US Senate | The Business Standard

The US Capitol dome is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

USA

How Trump may bypass Senate to install his cabinet picks

Roughly 1,000 government positions require Senate confirmation through a majority vote in the 100-seat chamber

Photo: Collected

Bangladesh

4 US lawmakers assure help to Bangladesh for ensuring reforms, accountability

US Capitol Police officers use pepper spray on pro-Palestinian demonstrators, on the day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, US, July 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

USA

Protesters hoist Palestinian flags in Washington during Netanyahu speech

People walk past the U.S. Capitol building as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown looms in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ FILE PHOTO

USA

US Senate passes spending bill, averts imminent shutdown

FILE PHOTO: The US Capitol Building is seen in Washington, US, August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm

USA

What's in US Senate's $95 billion aid bill to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan?

A view from the US Senate side shows the US Capitol Dome (L) in Washington, US, October 4, 2013/ Reuters

USA

US Senate passes $95 billion Ukraine aid bill, but path ahead unclear

Facebook, Meta and TikTok logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Tech

Meta, TikTok, X CEOs to face tough questions on child safety at US Senate hearing

FILE PHOTO: Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

Splash

Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes

People walk past the US Capitol building in Washington, US, November 15, 2023. File Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

USA

US Senate works to avoid shutdown with vote possible on Wednesday

File photo of US Senator Jeff Wilson. Photo: Collected

World+Biz

US senator arrested in Hong Kong over gun possession, later granted bail

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol, where Congress will return Tuesday to deal with a series of spending bills before funding runs out and triggers a partial U.S. government shutdown, in Washington, U.S. September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Politics

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House take dueling tacks on funding

FILE PHOTO: US Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, holds a hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, 14 April, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

World+Biz

Limit access to most secret US documents, Senate intel panel head says

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

USA

US Senate advances $1.66 trillion government-funding bill