US Senate today approved sending judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to Supreme Court to a final vote on Saturday. Also Read: FBI probe does not support Kavanaugh assault claims, says Republican Senator Grassley The Senate voted 51-49 to approve Kavanaugh in the procedural cloture vote, with one Republican, Lisa Murkowski, opposing going forward while one Democrat, Joe Manchin, voted to move ahead.

US Senate approves sending Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to final vote

The US Senate girded Friday for a critical, too-close-to-call vote on moving ahead with the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans brushed aside complaints by Democrats that a new FBI probe of sexual assault allegations against him was rushed and incomplete.

US Senate braces for key vote on embattled court nominee

The US Senate's Republican leadership moved forward with the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, setting up a Friday procedural vote and a final floor vote the next day.

Initial Senate vote on Kavanaugh nomination set for Friday

As the US Senate prepares to vote on whether to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, all eyes are on three Republican senators who could make or break the nomination.

Spotlight on three US senators as Supreme Court vote looms

Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to a lifetime seat on the US Supreme Court hung in the balance on Friday after a jarring and raucous hearing into sexual misconduct allegations against him.

US Senate panel heads to vote on Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Six Democrats joined President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in voting for Haspel, two Republicans voted no

US Senate confirms Haspel as first woman CIA director, Trump congratulates

42-year-old Bridenstine succeeds former astronaut Charles Bolden who stepped down in January 2017

Republican Congressman and former pilot Jim Bridenstine becomes NASA's new chief

The US Senate passed the Taiwan Travel Act, intended to encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan "at all levels"

Dissatisfied and firmly oppose US Senate bill on promoting relations with Taiwan: China

The US government officially shut down on Saturday, the first anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration, after lawmakers failed to agree a stop-gap spending deal

US government in shutdown as midnight deadline passes

The postponement means the United States will begin its work week with much of the federal government shuttered

US Senate postpones vote on ending shutdown to noon Monday

The US Senate today reached a rare bipartisan compromise to avert another crippling government shutdown by reaching a two-year budget deal to raise spending on military and domestic programmes by almost $ 300 billion

US Senate reaches two-year budget deal to avert govt shutdown

The bill, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks but provide exceptions for rape, incest and critical health risks to the mother, passed the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in October

US Senate defeats bill banning, criminalising abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy

Transgender whistleblower Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking classified information, is seeking election in the US state of Maryland, a document seen on Saturday says

Transgender whistleblower Manning seeks US Senate seat

The California-based company apologised over the issue on December 28, cut battery replacement costs and said it will change its software to show users whether their phone battery is good

US senator wants Apple to answer questions on slowing iPhones

After a marathon session, the chamber voted 51 to 49 in favor of the nation's largest tax overhaul in 31 years, overcoming stubborn internal Republican resistance and dismissing angry Democrats

US Senate passes historic tax reform in Trump win

Republican senators said they were still determining what would be in the skinny repeal, which could simply eliminate mandates requiring individuals and employers to obtain or provide health insurance, and abolish a tax on medical device manufacturers

US Senate rejects Obamacare repeal again, eyes a 'skinny' bill

Vice president Mike Pence sought to shore up support among the nation's governors at a meeting in Rhode Island, but a key Republican governor, Ohio's John Kasich, came out strongly against the revised bill, saying its Medicaid cuts were too deep and it does too little to stabilise the insurance market

Another Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill

The measure is intended to punish Russia for meddling in the 2016 US election, annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and support for Syria's government in the six-year-long civil war

US Senate votes near unanimously for Russia, Iran sanctions

The White House said Trump continued to stand by his allegation that Obama ordered the tapping of phones at Trump Tower

Obama did not tap Trump's phone: Senate panel

The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm his nomination on a mostly party-line vote, with only one Democrat voting in favour

US Senate narrowly confirms Mnuchin for treasury secretary

Republicans voted for Sessions 52 to 47, with just one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia?breaking ranks and voting for him

US Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general

Both retired General James Mattis and retired General John Kelly are expected to be confirmed easily

US Senate to vote on Trump national security cabinet picks on Friday

Democrats scoffed at the Republican plans, saying they do not even know what they want to replace Obamacare with

Repealing Obamacare first on Senate agenda in 2017

So far he has headlined fund-raising events for Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire

Bush is back: Dubya comes out of self-imposed exile to help Republicans rustle up some cash

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