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In Congress in the next two years, the presence of Greek-American expatriates will be strengthened in the next two years, following yesterday’s election to renew all 435 House seats of the House of Representatives and one-third of those of the Senate (33).

Democrat Sara McBride is expected to make history next week and become the first openly bisexual person elected to the US Congress.

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, President Joe Biden asserted, “No one is more qualified (than me)” to be president or win the upcoming election.

US Senator Lindsey Graham expressed confidence that Congress will soon approve an aid package for Ukraine, albeit likely in the form of a low-interest loan rather than grants. Graham, who met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, supported releasing funding but emphasized the need to consider domestic US concerns, such as border security.

Parliament's investigative committee for the Tempe rail disaster wrapped up its deliberations, with the findings submitted by the ruling New Democracy party being approved by the House majority. One of the key conclusions that has emerged is that seven separate violations of the rail operator's regulations were confirmed.

Political parties have been given an extension to submit their findings to the House investigative committee for "the investigation of the crime of Tempe" until midday on Sunday. The original deadline was set for Friday, March 8.

The debate in the examination committee, on the findings of the parties, will be held at noon on Monday, March 11.

Top policymakers from the United States involved in formulating policies towards Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece are scheduled to participate in the 38th Annual PSEKA Cyprus Conference in Washington, DC from May 9-11.

The new US Congress was plunged into disarray Tuesday as renegade right-wing Republicans blocked favorite Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House of Representatives in a series of humiliating votes seen as a rebuke to the party establishment.

Former US president Donald Trump campaigned on July 9 in Alaska for Sarah Palin, the northern state's former governor whose ascendency many view as the populist precursor to Trump's anti-elite movement.

The two firebrand politicians have both been key figures in the Republican party's shift over the past decade to target the aggrieved working class.

The New York-based Freedom House watchdog organisation says in its latest annual report, published on Wednesday, that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed European democracies of all political types under "severe strain".