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Senate confirms Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake to ambassador posts

Senate confirms Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake to ambassador posts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration on Tuesday with former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona approved to serve as the ambassador to Turkey and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, approved to serve as the ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.Read more

US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew

US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.Read more

Biden heads to Virginia amid high-stakes governor’s race

Biden heads to Virginia amid high-stakes governor’s race

President Joe Biden is heading across the Potomac River to campaign for Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday, in a tight and increasingly bitter Virginia governor’s race that will test the durability of his popularity in a state he won handily a year ago.Read more

150 people arrested in US-Europe darknet drug probe

150 people arrested in US-Europe darknet drug probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have arrested 150 people and seized more than $31 million in an international drug trafficking investigation stemming from sales on the darknet, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Read more

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Senate confirms Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake to ambassador posts

Senate confirms Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake to ambassador posts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration on Tuesday with former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona approved to serve as the ambassador to Turkey and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, approved to serve as the ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.Continue Reading

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