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.”

Trump said that Israel's "absolute power over Congress" had declined under the Obama administration and has slid further under the Biden administration.

Mark Meadows becomes the second Trump ally to be sanctioned by the Democrat-controlled House for defying a subpoena.

A GOP estimate says President Biden's $1.75 trillion social bill could increase the federal deficit by $3 trillion over a decade.

The United States could default within weeks if Congress fails to take action to address the debt limit, according to an analysis by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).

Islamophobia has reared its ugly head again in the US.

Lawmakers face a December 3 deadline to raise the debt ceiling before the US defaults on its debts.

Progressive advocacy groups decry an eleventh-hour attempt by Republicans in Congress to increase the Pentagon’s already massive budget by $25 billion.

American political analyst Myles Hoenig says Trump’s adviser Steve “Bannon’s indictment is unusual, and is a political act as well as a legal one.”

The country’s Congress was scheduled to vote on the new cabinet from Monday, but it postponed the confirmation vote to next Thursday in order to mourn the death of lawmaker Fernando Herrera Mamani