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Peru will not recognize Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's "democratically elected president"
Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela
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Venezuela opposition votes to overhaul interim government, remove Guaido
The move was backed by three of the four major opposition groups and must go through another consultation scheduled for next week before it is definitive
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Senate passes $1.7 trillion spending bill
The Senate voted 68 to 29 to send the legislation to the House, which is set to review it before Friday
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Biden signs bill banning private ownership of big cats
The bill prohibits the public from directly coming into contact with large felines, such as is depicted in the hit TV show Tiger King
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Incoming NY congressman who said grandparents fled Holocaust accused of fabricating Jewish heritage
Incoming Republican Representative George Santos is being criticized for allegedly lying on his resume and fabricating parts of his life story
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Taliban release 2 American citizens in ‘goodwill’ move
According to State Department spokesman Ned Price, their release was not part of any deal with the U.S.
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Sens. Rubio and Scott: U.S. must maintain policy outlawing business with Cuban military, terrorist designation
The senators argued that “delisting companies from the Restricted Entity List or discarding the list entirely amid the Cuban military and intelligence agencies seeking reprisals against Cubans will be seen as rewarding the regime for oppression
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LA mayor announces plan to move 40,000 homeless into hotel rooms
The plan to move homeless people into hotel rooms will not “address everybody, but it is going to address, hopefully, a significant number,” said the mayor
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U.S. House passes bill calling for referendum on Puerto Rico's political status
The referendum would allow Puerto Rican voters to choose between three options: becoming an independent nation, becoming a state, or becoming a sovereignty with a formal U.S. association
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Senate passes bill to ban TikTok on government devices
The bill comes as several state governments are taking steps to ban the short-form video app from state-owned devices