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US to draft legislative package to 'outcompete' China, invest in India

On a caucus call on Tuesday, Schumer discussed his push to direct Senate committees to draft a legislation to protect American jobs and outcompete China

Senators revive bill to combat Chinese censorship of US companies

The bill is co-sponsored by Republicans Marco Rubio and John Cornyn, as well as Democrat Elizabeth Warren. A similar bill was introduced in 2019, but stalled

US Senate approves Vilsack for Agriculture Department again

The US Senate voted 92-7 on Tuesday to confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, his second run at the Cabinet post

US Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador

The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden's choice to lead US diplomacy at the United Nations. Linda Thomas-Greenfield's confirmation on Tuesday reflected the Biden administration's determination to reengage with the world body and former President Donald Trump's diplomacy that often left the US isolated internationally. Senators voted 78-20 to confirm Thomas-Greenfield to the post, which will be a Cabinet-level position. Thomas-Greenfield, a retired 35-year veteran of the foreign service who resigned during the Trump administration, will be the third African American, and the second African American woman, to hold the job. Her confirmation was hailed by Democrats and advocates of the United Nations, who had lamented the Trump administration's unilateral approach to international affairs. This confirmation sends a message that the United States is back and that our foreign service is back, said Rep. Karen Bass, who chairs a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, global ..

United States Senate confirms Joe Biden's choice for UN ambassador

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's choice to lead US diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden administration's determination to re-engage with the world body and former President Donald Trump's diplomacy that often left the US isolated internationally. Senators voted 78-20 to confirm Thomas-Greenfield to the post, which will be a Cabinet-level position. Thomas-Greenfield, a retired 35-year veteran of the foreign service who resigned during the Trump administration, will be the third African-American and second African-American woman to hold the job. Many Republicans opposed her because they said she was soft on China and would not stand up for US principles at the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield had rejected those concerns during her confirmation hearing, telling senators that a 2019 speech she gave to the Chinese-funded Confucius Institute had been a mistake and was not intended to be an ...

Key senators oppose Biden budget pick, Neera Tanden's confirmation at risk

On Friday, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the first Democratic lawmaker to oppose the confirmation of Tanden, who would be the first woman of color to lead the agency

US: Impeachment over, Congress now shifts focus to security failures

Glass windows remain broken. Doors swing without handles. And in the grand marble hallways, which amplified the shouts of insurrectionists just over a month ago, there is an uncomfortable silence

US Senate panels call former Capitol Police chief to testify

The Senate has announced its first hearings to examine the January 6 siege of the Capitol, calling in the former chief of Capitol Police and the former heads of security for the House and Senate

US Senate acquits Trump over Capitol violence following impeachment trial

Senate voted 57-43 to convict the former prez but fell 10 votes short of the 67 needed for conviction

After acquittal, Trump calls 2nd impeachment trial 'greatest witch hunt'

In an official statement, Trump said, "Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun"

Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial, blasts 'greatest witch hunt'

Seven Republican senators join with Democrats and independents in finding former president guilty on the single impeachment count.

House Democrats say Donald Trump might incite violence again if acquitted

Prosecutors also focused on civilians who were present on that day, including restaurant staff, congressional personnel and members of Congress themselves

US Senate begins impeachment trial, Democrats make their case against Trump

Congressman Raskin alleged Trump willfully incited an insurrectionary mob to riot at the Capitol. Several of his Democratic colleagues took the Senate floor to argue that Trump be impeached

Trump 'inciter in chief' of Capitol attack to overturn polls, say democrats

House Democratic prosecutors said the former president was no innocent bystander but the inciter in chief of deadly attack at the Capitol to overturn the election.

Senate votes to proceed with Donald Trump's second impeachment trial

The 56-to-44 vote was the second indication in two weeks that Trump was all but certain to be acquitted

Senators to hear opening arguments as Donald Trump fumes over trial

Opening arguments will begin Wednesday in Donald Trump's impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Six Republican Senators also say Trump's impeachment trial constitutional

Six Republican Senators joined their Democratic colleagues in the United States Senate on Tuesday to vote that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional

Senate agrees to hear Trump impeachment case, rejecting GOP arguments

Trump is the first president to face impeachment charges after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached

US: Senate leaders reach deal on Donald Trump's impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also confirmed on the Senate floor that they have reached a deal, noting that it "preserves due process and the rights of both sides"

Senate backs Joe Biden's $1.9-trillion aid after Harris breaks the tie

Despite the amendments, the process left Biden's plan largely intact as Democrats moved forward