U.S. senators

California Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, along with seven other U.S. senators, are calling for online platforms to halt offering betting markets tied to wildfires. They argue that this practice profits from disaster and could create harmful incentives, following an instance where $1.2M in bets were placed during 2025 SoCal fires.

US senators agree on banning Chinese connected vehicles from American roads but disagree on whether the ban could impact European carmakers and raise costs for American electric-vehicle producers. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, which would prohibit the import, manufacture, and sale of connected vehicles deemed a security risk.

The position of Lieutenant Governor serves as a political stepping stone, having elevated four politicians to governorships and two others to U.S. senator roles, despite the job itself being relatively insignificant.

Anthropic accused Alibaba of using 25,000 fake accounts to steal its AI capabilities, claiming Alibaba conducted nearly 29 million exchanges with its Claude models through fraudulent accounts. The allegations were presented to U.S. senators.

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed a $25 billion defense budget after a six-month stalemate, ending a legislative deadlock that strained U.S.-Taiwanese relations. A bipartisan open letter from U.S. senators and a controversial 'peace' visit by Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun highlighted tensions.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced the 'Protect College Sports Act,' which would grant the NCAA limited antitrust protection to establish new rules on college sports issues like the transfer portal, television rights, and eligibility requirements. The legislation aims to address growing calls for reform in major college sports programs.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin criticized former Senate colleagues, accusing them of lacking respect for 'career liberal politicians' following two incidents involving his department and Democratic lawmakers. His remarks came in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's post about U.S. senators being targeted.

U.S. senators have banned themselves from influencing prediction market bets, likely to avoid conflicts of interest. This self-imposed restriction aims to prevent undue influence on political or economic forecasts.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is proposing a bill to include rotisserie chicken in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which currently do not cover this item. The bill aims to expand government food assistance programs to cover the purchase of rotisserie chicken from grocery stores.