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US Senate passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 23 (ANI): The Senate on Thursday (local time) passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill that aims to end violence specifically targeted at Asian communities in the United States.
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US Senate Committee approves bill countering China threat
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday (local time) passed sweeping legislation to push back on China on a number of issues, including human rights and its gross economic practices.
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US senate confirms Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attor
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States, making her the first Indian-American to serve in this role.
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FBI opens investigation into China every 10 hours, says director
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray told US Senate Intelligence Committee members on Wednesday (local time) that the agency is opening an investigation into various Chinese government actions every 10 hours.
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US ramps up pressure on China, new strategic competition policy to
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): The US Senate's new policy, the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, lays out a wide-ranging strategy that would have a "profound effect" on Chinese entities as the relationship between the two economic superpowers deteriorate.
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Republicans slam Biden's executive order on US Supreme Court refor
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans have slammed President Joe Biden's executive order establishing a commission to study whether to add seats to the Supreme Court.
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US Senate vote to confirm Indian-American Vivek Murthy as Biden's
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 24 (ANI): The Senate voted on Tuesday (local time) to confirm Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy to be US President Biden's surgeon general, handing the administration one of its top public health officials amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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US Senate confirms Xavier Becerra as health secretary
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) confirmed Xavier Becerra as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a 50-49 vote, with only one Republican Senator voting in his favour.
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US Senate confirms Katherine Tai as Biden's chief trade negotiator
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) unanimously approved the nomination of Katherine Tai as President Joe Biden's chief trade negotiator.
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US Senators introduce legislation for partnership development with
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US Senators led by Mark Warner and Bob Menendez have launched legislation to develop a partnership and technique amongst democratic nations to compete towards the rising technological power of China and the threat it possesses.
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US Senate confirms Deb Haaland as first-ever Native American Cabin
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): The US Senate on Monday voted to confirm Deb Haaland as President Joe Biden's Interior Secretary, becoming the first Native American Cabinet secretary.
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US Senate approves bill to tighten controls on China-funded Confuc
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 11 (ANI): The US Senate had last week unanimously approved a bill that would increase oversight on Confucius Institutes, China-funded cultural centers that operate on university campuses in the country.
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