Republicans clash with Trump over payouts tied to ‘weaponization’ claimsRepublicans in the US Congress are opposing President Donald Trump's proposed $1.776 billion fund for alleged victims of government weaponi...
25 May, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
Tankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal prospectsTwo Chinese oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz. This follows positive comments from U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice ...
20 May, 2026, 09.40 AM IST
Vivek Ramaswamy wins Republican nomination for Ohio governor after Trump's endorsementOhio voters have chosen their candidates for key November elections. Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face Dr. Amy Acton for governor. Sena...
06 May, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
US national debt crosses 100% of GDP: America now owes more than its entire economy produces — and the $1 trillion interest payments alone now outpace the PentagonU.S. debt-to-GDP ratio hit 100.2% on March 31: For the first time since the ruins of World War II, the United States national debt has surp...
01 May, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
Who was David Scott? Longtime Congressman and trailblazer dies at 80U.S. Representative David Scott, an 80-year-old Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died....
23 Apr, 2026, 01.13 AM IST
Democrats call for removal of Trump; push back from some Republicans tooPresident Trump's threats to "wipe out the whole civilization" in Iran have sparked widespread condemnation from Democrats, who are calling...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.54 AM IST
Trump to meet Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer before government shutdown deadlinePresident Donald Trump will meet with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this week regarding go...
23 Sep, 2025, 03.58 AM IST
Harvard President Claudine Gay's abrupt exit sparks questionsDespite calls for resignation, petitions supporting Gay circulated among faculty and alumni groups. The situation remains complex, reflecti...
03 Jan, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
Democrats push to extend control of House for two more yearsBut nearly all Democratic incumbents in potentially vulnerable districts were outspending their GOP challengers, often by vast margins.
03 Nov, 2020, 08.22 PM IST
Democrats, GOP stretch for hard-to-get districts in House racesDemocrats are contesting over a dozen seats from New York's Long Island to Alaska where Trump won by at least 10 percentage points, usually...
14 Oct, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
Donald Trump sees his leverage dwindle as shutdown pushes toward third weekDemocrats, who take over the majority in the House on Thursday, were unmoved.
03 Jan, 2019, 11.29 PM IST
US politics sees an Indian American surgeAs many as 60 Indian-origin candidates will run for public office in the United States this year, amid a major thrust for community represe...
17 Feb, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
White House, Congress reach tentative US budget dealA White House official said on Tuesday the compromise deal would protect Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries from cuts and urged mem...
27 Oct, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
US panel seeks declassification review of Abbottabad documentsA key US Congressional panel has sought a declassification review of documents collected by Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
22 Nov, 2013, 03.26 PM IST
US could default by Feb if borrowing authority not extended: Treasury secy GeithnerThe US had hit the $16.4-billion debt ceiling on December 31. Since then it has employed extraordinary measures to avoid any default.
15 Jan, 2013, 12.19 PM IST
- 'Indian origin Democrats stand chance of winning Nov polls'
The party leadership yesterday elevated the chances the candidates -- Ami Bera, Manan Trivedi, Upendra Chivukula and Syed Taj -- of winning...
31 Aug, 2012, 05.31 AM IST
- US Congressional polls: 5 Indian-Americans still in race; 4 kicked out
5 Indian-origin candidates, including 25-year-old "young gun" Ranjit 'Rikky' Gill, and a Hindu-American woman remain in the race.
16 Aug, 2012, 02.09 PM IST