US House to vote to provide $3bn to remove Chinese telecoms equipment WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives is set to vote next week on an annual defense bill that includes just... Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:43am
World Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes... Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:36am
World Republicans on brink of clinching US House control after taking Senate WASHINGTON: Republicans on Saturday were close to clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives, a critical... Updated 10 Nov, 2024 11:39am
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Pakistan Release of Imran: 160 MPs say concerned at US lawmakers’ ‘intervention’ ISLAMABAD: A total of 160 Pakistani lawmakers have written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in which they expressed... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:31am
Pakistan US lawmakers urge Biden to secure IK release WASHINGTON: More than 60 members of the US House of Representatives have written a letter to President Joe Biden... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am
Editorials Lacklustre diplomacy EDITORIAL: The recent passing of the bipartisan resolution in the US House of Representatives that condemned what it... Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am
World US House passes crypto bill despite warnings from SEC The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that aims to create a new legal framework for digital... Published 23 May, 2024 11:11am
Print US aid shows Ukraine will not be ‘second Afghanistan’: Zelensky WASHINGTON: The decision by the US House of Representatives to earmark $61 billion in long-delayed aid for Ukraine... Updated 22 Apr, 2024 09:24am
World US House passes $95bn Ukraine, Israel aid package WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 billion... Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am
World Turkiye Erdogan to visit US on May 9, security official says ANKARA: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9, a Turkiye security official said on... Published 29 Mar, 2024 02:21pm
World US House launches Republican impeachment inquiry against Biden WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe... Published 14 Dec, 2023 11:10am
World US House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a temporary spending bill that would avert a... Published 15 Nov, 2023 10:25am
World Israeli army battles Hamas fighters in drive towards Gaza City GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/RAFAH: Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met fierce... Updated 02 Nov, 2023 10:58pm
World Republicans pick majority whip to be new US House speaker nominee WASHINGTON: Republicans nominated Majority Whip Tom Emmer to replace the ousted speaker of the US House of... Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am
World No let up in speaker fight for paralysed US Congress WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives began a third week of paralysis on Monday as Republicans struggled to... Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:51am
World US House to vote Tuesday in struggle to elect speaker WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives, paralyzed for the past two weeks amid a leadership fight among... Published 16 Oct, 2023 12:48am
World Republicans nominate Scalise to replace ousted speaker McCarthy WASHINGTON: Republicans who control the US House of Representatives on Wednesday nominated Steve Scalise to serve as... Published 12 Oct, 2023 05:57am
World Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis WASHINGTON: Republicans in the US House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel... Published 09 Oct, 2023 06:24am
World Republican hardliners oust US House speaker in historic vote WASHINGTON: Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic... Published 05 Oct, 2023 06:23am
World Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans WASHINGTON: The US Senate and House on Thursday were due to push ahead with conflicting government funding plans,... Published 29 Sep, 2023 06:24am
World US envoy Kerry heads to China to restart climate talks BEIJING: US climate envoy John Kerry will head to China on Sunday to meet with his counterpart Xie Zhenhua and... Published 16 Jul, 2023 10:15am
World US House to vote on Republican debt limit bill this week WASHINGTON: Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the House would vote on his... Published 23 Apr, 2023 08:35pm
World Biden says Republican debt plan would harm ‘millions of Americans’ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday slammed a congressional Republican plan to limit federal spending in... Published 19 Apr, 2023 11:22am
World Republican energy bill approved by US House, sent to Senate WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican energy reform bill intended to bolster ... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
World Kevin McCarthy elected Republican U.S. House speaker, but at a cost WASHINGTON: Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives early on Saturday,... Published 07 Jan, 2023 12:11pm
World US political crisis deepens as new House speaker vote fails WASHINGTON: The new Republican-led US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running... Published 05 Jan, 2023 12:16am
World Republicans vow to block McCarthy’s bid for US House Speaker WASHINGTON: A handful of hardline US Republicans on Tuesday vowed to block Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the... Published 04 Jan, 2023 07:07am
World Deadlocked US House fails to pick speaker in first ballot WASHINGTON: Divided Republicans in the US House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker in the opening round of... Published 04 Jan, 2023 12:02am
World US House committee releases Trump tax returns NEW YORK: A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee released six years of former President ... Published 31 Dec, 2022 07:07am
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept