A bill to extend the life of three provisions of the Patriot Act was defeated at the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill was short of 284 votes to pass although it required only two-third majority.
Hurricane Katrina reduced the population of the New Orleans by almost one-third, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
A pair of Democratic Senators have called on their colleagues to stop a pair of bills expected to pass in the House of Representatives prohibit federal funds to be used to subsidize abortion providers.
He did not use the name, but in his State of the Union address last night President Obama made clear that he is keeping the DREAM Act alive.
The Department of Justice was reprimanded today by the U.S. Congress for suggesting the necessity of the Internet Data Retention legislation, which if passed would require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to preserve records of user activity longer, but failing to provide more details on how it could aid in criminal investigations.
President Barack Obama will say that the challenges the U.S. faces are bigger than party and politics, according excerpts from Tuesday night's State of the Union Address.
President Barack Obama aims to rise above party politics in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but he must prove he is serious about tackling the budget deficit that could unleash a bitter partisan fight.
President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address for 2011 tonight at 9 pm ET in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. The president is expected to focus on 'competitiveness', and high energy costs are routinely a concern of U.S. businesses and consumers. Healthcare, taxes and the deficit tend to loom larger.
The U.S. Treasury's toxic asset funds have gained 27 percent since they were created to help revive the mortgage-backed securities market, according to data expected to be released later on Monday.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, predicted on Friday that the U.S. Senate will vote on a repeal of the health reform law passed last year, echoing an earlier pledge by the top Senate Republican.
Australians may be hit with a one-time “flood tax” to help pay for the damages wrought by the devastating floods in Queensland and Victoria.
China understands a stronger yuan is in its best interest although President Hu Jintao made no specific commitment to let the currency rise more rapidly, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Reuters on Thursday.
While Chinese President Hu Jintao is being entertained by U.S. President Barack Obama, and the U.S. House of Representatives votes to repeal the Obama administration’s healthcare reform law, both U.S. healthcare and Sino-American relations are the main components today of a less highly publicized event.
U.S. President Barack Obama came under increasing pressure on Tuesday to publicly speak out against Beijing's harsh treatment of political and religious dissidents during a state visit this week by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, who lost her husband and saw her son injured in the 1993 Long Island train massacre, will introduce legislation today to ban the sale of enhanced gun clips, like the one used by the shooter in the Tucson massacre of Jan. 8.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday flew to the United States for a state visit buffeted before he even lands by senior U.S. senators demanding tough action against China for manipulating its currency.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives returns to work tomorrow and the first thing on its agenda is repeal of the Obama administration's health care reform.
The United States today celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., America’s pre-eminent civil rights leader, who was gunned down by an assassin on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday focussing on long-term economic ties and Iraqi officials said the idea of delaying a U.S. military pullout did not come up.
U.S. legislation pressing for a rise in the yuan currency looms as less of a threat for China on the eve of President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, now that Republicans control one house of Congress.
Hospitals serving low-income patients favor keeping the health care reform law passed last year which insures millions of additional patients, according to an industry group.
A Republican lawmaker says his party's push last week to cut the Congressional budget and match new spending with spending cuts elsewhere was just the beginning of a push to keep cutting.
