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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday they had asked the Pentagon to investigate the Trump administration's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss sensitive attack plans.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salmon farms in a heritage-listed inlet in the state of Tasmania.
Analysts tell Senate Foreign Relations Committee that strategic contributions by US allies and partners go well beyond military spending
US Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng with warm exchanges in front of journalists on Saturday even as tensions between their countries spiked over trade tariffs and the handling of the illegal trade in fentanyl.
Philippine Senator Imee Marcos said on Saturday that she is still studying whether to conduct another Senate committee hearing on the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government's initiative to restore Parliament as an independent and sovereign institution marks a significant step in strengthening its role as a fully functional, authoritative and autonomous legislative body.
BANGKOK: A group of 105 senators on Wednesday (March 12) lodged a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), seeking a malfeasance investigation into the justice minister and the chief of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) over their probe into the senators.
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Senators took their oath of office before Dewan Negara president Datuk Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah here on Tuesday (March 11).
(Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate will ask the Department of Agriculture to reverse the cancellation of programs that have funneled more than $2 billion for local food purchases to schools and food banks, according to a copy of a letter seen by Reuters.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic U.S. senator who just visited Ukraine said on Monday the Trump administration's suspension of intelligence-sharing had lessened Kyiv's defenses against Russia, and dismissed Trump advisor Elon Musk calling him a "traitor."
KUALA LUMPUR: Several members of the Dewan Negara have called for stricter action against those who play up ethnic and religious issues.
KUALA LUMPUR: A senator has called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to step in and resolve concerns over plans to implement a 45-hour work week for healthcare workers.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked President Donald Trump's Air Force secretary nominee whether he unfairly favored Elon Musk in a classified, multibillion-dollar spy satellite contract.
Meta Platforms Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg went to the US Capitol on Feb 19 to lobby senators on artificial intelligence, seeking to muster his influence after standing with Donald Trump at his inauguration and nodding to the new Republican congressional majority's social agenda.
KUALA LUMPUR: The 45-hour work week for nurses, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday (March 1), has been postponed for three months, says Senator RA Lingeswaran.
MANILA: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is facing a criminal complaint Monday (Feb 17) over comments he made during a campaign rally when he said 15 senators should be killed in a bombing to allow more vacant seats for his own party's candidates to fill.
MANILA: The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should investigate former President Rodrigo Duterte's joke about killing 15 senators to make way for the senatorial candidates he is endorsing, Lanao del Sur Member of Parliament Zia Alonto Adiong said on Sunday (Feb 16).
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong had the pleasant surprise of meeting former Senator Datuk Maijol Mahap during a brief stop in Kota Marudu on his way to Kudat in Sabah.
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor State Assembly has approved a motion appointing Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Muhammad Redzuan Othman and Tiew Way Keng as Dewan Negara members.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A key safety system was turned off on the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week near Washington's Reagan Airport, killing 67.
