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Most researchers leaving X are keeping their accounts there for now, in part to keep their usernames from being taken up by others and used to spread more misinformation.

It is unclear when the measure may be taken up by Congress for a vote.

How Gaetz’s nomination will be taken up by the Senate is unclear, but it will be an early test for newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, another mainstream Republican.

What followed were daily questions to the prime minister’s official spokesman from reporters about whether she had taken up her post.

It failed, but the idea was taken up by Trump in his first term, though it wasn’t enacted.