Tag: United States Senate

Can a guitar-strumming cowboy poet strike the first blow at the polls against President Donald Trump? Democrat Rob Quist reckons ...

China welcomed on Tuesday the US Senate's confirmation of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as US ambassador to Beijing, praising his ...

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to Beijing, providing President Donald Trump ...

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to Beijing, providing President Donald Trump ...

A US Senate panel investigating Russian interference in last year’s election has issued a rare formal demand for documents from ...

A US Senate panel investigating Russian interference in last year's election has issued a formal demand for documents from President ...

The US Senate's top Republican Wednesday dismissed growing calls for a special prosecutor to probe allegations of Russian election interference ...

The US Senate confirmed attorney Jay Clayton as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission tasked with regulating ...

The US Senate's top Democrat has needled Donald Trump through a playlist on Spotify, selecting songs that pointedly question the ...

A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed ...

In an unusual move, the entire US Senate is being called to the White House for a briefing on North ...

US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived Sunday for a short visit to Djibouti, a strategically important country on the Horn ...

Taliban gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday killing "more than ...

The US Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, ending a bruising year-long political battle and presenting ...

A US Senate tactic known as a filibuster has just been used for the first time in half a century ...

Republicans took the historic step Thursday of changing US Senate rules to clear the way for confirming Neil Gorsuch to ...

The US Senate prepared to take its most consequential step in years with the procedural vote Thursday on President Donald ...

Gay rights advocates Wednesday hailed a first-of-its-kind federal appeals court ruling that employers cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation. The ...

Democratic US Senator Jeff Merkley delivered one of the longer speeches in Senate history by holding the floor for more ...

The US Senate descended into acrimonious bickering Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats clashed over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, ...