Frist Promises GOP Unity After Senate Leader Win
Newly elected Senate GOP leader Bill Frist vows to heal party rifts from Lott remarks while steering Congress to tackle terrorism, the economy and drug benefits. He aims to unite the party, accelerate January action, and push unemployment benefits and overdue spending bills as he begins leading the Senate.
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Bill Frist
Tennessee
Congress
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Lott
Strom Thurmond
Mississippi
Sen
Rick Santorum
Pennsylvania
Santorum
Iraq money laundering suspect ordered held in Roanoke
Malik Almaliki, a Roanoke resident and Iraqi native, was ordered held in jail pending trial on charges he helped move about 12 million dollars to Iraq. The indictment names 12 defendants tied to Alshafei Family Connect Inc. and a broader crackdown on transferring U S dollars to the Middle East.
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Glen Conrad
Malik Almaliki
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Middle East
Seattle
Alshafei Family Connect Inc
U.S. Customs Service
Alshafei
United States
Hussein
Treasury asks Congress to raise borrowing limit
The Treasury Department urged Congress to increase the U.S. debt limit, warning the government could hit the current $6.4 trillion ceiling by late February without an increase. The note cited ongoing 9/11 responses and a slow economy as drivers, with no specific target figure requested.
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House
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R-Tenn
Senate
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Visa backlog finally loosens as State Department clears delays
After months of holds, thousands of visa applications from nations including China and Russia begin to move. Nikita Osipenko finally received his visa after four months, allowing him to attend his fiancée Shelly Seaver’s wedding in Arlington, Virginia, as officials cite enhanced security checks and system refinements.
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Shelly Seaver
Nikita Osipenko
Yekaterinburg
Russia
United States
State Department
China
U.S
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Moscow
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