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The US Senate has approved a bipartisan US$925 billion defence budget for 2026, which includes US$500 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Details: The vote has set up difficult negotiations with the House of Representatives,
The Democratic Party secured control of the U.S. House of Representatives but with a slimmer majority after winning at least 218 seats, the Associated Press reported.
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U.S. Senate passes bill that forces AI chipmakers to prioritize sales to American companies — House now set to amend or pass legislation
Today, the Senate acted to make sure American customers — including small businesses and startups —aren’t forced to wait in line behind China’s tech giants when purchasing the latest AI chips,” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),
Burchett told Knox News that U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson won't call members back to Washington as military members will soon go without pay.
This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks of a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Pennsylvania counties, early education programs, rape prevention and domestic violence prevention centers could pay no interest on loans from the Pennsylvania Treasury under legislation approved
The leader of the Michigan House of Representatives said Thursday that he expects his Senate counterpart will deliver the votes needed to pass a proposed 24% wholesale tax on marijuana, and if not, he says the budget deal would fall apart at the seams.
Democrats took control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three members to give the party a narrow grip on both houses of Congress as well as the White House for the first time in a decade.