Chuck Schumer, left (AP), Bernie Moreno (httpswww.moreno.senate.gov) Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer received a warning from the chamber’s presiding chair after sharply criticizing Republican lawmakers. He accused them of backing a bill that he claimed would severely “devastate” their own states and that they lacked the “backbone to speak the truth” about the negative impact […]
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky(left), US President Donald Trump (middle), Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina (right) Three Republican senators—Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin—broke ranks on Saturday late-night senate session as the chamber voted 51–49 to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act. […]
John Thune (left), Mike Johnson (AP) Senate Republicans are eyeing a key procedural vote at noon on Saturday to advance the sweeping megabill, though the final timeline is yet to be decided. The tentative plan was laid out during a closed-door luncheon on Friday, according to Senators John Kennedy and John Hoeven, reported Politico.A senior […]
Chris Pappas (left-X@ChrisPappasNH) and Scott Brown (AP) Former ambassador and former senator Scott Brown launched his campaign for senate in the swing state of New Hampshire on Wednesday.“I’m running for the United States senate to restore common sense, keep our border secure, and fight for our New Hampshire values,” Brown, a Republican, said in a […]
Senator Ron Johnson said there’s a strong chance that Donald Trump‘s “Big Beautiful Bill” could be passed by the Senate and land on the US president’s desk by July, possibly before the August recess.“I think we can do it before the August recess, yes, and maybe even sooner than that,” Johnson told Fox News.President Trump […]
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 […]
