Explainer: What Members of Congress in the United States Are Arguing About as the Government Shutdown Looms

The House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans, and the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, are at odds over the priorities that each chamber would like to see included in any legislation that would continue to fund the government into the new fiscal year, which begins on ...

Talks about the U.S. debt cap need to be more mature, says a German minister.

There isn't much time left to reach a deal. Earlier this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that if a deal isn't reached, the biggest economy in the world could default on its debt on June 1.

Leaders of the Democratic Party want to raise the cap, but Republican law...

After an Arizona judge tossed out her lawsuit challenging the election results, Katie Hobbs is now looking to get some kind of retribution out of Kari Lake.

Less than 48 hours after a judge ruled against Republican Kari Lake's efforts to have herself declared the winner of Arizona's governor contest, Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County moved for sanctions against Lake. After Lake's two-day trial in Arizona ended unsucces...

The House passes a massive government spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown.

Despite strong opposition from House Republicans, Congress approved the $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government.

After ugly partisan bickering on the House floor that foreshadowed potential dynamics in the new Congress, the House passed a massive bill to fund the government on Friday,...

The White House has asked Republicans to condemn Trump's remarks on the US Constitution

The White House blasted Donald Trump's weekend statements calling for the suspension of constitutional standards and asked more Republicans to speak out against the previous president.

"Every President and every member of Congress vows to 'protect' the United States Con...

'Trump is enraged,' says one Republican Party official.

The Republicans' poor showing in the midterm elections is also a personal humiliation for former US President Donald Trump, who had planned to launch his own presidential campaign next Tuesday based on the success of the politicians he sponsored. To make matters worse, Ron DeSantis, his proba...

During the midterm elections, crime is a top concern for many Americans.

Republican candidates in the general election on November 8 are criticizing Democrats for what they claim is a dramatic increase in crime under Democratic President Joe Biden, and polls indicate that races in Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin have tightened as a result of a barrage of politic...

Biden's plan to forgive some or all student loan debt faces increasing legal opposition.

Republican-led states and a libertarian legal group have filed lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's plan to forgive federal student loans, claiming the president overstepped his authority and misapplied a federal law that permits such drastic policy shifts only in times of national...

A growing body of research demonstrates that republican politics is linked to greater death rates

Individuals in the United States have had a lower life expectancy and poorer health outcomes than people in other high-income countries for decades, and the problem has gotten worse with time.

 This widespread disadvantage has been linked to unhealthy behaviours, a broken healthcar...

Conspiracies about replacement gunmen are making their way into mainstream politics

Critics find connections between the trend of racist gunmen stating fears of a plan to "replace" Whites and the language promoted by Fox News and some Republican politicians.

The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday was not the first time in recent years that a Whit...

The Democrats and The Republicans to Put up a Good Show in Texas Before the Elections in November

A challenge for re-election is being imposed on representative Dan Crenshaw, a former United States Navy SEAL, in a Texas district that now has potentially conservative and way more Trump voters than ever before.

The war that has always been between Republicans and Democrats in the Unit...

Americans Divided Over Vaccine Mandate

Americans are intensely divided over the Covid-19 vaccination mandate with the Biden administration in strong favor and many Republicans opposing it.

The US Supreme Court has ruled against Biden’s compulsion for companies having more than 100 employees to enforce the vaccine manda...

US LAWMAKERS WELCOME 74 PERCENT FDI INCREASE IN INDIAN INSURANCE SECTOR

HIGHLIGHTS

• Two influential US lawmakers have welcomed the Indian government's decision to increase foreign direct investment in the insurance sector.
• Now 74% FDI is allowed in the Indian insurance sector.

Two US lawmakers namely ...

US DEMOCRATS TURN DOWN A REPUBLICAN DEMAND TO SPLIT BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION RESCUE PLAN

Highlights

• US Democrats turn down the demand made by Republicans regarding splitting $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan announced by the President Joe Biden into smaller chunks

• Democrats have said the sky-rocketing unemployment figures and crippling US economy ha...

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT OF TRUMP THIS WEDNESDAY

Highlights

• The article of impeachment which was co-written by Congressmen Ted Lieu, Jamie Raskin and David Cicilline was presented on Monday

• This article charges the incumbent with a count of incitement of insurrection for his actions on the day his supporters ca...

U.S. HOUSE LEGISLATORS PASS BILL TO DECRIMINALISE MARIJUANA

Highlights

• This bill takes out marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act, which termed it as dangerous narcotic and mandated tough penalities similar to cocaine and heroine

• The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives was successful in passing th...

U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS “THIS ELECTION WAS RIGGED”

Highlights

• The U.S. President while talking to Republican supporters in Pennsylvania during a phone-in said “We have to turn the election over”

• Meanwhile the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has secured over 80 million people votes in and t...

THE U.S. REQUIRES AROUND $3 TRILLION IS FISCAL STIMULUS TO REVIVE ITS ECONOMY: ECONOMIST

Highlights

• This $3 trillion should be spent on programs like incentivizing businesses to increase remote working capabilities and helping the unemployed find jobs in companies with viable business models said William Lee

• Lee said all the programs that are being i...

SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE OKAY

Highlights:

• Sen Tim Scott differs from the party’s leader Trump on his views on mail-in ballots
• He delivered his speech at the GOP convention.

The only colored Republican Senator, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina had differed from Trump on his ...

GOP NOMINATES TRUMP FOR HIS 2nd TERM

Highlights:

•        Republicans continue to put their faith in Trump

•        Trump launched a verbal attack on the mail-in ballot

The Republicans on Monday, re-nominated Donald Trump at...