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Three US Senators Balk At Health Bill, Putting Reforms In Peril
US Republican efforts to reform health care neared collapse Thursday as three senators threatened to oppose a partial...
US Congressman Leaves Hospital Six Weeks After Being Shot
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released...
US Moves One Step Closer To Imposing Fresh Russia Sanctions
The US House of Representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Donald Trump objecting...
Philippine MPs To Vote On Martial Law Extension Bid
The Philippine Congress opened a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for an extension...
Philippine MPs To Vote On Duterte Bid For Longer Martial Rule
The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer...
America’s Warrior Senator From Bygone Era
The outpouring of affection for US Senator John McCain, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, highlights the...
Ex-US House Speaker Released From Prison
Former US House speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison and will serve his final month of a child sex...
Trump Fumes As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to...
Indonesia Speaker Named Suspect In Major Graft Case
Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has named the country's speaker of parliament as a suspect in a major graft scandal...
US Lawmakers Hit Beijing At Hearing On Liu Xiaobo’s Death
US congressional Democrats and Republicans condemned Beijing on Friday over the recent death of Liu Xiaobo, saying the...
Trump, South Korean President Hold Post-Dinner Talks On NKorea Policy
US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear...
US Sanctions Chinese Bank For Laundering N.Korean Cash
The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash...
South Korean President Lobbies US Leaders On North Korea Policy
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In lobbied US leaders on Thursday to back his policy of engagement with North...
McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an...
US Republicans, Facing Health Care Revolt, Delay Senate Vote
US Republicans eager to repeal "Obamacare" suffered a deeply embarrassing setback Tuesday when shrinking support forced...
US Republicans Struggle To Deliver On Obamacare Repeal Vow
Frantic closed-door negotiations intensified at the US Congress on Tuesday to try to salvage President Donald Trump's...
Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball...
Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball...
Trump’s Attorney General Sessions Faces Russia Grilling
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Congress Tuesday in another point of high drama regarding the Russia...