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US Senate approves bill to avert govt shutdown, sends it to Biden

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-majority US Senate on Thursday approved a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of...

US Senate unveils $118 b bill on border security, aid for Ukraine, Israel

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also provide aid to Ukraine and Israel, but...

Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents at US Senate social media hearing

WASHINGTON: Meta (META.O), opens new tab Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologized to families at a US Senate hearing about the impact that...

Democrats clinch control of US Senate with win in Nevada

PHOENIX: Democrats will stay in control of the US Senate next year after Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison...

US Senate adopts sweeping climate and health plan

After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden’s ambitious climate, tax and...

US Senate confirms Donald Blome as next ambassador to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) Senate has confirmed the appointment of Donald Blome, a career Foreign Service officer, as the next US ambassador to...

US Senate narrowly approves $3.5 trillion spending plan

The US Senate approved a $3.5 trillion spending blueprint for President Joe Biden's top priorities early on Wednesday morning in a 50-49 vote along...

US Senate confirms Pakistani-origin Zahid Qureshi as federal judge

The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 81-16 to confirm Qureshi, 46, who is the son of Pakistani immigrants and a former federal and military prosecutor.

With Republican firewall, U.S. Senate acquits Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot

The Senate voted 57-43 in favor of convicting the former president

U.S. Senate passes budget plan to advance Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID aid package

President Joe Biden’s drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint allowing Democrats to push the legislation through Congress in coming weeks with or without Republican support.

US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as first female Treasury chief

The Senate voted 84-15 to confirm Yellen, with all opposition coming from Republicans, several of whom have expressed concerns about President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid plan, tax hikes and other spending initiatives.

US Senate votes to restrain Trump from attacking Iran

The US Senate voted Thursday to restrain President Donald Trump from attacking Iran, with eight members of his Republican Party bucking their leadership to agree.

US Senate to limit Donald Trump’s Iran war powers after Soleimani attack

Passage could embarrass the president, who has been able to count on the Republicans´ solid majority in the Senate to block legislation he disagrees with.

US Senate acquits President Trump from impeachment charges

The Senate decision closed a four-month battle for and against impeachment of the president almost entirely along party lines.

Senate blocks Democratic bids for evidence, witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

Senators also rejected a request for a subpoena seeking the testimony of acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

Historic Trump impeachment trial begins in US Senate

The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump began in a bitterly divided Senate on Thursday with a solemn reading to a hushed chamber of the charges facing the combative 45th US president.

US Senate body takes legislative action against India over Kashmir crisis

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in its report ahead of annual Foreign Appropriation Act for 2020 has added an appeal to end the humanitarian crisis in occupied Kashmir.

U.S. Senate fails to override Trump vetoes of bills stopping Saudi weapons sales

The legislation would have blocked the sale of Raytheon Co precision-guided munitions and related equipment.

Senate rebukes Trump on border emergency, president vows veto

Trump's response was swift and unequivocal: "VETO!" he tweeted after a dozen Republicans joined Democrats in voting down the emergency

Trump faces another rebuke from Senate allies over wall, vows veto

Democrats deny there is an emergency at the border, saying border crossings are at a four-decade low

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