Rigathi Gachagua says the charges against him, including corruption, are a ploy to push him out of office
Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.
Duterte has pitched constitutional reform to turn the country into a decentralised federal republic where regions would have the power to fix problems
President Trump backed down late on Wednesday in a spat with Democrats over his State of the Union address
After convening for just a few minutes following the Christmas break, the Senate adjourned, deciding to renew budget deliberations only next Wednesday
The largely symbolic vote dealt a fresh warning to President Trump, who has staunchly backed the Saudi regime
Proclaiming himself "Trumpier than Trump", Don Blankenship has mounted a highly controversial campaign
In his first congressional appearance, the Facebook founder answered questions for nearly five hours as he sought to quell the storm over privacy.
Gina Haspel has been named by President Trump as new director of the CIA, becoming the first woman to hold the post if confirmed by the Senate
The US government has shut down for the second time this year after Congress failed to reach a deal on the budget
Democrat Doug Jones scored a stunning upset victory Tuesday in an intense US Senate race in conservative Alabama, dealing a humiliating blow to Trump
Democrat Doug Jones’s senate victory came at the end of a vitriolic campaign centred on his rival who had been accused of preying on teenage girls.
Donald Trump officially endorsed the candidacy of embattled Republican Senate hopeful Roy Moore, who allegedly assaulted multiple teenage women.
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
An analysis of Zimbabwe’s former parliament shows that participation in both former houses was poor with 25% of MPs not uttering a word at all.
US senate leaders are racing against the clock to reach an agreement before the country’s borrowing authority runs out next week.
The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing.
Barack Obama enters his first full week in office on Monday battling to win over Republicans hostile to his plan to haul the US out of recession.
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, the brother of assassinated president John F Kennedy and the elder statesman of American liberal politics, has a malignant brain tumour, his…
A Democratic win in the solidly conservative Mississippi capped a week in which Senator Barack Obama finally turned his eyes to the coming November election and his opponent,…
