US Stock Market: Wall Street futures climb as traders cling to de-escalation hopes, await earningsU.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as traders held onto hopes of a de-escalation in the Middle East conflict, while awaiting March pr...
14 Apr, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopeningHopes rise for an end to the prolonged US federal government shutdown. Key Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate are discussing a...
04 Nov, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
US Senate passes bill to terminate Trump tariffs against BrazilThe Republican-led Senate passed legislation to overturn President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, terminating the national emergency declared i...
29 Oct, 2025, 07.28 AM IST
US stocks set to trim quarterly gains as shutdown nears, threatens data flowUS stock markets saw declines on Tuesday. A government shutdown possibility created investor anxiety. This shutdown risks delaying economic...
30 Sep, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
Three Republican senators defy Trump, vote against his ambitious 'big, beautiful bill': Who are they?Three Republican senators, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, and Rand Paul, defied party lines to vote against US President Trump's "One Big Beau...
02 Jul, 2025, 09.56 AM IST
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill faces mutiny from within as 5 Republican senators threaten to tank itDonald Trump's tax and spending bill faces hurdles in the US Senate. Five Republican senators may oppose the bill. They worry about its imp...
25 Jun, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
Marathon US Senate session under way over Trump's sweeping tax, budget stepsThe U.S. Senate initiated an overnight 'vote-a-rama' marathon to advance legislation for tax cuts and budget reductions backed by President...
05 Apr, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Kennedy's 'misleading' vaccine arguments concerns Republican Senate committee headRobert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questioning from Senate Republicans over his vaccine stance during his nomination hearing to lead the U.S...
30 Jan, 2025, 10.27 PM IST
Legislation in US Congress to phase out country quota for green cards; capture unused visas for nurses and doctorsThe Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, a legislation led by Senator Kevin Cramer and Dick Durbin, makes a limited number of green cards a...
04 Nov, 2023, 08.48 AM IST
Wall St slides as services data stokes inflation worries, Apple dragsThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Wednesday its non-manufacturing PMI rose to 54.5 last month against expectations of 52.5,...
06 Sep, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Indian-origin candidates Sara Gideon and Rik Mehta lose Senate races in Maine and New JerseyIn July, Mehta had become the first Indian-American to win the Republican primary for the Senate seat from the US state of New Jersey. Meht...
05 Nov, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
US stocks rally as Wall St cheers potential gridlockBoth President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden still had paths to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win as stat...
05 Nov, 2020, 06.45 AM IST
Obamacare repeal on the ropes as pivotal Republican rebuffs Donald TrumpThe most moderate of Republican senators joined John McCain and Rand Paul in rejecting the bill to end Obamacare.
27 Sep, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Donald Trump threatens to end Obamacare insurance ‘bailouts'It was unclear if Trump’s message means he also plans to directly target subsidies that are available to health insurance policies for some...
31 Jul, 2017, 01.26 AM IST
Mitch McConnell delays health debate as John McCain recovers from surgeryThe delay will give the CBO more time to score McConnell’s latest bill, although it’s not clear it will be enough to allow them to fully ex...
16 Jul, 2017, 11.34 PM IST
New healthcare legislation: GOP said to lack votes despite Trump demandsVice President Mike Pence cancelled a trip to Arkansas to be in Washington for the vote, a White House official said.
25 Mar, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
Shutdown debate moves to US Senate as debt deadline creeps upA breakthrough on how to end the US government shutdown remained elusive as negotiations to raise the debt limit and avert a catastrophic d...
13 Oct, 2013, 07.09 PM IST