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Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — Congress left out of a Ukraine-focused supplemental spending bill a White House proposal to grant Afghan evacuees permanent protections in the U.S., leaving roughly 36,000 of them in legal limbo.

Final congressional approval of a $40 billion Ukraine aid bill seems certain within days

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position after a $40.1 billion emergency funding package for Ukraine passed the House.

The Biden administration and advocates sought to win permanent protections for some 36,000 Afghan evacuees in the United States.

The House is debating a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package that beefs up President Joe Biden’s initial request

Washington (AFP) - The United States and its allies have warned the world: the next phase of the war in Ukraine will be long.And it will pose a daunting diplomatic task for Joe Biden, who must find a way to maintain unprecedented Western unity against Moscow -- for the duration. 

But politicians like Sen. Chris Coons are still flirting with the idea of direct American military intervention.

LOS ANGELES — As U.S. senators weigh the veracity of sexual harassment allegations lodged against Mayor Eric Garcetti’s former adviser and the mayor’s handling of the alleged claims, Garcetti twice made an inaccurate statement to reporters about witnesses in the case.

WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, the end of a historic nomination process streaked with acrimony even for a justice who will not alter the court’s current conservative tilt.