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McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Dec 24, 2022

Alex Ovechkin moves to 2nd in NHL goals with 802, passing Gordie Howe

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

WEKU · Dec 24, 2022

China Blasts US Defense Bill While Taiwan Welcomes It

China blasted an annual US defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat" while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated US support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. “China deplores and firmly opposes this US move,” the Foreign Ministry said in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 24, 2022

Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

Most members phone it in as House passes spending package

WASHINGTON — Whether it was because of holiday plans, a “bomb cyclone” or the fact that some of them won’t be doing this job in a few weeks, the House was definitely not packed for the final votes of the year as the chamber passed the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending…

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

House clears omnibus spending package as end nears for 117th Congress

​WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

House Jan. 6 panel's report says Rudy Giuliani called Alaska Sen. Sullivan twice before election certification vote

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani had two calls with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, before Congress voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to the House Jan. 6 committee's final report.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

The drawn-out saga of Title 42 has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

'Catfish' cop used his father as a reference to get job as deputy

WASHINGTON — Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl and killed her grandparents and mother before taking his own life, used his own father as one of three character references on his application for a job as a sheriff’s deputy.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 23, 2022

‘High risk of clash’ between Russia and US, says ambassador – with diplomatic relations in ‘ice age’

However, the Russian ambassador to Washinton says that prisoner swaps between the two nations have been effective

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022