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Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymanderingPresident Trump's call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts has spurred mid-decade gerrymandering efforts in several states. Both...
Donald Trump faces tough fight in 9 states, including Texas, Florida, California, New York. Check latest state by state political scenarioTexas, Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, California, Illinois, Maryland, New York will offer tough political challenges before U.S. Preside...
The longest-serving legislative leader in US history will be sentenced on corruption chargesMichael Madigan, the former Illinois House Speaker, faces sentencing Friday after being convicted on bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud ch...
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Joe Biden signs funding before midnightWith the clock ticking down to the midnight Saturday deadline, the Senate voted 88 to 9 to keep the lights on through mid-November with a r...
US: Spending bill passes in House, heads to Senate as shutdown fear loomsNotably, the decision is poised to prevent the government from falling off the shutdown cliff, which many lawmakers thought was inevitable ...
New budget brings joy to the state of IllinoisOver $1.8 billion in the form of tax relief is on its way to Illinois taxpayers. Springfield's democratic lawmakers announced the new budge...
Indian-origin US lawmakers Jayapal, Krishnamoorthi named to key congressional committeesWhile Congresswoman Jayapal, 55, was named to the powerful budget committee, Congressman Krishnamoorthi, 47, was appointed to a key congres...
Thousands protest Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick at Washington Women's MarchThe U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an Oct. 22 vote on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appellate judge, o...
Indian-American first South Asian to serve on US national security bodyBorn into a Tamil-speaking family in New Delhi, his family moved to Buffalo, New York when he was three months old. Krishnamoorthi attended...
Indian-Americans to celebrate Donald Trump's inauguration with a ballThe presidential inaugural gala will be held in the historic ball room of Mayflower hotel on the eve of Trump's swearing in on January 20.
Indian-American, Raja Krishnamoorthi to be recognised as emerging Democratic leaderKrishnamoorthi, 42, is among only two Congressional candidates to have been invited on to the DNC stage here as the party's rising star or ...
Indian-American makes a $1.1 million splash in Trump campaignShalabh Kumar wired $449,400 to the campaign over the weekend and pledged an equal amount through his wife, all routed through the Republic...
Indian-American registers big win in Congressional primaryRaja Krishnamoorthi, who was an adviser in President Barack Obama's 2008 poll campaign, has registered a big win in Democratic Congressiona...
- Race for White House: Michelle Obama delivers a masterful speech at the Democratic National Convention
San Antonio Mayor J Castro, seen by many as someone who could become America's first pres of Hispanic origin, & Massachusetts guv D Patrick...
- Rahm Emanuel accepts job as Obama chief of staff
Hard-charging Democratic congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted the position of chief of staff in president-elect Barack Obama's administrat...
- Democrats name Obama first black major US party nominee
Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday made history as Democrats formally nominated him by acclamation as the first black presidential nominee of ...
- Democratic super delegates may back popular mandate
US representative Rosa DeLauro hosted a meeting in her Washington home on Tuesday night to recruit super delegates for Barack Obama. The Co...