However, in a Senate procedural vote on Monday, every single voting Democrat blocked the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act from moving on to a final vote on passage. All voting ...

Abuja — A lawmaker in Nigeria has been suspended from her office after she complained of sexual harassment by the senate president, sparking protests and condemnation from feminist groups.

Nigeria's Senate will have just three women after the temporary suspension of Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. She had filed a sexual harassment claim against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Nigerian ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros yesterday urged Senate President Francis Escudero to call an all-senator caucus to discuss the impeachment trial of Vice ...

The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would impose mandatory jail time for passengers who smoke marijuana in a car. The bill would also eliminate the social equity program and reduce the number of ...

FILE - Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's nominee to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, appears before the Senate Committee on Finance for his pending ...

WASHINGTON ― Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, the governor Minnesota, has decided he won't run for his state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026 and is instead looking at ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate majority — not just the Senate president — may proceed with sending a letter requesting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order convening a special session ...

Congress is on to the next phase of reconciliation after a roller coaster of a night in the House, setting up for a round of negotiations with the Senate as each chamber believes it has the best ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate cannot hold a special session on its own to act on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero ...

Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero asserted on Sunday that the Senate could not proceed with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte without President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr ...

While Collins has expressed concern, she has not yet said whether she plans to hold a hearing addressing those concerns, which is well within her scope as chair of the powerful Senate ...