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

Highlights

• 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...

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...

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...

FACEBOOK, TWITTER CEOs TO TESTIFY BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON TUESDAY

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• Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Facebook and Twitter will be testifying in front of a congressional hearing on Tuesday that will go through their content moderation practices

• CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google had previously appeared before the Se...

RO KHANNA: SUCCESSOR TO KAMALA HARRIS' US SENATE SEAT?

Highlights

• Kamala Harris, who was elected as a US Senator from California in 2016 is all set to become the first women vice president of the United States

• As soon as Kamala Harris takes over the vice president's office in the month of January, the US Senate s...

US SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ASKS ZUCKERBERG, DORSEY TO TESTIFY BEFORE IT ON NOV 17

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• An article about wrongdoings of Hunter Biden and his father Joe Biden was published in New York Post, but was blocked by Facebook and Twitter

• According to an announcement by the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Friday, Facebook CEO...

U.S. ECONOMY NEEDS A STRONG STIMULUS SAYS JEROME POWELL

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• Powell urged the U.S. Senate to pass a robust stimulus and said that coming up with inadequate support would weaken the recovery from the coronavirus recession while overdoing would only strengthen the rebound

• Speaking at a virtual annual meeting organ...

CEOs OF GOOGLE, FACEBOOK & TWITTER TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY BEFORE U.S. SENATE ON OCTOBER 28

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• The US Senate will be asking questions over content policies to Google's Sundar Pichai, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey

• This enquiry has been called by the Senate Commerce Committee ahead of the president...

US SENATE PASSED THE HONG KONG AUTONOMY ACT, SPONSORED BY BOTH A DEMOCRAT AND A REPUBLICAN

Highlights: 

• The Bill was passed last week
• Republicans wanted some technical rectifications in the bill which has caused a delay

The US has been vocal about its dislike of what China is trying to do in Hong Kong. Hong Kong remains an important l...

FOLLOWING U.S, INDIA ANNOUNCES RS 1.7 TRILLION TO COUNTER COVID 19

Highlights

• Decision of relief package by Economic Task Force

• Relief in form of cash and food both

• Extension of tax deadlines and change in banking policies

Indian Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, who is also currently chairing the Economic T...

$2 TRILLION BILL: SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS?

Highlights

• The Senate has brought in $2 trillion bill to counter coronavirus pandemic

• This bill will be inclusive of direct payments to Americans

• The Senate confident of passing it by Friday

After 68,48...

Dan Brouillette to be nominated as the new Secretary of Energy

If the US Senate confirms then Brouillette, who at the moment is the Deputy Secretary of Energy will be replacing Rick Perry. Dan Brouillette has been elected by the US president to serve at the post of next US Secretary.

Perry says that it was his lifelong experience to work as Secreta...

Sessions to come back

As the United States presidential elections are coming near, there is a rise in political announcements of who will be running for what position and what state will be siding with what party. The Democrats and Republicans are the two major ones battling out at the United States political ground t...