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In First Test of New Rules, Senate Confirms 48 Trump Nominees in Single 51–47 Vote

The GOP’s new en bloc rule lets a simple majority speed lower-level confirmations over Democratic objections.

Israel Shelves Plan for Red Cross Visits to Palestinian Prisoners After Cabinet Clash

Putin Signs Decree Dismissing Dmitry Kozak From Kremlin Post

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Senate GOP Advances First 48-Nominee Bloc to Final Vote After Rule Change

Senate Republicans Use 'Nuclear Option' to Permit En Bloc Confirmations

Patrick Rebukes Abbott’s THC Order, Exposes Rift Over Texas Hemp Rules

Senate Republicans Go Nuclear to Allow En Bloc Confirmation of Trump Nominees

House Hearing Boils Over as Frost Calls Higgins ‘Lapdog’ in Clash Over D.C. Policing Bills

Thune Starts Nuclear Option Push to Group-Confirm Trump Nominees

Anutin Charnvirakul Takes Office as Thailand’s Prime Minister After Royal Endorsement

Norton, Other Senior House Democrats Say They’ll Run Again as Party Rift Over Age Widens

People’s Party Backs Anutin as Thailand’s Acting Leader Seeks to Dissolve Parliament

Dan Scavino Named to Lead White House Presidential Personnel Office

Chile's Finance Minister Mario Marcel Resigns as Boric Shakes Up Cabinet

Harris County Moves Forward on $290K Constable Pay Raises, Proposes Higher HOA Patrol Rates

Trump Removes Billy Long as IRS Commissioner, Names Bessent Interim Head

Pentagon Extends AUKUS Review as U.S. Lawmakers Urge Continuation of Submarine Pact

Congressional Intelligence Panel Flags SIDE Leaks, Prepares to Summon Chief

Constitutional Council Upholds Dual-Ballot Overhaul for Paris, Lyon and Marseille

Union Calls for Major Revisions to Pistorius’s Military Service Bill