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(Reuters) — Four Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, demanding answers over its alleged moves to track and monitor employees and limit efforts to form unions. Democratic senators Brian Schatz, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the company for details on…

Senior US human rights official named as special coordinator for Tibetan issues amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing.The United States has appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues, amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced…

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.On Wednesday, pressed at her confirmation hearing by Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Barrett…

Senator Kamala Harris has delivered a blistering campaign-like speech at the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett,  targeting vulnerable Republicans on the Judiciary Committee vetting Ms Barrett for their efforts to repeal the 2010 health care law more commonly known as Obamacare.Appearing remotely via teleconference, Ms Harris,…

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) at the confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Senator Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) grilled Judge Amy Coney Barrett during Tuesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing over her pro-life stance and whether she would agree with the…

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), one of President Trump's most loyal Senate allies, told "Axios on HBO" it was a sign of "respect" from the president to not push for nationwide face mask adoption.Why it matters: Face masks are a key part of controlling the spread of coronavirus, and many state…

Topline Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) shared in an Elle interview Monday that his wife had an abortion in the late 1980s after doctors warned she was at risk of losing her uterus and possibly dying, saying he came forward because of what is at stake with the Supreme Court nomination…

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vows to be a justice “fearless of criticism” as the split Senate charges ahead with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump’s pick to cement a conservative court majority before Election Day. Barrett, a federal appeals court judge, draws on faith and family…

With the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett due to start on Monday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has called for the committee members to be tested for COVID-19. However, some of her fellow Republicans on the committee have refused.Ernst, speaking to reporters at a stop on…

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, has been using a private plane to travel to and from Washington, D.C., as a precaution during the coronavirus pandemic despite publicly saying that the media and Democrats have overexaggerated the virus' threats.Jake Sherman, a reporter with Politico, first reported on Johnson's new mode…