The repeal of the Gulf and Iraq War authorizations is included in both the House and Senate defense bills, heightening its chances of passing.

The Senate vote comes just days after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urged an end to sanctions on Syria.

The Senate could pass its annual defense policy bill as soon as Thursday after the legislation was stalled for more than a month. Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) secured an agreement to vote on 17 stand-alone amendments,

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said he informed Democratic senators Tuesday that a vote on a budget resolution, a possible first step toward passing another round of coronavirus relief using a procedural tool called "reconciliation,

Herschel Walker, the scandal-ridden ex-Senate candidate, was one of more than two dozen ambassadors approved in a bloc vote.

The exposure of another Republican senator to the coronavirus raised doubts on Tuesday about the U.S. Senate's vote on Republican President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for the Federal Reserve, former economic adviser Judy Shelton.