U.S. House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to target Big TechTwo of the bills address the issue of giant companies, such as Amazon and Alphabet's Google, creating a platform for other businesses and t...
12 Jun, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Democrat says Donald Trump counsel recounted 'troubling events'The closed-door interview with Don McGahn, which came two years after House Democrats originally sought his testimony, was originally part ...
05 Jun, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
OPEC urges members to lobby against US NOPEC bill and outline risksA US House panel passed a bill this week to open the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to lawsuits for collusion in boostin...
23 Apr, 2021, 10.20 PM IST
US: House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bansPresident Joe Biden reversed the travel restrictions from the Trump administration in one of his first moves in office, easing limits on Ir...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.37 AM IST
Industry bodies, Democrats call H-1B changes move to score political pointsThe ITServe Alliance (ITServe), which represents over 1,400 small and medium IT staffing companies in the United States, said the Interim F...
10 Oct, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
Democrats flay Donald Trump for announcing new curbs on H-1B visas sans public scrutinyThe DHS says that the H-1B regime has expanded far beyond its original brief, often to the detriment of US workers. Data shows that more th...
08 Oct, 2020, 02.52 PM IST
H1-B visa restrictions: Democratic lawmakers urge Trump admin to exempt healthcare workersPresident Donald Trump, in his June proclamation, banned the entry into the US of workers in several key non-immigrant visa categories, inc...
05 Aug, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
ET Explains: Making internet majors pay for news content they make money fromAustralia has issued a draft on this critical process. ET explains
02 Aug, 2020, 11.43 PM IST
Senate Democrats demand White House testimony on impeachmentThe letter comes as a top Democrat in the House, Representative Adam Schiff said the impeachment process won’t be a failure if Trump is acq...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.38 PM IST
Trump declines to participate in House impeachment hearingUS President Donald Trump's lawyer Pat Cipollone said he cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet ...
03 Dec, 2019, 12.06 AM IST
US House panel issues 81 document requests in Trump obstruction probeRepublicans in Congress accuse Democrats of pursuing an impeachment agenda as part of a political strategy to reclaim the White House in th...
04 Mar, 2019, 10.11 PM IST
Trump says family separations deter illegal immigrationIn June, Trump abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the US-Mexico border after images of youngsters ...
15 Oct, 2018, 07.21 AM IST
Laying off of US workers for H-1B holders needs to be probed: Jeh JohnsonAmid reports that Disney has laid off American employees and replaced them with Indians holding H-1B visas, Johnson told lawmakers that suc...
15 Jul, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
US Congress calls for increased intel coop with Israel, IndiaThe amendment requires a report from Director of National Intelligence on possibilities for growing security cooperation among three countr...
17 Jun, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
US House passes bill to end mass collection of phone dataThe US House of Representatives today voted overwhelmingly to end the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records.
14 May, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
PM Modi's US visit: More than three dozen US lawmakers attend Madison Square eventThis is for the first time that such a large number of US lawmakers attended an event organized by the Indian-American community.
28 Sep, 2014, 10.43 PM IST
PM Modi's US visit: 46 elected officials confirm presence at receptionAt least 46 elected US officials have confirmed their participation at a reception hosted by Indian-Americans for Prime Minister Narendra M...
27 Sep, 2014, 05.50 PM IST