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US Congress formally certifies Joe Biden's presidential election win
Congress has formally validated Joe Biden’s presidential election victory on a day that saw a time-honored ceremony become a nightmare of ... World News -
Coronavirus: Two US Congress members test positive
Two US lawmakers including a Florida representative on Wednesday became the first members of Congress to announce they have tested positive for the ... World News -
Trump calls on Congress to ‘expunge’ his impeachment following Senate acquittal
President Donald Trump called Friday on Congress to “expunge” his impeachment for abuse of power following his acquittal in the Senate. ... World News -
Armenia PM hails ‘courageous’ genocide vote in US Congress
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday hailed as a “victory of justice and truth” a US Congress resolution formally ... World News -
Iraqi PM meets with US Congress delegation
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi met on Sunday with a delegation from the US Congress, headed by Chair of the House Armed Services Committee Adam ... Middle East -
US House Republicans to seek sanctions on Turkey over Kurd offensive
Twenty-nine of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US House of Representatives announced on Thursday they would introduce ... Middle East -
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar files for divorce from husband
US Rep. Ilhan Omar has filed for divorce from her husband, citing an “irretrievable breakdown” of her marriage.The freshman Democrat filed ... World News -
Israeli minister: US lawmaker’s visit request ‘provocation to embarrass Israel’
Israel’s interior minister said on Friday US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s request to visit was a provocation to embarrass the country, ... Middle East -
US lawmaker says no visit to West Bank under ‘oppressive’ Israel conditions
Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to visit her grandmother in the West Bank, blasting ... Middle East -
US Congress to get classified Iran briefings next week, say sources
Officials from US President Donald Trump’s administration will conduct classified briefings on the situation with Iran next week, congressional ... World News -
Uproar follows US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s Holocaust remarks
US President Donald Trump on Monday entered the swirling debate over a US Congresswoman’s comments regarding the Holocaust that Republicans have ... World News -
NATO chief cites Russia threat in address to US Congress
The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization warned the US Congress on Wednesday of the threat posed by “a more assertive Russia” to ... World News -
Actress Michelle Williams at US Capitol to push for pay equality
Hollywood actress Michelle Williams came to Congress Tuesday appealing for a vote on a law to close the gender pay gap, recalling how she was once ... Entertainment -
In budget, Trump to ask Congress for $8.6 bln for border wall
President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the US Congress for an additional $8.6 billion to help pay for the wall he promised to build on the southern ... World News -
US Congress grills Trump ex-lawyer Cohen
A US congressional panel began a contentious hearing in which Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen provided explosive testimony describing his ... World News -
Pelosi urges support for resolution to block border wall emergency
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called upon lawmakers to back a resolution to halt the national emergency declared by US President Donald ... World News -
Trump signs directive in move to create a US Space Force
President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a step toward creating a US Space Force, a new branch of the military dedicated to handling threats in space. ... World News -
Legal challenges to Trump emergency declaration face uphill battle
Democratic lawmakers, states and others mulling legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to obtain funds to ... Features -
Trump’s move to declare state of emergency runs into stiff opposition
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he will declare a national emergency to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border was ... World News -
Trump to deliver State of the Union on February 5, says Pelosi
The top Democrat in Congress said Monday that President Donald Trump has agreed on February 5 as the new date to deliver his State of the Union ... World News -
Rashida Tlaib’s thobe inside Congress puts Palestine on the map
Rashida Tlaib, one of the first Muslim women and the first of Palestinian origin to be elected to Congress, made headlines during the past week when ... Features -
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to three years prison
Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, was sentenced to a total of three years in prison on Wednesday for his role ... World News -
Details of calls to attack Trump by US ‘Muslim Sisters’ allied to Brotherhood
For the first time in US political history, two Muslim women joined the ranks of the US Congress with Western and Arab media widely reporting on their ... Features -
Trump faces Congress complaints that new Iran sanctions ‘not tough enough’
A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president's biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be ... Middle East -
US Congress officials: Iran must be cut-off from global financial transfer system
A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president's biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be ... Middle East -
Bush boosting Republicans in places where Trump isn’t strong
Former President George W. Bush is quietly helping boost Republican candidates in places where President Donald Trump has struggled. In so doing, the ... World News -
Meet US Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar: He’s 29, Arab and suddenly relevant
Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar, a 29-year-old who's never held elected office, was working on a TV advertisement to boost his ... Features -
Keep a close watch over Iran, Qatar and Hezbollah, urges US Congressman
Those who thought that President Trump was not serious when he threatened to pullout of the Iran nuclear deal have been surprised by the consistent ... Features -
Rashida Tlaib poised to become first Muslim woman elected to US Congress
Former Michigan state lawmaker Rashida Tlaib has won the Democratic nomination to run unopposed for a House seat, setting her up to become the first ... Features -
Why is the US now taking a serious look at Muslim Brotherhood threat
Experts who recently testified at a US Congressional hearing looking into the Muslim Brotherhood have lauded Republican efforts into reviving a bill ... Features