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El Salvador tells bitcoin-wary US senators to stay out of internal affairs

Senators asked the State Department to submit a report on the implementation of bitcoin in El Salvador with the purpose of assessing the risks it poses to the US economy

Zuckerberg's plan to overcome Washington's aversion to metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg has a problem money can't fix: convincing Capitol Hill that the metaverse - whatever that is - isn't evil

US Senators near agreement on bill to sanction Russia for Ukraine actions

Russia has been building up its forces on Ukraine's borders for months and has demanded NATO pull troops and weapons from eastern Europe.

US lawmakers approve antitrust reform bill to tame Big Tech

The Senate Judiciary Committee in the US has approved a key antitrust reform that would ban Big Tech from favouring their own services and products over those of their rivals

Panel probing Capitol riots requests interview with Ivanka Trump

The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. The committee sent a letter Thursday requesting a meeting in early February asking to discuss her father's actions, including a telephone call they say she witnessed as he tried to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the 2020 election results, among other issues. Ivanka Trump was an adviser to her father in the White House. Testimony obtained by the Committee indicates that members of the White House staff requested your assistance on multiple occasions to intervene in an attempt to persuade President Trump to address the ongoing lawlessness and violence on Capitol Hill," wrote the committee chairman, Bennie Thompson. The committee issued subpoenas earlier this week to Rudy Giuliani and other members of Trump's legal team who filed bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election that fuelled the

Voting bill blocked by GOP filibuster, Democrats try rules change

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argued is vital for protecting democracy was blocked Wednesday by a Republican filibuster, a setback for President Joe Biden and his party

Republican senator supports waiving CAATSA sanctions against India

A top Republican senator supported waiving of CAATSA sanctions against India for purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia.

Senate approves Eric Garcetti's nomination as US Ambassador to India

The Senate Committee has approved LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination as US Ambassador to India

US President Biden asks Senators to declare their stand on Democracy

US President Joe Biden gave a statement on changing the Senate's so-called filibuster rules to push the voting rights legislation

Harry Reid, ex-Democratic leader and longtime Nevada senator, dies at 82

Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82. Reid died on Tuesday, peacefully and surrounded by friends following a courageous, four-year battle with pancreatic cancer, Landra Reid said of her husband in a statement. Harry was a devout family man and deeply loyal friend, she said. "We greatly appreciate the outpouring of support from so many over these past few years. We are especially grateful for the doctors and nurses that cared for him. Please know that meant the world to him. Funeral arrangements would be announced in coming days, she said. The combative former boxer-turned-lawyer was widely-acknowledged as one of toughest dealmakers in Congress, a conservative Democrat in an increasingly polarized chamber who vexed lawmakers of both parties with a brusque manner and this motto: I would rather dance than fight, but I know how to fight". Over a 34-year career in Washington, Reid thrived on behind-the-scenes

Democrats 'not giving up' on Biden's $2 trn bill, talks with Manchin

President Biden appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin, the holdout Democrat who effectively tanked the party's signature $2 trillion domestic policy

Biden vows he, Manchin will 'get something done' on $2 trn social bill

Biden appeared determined to return to the negotiating table with Senator Joe Manchin, the holdout Democrat who effectively tanked the party's signature $2 trillion domestic policy bill

With Biden spending plan blocked, economists lower 2022 growth forecasts

Some economists expect the US economy to grow more slowly next year after a key Democratic lawmaker dealt a seemingly fatal blow to President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion spending plan

Democratic Senator Manchin says won't vote for Biden's social spending bill

US Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said that he will not vote for President Joe Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate bill

Senate not to pass Biden's social spending bill, climate bill this year

US Senate Democrats are abandoning efforts to pass President Joe Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate bill this year, delivering a political blow to the White House

US Congress passes bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang

US Congress on Thursday passed a bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over forced labour of the Uyghur Muslims.This is likely to worsen tensions between Washington and Beijing. The Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act was passed in the Senate on Thursday by unanimous consent after being approved by the House of Representatives earlier this week, Kyodo News reported.It needs to be signed into law by President Joe Biden, which the White House said he will.It requires U.S. customs authorities to presume goods manufactured in Xinjiang are made with forced labour and that they should be banned from import, except for items from importers that can provide clear evidence to the contrary."This Senate will not stay silent in the face of genocide against the Uyghur people," Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted. "America will not stand for it, and the global community shouldn't either."China has been rebuked globally for the crackdown on Uyghur Muslims by sending ..

United Airlines CEO defends Covid vaccine mandate at Senate hearing

United Airlines EO Scott Kirby defended a decision to mandate Covid vaccines for workers amid criticism from some Republican senators

US Congress passes roughly $770 bn defense spending bill for FY2022

The US Senate voted to pass a roughly $770 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2022.

Meta-owned Instagram hits 2 bn users but won't disclose it to the world

Meta-owned Instagram has reportedly hit two billion monthly active users, but the photo-sharing platform may not officially disclose these figures.

US Senate approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trn, sends to House

The US Senate approved raising the federal government's debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, and sent it to the House of Representatives to pass