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    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Golf
      Saudi Arabia sought central role in professional golf

      PGA Tour officials tell US Senate their planned tie-up with LIV is best chance to preserve sport’s independence

      Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, speaks during a hearing in Washington into last month’s surprise agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi-funded LIV Golf
    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US Senate passes bill to end debt ceiling stand-off and avoid default

      Legislation heads to Biden for his signature just four days before Treasury deadline

      Chuck Schumer
    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US Senate races towards final vote on debt ceiling bill

      Upper chamber of Congress begins considering legislation to avert a default

      Chuck Schumer
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      The Big Read
      US Congress: how investment funds became the new insider trading risk

      Lawmakers are subject to strict reporting requirements on stocks, but the rules on funds are lighter thanks to a decades-old exception

      Senators Mark Warner, from left, Ron Wyden, Tom Carper, John Hickenlooper and Steve Daines
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      US banks
      Bosses of failed US banks refuse to hand back millions of dollars in pay

      Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank executives grilled during Senate hearing

      Greg Becker, left, SVB’s former chief executive; Signature Bank’s ex-chair Scott Shay, centre; and president Eric Howell were witnesses at the Senate banking committee hearing on Tuesday
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      OpenAI chief says new rules needed to guard against AI risks

      Sam Altman, co-founder of start-up behind ChatGPT, issues warning in first appearance before US Congress

      Sam Altman speaking to US lawmakers on Tuesday
    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Democratic Party US
      Democrats torn over absence of 89-year-old senator Dianne Feinstein

      Prolonged illness makes it harder for Joe Biden’s party to push through legislation and appointees

      Dianne Feinstein at the Capitol in February
    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      US senators criticise Credit Suisse over Nazi bank account claims

      Budget panel questions Swiss institution’s commitment to independent ombudsman’s inquiry

      Credit Suisse branch in Bern
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Starbucks Corp
      Bernie Sanders accuses Starbucks’ Howard Schultz of ‘illegal union-busting’

      Ex-CEO testifies in Senate after being threatened with subpoena by leftwing senator

      Bernie Sanders shakes hands with Howard Schultz
    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Silicon Valley Bank
      Top Republican accuses regulators of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over SVB

      Tim Scott’s comments came during bruising congressional hearing on failings leading to lender’s collapse

      Tim Scott
    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      US-China relations
      Senate bill paves way for US TikTok ban

      Restrict Act would give commerce secretary authority to ban foreign technology

      A TikTok logo
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Four US senators question Sullivan & Cromwell’s role in FTX bankruptcy

      Lawmakers cite ‘concerns’ about top Wall Street firm’s past work for Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange

      Sullivan & Cromwell law firm in New York City
    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Explainer
      First-time senators take their seats as Democrats maintain slim majority

      A hoodie-wearing stroke survivor, a Trump-backed author and an ex-mixed martial arts fighter are among the newcomers

      From left, John Fetterman, Peter Welch, JD Vance, Katie Britt
    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      US politics & policy
      US Senate passes $1.7tn spending bill that includes new aid for Kyiv

      House will now take up legislation that covers another $45bn in assistance for Ukraine a day after Zelenskyy visit

      Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, with US president Joe Biden at the White House
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      US-China relations
      US Senate votes to ban TikTok on government devices

      Lawmakers worry Chinese video app represents security threat

      TikTok logo
    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Live results map: US midterm elections 2022

      Live results of elections that will determine control of the US Senate and House of Representatives during the second half of Joe Biden’s term as president

      Photo montage showing the dome of the White House on top of a cartogram of the US overlaid on a gradient of blue to red
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Gay marriage
      US Senate passes bill protecting same-sex marriages

      Legislation which also enshrines recognition for interracial marriages wins support from some Republicans

      Chuck Schumer
    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      Gay marriage
      US Senate advances protections for same-sex and interracial marriages

      Legislation to codify rights wins bipartisan support in crucial vote

      A man raises a fist while marching along the parade route during the San Francisco Pride parade
    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Democrats fear loss in Nevada as Hispanic voters turn to Republicans

      Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto faces unexpectedly tight race for pivotal Senate seat

      Clark County election department workers carry supplies to an early voting polling site in Las Vegas
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Manchin pulls divisive permitting proposals from US spending bill

      West Virginia senator concedes defeat following concerns measures could risk government shutdown

      Joe Manchin walks with member of the media
    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      US midterm elections
      Inside John Fetterman’s brash social media campaign for the US Senate

      Democrat candidate pours millions of dollars into punchy TikTok and Instagram strategy

      John Fetterman
    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      X Corp
      Whistleblower says Twitter put ‘profits over security’ in boost for Musk

      Peiter Zatko’s testimony to Senate committee threatens to complicate legal battle with Tesla CEO

      Former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko
    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Republican Party US
      Mitch McConnell-linked super Pac takes control of Republican ad spending

      Shift comes as party’s Senate campaign arm has already disbursed more than it has raised this year

      Mitch McConnell
    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      US politics & policy
      US Senate passes Biden’s flagship economic package

      Upper chamber’s approval of tax and spending bill marks major political victory ahead of November midterm elections

      President Joe Biden responds to reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday
    • Saturday, 6 August, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Senate votes to advance Biden’s tax and climate bill

      Legislation includes $369bn in clean energy incentives and higher taxes on corporate America

      Kyrsten Sinema
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