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Two Dan Sullivans, a Republican senator and a retired school teacher, will appear on the November ballot in Alaska's US Senate election, adding a twist to what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested races of the midterms.
Florida GOP Sen. Ashley Moody and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon will face off in November after winning their primaries for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects.
The US Senate Majority Leader John Thune has moved to advance a major bill that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. The bill, known as the Clarity Act, would define when digital tokens are securities or commodities and which regulators oversee them.
The US Senate is set to vote on advancing the CLARITY Act in September after Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture. The bill aims to establish a federal market structure for digital assets and clarify oversight responsibilities.
The Senate approved a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Dec. 11, but the House has a different approach. The bill now goes to the House, where lawmakers have pursued a different approach.
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s moderate Republican senator, announced she will not vote for Donald Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche as US attorney general due to concerns over a proposed fund to compensate January 6 rioters.
The US Senate has delayed the vote on the Clarity Act, a bill aimed at establishing a federal framework for digital asset markets, until September. The postponement is due to Democratic opposition, which may make it difficult for Republicans to secure the necessary 60 vot…
A US Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a hearing last week.
Former top US health official Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions at a US Senate hearing about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying he feared Republican lawmakers would try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
The Democratic Party in Maine picked its new candidate for a key US Senate race on Saturday, after the original nominee was pressured to drop out over sexual misconduct allegations.
Darline Graham, the sister of the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, was sworn in to fill his Senate seat on Tuesday, just three days after his sudden death. Graham was appointed by South Carolina's governor to fill the remainder of her brother's current term.
Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been appointed to serve the rest of her brother's Senate term after his death on Saturday. The appointment was welcomed by lawmakers from both parties, who saw Nordone as an appropriate replacement for her brother.
US Senator Lindsey Graham's death has left a vacancy in the US Senate, but the Republican majority is likely to be short-lived as South Carolina's election laws give the governor the authority to appoint a replacement.
Senator Lindsey Graham has died at 71 after a brief and sudden illness. He was a prominent senator who served in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.