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Defense Ministry sources have expressed confidence that the proposed measure in the U.S. Senate to prevent the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye is unlikely to impede the process.

In response to inquiries, sources said they "do not expect any negativity" in the approval of the F-16 sale despite a recent proposal by Republican Senator Rand Paul.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on March 22 on Congress to agree to $150 million to rejoin the U.N. culture agency UNESCO, saying the U.S. absence was letting China write rules on artificial intelligence.

A justice of Brazil's top court ordered on Dec. 3 that President Jair Bolsonaro be investigated for comments linking COVID-19 vaccines to AIDS- an assertion rejected by doctors and scientists.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes instructed the country's top prosecutor, Augusto Aras, to look into the accusation raised by a pandemic inquiry conducted by Brazil's Senate.

Protests against President Jair Bolsonaro spread across Brazil on July 3, a day after a Supreme Court justice authorized a criminal investigation into his response to allegations of potential corruption involving a vaccine deal.

Demonstrators gathered by the thousands in more than 40 cities to demand Bolsonaro's impeachment or greater access to vaccines against COVID-19.

The US Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday it had authorized $9.1 billion to procure 95 F-35 aircraft in its version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, an annual bill setting policy for the Department of Defense.

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation's most secure buildings is immune from the virus.

A United States bill that would restrict loans from international financial institutions to Turkey until it frees arrested U.S. citizens including American pastor Andrew Brunson cleared a Senate committee on July 26, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The US government has expressed its opposition to legislative initiatives by Congress to restrict the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey in a letter signed by the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney.

The US government has expressed its opposition to legislative initiatives by Congress to restrict the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey in a letter signed by the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney.

The US Senate and Congress intelligence committees will proceed to investigate allegations of Russian hacking into the recent US elections in two separate inquiries, including claims that the Donald Trump campaign had contacted the Kremlin. In a closed session, Tuesday, the Senate committee approved a formal plan to explore the allegations following the panel’s previously announced inquiry.