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Donald Trump press secretary Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor nod

Sanders won the GOP primary for the office her dad, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, held for a decade after a race where she shattered fundraising records

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 11:01 AM IST

Attacks against me should be viewed through political lens, says Elon Musk

The tweet comes after the Tesla CEO wrote on the platform that he will now vote for Republicans, as conservatives return to the micro-blogging platform

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 10:39 AM IST

With echoes of Trump, Republicans splinter over $40 bn Ukraine aid

The Senate is expected to start voting late Monday on the Ukraine aid, pushing the bill toward President Joe Biden's desk by week's end to become law

Updated On: 17 May 2022 | 8:41 AM IST

GOP's new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for baby formula shortage

Biden insisted there's nothing more urgent we're working on than addressing the shortage

Updated On: 14 May 2022 | 12:05 PM IST

70% Americans view inflation as very big problem, finds Pew survey

The survey noted that more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, just 19 per cent of Americans rate the coronavirus outbreak as a very big problem for the country

Updated On: 13 May 2022 | 12:06 PM IST

Bill to codify abortion rights fails to advance in US Senate amid protests

The Women's Health Protection Act, which had passed the House of Representatives, was voted down 49-51 in the upper chamber

Updated On: 12 May 2022 | 2:39 PM IST

Biden calls Trump 'great MAGA king', vows to push Democrats, GOP contrasts

Biden has in recent days begun decrying "ultra-MAGA" Republicans -- a reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan

Updated On: 12 May 2022 | 11:14 AM IST

US Senator lifts hold on ambassadorial nominee confirmation to India

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley had put a hold on Garcetti's nomination, saying that his staffers are conducting an investigation into the allegations of sexual assault against one of his employees

Updated On: 11 May 2022 | 6:47 AM IST

Under fire over inflation, Biden nods to Fed and attacks Republicans

'I want every American to know that I am taking inflation very seriously and it is my top domestic priority,' says US President

Updated On: 10 May 2022 | 10:22 PM IST

Joe Biden to nominate Michael Barr for Fed's bank regulation post

The selection of Barr comes after Biden's first choice for the Fed post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, withdrew her nomination a month ago in the face of opposition from Republicans and one Democrat

Updated On: 15 Apr 2022 | 8:57 PM IST

President Joe Biden weighs appeal of 3 top candidates for high court

President Joe Biden first zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first US Supreme Court pick when there were rumours last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.

Updated On: 12 Feb 2022 | 12:38 PM IST

Big voting bill faces defeat as two Democrats won't stop filibuster

Voting legislation that's a top priority for Democrats and civil rights leaders seemed headed for defeat as the Senate opened debate Tuesday

Updated On: 19 Jan 2022 | 8:07 AM IST

'Battle for the soul of America': Biden makes fiery voting rights speech

Republicans must choose which side of history they want to be on, he says in call to arms for legislation.

Updated On: 12 Jan 2022 | 7:49 AM IST

White House pushes GOP to end blockade of ambassador picks

President Joe Biden unveiled two more ambassador nominees Wednesday

Updated On: 16 Dec 2021 | 10:45 AM IST

Texts show top Donald Trump defenders' private alarm on January 6

They have since joined some of the top Republicans in downplaying Trump's role in the attack part of a larger effort to rewrite the history of Jan 6.

Updated On: 15 Dec 2021 | 9:09 AM IST

46% of US voters want Republicans to regain control of Congress: Poll

A 46 per cent plurality of registered US voters eyeing the 2022 elections would prefer that Republicans regain control of House of Representatives and Senate: Poll.

Updated On: 19 Nov 2021 | 6:51 AM IST

Republicans introduce legislation to exempt India from S-400 sanctions

India is facing the prospect of sanctions under the 2017 CAATSA for buying the Russian missile air defence system, S-400 Triumf, which it is to begin receiving in November.

Updated On: 02 Nov 2021 | 10:52 AM IST

Biden slams Republicans for blocking Dems' efforts to raise debt limit

US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the Congress to raise the debt limit, lashing out at Republicans for threatening to use their power to block Democrats' efforts.

Updated On: 05 Oct 2021 | 9:16 AM IST

Debt-limit suspension passes house; faces stand-off in Senate

But Democrats want Republicans to share political responsibility for the debt

Updated On: 23 Sep 2021 | 2:41 AM IST

Republican senators seek to designate Taliban as terrorist organisation

Top Republican lawmakers have demanded that the Taliban be designated as a terrorist organisation

Updated On: 17 Sep 2021 | 8:00 AM IST