Senate

Bipartisan negotiators in the US Senate will release as early as Friday a long-sought — and politically charged — agreement to stem the flow of migrants across the US-Mexico border, setting up a vote next week on a bill that would also…
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The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure. Senators…
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A contentious bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 got a push forward with the Senate’s adoption of the measure amid strikes, protests and uncollected garbage piling higher by the day. French Prime Minister…
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A US Senate committee passed a bill on Thursday that could expose the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and partners to lawsuits for collusion on boosting crude oil prices. The No Oil Producing or Exporting Cartels…
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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at President Joe Biden on Wednesday, accusing him of widening the US political divide with his push for voting rights reform and call to change the Senate rules. “We have a…
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The minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, on Sunday received the French senate member, Nathalie Goulet, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During their meeting in Riyadh, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two…
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The US Senate confirmed Merrick Garland on Wednesday to be President Joe Biden’s attorney general, five years after the veteran judge was controversially denied a seat on the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 70 to 30 to confirm the…
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Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The compromise,…
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The US Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the attack on the US Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with…
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Hillary Clinton is among those calling for Rep. Tim Ryan to run for an open Ohio Senate seat in 2022. On MSNBC Saturday morning, the Ohio Democrat said he’s “looking closely” at running following Republican Sen. Rob Portman's recent…
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