Brazil's Congress overrides Lula's veto of a bill to reduce Bolsonaro's sentenceBrazil's Congress has voted to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence for plotting a coup. This decision overrides Presid...
01 May, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Democrats divided on whether removing Trump is a useful midterm messageDemocrats face a strategic dilemma. Some push to address President Trump's fitness for office, while others urge a focus on the economy. Ma...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Getting very close to shutdown ending: US President Donald TrumpA government shutdown is nearing its end. Senate Democrats and GOP leaders have reached a deal to reopen the government. This agreement inv...
10 Nov, 2025, 08.25 AM IST
US government shutdown becomes the longest on record as fallout spreads nationwideThe longest government shutdown in U.S. history, now 36 days old, continues to disrupt millions of lives as President Trump refuses to nego...
05 Nov, 2025, 10.54 AM 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
Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivian presidency, ending nearly 20 years of leftist ruleCentrist Rodrigo Paz has won Bolivia's presidential runoff, ending nearly two decades of leftist rule. His victory, driven by the country's...
20 Oct, 2025, 07.35 AM IST
US Senate rejects spending bill, hastening federal shutdownA stopgap funding bill failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition, increasing the risk of a government shutdown as the fiscal year-e...
19 Sep, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Elon Musk's America Party: Potential leaders, policies and future prospectsElon Musk suggests a new political party named 'The America Party'. This comes after his criticism of Donald Trump's financial bill. Musk b...
01 Jul, 2025, 08.30 PM IST
Italian senator reads AI-generated speech in parliament 'to stir debate'Centrist senator Marco Lombardo said his speech, on the subject of various bilateral deals with Switzerland, was produced by Microsoft Corp...
01 Jun, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
French prime minister Jean Castex resigns; President Emmanuel Macron naming new one shortlyMacron is expected to name a new prime minister shortly. French media say Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne is the favourite for the job. In ...
16 May, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Biden, Democrats back at it, scaling back $3.5 trillion planHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi met privately with the party's lawmakers for a morning session to assess the path forward. She had earlier vowed...
02 Oct, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Democrats struggle to save Biden $3.5T bill, no deal struckThe political stakes could hardly be higher. Biden and his party are reaching for a giant legislative accomplishment — promising a vast rew...
01 Oct, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Democrats divided in US: Progressives, centrists say trust is goneThis time, Democrats' internal battling over a 10-year, $3.5 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives comes with virtually ...
30 Sep, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries MuslimsThe bill is part of broader French efforts to fight extremism in recent years that gained new urgency after a teacher was beheaded in Octob...
16 Feb, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
- EU concerned over stalemate after inconclusive Italian polls
Martin Schulz warned against the risks of the recession-hit nation slipping into an "incalculable and ungovernable situation."
27 Feb, 2013, 04.45 PM IST
- Wall Street reform bill into final hours
With the historic overhaul of US financial rules nearly complete, lawmakers have waited until the final, frantic hours to sort out the most...
24 Jun, 2010, 05.56 PM IST
- Obama economic plan now tops $900 bn
The cost of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan is now above $900 billion in the Senate after the chamber added money for medic...
04 Feb, 2009, 11.56 AM IST