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Officials ordered the US Capitol complex closed to much of the public starting on Thursday, one day after a staffer for a US senator from Washington state tested positive for the new coronavirus.
News ID: 449565    Publish Date : 2020/03/13

The coronavirus crisis spawned new anxiety in the United States on Monday as confirmed cases and death toll rose, while some lawmakers with recent close contacts with President Donald Trump announced that they had decided to self-quarantine after being exposed to the new virus at a conference.
News ID: 449535    Publish Date : 2020/03/11

US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says President Donald Trump has “betrayed America,” by failing to protect the 2020 presidential elections from alleged Russian intervention.
News ID: 449271    Publish Date : 2020/02/25

The US Senate’s vote to curb President Donald Trump’s power to attack Iran without congressional approval shows that both chambers in Congress are finding a strong political will to resist Washington’s move toward engaging in a war with the Islamic Republic, says an American political commentator.
News ID: 449079    Publish Date : 2020/02/16

The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts, citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations.
News ID: 448568    Publish Date : 2020/01/22

Republican Senators in the US Congress are plotting for a speedy acquittal for the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump.
News ID: 448170    Publish Date : 2019/12/29

Poll:
A near record high number of Americans are citing government as a top US problem, according to a new poll.
News ID: 447541    Publish Date : 2019/10/22

The US House of Representatives in Congress plans to intensify this week the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his request that a foreign power investigate a domestic political rival with testimony due from witnesses concerning allegations made by a whistleblower within the US intelligence community.
News ID: 447422    Publish Date : 2019/10/01

Two Democrats in the US House of Representatives have joined a coalition of liberal advocacy groups to deliver a petition with over 10 million signatures calling on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump.
News ID: 444817    Publish Date : 2019/05/11

Muslim congresswoman:
American Muslim Representative Ilhan Omar has accused the administration of US President Donald Trump of preparing the ground for direct confrontation with Iran using inflated intelligence data.
News ID: 444811    Publish Date : 2019/05/10

Veteran congresswoman Betty McCollum introduced legislation Wednesday that would prohibit US funding to any foreign military that detains children, including Israel.
News ID: 444663    Publish Date : 2019/05/03

House Democratic committee leaders are threatening to hold top administration officials in contempt of Congress amid a series of ongoing investigations, a recourse that could lead to fines — or even prison.
News ID: 444639    Publish Date : 2019/05/02

The US House of Representatives voted in favor of ending Washington involvement in the war in Yemen, but the bill is expected to be vetoed by President Donald Trump as the White House cites “serious constitutional concerns”.
News ID: 444163    Publish Date : 2019/04/06

President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to bypass Congress and spend roughly $8 billion on barriers along the Southern border, a big step toward building his long-promised wall that also comes with significant political and legal risk.
News ID: 443540    Publish Date : 2019/02/17

The administration of President Donald Trump threatens to veto a bid by the United States Congress to end the country’s military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition's onslaught in Yemen.
News ID: 443481    Publish Date : 2019/02/13

Just 28 percent of those surveyed in a new poll think President Donald Trump and Congress will reach a deal on border security in the next three weeks, underscoring the deep skepticism voters hold toward Washington after the longest government shutdown in US history.
News ID: 443267    Publish Date : 2019/02/02

Ron Paul:
Former US presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul has backed President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria, adding that the United States needs to "have a clean cut" with military involvement in the Middle East.
News ID: 442607    Publish Date : 2018/12/24

Rasa - Two Muslim women are expected to be elected to Congress in the US midterm election next week, marking a historic first amid increasing anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
News ID: 441294    Publish Date : 2018/11/01

Rasa - About half of Americans want the US Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, according to a new poll.
News ID: 439276    Publish Date : 2018/08/28

Rasa - The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act that US President Donald Trump signed on Monday indicates that the Congress has withdrawn from its demand to sanction Hashd al-Shaabi (popular forces) of Iraq.
News ID: 439124    Publish Date : 2018/08/16