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Ahead of a Senate vote on Trump impeachment charges, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accuses Democrats of refusing to accept the 2016 election, saying "now they're preparing to reject the American voters next decision if they don't like that one - heads we win, tails you cheated." SOUNDBITE
Italians are heading to the polls in Rome to vote in the European elections. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Fratelli d’Italia (FDI) (Brothers of Italy) party are considered to be the overwhelming favourites. 1ST IMAGES
A sweeping US foreign aid package, including $60 billion for Ukraine, passes a key procedural vote in the Senate, although opposition from right-wing Republicans may block it from ultimately becoming law. The upper chamber, which has a very slim Democratic majority, votes 67-27 to break a procedural hold placed on the bill, with its final passage now expected midweek. IMAGES
Republicans kill a $118 billion immigration and foreign aid package that had linked US funding for Ukraine and Israel with stringent domestic border security measures. Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic-led Senate, calls for a second vote to approve the foreign aid without the immigration curbs. IMAGES
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner receives the country's newly elected vice president, Victoria Villaruel, in congress in Buenos Aires. IMAGES
The US House of Representatives votes to raise the federal debt limit, moving the country a step closer to eliminating the threat of a calamitous credit default -- just five days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury. The deeply divided lower chamber of Congress voted 314 to 117 to suspend the borrowing cap through 2024, and the Senate is expected to follow suit before the end of the week. IMAGES
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