United States Senate

The Senate has agreed to vote for a $1.2tn package that will fund the US government ... blocked a sweeping immigration bill months in the making - but a back-up has been put forward. Read More

McConnell implores Senate to take up TikTok divestment bill: ‘America’s greatest strategic rival’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pleaded with his colleagues to take up legislation that passed ... sharing platform “never provided” US data to the Chinese Communist Party. Read More

Biden signs $1.2tn spending package as government shutdown is averted

Package passed Senate late Friday night by vote of ... President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2tn budget bill to keep the US government funded through a fiscal year that began ... Read More

US House passes $1.2tn spending bill hours before shutdown deadline

Senate must act quickly to keep government open while Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust House speaker Mike Johnson The House voted on Friday to pass a $1.2tn spending ... time for us to go ... Read More

Seven key takeaways from the US Senate’s border security and Ukraine bill

The Senate will ... in front of us and prepare to act.” But other prominent Republicans, including Johnson, have already rejected the deal. In the days leading up to the bill’s release ... Read More

US: Funding bill seeks senate nod

It's a race against time for the Democrats in the US Senate as they need to pass a $1.2 trillion- funding bill before 400 am GMT or 9:30 am Indian Standard Time today. Earlier the Republican held ... Read More

Chuck Schumer signals Senate will take up bipartisan bill on TikTok ban

The Senate is returning to work next week after a two-week recess. The House voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, about six months to divest the US assets of the ... Read More

Explainer: Why is the US government trying to ban TikTok?

It now moves to the Senate ... bill voted on March 13. Get weekly news and analysis on the U.S. elections and how it matters to the world with the newsletter On the Campaign Trail. Sign up here. Read More

US immigration

Under the radar in the US border crisis debate is the role of drug cartels preying on migrants. It was the first time in almost 150 years the chamber had considered a US cabinet secretary's ... Read More

McConnell implores Senate to take up TikTok divestment bill: ‘America’s greatest strategic’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pleaded with his colleagues to take up legislation that passed ... sharing platform “never provided” US data to the Chinese Communist Party. Read More