US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on Monday they opposed Democratic-led legislation intended to boost competitiveness with China and push Beijing on human rights, meaning the panel will likely advance the bill this week with only Democratic support.

US House Republicans oppose Democratic-led China bill

In a major setback for the Democrats, the Voting Rights Bill which is touted to be the most expansive federal election reform in the United States has been obstructed by a wall of Republican opposition.

US: GOP filibuster obstructs Big Voting Rights Bill

Sen. Christopher S. Murphy concedes that political rhetoric in the nation’s capital can sometimes stray into hysteria, but when it comes to the precarious state of American democracy, he insisted he was not exaggerating the nation’s tilt toward authoritarianism.

In Congress, Republicans shrug at warnings of Democracy in peril

Democrats erupted in outrage Friday over news that Donald Trump's Justice Department secretly surveilled lawmakers probing possible collusion with Russia, reaping the phone records of top political foes in what they called an unprecedented abuse of power.

Trump surveillance of Democrats sparks abuse of power claims

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives boycotted a legislative session on Sunday, blocking a vote on an election reform bill, what critics say is one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country.

Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocks passage of voting restriction law

A newly disclosed effort by Russian intelligence to hijack the email system of a U.S. government agency prompted leading Democrats on Friday to urge stronger action against Moscow for accelerating cyberattacks before President Joe Biden’s summit next month with President Vladimir Putin.

Top Democrats call for stronger action against Russia after latest cyberattack

The Biden administration and House Democrats have reached a tentative deal to allow President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Donald McGahn, to testify before Congress about Trump’s efforts to obstruct the Russia inquiry, according to a court filing late Tuesday.

House Democrats and White House reach deal on Russia enquiry testimony by ex-Trump aide

The United States House of Representatives has narrowly voted to make Washington DC the 51st state. House voted 216-208 in favor of the bill. The democratic-controlled house has approved it without republicans support so far.

US lower house votes on making Washington DC the 51st state

The Biden administration and top Democrats in Congress began detailing plans for significant changes to how the United States and other countries tax multinational corporations as they look for ways to raise revenues and finance President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal.

Biden and Democrats detail plans to raise taxes on multinational firms

The far-reaching voting rights measure that Democrats are pressing to enact, known as the For the People Act, was more a political statement than serious legislation when lawmakers first proposed it in 2019.

Here’s how Democrats’ sweeping voting rights law would work

Democrats have spent the last several years clamoring to raise taxes on corporations and the rich, seeing that as a necessary antidote to widening economic inequality and a rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s signature tax cuts.

Under Biden, Democrats are poised to raise taxes on business and the rich

As Democrats pushed this month to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, they were eager to rebuke Republicans for opposing en masse a measure filled with aid to struggling Americans.

Democrats, pushing stimulus, admit to regrets on Obama’s 2009 response

There are plenty of numbers in the $1.9 trillion relief plan signed into law by President Joe Biden this past week. $1,400 for stimulus checks. $130 billion for schools.

Will Republicans pay a price for opposing the stimulus?

Democrats are facing increasing challenges in the wake of sexual harassment allegations leveled against New York's governor Andrew Cuomo.

New York: Democrats face increasing challenges in wake of sexual harassment

Democrats are facing pressure to stick together to pass their COVID relief bill. US President Joe Biden has made an aggressive pitch to the Senate Democrats telling them to get behind the $1.9 trillion package.

US: Democrats under pressure to pass COVID relief bill in Senate

The US Senate is all set to vote on the sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as Democrats try to get the legislation signed into law before federal unemployment benefits expire.

US Senate to vote on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

Forty-seven Hong Kong democrats and activists were charged on Sunday (February 28) with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single crackdown on the democratic opposition under a China-imposed national security law.

Dozens of leading Hong Kong democrats charged with subversion in major national security crackdown

Will US President Joe Biden share the nuclear codes? Some Democrats want Biden to share authority for nuclear launches.

Will US President Joe Biden share the nuclear codes?

The US president of the United States has always had the sole authority to order nuclear warfare or respond in kind to an enemy attack. But lawmakers of President Joe Biden’s own party are now asking him to surrender that unilateral power.

Democrats want Biden to give up sole authority for nuclear launches

WASHINGTON — After meeting in the Oval Office earlier this month with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and his fellow senior House Democrats, Rep.

How Democrats are already maneuvering to shape Biden’s first Supreme Court pick

Democrats introduced a bill based on the Biden administration’s immigration priorities that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. Meanwhile, officials will begin processing Central American asylum-seekers who were turned back and forced to remain in Mexico under a controversial Trump-era policy that has been revoked.

Biden administration’s immigration policy and recent attacks on the Asian-American communities

The family of a Republican congressman has accused him of joining the "devil's army" in the aftermath of him voting to impeach former United States President Donald Trump.

Republican accused of joining 'devil's army' for voting to impeach Donald Trump

The announcement came after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a news conference that Biden was “calling on Congress to draft the proposal.

Democrats in U.S. plan $50,000 of student loan cancellation

The Democrats and Republican Senate leaders have finally reached a power-sharing agreement, allowing the Democrats to take control of the committees.

Senate leaders agree to power-sharing deal with Democrats

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