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McConnell celebrates milestone as Senate Dems retain power

Democrats will again claim the Senate majority on Tuesday, but much of the chamber’s focus is on the top Republican as Mitch McConnell becomes the longest serving Senate leader in history

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AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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AP Interview: Retiring Vermont Sen. Leahy ponders his legacy

Sen. Patrick Leahy is wrapping up a 48-year career representing Vermont

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Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion U.S. spending bill as shutdown deadline looms

Leaders are racing to complete passage before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday.

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Lawmakers unveil bill to avoid gov't shutdown, boost Ukraine

Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billon to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters

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Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, US says

The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Dr. J

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CIA keeps working with abusive forces

Intelligence agencies exempt from law banning support for foreign security forces that commit human rights abuses

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Organic livestock farmers, hit by rising prices, seek help

Organic dairy and other livestock farmers are calling for emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs in part from the war in Ukraine and steep fuel and utility expenses

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House passes bill to extend government funding for 1 week

The Democratic-led House has passed a short-term spending bill to keep government agencies funded at current levels through Dec. 23

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Congress announces tentative government funding deal to avoid shutdown

Democrats and Senate Republicans would prefer an omnibus bill while House Republicans want to write the omnibus when they take control next month

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Israel will not cooperate with FBI inquiry into killing of Palestinian American journalist

Defence minister calls investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing by Israeli army ‘interference in internal affairs’

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Vermont ends streak as the last state to send a woman to Congress

Vermont was the last state to have never sent a woman to Congress. But on Tuesday, Democrat Becca Balint won her race, and will become the first woman and first LGBTQ person to represent the state.

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First two Senate races called as experts predict long night of counting ahead

South Carolina, Vermont return first Senate results of 2022 midterms

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Welch, Malloy compete to succeed Vermont's Leahy in Senate

Vermont voters are choosing a successor to U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, who is leaving the chamber after 48 years

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VIDEO FOR YOU: Vermont's Leahy troubled by Pelosi assault

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Senator's human rights objections block some US aid to Egypt

A veteran senator's objections over Egypt's human rights record have trimmed a symbolically significant $75 million off annual U.S. military aid to that country

Reuters

Senator blocks $75 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt over rights concerns

Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo's human rights record including holding political prisoners.

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Sen. Leahy out of hospital, plans to return to Vermont

The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says he is out of the hospital and he's planning to return to Vermont for a full schedule of planned events

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AP News Digest 3 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy hospitalized after feeling unwell

Vermont's 82-year-old Sen. Patrick Leahy has been hospitalized after he felt unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home

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US senators refuse to let killing of Shireen Abu Akleh drop with Israel

The state department seems keen to avoid questions about the Palestinian American journalist’s shooting by an Israeli soldier

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Shireen Abu Akleh: Key US senator demands answers on killing

Patrick Leahy suggests US assistance to Israel could be restricted to ensure accountability for journalist’s killing.

Tribune News Service

Who won Tuesday’s elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin

For some races that could be hot in the fall, there were no contests in Tuesday’s primaries in Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin. But voters were filling a House vacancy representing Minnesota for the rest of the year, and could be setting the stage for Vermont to be the last…

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Who won Tuesday’s elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin

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Vermonters Democratic House member will seek Senate seat

Vermont's lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives is the Democratic Party nominee to run for the U.S. Senate seat that has been occupied by retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy since 1975

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