny, given that official statistics indicate violent crime in the city ...

Trump Demands New US Census Excluding Undocumented Immigrants

This is Beirut, 07/08 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favorable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump called for a "new and highly accurate" census that he wanted based on "modern day facts and figures" gleaned ...

The Art of Redistricting: How Gerrymandering Influences US Elections

Mario Chartouni, 06/08 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Five additional seats in Texas, two in Ohio and one in Missouri – across the United States, Donald Trump is encouraging his allies to embrace gerrymandering, a political tactic designed to tilt congressional representation in favor of Republicans. “I won Texas,” he declared in a CNBC interview, insisting that Republicans “deserve five ...

Lebanese-American Appointed to Top Federal Judicial Post in Washington

This is Beirut, 03/08 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US Senate confirmed the appointment of Lebanese-American Jeanine Ferris Pirro as the federal Attorney General, the highest judicial position. The nomination, put forward by President Donald Trump in May 2025, was approved by a 50-to-45 vote after a direct appeal from the White House to Republican senators to expedite the process. Born in 1951 ...

Trump Wins Major Victory as Flagship Bill Passes Congress

This is Beirut, 03/07 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump secured a major political victory on Thursday, when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive. The bill underlined the president's dominance over the Republican Party, which had been wracked by misgivings ...

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