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US Senate passes $4.6bn emergency aid bill to address US-Mexico border cri
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 27 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday passed an emergency funding bill in a bid to address the migrant crisis at its southern border with Mexico.
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US Senate votes to block arms sale to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 21 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday voted to block the Trump administration from selling arms to three Middle Eastern countries, namely Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan, without congressional review.
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Jeffrey Rosen confirmed as US' next deputy attorney general
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 17 (ANI): Jeffrey Rosen was confirmed as the United States' latest deputy attorney general by the US Senate on Thursday after his predecessor, Rod Rosenstein, left the department last week.
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John Abizaid named US' new envoy to Saudi Arabia
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) voted to confirm John Abizaid as the new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position that was lying vacant since 2017.
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Trump tweets 'VETO!' after Senate rejects his border emergency declaration
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the US Mexico border, prompting a swift response from the 72-year-old leader who tweeted 'veto', an indication that he would reject the resolution.
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US Senate confirms Indian-American Neomi Rao as judge of appeals court
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Indian American Neomi Rao, who was under scrutiny for her previous writings on sexual assault will now be judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, US Senate confirmed on Wednesday.
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US Senate approves William Barr as attorney general
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) voted to confirm William Barr as the nation's next attorney general, putting him in charge of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into alleged Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential elections.
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US: Senate passes Syria, anti-BDS bill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): United States Senate on Tuesday approved legislation which includes a provision warning US President Donald Trump not to precipitously withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Syria until terrorist groups in the regions are destroyed.
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US Senate passes bill to reopen government
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): The United States Senate has passed the short-term spending bill to fund the government until February 15, inching a step closer to reopening the government which has been partially shut since December last year.
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US Senate rejects 2 bills to reopen government
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): There seems to be no end in sight for the partial government shutdown in the US, with the Senate failing to pass two funding bills which would have reopened the government.
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US: Senate to vote to reopen govt
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell struck an agreement with Minority leader Chuck Schumer to vote on the two proposals suggested to reopen the government which has been shut partially for over a month now.
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Saudi Arabia rebuffs US Senate's resolution blaming crown prince for Khash
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 17 (ANI): Saudi Arabia strongly rejected the US Senate's resolutions to end military support for a "Saudi war" in Yemen and to hold the Kingdom's crown prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) accountable for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, calling them "blatant interf
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