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By Max Hunder and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators seeking to pass a law designating Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” visited Ukraine’s capital on Thursday to discuss the bill with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Republican Lindsey Graham told Reuters in a joint interview with Democrat Richard Blumenthal that the bill would …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Oversight Committee has asked the chief executives of three gunmakers to testify on July 20 as part of its investigation into the firearms industry following a wave of high-profile mass shootings, the panel said on Thursday. The panel called on the CEOs of Smith & Wesson Brands, Sturm, Ruger …

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By Richard Cowan and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold a hearing on the evening of July 14, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The hearing will be the second one to take place next week and is …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday on relations between the two countries as they seek to repair ties that were strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. They also spoke about the situation in Pakistan’s neighbor Afghanistan and about the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday he does not expect any meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov at this week’s meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bali. Price told a regular news briefing that he expected members of the Group of …

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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Celebrating U.S. Independence Day, President Joe Biden on Monday said freedoms in America were under assault and urged citizens to engage in “principled patriotism” while the country faced economic challenges and national divisions. “From the deepest depths of our worst crises, we’ve always risen to our higher heights,” Biden …

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