US House of Representatives unveiled an ambitious proposal on Tuesday to move all Americans into the government's Medicare health insurance program, tapping into public frustration over the rising cost of healthcare that has become a key issue for the party as it seeks to gain control of Congress and the White House in 2020.

US House Democrats introduce sweeping 'Medicare for All' bill

The US House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, approving a resolution blocking him from obtaining funding for a Mexican border wall through his declaration of a national emergency.

US House strikes down US President Trump's border emergency

Democrats have launched a resolution to stop Trump's border emergency and, on Tuesday, the Democratically controlled House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the measure aimed at stopping it.

The House will terminate the emergency declaration, says US Democrat Nancy Pelosi

Democrats will subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on his investigation into links between US President Donald Trump's 2016 election team and Russia if it is not given to Congress, senior lawmaker Adam Schiff said on Sunday.

Democrats will subpoena Mueller's Russia report if needed: US lawmaker

The President of the United States, said Monday that it depends on the Democrats whether there will be a partial government shutdown again this weekend due to lack of funds, as he began a visit to the border with Mexico to continue his campaign in favour of the construction of a wall there.

It's up to Democrats if government shuts again: Trump

Democratic lawmakers are pushing stricter gun laws in statehouses across the country, emboldened by sweeping electoral victories in 2018 and confident that public opinion is on their side a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Armed with new power, Democrats push for stricter US gun laws

Immigrants' rights protection groups and several Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged Congress not to approve additional funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government agency tasked with deporting people who enter the country unlawfully.

US immigration agency violates human rights, doesn't deserve a dime: Democrat lawmakers

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address on Tuesday to call for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate AIDS in the United States within a decade.

We will defeat AIDS in America and beyond: Trump in State of the Union address

President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to deliver a State of the Union speech challenging Democrats to approve funding for his long-sought border wall, but stopping short of declaring a national emergency over it, at least for now.

In State of Union speech Wednesday, Trump again expected to make case for his border wall

Stacey Abrams, who nearly became both the first African-American and first woman to be governor of Georgia, will deliver the Democrats' response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday, test-driving the party's 2020 challenge to President Donald Trump.

'Bona fide leader' of Democrats, Stacey Abrams to counter Trump speech

Senator Cory Booker announced on Friday he is running for US president, joining a widening field of Democrats seeking their party's nomination to take on Donald Trump in 2020.

Democrat Senator Cory Booker announces 2020 presidential nomination

Democrats are already furiously jockeying for position to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. But will Trump actually be on the ballot two years from now? With approval ratings hovering around 40 per cent — even lower, according to some polls — speculation is mounting that Trump could face a primary challenge for the Republican presidential nomination.

Will Donald Trump even fight the US presidential elections in 2020?

Mexico said Friday it "disagrees" with the United States's new policy of returning asylum seekers back across the border while their cases are processed, but will accept them for "humanitarian" reasons.

Mexico 'disagrees' with US returning asylum seekers

On the 34th day of a partial US government shutdown, President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats remained at odds over his demand for funding for a wall on the border with Mexico.

How US shutdown over border wall fight might play out

WION Chat: Donald Trump offers concessions to Democrats

US President Donald Trump will propose a deal on Saturday meant to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, offering a compromise with Democrats on immigration but sticking to his demand for funding for a border wall, a source familiar with his plan said.

Trump to offer shutdown-ending immigration deal, still wants wall money: Source

A top Democrat in the US Congress has vowed to look into a report that President Donald Trump ordered his personal attorney to lie to Congress to hide dealings with Russia.

Democrat vows to probe Trump lawyer's alleged lies to Congress

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few leftwing governments.

Swedish centre-left PM wins second term after months of wrangling

The US government shutdown over President Donald Trump's call for Congress to fund a wall he promised to build on the US- Mexican border is threatening another campaign pledge to make rules easier to navigate for banks and corporations.

US government shutdown starting to hurt Trump's financial deregulation agenda

Top Republican lawmakers on Sunday warned against Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to secure funds for a border wall, signalling doubts within the president's party as a government shutdown was set to enter the fourth workweek.

Top Republicans oppose border 'emergency' as shutdown drags on

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Justice, Bill Barr, faces tough questions in the Senate next week on whether he intends to curb Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia collusion investigation.

Trump's Justice nominee faces questions over Russia probe

The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall was set to enter a record 22nd day Saturday.

Government shutdown enters 22nd day, longest federal closure in US history

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives voted on Friday to restore funding for federal agencies that have been shut down by a fight with President Donald Trump over border wall funding, as some 800,000 government workers, from tax collectors to FBI agents, missed their first paycheck.

US House passes bill to reopen some agencies shut down in wall fight

The new Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives is quietly planning behind the scenes for a series of investigations of Republican President Donald Trump, but no immediate flurry of subpoenas materialized as some Democrats had hoped.

Newly powerful US House Democrats hold off on Trump subpoena flurry

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