The Senate has passed legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage.

The plan would establish government protections for same-sex weddings while repealing the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

On Tuesday, the Senate capped a controversial and dizzying lame-duck session by passing a bipartisan bill to co...

Here are five things we learned from yesterday's discussion between Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Representative Val Demings of California in the United States Senate

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, met on the debate stage Tuesday night in a fiery matchup on the campus of Palm Beach State College. The word "lie" was thrown around a few times, along with plenty of other unpleasant language.<...

US SENATOR WIENER ANNOUNCES THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE PET ACT

US Senator, Scott Wiener, announced the reintroduction of Senate Bill 879 today. The legislation is also known as the Prohibiting Extraneous Testing Act.

The PET Act aims at ending the suffering of household pets such as cats and dogs by prohibiting their use in toxicity tests for pesti...

Morrison government fails to release net zero modelling

The Morrison government failed to release Australia’s modelling on the impact of a net zero emissions target. They have been accused of being addicted to secrecy.

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• Morrison government fails to release Australia’s modelling for net...

Arizona Senate resigns after getting accused of child sex abuse

Tony Navarrete was arrested on Thursday when found having connections with several cases of child sex abuse. The state senate of Arizona was called out to resign by the Democratic and Republic leaders. Following up with the same Tony signed resignation from his Arizona state Senate seat on Tuesda...

US SENATORS VOTES TO MAKE JUNETEENTH I.E. 19 JUNE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY

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• Juneteenth which marks 19 June 1865 the day when black people in Texas who were being treated as slaves had learned they had been freed

• On the other hand, senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican,  who had previously objected to this measure di...

US SENATE PASSES BILL TO BOOST COUNTRY’S ABILITY TO COMPETE WITH CHINA

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• A fund of $190bn has been approved for provisions to strengthen US technology and research

• This new bill approved by the US Senate has been opposed by China’s parliament as it expressed “strong indignation and resolute opposition” to ...

NEW BILL TO COUNTER CHINA HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE

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• With 21-1 voting, ‘The Strategic Competition Act' now goes to the floor for a full chamber vote

• Senator Bob Menendez said “There has been no shortage of discussion in recent years about the need to reimagine our nation's competitive...

VANITA GUPTA CONFIRMED AS ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY U.S. SENATE

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• Gupta was voted 51-49 as Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski decided against her party colleagues to vote in favor of her

• Murkowski said “I asked her point-black, ‘Why do you want this? Is this worth it?’ Because this has clearly been v...

U.S. LAWMAKERS EXPECT SWEEPING LEGISLATION TO TACKLE CHINA

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• Following weeks of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats, Senate Foreign Relations Committee members were set to debate the “Strategic Competition Act of 2021.”

• The lawmakers are also expected to consider amendments, before taking ...

2 BILLS PASSED IN KENTUCKY TO ATTRACT CRYPTO MINERS

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•     Each bill seeks to keep the crypto miners interested and retained

•     The miners are tempted by tax incentives and sales tax breaks

In its drive to become an example of emerging industries for the ...

US SENATE CONSIDERS NEW BILL WORTH $30 BN TO BOOST CHIPMAKING SECTOR: REPORTS

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• It is also being said that lawmakers are aiming to bring the package, which would include other elements to boost America's tech sector, to a full vote in April

• The US Senate Majority leader has previously said that he has asked lawmakers to come u...

FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL: US STILL NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT A DIGITAL CURRENCY

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•          US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yeller supports a centralized digital currency for the US

•          Powell says they are considering the same “very ca...

TRUMP’S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: US SENATE FINDS IT CONSTITUTIONAL

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• Second impeachment trial of the former United States President Donald Trump was formally held in the Senate yesterday

• The split of 56-44 clearly showcases that Republicans had joined Democrats in voting to go ahead with the impeachment trial

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NEXT STIMULUS CHECKS WILL BE $1,400: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

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• The US President in a press conference reaffirmed his commitment to $1,400 as he said “I'm not cutting the size of the checks, they're going to be $1,400. Period.”

• These $1,400 checks would be directed to individuals, as well as chi...

US SENATE APPROVES BUDGET PLAN TO PUSH $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19 AID PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY BIDEN

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• The US Senate on Friday successfully passed the budget plan of $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package announced by the President Joe Biden

• After the 15-hour-long debate, the Senate was stuck in a 50-50 partisan deadlock, which was broken by the Vice Pre...

LLOYD AUSTIN GETS SENATE CONFIRMATION, BECOMES FIRST BLACK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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• Retired General Lloyd Austin had led the US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and then went up to the US Central Command to be the first African-American secretary of defense

• He required special approval from the Senate due to a federal law that needs milita...

ALEX PADILLA: KAMALA HARRIS' REPLACEMENT IN THE US SENATE

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• Governor Gavin Newsom selected Padilla to represent the state which is nearly 40 percent Hispanic

• Padilla, who became California’s first Latino secretary of state in 2015, pledged to work each and every day to honor that trust and deliver for all...

UAE'S F-35 DEAL WITH USA SUCCEEDED, AS SENATE'S OPPOSITION TOOK A BACK SEAT DUE TO LACK OF MAJORITY VOTES

HIGHLIGHTS

• The United States Senate failed to obstruct the Trump organization's offer of $23bn in cutting edge contender planes and robots to the United Arab Emirates

President Donald Trump had given a conventional danger to reject legislat...

U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS TRUMP’S NOMINATION OF SIMINGTON TO FCC

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• The President of the United States, Donald Trump on several occasions had urged lawmakers to confirm Simington, who helped lead a regulatory effort seeking to rein in social media companies to the FCC

• On the other hand, Biden has not said who he will b...