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Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that President Joe Biden's speech on the first anniversary of Capitol riot was a "political theater"
A group of eminent Democratic lawmakers rejuvenated their push to provide a pathway to citizenship to some 250,000 documented 'dreamers', a significant majority of whom are Indian Americans.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi called on the community leaders to help elect other Indian Americans to the US Congress and other elected bodies as well
"Ukraine needs all the help it can get and, at the same time, we need all the assets we can put together to give Ukraine the aid it needs," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said
A congressional oversight committee said the Justice Department is obstructing its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records
Lawmakers investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message
As members of the Ukrainian parliament were pleading for aid on Capitol Hill, an air raid siren blared from one of their cell phones a wrenching alert from the war-torn country back home.
A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Thursday that it had set a vote for next week to consider contempt of Congress charges for two aides of former President Donald Trump.
Over half a dozen eminent Indian-American women from various parts of the country were felicitated at the US Capitol for their remarkable accomplishment
A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nation's public health system, applying the lessons of Covid-19 to future outbreaks through a new chain of command
The US Senate on Tuesday adopted a non-binding resolution condemning Russia's "military operation" in Ukraine
The House approved a massive spending bill Wednesday night that would rush $13.6 billion in US aid to battered Ukraine and its European allies
Democratic leaders abruptly abandoned plans for a fresh infusion of $15.6 bn for battling the Covid pandemic, clearing the way for House debate and passage of a vast government spending bill
A federal jury is scheduled to hear attorneys' opening statements on Wednesday for the first trial stemming from the riot at the US Capitol last year.
Fencing installed around the US Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday
Mark Zuckerberg has a problem money can't fix: convincing Capitol Hill that the metaverse - whatever that is - isn't evil
The Senate Judiciary Committee in the US has approved a key antitrust reform that would ban Big Tech from favouring their own services and products over those of their rivals
The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation.
Attorneys argued that incendiary statements by Trump and others last January 6 prior to the Capitol riot were protected speech and in line with their official duties.