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Mississippi senator announces breakthrough COVID infection as his state leads country in case rates
Sen. Roger Wicker announced through his communications director on Thursday that he had tested posi…
Bryan Metzger
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GOP Sen. Roger Wicker praised funding for restaurants included in the COVID-19 stimulus bill that he voted against
Wicker was part of a bipartisan group of senators who introduced the RESTAURANTS Act, the first ame…
Azmi Haroun
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Republican senator who led the push to end mask mandates on planes and public transport tests positive for COVID-19 for the 3rd time in a year
Sen. Roger Wicker, who had COVID in August 2021 and February 2022, previously told Insider that the…
Bryan Metzger
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Top GOP senator says it's 'an impossible sell' for Republicans to strike a deal on an infrastructure package that rolls back Trump tax cuts
Sen. Roger Wicker says Republicans oppose repealing parts of their 2017 tax law. Biden wants to fun…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Republican Roger Wicker is projected to win Mississippi Senate seat, while the state's special election is headed for a runoff
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith ran against Democrat Mike Espy, the former US agriculture secretary und…
Sonam Sheth
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GOP senator says 'Europeans are a little more willing to submit to rules and laws that are malarkey' than Americans are when it comes to masking
Sen. Roger Wicker, who's had COVID-19 twice, spoke on Tuesday in support of a resolution that would…
Bryan Metzger
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A GOP senator said Biden's next Supreme Court pick will be a 'beneficiary' of affirmative action
Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement opens the door for Biden to fulfill his promise to nominate the…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Envelope Sent To US Senator Tests Positive For Deadly Poison
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ricin is a poison naturally found in c…
Brett LoGiurato
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had trouble connecting to Wednesday's virtual Section 230 hearing
"We are told by Facebook staff that he is alone and attempting to connect," Sen. Wicker said after …
Katie Canales
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Senate Republicans want Congress to step in and prevent a nationwide rail strike that could hammer the economy
The US Chamber of Commerce estimates that a shutdown of the nation's railroads would cost $2 billio…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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The GOP prepares to come up $500 billion on infrastructure after Biden comes down by $600 billion
The Republicans' forthcoming $1 trillion proposal counters Biden's climbdown to $1.7 trillion, but …
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
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3 senators announce they have tested positive for COVID-19
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Sen. Angus King of Maine, and Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado …
Oma Seddiq
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REPORTS: Man Arrested In Connection With Poisonous Mailings Sent To Obama And US Senator
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ricin is a poison naturally found in c…
Brett LoGiurato
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Three Republican state senators have asked the US Olympic committee to ban access to China's digital yuan for Beijing 2022 athletes over surveillance concerns
Three Republican state senators have written to the US Olympic committees asking for China's digita…
Camomile Shumba
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WHITE HOUSE: FBI 'Has A Lead' On Suspicious Letter Sent To President Obama
Carney said that the "FBI has a lead" in the investigation into who sent the letter. A similar lett…
Grace Wyler
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Lawmakers are demanding answers from Twitter about the massive hack that took over accounts including Kim Kardashian and Bill Gates
Senators sent a letter to Twitter after both the FBI and New York State regulators announced that t…
Aaron Holmes
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Another top Republican has announced he will resign from Congress
Cochran's health issues have been prevalent for some time. Last year, there were concerns he would …
Joe Perticone
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The Senate plans to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify before Congress next month
The committee is holding to address Section 230, a law that shields social media companies from bei…
Aaron Holmes
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Bernie Sanders blocks Republican proposal to override workers and stop a railroad strike: 'It is time for Congress to stand on the side of workers for a change'
Sanders sparred with Republicans on the Senate floor, saying the resolution would take away "fundam…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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Republican senators say Madison Cawthorn is an outlier after he called Zelenskyy a 'thug' and the Ukrainian government 'incredibly evil'
"When you see a member of Congress say things like this... they are outliers in the largest sense p…