Senate rejects first effort to bar Trump from creating $1.8 billion settlement fundSenate Republicans are facing challenges in passing funding for President Donald Trump's immigration agencies. Democrats are pushing for vo...
05 Jun, 2026, 06.06 AM IST
US will need years to replenish stockpiles of advanced weapons used in Iran war, analysis findsA new CSIS report has warned that the United States could take up to three years to replenish key missile stockpiles depleted during the Ir...
27 May, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Is US military running out of Tomahawk cruise missiles, Patriot, THAAD interceptors after using advanced weapons in Iran war? Analysis reveals shocking findingsWashington think tank analysis factors in the Republican Trump administration's historic defense budget proposal of $1.5 trillion for 2027.
27 May, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
Explained: What is US Senate’s CLARITY Act and why does it matter for crypto investors?The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee has advanced the long-awaited CLARITY Act, a landmark crypto regulation bill aimed at defining ...
15 May, 2026, 01.27 PM IST
How much is the federal gas tax and how much could Americans save as Trump weighs gas tax holiday amid soaring fuel pricesFederal gas tax: US President Trump is considering a temporary federal gas tax suspension amid soaring fuel prices. While the federal tax i...
12 May, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
Is Spirit Airlines shutting down after losing $500M lifeline— here's how Spirit Airlines collapse spikes ticket pricesSpirit Airlines is preparing for a potential shutdown: According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and other major outlets on May 1, ...
01 May, 2026, 09.50 PM 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
Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdownPresident Trump signed bipartisan legislation to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest agency shutdown in hi...
01 May, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Is the government still shut down in the US? What’s happening at DHSThe Department of Homeland Security remains in a prolonged shutdown, now in its ninth week, due to a political impasse over immigration enf...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
New immigration bill proposes $20,000 option for applicants to skip the 10-year green card queueA bipartisan bill, the Dignity Act of 2025, aims to tackle the US green card backlog by 2035. Spearheaded by Reps. Salazar and Escobar, it ...
06 Aug, 2025, 11.42 AM IST
World War III looms: Global leaders given two weeks as the clock ticks toward catastropheUS Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal suggest Vladimir Putin is preparing for a larger attack. They believe he is using peace t...
02 Jun, 2025, 07.18 PM IST
Elon Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformationElon Musk, via a barrage of X posts containing misinformation, derailed a bipartisan funding bill, prompting a government shutdown threat. ...
21 Dec, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
'We have a deal': Biden announces infrastructure agreementIt includes more than a half-trillion dollars in new spending and could open the door to the president's more sweeping $4 trillion proposal...
25 Jun, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
U.S. senators haggle over funding of $1 trillion infrastructure compromiseBiden told reporters last week that he will have a response to the plan as soon as Monday after reviewing it. Twenty-one of the 100 U.S. se...
20 Jun, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talksThe talks are stalled but there is universal agreement that Congress won't adjourn for the year without passing a long-delayed round of pan...
12 Dec, 2020, 03.39 PM IST
New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 reliefTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the offer to Pelosi late Tuesday afternoon, he said in a statement. He offered few details, though H...
09 Dec, 2020, 05.10 PM IST
White House proposes new $916 bn stimulus plan to break deadlockThe proposal comes weeks before Trump is set to hand over power to President-elect Joe Biden and a new Congress takes office, and as the co...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.09 AM IST