US Senate

Fetterman plans to return donation tied to Menendez ‘in envelopes stuffed with $100 bills,’ spokesman says

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., will return $5,000 in contributions from a political action committee tied to Sen. Bob Menendez “in…

Sen. Bob Menendez suggests cash found in bribery raid came from ‘personal savings’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey suggested Monday that hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash seized by federal investigators…

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife charged with bribery

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted in New York on federal bribery charges for…

‘Watch out’: Senate Intelligence chair cautions on AI ‘deep fakes’ ahead of 2024 election

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence warned Wednesday that artificial intelligence could be manipulated to…

State Department picks veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as top China policy official

The U.S. State Department has picked veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official, five sources familiar with the matter said, bringing in new leadership for a part of the department…

Capitol Police reopen Senate buildings after finding no active threat

Capitol Police reopened a Senate office building Wednesday after sweeping the area and finding “no suspicious activity or persons of…

Fed Chair Powell says smaller banks likely will be exempt from higher capital requirements

New rules expected to require that banks keep more capital almost certainly won’t apply to smaller institutions, Federal Reserve Chair…

Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live to Senate banking panel

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a…

Bipartisan bill to claw back executives’ pay when banks fail passes out of Senate Banking Committee

WASHINGTON — The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday voted to send to the full Senate a bill that aims to…

What’s in the debt ceiling deal struck by Biden and McCarthy?

President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday signed off on an agreement to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and…