Attorney General William Barr says he does not intend to release the full unredacted report ‘at this stage’
The partial shutdown has reached a 24-day impasse, and the question in the air is will the president declare a national emergency?
A gay Australian lawmaker popped the question to his partner in parliament shortly after a bill paving the way for same-sex marriage was introduced
As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.
Barack Obama faces a divided legislature, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives.
Americans are waking up to smell the coffee. Turns out it’s tea. The Tea Party was transformed from a potentially forgettable protest movement into an established political fact…
The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing.
The US Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create videos of floor speeches or hearings.
US presidential candidate Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Tuesday to return to the negotiating table to work on a financial rescue deal.
As the Democratic primary contest heads to its climax, the Republicans are firing the opening shots of an election barrage to come against their probable White House opponent,…
Barack Obama on Thursday gave the clearest hint yet that he may consider Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate in the November election for the White House. With…
Lawmakers on Tuesday debated legislation to remove former South African president Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) from an apartheid-era United States…
The top United States general and diplomat in Iraq testify in politically charged hearings in Congress on Tuesday, and face a grilling from three senators vying to inherit the…
The presidential forays of Ralph Nader have turned him into one of the most divisive figures in US politics. Already on Sunday reaction was swift among Democrats to the news that…
John McCain, the irrepressible Senator from Arizona, stood on the brink of winning the Republican party’s nomination for United States president this week with almost half of the…
George Bush used his final State of the Union address on Monday night to try to reassert his primacy in American political life and demonstrate his commitment to Republican…
United States President George Bush, after years of holding out against proposals to combat climate change, on Wednesday signed into law an energy Bill establishing higher…
Thousands cheered to the boom of a 21-cannon salute welcoming Spain’s king and queen to the North African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday, the second day of a trip that has…
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice singled out Iran on Wednesday as ”perhaps the single greatest challenge” to US security, but stressed that diplomacy was the preferred way to…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives adjourned for another week on Tuesday as warring sides prolonged a crisis over alleged corruption. Nigeria’s lower chamber has been paralysed…
