Biden takes on Trump and Republicans in feisty State of the Union speech WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing his... Published 08 Mar, 2024 10:12am
Print Trump pledges to reimpose Muslim ‘travel ban’ LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump used a speech to a Republican Jewish convention Saturday to promise reimposition of a... Updated 30 Oct, 2023 08:50am
Print US Congress averts govt shutdown WASHINGTON: The US Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support... Updated 02 Oct, 2023 08:46am
World Republicans appeal to far-right conservatives to avert US govt shutdown WASHINGTON: With just a week before Washington runs out of money to keep the federal government fully operating,... Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am
World Biden says Republicans should live up to budget deal WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday rebuked what he called “extreme Republicans”, saying the party’s... Published 24 Sep, 2023 10:11am
World Biden says Republicans holding US economy 'hostage' WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden accused Republicans on Friday of holding the US economy "hostage" by refusing to ... Published 05 May, 2023 10:26pm
World Pence says history will hold Trump ‘accountable’ for Capitol attack WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence on Saturday said history would hold former president Donald Trump... Published 12 Mar, 2023 10:33am
Markets Biden’s budget plan would boost childcare funding by billions of dollars WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget plan would boost federal funding for childcare and early... Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:24am
World Trump kicks off White House run but top Republicans absent WASHINGTON: The patriotic music, fiery rhetoric and adoring crowd were all there as Donald Trump announced another... Published 17 Nov, 2022 11:35am
World Republicans take control of US House, Congress split: projections WASHINGTON: Republicans on Wednesday took control of the US House of Representatives from Democrats, networks said,... Published 17 Nov, 2022 11:13am
World Trump acolyte Kari Lake loses Arizona governor race LOS ANGELES: Donald Trump loyalist and prominent election denier Kari Lake has lost her bid to be governor of... Published 15 Nov, 2022 01:29pm
World US Democrats maintain Senate majority WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s Democrats retained control of the US Senate on Saturday, a remarkable midterms... Published 13 Nov, 2022 10:49am
Print US Senate up for grabs as Republicans move toward House majority WASHINGTON: Republicans edged closer on Thursday to securing a majority in the US House of Representatives while... Published 11 Nov, 2022 05:54am
World Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs WASHINGTON: Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the US House of Representatives early on... Published 10 Nov, 2022 10:34am
World Republican ‘red wave’ turns into a ripple, Georgia Senate headed to runoff ALPHARETTA, (Ga./PHOENIX, Ariz): Republicans made modest gains in US midterm elections but Democrats performed ... Published 10 Nov, 2022 06:02am
World Republican ‘red wave’ hopes fizzle in US midterm vote WASHINGTON: Republican hopes for a sweeping rebuke of President Joe Biden in congressional elections failed to... Published 09 Nov, 2022 12:54pm
Business & Finance Investors prepare for government gridlock as Republicans seen gaining in US midterms NEW YORK: Investors are expecting Republican gains in US midterm elections, a result that will likely temper... Published 09 Nov, 2022 11:13am
World Three takeaways from the US midterm elections WASHINGTON: Tuesday’s US midterm elections will determine whether Republicans seize control of Congress from... Published 09 Nov, 2022 10:52am
World Biden says democracy at stake as Republicans eye ‘red wave’ YONKERS: President Joe Biden pulled out the stops Sunday to mobilize US voters in defense of democracy, hoping to... Published 07 Nov, 2022 11:42am
World Republicans eye 'wake-up call' for Biden as midterms loom WASHINGTON: Bullish Republicans on Sunday promised to deliver a "wake-up call" to Joe Biden and retake Congress in... Published 07 Nov, 2022 12:14am
Opinion Merrick Garland, the man who could put Trump in court Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, was denied a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court by Republicans in the... Published 21 Aug, 2022 05:16am
World Once hated by the left, FBI is now US conservatives’ evil demon WASHINGTON: Agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation are used to criticism, but never in the agency’s... Published 18 Aug, 2022 10:38am
World Biden hails Democrats’ breakthrough on health, climate spending bill WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden hailed a breakthrough Wednesday in getting a major chunk of his seemingly doomed... Published 28 Jul, 2022 10:02am
World US House passes bill to protect access to contraception WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to protect access to contraception, responding... Published 21 Jul, 2022 09:24pm
World US Supreme Court overturns landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority, upholds a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks Published 24 Jun, 2022 08:02pm
World Biden to blast Republicans as having no plan on inflation WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an attempt to turn his Democratic... Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am
World Biden to blast Republicans as having no plan on inflation WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an opportunity to turn his... Published 10 May, 2022 02:18pm
World Trump-backed candidate wins nomination for key US Senate race WASHINGTON: J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for the US Senate who had received former president Donald Trump's... Published 04 May, 2022 10:41am
Opinion House Republicans who challenged Biden’s win are losing lots of corporate cash In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, dozens of companies said they would suspend political... Published 17 Mar, 2022 04:53am
Business & Finance Republicans urge Yellen to block Russia from exchanging IMF reserves WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen must block Russia from exchanging the $17 billion in International... Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am