President Donald Trump has nominated Harry Kumar to be the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce. According to the official site of Congress, the nominated was made on March 10, 2025. It came as part of a group of appointments submitted to Congress, where Kumar is poised to replace by Susie Feliz. If approved, Kumar will…
अमेरिकी सीनेट ने भारतीय मूल के कश्यप पटेल की एफबीआई (फेडरल ब्यूरो ऑफ इंवेस्टिगेशन) के निदेशक के रूप में नामांकन को मंजूरी दे दी है. सी-स्पैन के अनुसार, पटेल ने 51-47 के वोट से मंजूरी हासिल की. यह मंजूरी डेमोक्रेट्स के विरोध के बावजूद मिली, जिन्होंने चेतावनी दी थी कि कश्यप पटेल, जो एक मजबूत…
The Republican-led US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary, paving the way for the full Senate to vote to confirm him as soon as this week. The committee voted 14-13 along party lines with Democrats having accused Kennedy over two days of contentious…
US Vice President Kamala Harris, presiding over one of her final duties before leaving office, appeared to stumble over the Pledge of Allegiance during the opening of the 119th Congress. The verbal flub, which occurred in the Senate chamber ahead of her administering the oath to newly elected senators on Friday, quickly went viral online….
The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the-wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Democratic-controlled Senate, in an 85-11 vote, passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight. The government did not invoke…
The US Senate on Monday voted overwhelmingly to advance an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon towards passage as soon as Tuesday, which would send it to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law. The tally was 83 to 12 in favour of advancing the National Defense Authorization Act,…
The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorises a 1% increase in defence spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military. The bill is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but some Democratic lawmakers opposed the inclusion of a ban on…
Two of President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, sought support from US senators on Monday, but it remained uncertain whether they would get the near-unanimous Republican backing they will need to win confirmation. Former Fox News personality Hegseth held a second meeting with Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and…