US lawmakers reach deal to temporarily avert government shutdown
Top US lawmakers have reached a tentative deal to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline to approve funding. Four funding bills will now be extended to…
Top US lawmakers have reached a tentative deal to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline to approve funding. Four funding bills will now be extended to…
Republicans have picked Congressman Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is the fourth nominee put forward after three others failed to…
A hard right lawmaker in the United States has launched a bid to remove House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the most serious showdown yet within the Republican party…
With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling, averting an economically disastrous default on the federal government’s debt. The White…
President Joe Biden and his Republican opponents have announced they have agreed in principle to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a default. President Joe Biden described the agreement…
The U.S. House speaker addressed Israel’s parliament on Monday, a rare honor awarded to the highest-ranking Republican in U.S. politics at a time of fraught relations between Israel’s government and…
Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said Sunday that she believes President Joe Biden should sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and negotiate Republicans’ proposed spending cuts, but she…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday he is looking forward to discussing with President Joe Biden a “reasonable and responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling ” when…
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy clinched the speakership shortly after midnight on Saturday, resolving a historic stalemate that embarrassed and frustrated the GOP this week. Why it matters: The California…
Members of the US House of Representatives will try for a fourth day to elect a Speaker on Friday in an attempt to end a political impasse. The frontrunner, Republican…