After failing to persuade his fellow Democrats in the Congress to give their full backing to voting rights laws, US President Joe Biden on Thursday appeared to have backed off.

A top Republican leader in the US Congress has refused to cooperate with a committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 riot on the US Capitol, slamming its work as “illegitimate” and “abuse of power.”

The United States may lead the world in various sectors, such as the military and economic development, however, when it comes to education, Washington lags behind its peers, both in policymaking and the premises of free education.

An American political commentator says he sees “absolutely no evidence that the Zionist lobby is losing its grip on the American Congress,” as former US President Donald Trump has suggested.

Scores of Muslim congressional staff members have condemned US Representative Lauren Boebert's “Islamophobic and racist comments” about Muslims and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

Leading Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate scrambled on Wednesday to head off the threat of a partial federal government shutdown posed by Republicans opposed to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

In a statement on Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a report has been sent to the Congress, designating shipping company called Transadria Ltd. and its vessel the Marlin.

The UNGA, United Nations General Assembly, has adopted a resolution against Israel on multiple issues including illegal construction of settlements and destruction of Palestinian homes.

The Palestinian PM calls on the US Congress to recognize an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East al-Quds as its capital.

Rashida Tlaib tweeted in the wake of an incident where Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank.