Tag: US Senate
Irked US senators seek to block Trump’s weapon sales to Saudis...
US senators across the political spectrum on Wednesday moved to block President Donald Trump’s plan to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other...
U.S, Saudi Arabia nuclear info sharing surged after Khashoggi murder
The Trump administration granted two authorizations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist...
Bernie Sanders announces US Senate reelection bid
WASHINGTON: Former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday announced he will seek reelection to the US Senate in November's midterms, vowing to push forward...
Republican Mitt Romney announces US Senate bid
Mitt Romney, former Republican White House hopeful and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, announced on Friday that he is seeking a US Senate...
US Senate showdown over immigrants seen Thursday
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan Senate plan to protect young illegal immigrants from deportation and pour billions of dollars into border security appeared headed toward a...
Chelsea Manning to run for US Senate in Maryland
WASHINGTON: Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party’s...
Trump loses his big bet on Alabama US Senate race
Victory by Democrat Doug Jones over Republican's Moore a catastrophe for US president
WASHINGTON: In backing Roy Moore in Alabama’s US Senate race even though...
Republican US Senate candidate Moore hit by sexual misconduct allegations
A woman has accused Roy Moore — the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Alabama — of initiating a sexual encounter with her...
US Senate invites social media giants to testify in 2016 election...
WASHINGTON: The United States House and Senate intelligence committees are inviting tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet the parent company of Google to appear for...
US Senate rejects gun control measures after Orlando
The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected four competing gun control measures the other day, just days after the Orlando club massacre, highlighting the partisan feuding...
Democrats get US Senate to consider gun control measures
Senate Democrats claimed a small victory early Thursday, forcing the US upper house to consider legislation to help keep guns out of the hands...
US Senate approves $602 billion defence bill, defies Obama veto threat
Defying a White House veto threat, the Senate voted decisively Tuesday to approve a defense policy bill that authorizes $602 billion in military spending,...
US Senate’s attitude on F-16 deal ‘not appropriate’, says Rashid
Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said the attitude of United States Senate Committee regarding the sale of F-16 fighter jets is “not appropriate” and...
US Senate prevents move to block F-16 sale to Pakistan
The US Senate on Thursday blocked an effort to prevent the $700 million sale of Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, although...
