The senate has passed legislation expanding health care and disability payments to America's military veterans. The legislation known as pact will cover roughly three and a half million veterans who have been exposed to burn pits on their missions in the years since the September 11th attacks.

Senate approves legislation in 86-11 vote

Republican senators Ted Cruz, Steve Daines and several others are being mocked on social media platforms after being seen fist-bumping each other as GOP tanked a veteran Healthcare Bill.

WATCH: Republican senators fist-bump after tanking a healthcare bill for military veterans

The US Senate has rejected legislation adopted by the House of Representatives that would codify the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe Vs Wade decision by blocking governments from restricting access to abortion services.

US: Senate fails to codify right to abortion, yet again

The US Senate will vote on a national abortion rights bill in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

US Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights law

The Senate has only three Black members, a paltry number that is unrepresentative of the country, so when the chamber took up a voting rights bill this week aimed at preventing the disenfranchisement of voters of color, Sens.

'I will not sit quietly': 3 Black senators in spotlight on voting rights

In a major political gamble, President Biden failed to gather support from lawmakers as US's voting reforms bill hits the roadblock.

US: President Joe Biden fails to unite democrats as voting reforms bill hits the roadblock

In a major political gamble, President Biden called on Democratic lawmakers to change Senate rules to override Republican opposition so that his government can pass two pending bills in congress that will significantly expand voting rights in the country.

US: President Biden called on lawmakers to change Senate rules to override Republican opposition

President Joe Biden will endorse changing Senate rules to pass new voting rights protections during a speech in Atlanta on Tuesday, the most significant step he will have taken to pressure lawmakers to act on an issue he has called the biggest test of America’s democracy since the Civil War.

Biden will endorse changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday withdrew his bid for a seat in the country's Senate. The elections are due in 2022. This has come month after he made last-minute entry in the race.

Philippine President Duterte withdraws candidacy from Senate race

On a Wednesday night in September, while President Joe Biden backslapped in the Republican dugout during the annual congressional baseball game, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat nearby, sober-faced and wagging her finger while speaking into her cellphone, toiling to salvage her party’s top legislative priority as it teetered on the brink of collapse.

In the House and the Senate, Nancy Pelosi Gets Democrats to Play ball

Amid heavy criticism and a bleak outlook from opinion polls, President Joe Biden signed into law the largest US infrastructure overhaul in more than half a century on Monday at a rare bipartisan celebration in the White House.

Achieving what Trump couldn't, Biden celebrates rare win with US infrastructure bill signing

Days before it became clear that Republican Glenn Youngkin would win Virginia’s gubernatorial race, pollsters, pundits and political strategists were trying to explain why a race that was the Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s to lose was on its way to being lost.

Opinion: Why Democrats are in trouble

Senator Kyrsten Sinema seems to be in limelight nowadays for various reasons. After becoming a roadblock to US President Joe Biden's economic and social agenda, Sinema has caused a stir by donning a denim vest while presiding over the US Senate on Tuesday.

Donning denim vest in Senate, US lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema causes stir on social media

Ahead of the 2022 elections, Former US President Donald Trump announced support for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The endorsement seems to have been made on Wednesday just around the time when the Brazilian Senate recommended criminal charges against Bolsonaro for his handling of the pandemic.

Trump announces support for Bolsonaro as Brazil Senate backs criminal charges

The US Senate approved legislation to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month.

US Senate approves debt limit hike to avoid default

Less than two weeks before it was due to be reached, senators in the United States have voted to temporarily extend the country's debt ceiling. Chuck Schumer, who leads the Democrats in the Senate, announced the breakthrough deal after negotiations in Congress during the early hours of the morning.

US Senate votes to temporarily extend debt ceiling

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers that how platforms like Facebook and Instagram work and cause harm in a way that was accessible and mostly jargon-free.

How Facebook algorithm harms children

Will the 6-hour-long Facebook outage force the World to rethink over-reliance on the tech giant? Facebook whistleblower says the platform is more dangerous than we will ever know, and it will haunt an entire generation. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Outrage over Facebook outage

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers that the platform's decisions are "a huge problem" for children, public safety, and democracy.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Senate committee

Is the U.S. government headed towards a shutdown? With just 2 days left for the fiscal year to end & a funding bill blocked in the senate, a shutdown looks all but imminent. Molly Gambhir has a report.

Gravitas: Is U.S. headed towards a shutdown?

The US Senate approved Joe Biden's historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan on Tuesday, paving the way for a major victory to the president if it wins final passage in the lower chamber of Congress.

US Senate passes Biden's massive infrastructure bill

In a rare example of bipartisanship in Washington, a $1.2 trillion bill aimed at improving the US' roads, highways, bridges, and high-speed internet gained the support of 18 Republican senators and 49 Democratic senators.

Biden-backed $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passes key hurdle

The US Senate in a rare Saturday session worked on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, as lawmakers from both parties sought to advance President Joe Biden's top legislative priority.

US Senate in rare Saturday session on $1 trillion infrastructure bill

The US Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what US officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other muslim groups.

US Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang

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