Congress

Dilma Rousseff Impeachment Update: Lower House backs ousting of Brazilian President

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, is on the verge of impeachment following the accusations thrown ...

Apr 18, 2016 05:17 AM EDT

Apple and FBI to face each other again on Congress over phone encryption case

Apple and the FBI are having a meeting again in Congress next week over their controversial disagree...

Apr 17, 2016 10:10 AM EDT

Venezuela's Supreme Court rejects amnesty law for opposition

Venezuela’s high court has declared unconstitutional legislation passed by the opposition-controll...

Apr 13, 2016 02:05 AM EDT

Republicans made consumer protection group a political punching bag – democrat Waters

Republicans have launched several attacks against the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau. The repu...

Mar 18, 2016 09:32 AM EDT

President Obama Imposes More North Korea Sanctions After Nuclear Tests

United States President Barack Obama has signed a new executive order, imposing new sanctions on Nor...

Mar 17, 2016 12:47 AM EDT

Apple's Lawyer, FBI Director Face Off Before Congress Over iPhone Unlocking Case

Apple and FBI has faced off before the Congress in line with FBI's request to have Apple help in the...

Mar 02, 2016 03:41 AM EST

Obama asks Republican-led congress to give Guantanamo Bay proposal a 'fair hearing'; Lawmakers propose bills to block plan

President Barack Obama asks Republican lawmakers to be fair in hearing his proposal of closing down ...

Feb 24, 2016 03:10 AM EST

Argentina's Lawmakers Seen Favoring Deal With Holdout Creditors

Argentina's Congress will reverse two laws that blocks the settlement of a case that has clumped the...

Feb 23, 2016 05:20 AM EST

US Congress Iran sanctions bill looms over progress in US-Iran relations

Congress once again passed a bill that could potentially ruin the progress that the reinvigorated re...

Feb 04, 2016 08:59 PM EST

Venezuela opposition congress starts legislating but backs down in conflict with Supreme Court

Venezuela's opposition that won December's election has started legislating, but it backed-down in a...

Jan 16, 2016 07:59 AM EST

U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases

Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for fir...

Oct 26, 2015 10:17 PM EDT

Manipulating accounts not enough to impeach Brazil president, speaker says

The speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress said on Thursday that manipulating government ac...

Oct 26, 2015 07:41 AM EDT

Republicans in chaos as favorite quits House leadership race

Republicans in Washington struggled to fill a leadership void on Thursday as the front-runner to tak...

Oct 08, 2015 10:11 PM EDT

Pope of the people, and the politics, in historic U.S. visit

Pope Francis dove into some of the United States' thorniest political debates during his historic vi...

Sep 27, 2015 10:22 PM EDT

Brazil opposition seeks Rousseff impeachment for fiscal crimes

Brazil's opposition parties on Thursday filed a request in Congress to impeach President Dilma Rouss...

Sep 19, 2015 06:44 AM EDT

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