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            <title><![CDATA[Veteran Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returns to Congress after long sick leave]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the US Congress on Monday after a long - and much-publicized - leave of absence.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:53:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[McConnell discharged from hospital, return to Senate unclear]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Veteran Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from the hospital after being hospitalized since mid-June. However, it is unclear when he will be able to return to the Senate.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[McConnell denies heart attack and stroke rumors after hospitalization]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After a month-long absence, veteran Republican Senator Mitch McConnell says he was hospitalized after a fall. “I did not have a heart attack or a stroke,” he says in a statement.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mystery surrounds Mitch McConnell's health as absence slows Trump agenda]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly a month has passed since veteran Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons. His absence is slowing the passage of Trump initiatives in Congress. Conspiracy theories and demands for transparency are now rife.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Moves to Dissolve Education Department, Cites Sweden as Model]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has now signed the presidential order that dissolves the US Department of Education. In his speech, he praised the Swedish system as a model. However, the decision must be approved by Congress.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Robert F Kennedy: Healthcare is stealing our children's health]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US Senate approved the controversial Robert F Kennedy as the new Minister of Health in Donald Trump's government. A few hours later, the first outburst came from Kennedy. He accuses the country's hospitals of "stealing our children's health".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:27:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protesters in the Senate when Kennedy is asked about vaccines]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As expected, the US Senate's finance committee's questioning of Donald Trump's health minister candidate Robert F Kennedy began with tough grilling about his stance on vaccines.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:05:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proof of Trump Critic Thune]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Experienced and well-liked – but with a complicated relationship to the USA's president. The Senate's new majority leader, South Dakota Republican John Thune, stands before his life's task: to push Donald Trump's policy through the chamber.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Controversial Hegseth becomes USA's Defense Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's controversial candidate as the USA's next defense minister has been approved by the Senate. But the decision on Pete Hegseth divided the chamber's members – and ultimately required the Vice President's casting vote.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:52:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Time for the USA's 119th Congress: Trump in Focus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, the 119th US Congress is gathering in Washington DC. Both chambers will be controlled by Donald Trump's party, the Republicans. One of the first tasks will be to confirm the election results – a procedure that four years ago led to the deadly storming of the Capitol.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[They can stop Trump's ministers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It's loading for a fight in the US Senate. Despite the upcoming Republican majority, it's unclear whether the incoming President Donald Trump will get through his most controversial ministerial appointments. A handful of senators can put a spanner in the works.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[He becomes the Republicans' new leader in the Senate]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump puts pressure – wants to bypass the Senate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump wants his ministers to get the green light without delay. He does not want to have to go through the Senate.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Republicans hailed Trump: "Fantastically united"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Has Donald Trump lost ground within the Republicans after his verdict in May? Unlikely. On Thursday, the ex-president was hailed in Washington. He will crush the opposition in the election, says Tom Emmer, Republican in the House of Representatives.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:20:57 GMT</pubDate>
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