Donald Trump is optimistic that the Big Beautiful Bill will be passed by July 4 US President Donald Trump’s prized legislative package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, may have passed the House after months of internal party wrangling, but the path forward in the Senate remains anything but certain. Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) The Philippine Senate will convene the impeachment court that will decide the future of vice-president Sara Duterte on June 3, according to a document seen by AFP on Friday. Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives in February for “high crimes” including corruption and an alleged assassination plot against former ally […]
The Republican senate of the US has unanimously passed the “no tax on tips” bill on Tuesday. Surprisingly, the “no tax on tips” provision has received unanimous bipartisan acceptance. The proposed bill rule aims to remove federal income taxes on tips. ‘No tax on tip’, what is it? It was initially introduced by Republican senator […]
Representative Image (AI) The United States Senate has advanced the Genius Act, a landmark bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency pegged to assets like the US dollar or gold. The bill passed a key procedural vote with a 66-32 margin, overcoming earlier opposition from Senate Democrats.The Genius Act introduces first of its […]
A video of the meeting, now widely shared on social media platform X, shows one student making a choking gesture and dramatically pretending to suffocate while the resolution was being discussed. (AP) In a decision that has ignited widespread backlash, the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) at UC Berkeley voted against a […]
Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was detained on Wednesday during a protest in the US Senate.The demonstration was focused on military aid to Israel and humanitarian concerns in Gaza, disrupting a hearing where US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was giving testimony.Cohen was one of several activists taken […]
Christopher S. Bond, who was Missouri’s youngest governor and the state’s first Republican governor since 1945 when he was elected in 1972, and who went on to serve four terms in the U.S. Senate, died on Tuesday in St. Louis. He was 86. His death was announced by Gov. Mike Kehoe, a fellow Republican. The […]
Michigan State Representative Joe Tate (Image: X/@JoeTate313) A lawmaker from Detroit is joining the crowded field of Democrats vying for the battleground state’s open Senate seat, one of the most critical races as the party aims to regain a majority in the 2026 midterm election. Michigan state Representative Joe Tate launched his campaign Sunday to […]
File photo: Marjorie Taylor Greene (Picture credit: AP) US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will not challenge Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 2026 Senate race, a decision that eases concerns for some Republicans wary of her polarising image.In a post on X on Friday, Greene rejected concerns from GOP donors and consultants who […]
Republican race for Georgia Senate seat begins as US Rep. Buddy Carter becomes first GOP candidate (Photo: AP) US Rep Buddy Carter on Thursday became the first Republican to jump into the race to challenge Democratic US Sen Jon Ossoff in 2026, as other hopefuls maneuver following Gov. Brian Kemp’s announcement that he won’t seek […]
