Upper House

Political temperatures are soaring in Dispur, ahead of polling for Rajya Sabha seats, amid murmurs over the likelihood of cross-voting in the tight contest involving the BJP and the…

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday took on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over his party's five nominees for the Rajya Sabha polls, saying except for former cricketer Harbhajan Singh,…

WASHINGTON— Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden’s nominee to become the government’s most powerful banking regulator, withdrew from…

WASHINGTON—Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Monday that he couldn’t support the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to become the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator,…

WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said he wanted to pass a $1.5 trillion package funding the government by…

WASHINGTON—House Democratic leaders said they plan to hold a vote Wednesday on a measure to fund the federal government for the full fiscal year and provide further…

The Biden administration is planning to announce a ban on Russian oil imports into the U.S. on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter.The administration’s deliberations about…

The Senate Tuesday passed a cybersecurity package that would require companies to report damaging hacks and ransomware payments to the government, bringing closer to reality rules…

WASHINGTON—Internet platforms could be liable for child-sexual-abuse content on their sites under a bill passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.The measure, known…

WASHINGTON—The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission called on lawmakers Wednesday to grant his agency authority to regulate cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, saying the…