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Pennsylvania senator known for wearing hoodies and shorts will now be able to do so to vote, angering rightwingersIn a spat over coverage of the relaxation of the US Senate dress code, the Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman, who will now be allowed t…
Chamber’s investigations committee is targeting the PIF after refusing to voluntarily comply with requests for disclosureSaudi Arabia’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund – which has been used as a lever of global influence by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salma…
Utah senator, 76, who lost 2012 election to Obama, to step down next year, depriving Republican party of key critic of TrumpismSenator Mitt Romney of Utah, a former presidential nominee and a rare relative moderate in the Republican party of Donald Tru…
Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and librariesA Senate hearing on book bans and censorship on Tuesday spotlighted the growing phenomenon in America and highlighted a partisan split on the iss…
Senator Richard Blumenthal urges risk-based approach to regulation as panel hears from companies at forefront of AI boomMicrosoft and the chipmaker Nvidia are the latest companies to take the hot seat in a series of Senate judiciary hearings on artific…
Former US president files motion to recuse Tanya Chutkan over previous comments about his culpabilityJoe Biden’s national security tour of south-east Asia reached Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday, where the president called for stability in the US-China relat…
Senate Democrats had called on conservative justice to step aside over his close links with attorney in case• Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbyingThe US supreme court justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected a pu…
Republican Senate leader, 81, says he will finish term as signs emerge of uncertainty over his future in GOP ranksMitch McConnell rejected speculation about his future as Republican leader in the US Senate, telling reporters: “I’m going to finish my te…
Brian Monahan suggests Republican leader in US Senate, 81, may be suffering effects of concussion sustained during fall in MarchMitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, is not evidently suffering from “a seizure disorder”, a stroke or a…
Sheldon Whitehouse writes to Chief Justice John Roberts about ‘several’ ethics violations, citing Wall Street Journal interviewAmid rumbling scandal over gifts given to conservative justices by wealthy rightwing donors, one such justice, Samuel Alito, …