Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 08:41
While critical of Dennis Rodman`s trips to North Korea, incoming NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the former All-Star also helped raise awareness of leader Kim Jong Un`s "repressive regime."
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:58
Marking a truce after years of fiscal feuding in Washington, Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending package Thursday that effectively ended the threat of an election-year government shutdown.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:04
The US Congress has failed to agree on key funding measures for reforms at the IMF to give emerging markets more representation, prompting the global financial body to express its disappointment.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 01:49
The US Congress was poised on Monday to extend by three days a deadline set during the country`s autumn budget crisis to avoid another government shutdown.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 15:24
A sweeping defence bill that authorises Pentagon spending has been passed by Congress, assuring funding through 2014 while easing detainee transfers from Guantanamo and cracking down on sexual assault in the military.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 01:25
Congress is raising questions about the secret US diplomacy with Iran that led to last month`s nuclear breakthrough.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 01:22
Americans` perceptions of President Barack Obama are falling not only on his handling of the economy and other big issues, but also on more personal qualities such as honesty, a poll finds.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 10:52
US President Barack Obama hailed the budget deal, which if approved by the Congress, would avoid government shutdown for at least two years.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 04:28
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned that the Iranian nuclear deal would be dead if the US Congress imposes new sanctions, even if they do not take effect for six months, Time Magazine said on Monday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 20:26
A bipartisan Congressional resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives calling on the US government to continue the policy of denying a visa to BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 13:25
Throughout President Barack Obama`s first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:39
The first ever Diwali festival was celebrated at the US Congress on Wednesday amidst chanting of Vedic mantras by a Hindu priest.
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