The US president fears that the current congressional chaos will disrupt US aid to Ukraine.

McCarthy rejects a stopgap funding bill advancing in the Senate, as the fourth partial shutdown of the US government in a decade seems more likely.

More than 60 human rights organizations in the US have called on Congress to pass a bill that would require the Biden administration to investigate the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces.

The US Congress demands more information on a State Department investigation into Iran special envoy Robert Malley over his handling of classified documents.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has summoned his environmental and indigenous affairs ministers for emergency talks after a push by the congress to dilute environmental powers.

The FBI frequently exploited a restricted database of Americans’ private communications to search for names of crime victims and participants in Black Lives Matter protests and the 2021 Capitol assault.

India’s main opposition Congress has swept past Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Saturday's vote in the southern state of Karnataka

US treasury secretary has urged Congress to raise the nation's debt ceiling to ward off an economic crisis.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on Congress to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit and avert an unprecedented default that would trigger a global economic crisis. 

White House economists warn of "severe damage" to US economy if political feuds among lawmakers drags on over raising the nation's debt limit.