Barack Obama vows to fight immigration ruling

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 22:03

US President Barack Obama`s tactic of using executive orders to bypass a hostile Congress and drive through controversial immigration reform has run into legal trouble.

US support Congress move to speed up LNG export license

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 09:06

In a development that could benefit India's effort to import natural gas from the US, the Obama Administration has supported the Congress to approve or deny permits for shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement countries in 45 days.

US Senate passes spending bill, ends govt shutdown threat

Last Updated: Sunday, December 14, 2014, 08:54

The bill, which narrowly cleared the House of Representatives on Thursday and survived a series of procedural hurdles to pass the Senate 56 vote to 40 on Saturday.

IMF`s Lagarde `disappointed` by US inaction on reforms

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 22:10

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Friday she was disappointed that the US Congress failed this week to ratify crucial IMF reforms supported by other major countries.

US budget leaves IMF reforms in doubt

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 11:29

Crucial reforms of the International Monetary Fund were left hanging Wednesday after the US Congress failed to endorse them in the final budget legislation of the year.

Barack Obama hints at easing stance on immigration

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 10:26

Obama suggested in an interview aired Friday that he may drop his insistence that any legislation include a special pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people already in the US illegally.

US should not surrender its edge in innovation: Obama

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 13:13

President Barack Obama Tuesday said the country that goes "all-in" on innovation will own the global economy tomorrow as he asserted that the US should not surrender its edge in this field.

Barack Obama urges Congress to raise US minimum wage

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 10:00

US President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage, challenging legislators to help reverse income disparity across the country.

Sikh rights group wants Sonia Gandhi to depose before US court

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 14:06

A Sikh rights group wants Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi to depose before a federal court here in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her after she informed the court that she had not visited the US in September last year and was not served summons in the case.

Congress need to raise debt limit by late February: Lew

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:00

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has warned that the US could be on path of default if the Congress did not increase the nation's borrowing limit by late February.

China decries US spending bill as harming its interests

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 10:20

China`s Commerce Ministry has condemned a USD 1.1-trillion spending bill passed by the US Congress last week over clauses that limit technological purchases from the Asian giant, saying they clash with the principles of fair trade.

Congress passes USD 1.1 trillion spending bill

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 11:10

The US Senate has passed the USD 1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that eliminates the threat of another government shutdown at least until October and puts conditions on Pakistan for continuation of aid.