As Congress returns from its August recess on Monday, Democratic leaders in Congress are stepping up calls for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, to take action to pass legislation to prevent gun violence.

Democrats step up calls for gun legislation as US Congress returns

A US judge refused on Thursday to fast-track a congressional lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of President Donald Trump's federal tax returns, saying it was a complicated and important matter that should not be rushed.

US House Democrats lose bid to fast-track Trump tax return lawsuit

US President Donald Trump's administration is considering unveiling, as early as September, his healthcare plan as part of his presidential re election campaign strategy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Trump administration considers September unveiling of healthcare plan: Report

A majority of Democrats in the US House of Representatives now favour launching impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump, after a California lawmaker on Friday became the 118th Democrat to call for the process to begin.

Majority of US House Democrats favour starting impeachment proceedings

Democratic presidential contenders attacked Republican President Donald Trump as a demagogue who is ripping apart the country and promised to restore unity during the opening minutes of a debate on Wednesday.

US Democratic candidates attack Trump as Democratic presidential debate opens

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defence of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, as their more moderate rivals aimed their proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable.

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders defend progressive policies in US Democratic debate

US Senator Kamala Harris on Monday released a "Medicare for All" proposal ahead of a second debate for Democratic presidential candidates, when their differing approaches to healthcare insurance policy are expected to feature prominently.

Kamala Harris releases healthcare policy plan days before Democratic debate

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had no hatchet to bury on Friday, playing down tensions after a meeting between the powerful speaker and freshman lawmaker who in recent months has seized the Democratic Party spotlight.

US House Speaker Pelosi all smiles after meeting with Ocasio-Cortez

Former US Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies to Congress on Wednesday at a pair of televised hearings that carry high stakes for President Donald Trump and Democrats who are split between impeaching him or moving on to the 2020 election.

Tight-lipped Robert Mueller to testify at hearings with high stakes for Trump, Democrats 

Nineteen per cent of US Twitter users follow President Donald Trump on the social platform, and a majority of those people approve of his job performance, a survey showed Monday.

One in five US Twitter users follows Donald Trump: Survey

The United States President Donald Trump doubled down his comments in which he told "progressive" Democratic congresswomen to "go back" where they came from. He also said that they "hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion," indicating he may have been referring to Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who have recently been embroiled in controversies related to the Jewish state.

Sad to see Democrats sticking up for Israel haters, says Donald Trump after tweet backlash

US President Donald Trump backed down Thursday from a push to force a controversial question on citizenship onto the 2020 census following a backlash by civil rights campaigners.

Donald Trump backs down on including citizenship question in 2020 census

Ever since India gained Independence in 1947, its relationship with the United States of America has been reserved, at best. Today, with the beginnings of the presidential election campaign underway in the United States, over 20 Democratic candidates are vying for a nomination bid.

Trump's strong stances greatly benefit India. Here's how

The US Senate on Thursday passed a $750-billion defence policy bill with provisions that target China on issues from technology transfers to the sale of synthetic opioids, pushing to counter growing Chinese influence around the world.

US Senate backs massive defence bill, targets China, sets Iran vote

The US House and Senate will try to resolve their conflicting versions of an emergency funding bill on Thursday to address worsening humanitarian conditions for migrant children and families on the US-Mexico border.

US Congress clashes over border funding as migrants kept in squalor

The first Democratic presidential debate is in the books, and 10 of the 20 candidates who qualified for the proceedings have had their say - in one-minute chunks.

US Elections 2020: First Democratic debate kicks off

President Donald Trump`s conflict with US House Democrats over their many investigations of him, his family and businesses is beginning to move from Capitol Hill into the US courts, where some key cases are already developing.

Factbox: Clash between Trump, US House Democrats shifts into courts

President Donald Trump on Friday sought to clarify his comments that he would accept dirt on election rivals from a foreign power, now saying he would "absolutely" report such an encounter to US authorities.

Donald Trump clarifies would report foreign dirt on rivals to FBI

Democratic lawmakers accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of giving Russia the green light to interfere in the 2020 US presidential race, while a top Republican ally said Trump was wrong to say he would accept political dirt from foreign sources.

Trump comments give green light to foreign election meddling: Democrats

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would see nothing wrong in accepting damaging information on a US political opponent if it were offered to his re-election campaign by a foreign government.

Nothing wrong with accepting dirt from foreign governments on opponents: Trump

US congressional Democrats moved closer on Thursday to suing in federal court for access to the unredacted Mueller report on Russian election meddling, and its underlying evidence, taking a step bound to intensify their clash with President Donald Trump.

US House Democrats move to fight Trump's stonewalling in court

Donald Trump should be sent to "prison," US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting about whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the president, Politico reported Thursday.

Nancy Pelosi told Democrats she'd like Donald Trump 'in prison': Report

Donald Trump erupted in fury Wednesday at unrelenting probes into his links to Russia, as the top Democrat in Congress accused the president of a "cover-up" that could be an impeachable offense.

Trump walks out on Democrats as impeachment talk heats up

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