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The next Senate majority leader is decided by Republicans
Republicans in the US Senate have elected their second-in-command Senator John Thune for another term as the party’s whip. The 48-year-old Thune is the second-ranking Republican in the Senate after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He has previously been one of the harshest critics of former President Donald Trump, with some Republicans alleging that he is…
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McCarthy keeps making compromises that could endanger his speakership.
US House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi on Monday won the races for the post of her party’s whip and the vice-speaker of the house. Pelosi defeated Wisconsin Representative Tom Emmer to become the first woman speaker of the US House of Representatives. The Democrats are currently in a tie with the Republicans for control of the…