Tag: legislation
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Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement
Congress has passed another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22
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Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions
A lawyer for former Prime Minister Imran Khan says the legal team has appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases
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Judge expresses skepticism at Texas law that lets police arrest migrants for illegal entry
A federal judge has voiced concerns over a Texas law that would give police broad authority to arrest migrants on charges of illegal entry starting in March
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Biden warns opposing Ukraine funding plays ‘into Putin’s hands,’ but faces resistance in House
President Joe Biden is calling urgently for House Republicans to get behind a supplemental spending bill that would send $60 billion to Ukraine for its fight against Russia
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Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law
Myanmar’s military government has for the first time activated a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately
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Madagascar law allowing castration of child rapists prompts criticism from rights groups
Madagascar’s Parliament has passed a law allowing for the chemical and in some cases surgical castration of those found guilty of the rape of a minor
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Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing
Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia has easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature
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Malaysia’s top court invalidates state’s Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
Malaysia’s top court has struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority
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The Senate votes to begin working on a last-ditch effort to approve funds for Ukraine and Israel
The Senate is beginning work on a package of wartime funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies