Capitol Hill

20 Jan 2021
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed US President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was fed lies and Trump and others "provoked" those intent on overturning Democrat Joe Biden's election.

20 Jan 2021
A week after Silicon Valley oligarchs collectively banded together to eliminate the fastest growing social media platform Parler, it is back online in limited capacity.

20 Jan 2021
On Tuesday, the White House released United States President Donald Trump's pre-recorded farewell message, wherein he wished the best to the next administration but fell short of mentioning his successor Joe Biden's name.

16 Jan 2021
Brian Littrell, one part of the most popular pop boy band of the '90s, Backstreet Boys, has earned himself a controversy.

16 Jan 2021
Outgoing US Vice President Mike Pence called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris on Thursday to congratulate her and offer his full cooperation in the transition of power, according to multiple media reports.

14 Jan 2021
Donald Trump has become the first United States President to be impeached twice, this time for "incitement of insurrection" at Capitol last week.

13 Jan 2021
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday opened debate on legislation to impeach outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the violence at the US Capitol by his supporters last week that left five dead.

13 Jan 2021
The FBI has opened more than 160 investigation cases against the January 6 Capitol Hill rioters, officials in Washington said.

12 Jan 2021
Facebook has announced that it would remove all the content from its platform containing the phrase "stop the steal," which is being used by outgoing US President Donald Trump's supporters to allege election fraud.

11 Jan 2021
The February 2021 issue of Vogue magazine will have Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on its cover.

08 Jan 2021
Describing the attack on Capitol Hill by US President Donald Trump's supporters as one of the darkest days in US history, President-elect Joe Biden said the violence was the result of the President's "contempt for democracy."

07 Jan 2021
Many top faces of Hollywood lashed out at US President Donald Trump and his sympathizers for the shocking Capitol riot that happened on Wednesday.

02 Jun 2020
The chief of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot Engel, spoke on the underway tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), commenting on Monday that the aggression of the Chinese is a matter of concern.

01 May 2020
Joe Biden, the former Vice-President of the US and Democratic Presidential candidate, will for the first time address the sexual allegations leveled against him by Tara Reade, a woman staffer from the 90s.

07 Oct 2018
On Saturday, Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as Supreme Court judge of the US, giving President Donald Trump a chance to paint the country's political institutions in 'right' color.

05 Sep 2018
In a development that possibly chalks out a new political reality for Silicon Valley hotshots, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are both set for back-to-back House and Senate hearings on Wednesday.

15 Jun 2018
Hundreds of Indian-origin teenagers and young adults rallied in front of Capitol Hill to protest against more attention being given to illegal immigrants.

12 Apr 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg definitely faced more grilling questions in his second day of hearing before the US Congress.

11 Apr 2018
In his first ever appearance before the US Congress on Tuesday, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took personal responsibility for the Cambridge Analytica data-breach scandal.

09 Apr 2018
Mark Zuckerberg will be grilled by a US senate panel on Tuesday and the House of Representatives lawmakers on Wednesday over the data-breach scandal as pressure mounts for stricter regulations for social media platforms.

23 Jan 2018
The US shutdown has been called off as Democrats and Republicans agreed to a short-term funding bill.

25 Oct 2017
Senior Republican Senator Bob Corker has attacked US President Donald Trump, calling him "utterly untruthful."

19 Aug 2017
The Trump administration has lost yet another top aide.

28 Jul 2017
The latest attempt by the Republican-controlled US Senate to repeal the Obamacare healthcare program has failed.

23 Jun 2017
US President Donald Trump tweeted that he hasn't made any secret recordings of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey.

12 Jun 2017
Preet Bharara, the Indian-origin former New York district attorney, said he was fired by President Donald Trump after he refused to take a third phone call from him.

12 Jun 2017
Former FBI director James Comey's explosive testimony to the US Congress last week has seen a surge in people betting money on President Donald Trump failing to complete his four-year term, either due to impeachment or his resignation.

10 Jun 2017
On June 10, Trump said he's "100%" willing to speak under oath regarding his conversations with former FBI director James Comey.

09 Jun 2017
Former FBI director James Comey testified before a Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, revealing the circumstances leading to his controversial dismissal by US President Donald Trump.

29 Apr 2017
US President Donald Trump marks his 100th day in office on April 29 by holding a rally in Pennsylvania.

21 Jan 2017
A day after US President Trump's inauguration, 200,000 people would march in Washington DC to advocate for gender equality.

11 Sep 2016
Democrats have long dreamed of turning the deep 'red' Texas state 'blue'; they believe the Lone Star state's politics are shifting in their favor.