U.S. Senate & Iraq War Newsletter
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Trump’s Guard deployments to blue cities divide US Senate panel
12 Dec 2025 00:48 GMT
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard to cities across the country under what President Donald Trump describes as a crime-fighting strategy.
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Sen. Kaine pushes Congress to repeal Iraq war powers
12 Dec 2025 01:42 GMT
… Va. (WVIR) - Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine says Congress is … to repeal the decades-old Iraq war authorizations.
On Wednesday, December … the Iraq war,” Kaine said.
All of this as the White House continues … vote this week, with the Senate taking it up next.
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Senators Young and Kaine's bill to end Iraq war authorizations advances with NDAA
10 Dec 2025 00:08 GMT
Senator Todd Young, US Senator for Indiana | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Todd Young, US Senator for Indiana | Official U.S. Senate headshot
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) have welcomed the inclusion of their bipartisan …
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Hope for Syria: Iraqi Kurdistan’s president advocates for Syria
03 Dec 2025 01:12 GMT
… of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, … s recent meeting at the White House with al-Sharaa, the … preceded the highly controversial White House visit by Saudi Arabia’s … the former regime.
The US Senate has already voted to repeal …
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US Senate votes to end shutdown: Why Democrats are upset with Chuck Schumer
11 Nov 2025 17:35 GMT
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer is facing mounting calls to step aside after seven Democrats broke ranks with the party to vote for a Republican-led proposal to end the government shutdown without receiving concessions.
The deal does not resolve …
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Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary?
23 Oct 2025 02:10 GMT
… U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Or are they? More on that below.
U.S. Senate … disillusioning political figure since Obama himself, but on to … in 2008 gave us a White House led by Rahm Emanuel. … party.
Chuck Schumer as Mitch McConnell in “Old Age Ninja …
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US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela
07 Nov 2025 02:59 GMT
… failed Thursday in the U.S. Senate, nearly mirroring the outcome … Thursday they viewed the White House Office of Legal Counsel … about anything.”
Kaine urged Senate Republicans, who received … We overthrew Sadam Hussein thinking Iraq would be transformed into …
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Iraq War vet running for US Senate says he won’t mourn Dick Cheney
06 Nov 2025 11:49 GMT
… News articles!
Left-wing U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner indicated … As a veteran of the Iraq war I'm going … Iraqi lives, and trillions of dollars for absolutely nothing."
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The Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful is running in Maine …
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Iraq War vet running for US Senate says he won’t mourn Dick Cheney
06 Nov 2025 12:29 GMT
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White House walks back Trump’s threat to SNAP. Follow live updates.
04 Nov 2025 14:43 GMT
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By the Associated Press
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt … memory inside Iraq, or that any Iraqi remembers them … for Georgia governor or US Senate.
Greene also reiterated that … By the Associated Press
Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., paid tribute …