Moscow has warned its diplomatic ties with Washington could be broken off should the US brand Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism."

The US Senate has passed an extensive $430 billion bill designed to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a significant victory for Democratic President Joe Biden ahead of crucial midterm elections.

The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO.

The US military will finally reveal to the public its new B-21 Raider stealth bomber, which has been shrouded in secrecy since it began the project in 2014, an American senator has declared.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a bill calling on NATO to quickly admit Finland and Sweden.

The US and some European governments say they will support Finland and Sweden in their bid to join the NATO military alliance amid the raging war in Ukraine.

Tearing into homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Senator Rand Paul said the US has no right to tell its citizens what the truth is.

The US Senate has voted unanimously to remove the "most favored nation" trade status for Russia and its close ally Belarus in one bill and ban oil imports from there.

Democratic US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Biden administration will ask Congress for more than $6 billion dollars in economic and military aid to help Ukraine fight against Russia.

US Senate Democrats have again failed to pass voting rights legislation when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster.