Congress

Decision Desk HQ projects Republicans will retain US House majority

Data provider Decision Desk HQ projected that President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party had won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would signal that Republicans would hold a…

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Barriers broken and history made in several congressional races

With their victories, several candidates are set to be firsts. New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim, a Democrat, won his race to become the first Korean American elected to the Senate.…

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UPDATED: Republicans take Senate

Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio on Tuesday, ensuring that Donald Trump's party will control at least one chamber of Congress next…

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US Congress releases $1.1 trillion spending package to avert shutdown

By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.1 trillion bipartisan spending measure for defense, homeland security and…

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US government shutdown: What would close, what would stay open?

By Andy Sullivan Feb 26 (Reuters) - Significant swaths of the U.S. government would have to suspend operations as soon as March 1 if Congress does not pass spending legislation…

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US Congress passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown

By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican Speaker Kevin…

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Shutdown countdown: US Congress has four days to fund government

By Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The fourth partial shutdown of the U.S. government in a decade was four days away on Wednesday, with House…

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UPDATE – Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia

BRASILIA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Supporters of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the Supreme Court, the Congress building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia, according to television images. In an echo of the Jan.…

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U.S. Congress creeps toward deadline to pass $1.5 trillion funding bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the federal government, as Democrats and Republicans bicker over the details of an expected roughly $1.5 trillion funding…

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Biden says he’ll ‘work like hell’ to pass infrastructure, social spending bills

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was going to "work like hell" to get both an infrastructure bill and a multi-trillion-dollar social spending…

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At least 10 Republicans likely to support infrastructure bill-Senator Collins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Sunday that she believes more than 10 of her Republican colleagues will ultimately support the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure…

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Biden pleads for unity, warns of Chinese threat, in speech to Congress

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers…

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US Senate set to block House of Representatives approved $ 3 billion aid package

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a $3 trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked…

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses U.S. Congressional hearing

Swedish climate activist and Fridays for Future founder Greta Thunberg attends the joint House Foreign Affairs and House (Select) Climate Crisis committees hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building at…

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Israel blocks two US Democrat Congressman from visiting

Israel is blocking two US Democratic lawmakers and prominent critics of Israel from visiting. Omar and Tlaib — the first two Muslim women in Congress — were slated to arrive…

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Ex-FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies to Congress

Former FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday to testify before two House committees on the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He…

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Use of personal email by aides to Donald Trump’s administration to be scrutinised

Top aides in President Donald Trump’s White House, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come under increased scrutiny for their use of personal emails and other…

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Trump, his family and private company asks court to prevent banks from responding to congress requests

President Trump, his three eldest children and his private company filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Deutsche Bank and Capital One, in a bid to prevent the banks from…

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70 years of NATO

NATO today is celebrating 70 years from when it was formed as a formal alliance between the territories of North America and Europe. From its inception, its main purpose was…

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President Trump vetoes Congress revocation of emergency situation at Us-Mexico Border

President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Lawmakers, including 12 Republicans, had passed the rejection resolution on…

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Trump warns he’s ready to shut government again if there will be no wall funding

Two days after the record partial shutdown ended, the White House made clear Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to shutter the government again without a border money deal…

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Trump facing calls to resign or be impeached if alleged reports that he directed Cohen to lie to congress are confirmed

Donald Trump is facing calls to “resign or be impeached”, if reports he instructed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about talks to build a Trump Tower…

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US Congress seeking more information about reported FBI investigation into Donald Trump

A committee in the US Congress will seek more information about the reported FBI investigation into Donald Trump, a Democratic congressman said. The FBI allegedly probed if Trump was working…

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Girl ‘flosses’ in inaugural Congress session, where children took centre stage (Video)

When Nancy Pelosi took the oath of office to become speaker of the House on Thursday afternoon, she invited all the children on the House floor to come up and…

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Nancy Pelosi declares that she would not hand money for Trump’s wall while refusing to rule out impeachment proceedings against President

UPDATE: Nancy Pelosi reclaimed her role as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Thursday, declaring she would not hand Donald Trump any new money for his border wall…

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