Factbox: Forty Republicans criticize Trump’s inflammatory tweets
Forty of the 250 Republicans serving in the U.S. Congress as of Wednesday afternoon have criticized Republican President Donald Trump over his attacks, widely condemned...
Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi to meet and discuss working relationship
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a freshman lawmaker who has clashed with Republican President Donald Trump and her own Democratic leadership, has sought a meeting with U.S....
Senate approves four long-delayed tax treaties
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved long-delayed updates of tax treaties with Switzerland, Japan and Luxembourg, a day after ratifying a similar update of a...
Pelosi says she would like to have U.S. debt limit proposal on House floor by July 25
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she would like to have a proposal on raising the U.S. debt ceiling on the...
Italy’s Salvini criticizes new European Commission on cattery tour
Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday visited Rome’s biggest cattery in his campaign to fight animal cruelty – but he found time to criticise...
Democratic lawmaker tries to force U.S. House vote on Trump impeachment
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday was again trying to referee an intra-party struggle among her Democratic colleagues over whether to take...
Ohio Senate to vote on bill to save state’s nuclear power plants
The Ohio Senate will likely pass a bill on Wednesday that will create subsidies to avoid the early shutdown of the state’s two nuclear power...
Rep. Green files articles of impeachment against Trump
Democratic lawmaker Al Green on Tuesday introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump despite pushback from party leaders. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)....
Orlando protesters call for Rossello’s resignation
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Puerto Rico governor’s office in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday to demand his resignation in the wake of the ‘chatgate’...
Trump ‘biggest bully I’ve ever had to deal with’: Tlaib
In an interview on ‘CBS This Morning’ with the four Democratic congresswomen known as the ‘squad,’ Rep. Rashida Tlaib says President Trump is the biggest...