US may exhaust funds by 18 October unless debt limit raised, warns treasury secretary Janet Yellen
Republicans in the US Senate have stubbornly refused to support an increase or suspension of the debt ceiling, despite having pressed for it under Donald Trump
Top Pentagon leaders to face tough questions from Congress on Afghan pullout decision
Republicans have intensified their attacks on President Joe Biden's decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan, saying it left the US more vulnerable to terrorism
Joe Biden endorses COVID-19 booster shots, says they will be available to adults from next month
Stressing this was "no time to let our guard down," Biden urged every American 18 and older to get a booster eight months after becoming fully vaccinated
In Donald Trump's recasting of 6 January insurrection, attackers become martyrs and heroes
The fact inversion about the siege is the latest in Trump's contorted oeuvre of the 'big lie' compendium, the most specious of which is that the election was stolen from him, when it was not
Explainer: As critical race theory divides US schools, decoding the concept, and why some find it 'objectionable'
The concept known as critical race theory is the new lightning rod of the GOP. But what exactly is it?
In a new initiative by Gannett, people with opposing political views come together to find common ground
The idea in these polarizing times is that if enough people start talking, they’ll find common ground or at least realize that they don’t need to be in warring camps because they vote for different people, said Mizell Stewart, Gannett’s vice president of news performance, talent and partnerships.
'A tremendous complication': Donald Trump's lingering presence in politics fuels tensions among Republicans
The former president’s insistence on leading the party 'affects every member,' a veteran Republican fundraiser said
US Senate narrowly approves $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill; final congressional nod now awaited
The huge measure — its total spending is nearly one-tenth the size of the entire US economy — is Biden's biggest early priority
Donald Trump impeachment: Ex-US president claims victory, but this was an escape and not an exoneration
Seven Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump, the most senators of a president’s own party to turn against him in an impeachment trial in American history
Joe Biden invites 10 Republican senators to White House to discuss coronavirus relief measures
The invitation came hours after the lawmakers sent Biden a letter urging him to negotiate rather than try to ram through his relief package solely on Democratic votes
Several of Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers quit over disagreement on legal strategy
Trump wanted the lawyers to argue his baseless claims of mass election fraud rather than focus on the legality of convicting a president after leaving office
US House delivers article of impeachment against Donald Trump to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
Arguments in the Senate trial will begin the week of 8 February, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial, will test Republican Party
An influential voice, a decisive vote: VP Kamala Harris is expected to play key role in Biden administration
In one sign of how much she may be involved in legislative campaigns, Harris has been in touch with mayors around the country to preview Biden’s coronavirus relief package
Donald Trump discusses possibility of new political outfit, says report; third front may dent traditional GOP vote
Search interest for terms like 'Third Party' and 'Patriot Party' rose, with 1,31,000 mentions of the new outfit across social media, other media and online sites between 19 and 20 January
'Trump will go down as a total failure': Mitch McConnell, Proud Boys among key loyalists to desert ex-president
Trump also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years
Donald Trump's Republican wall of support erodes as US House begins impeachment proceedings
The choice facing Republicans isn't just about the immediate fate of the outgoing president, but also whether the party's elected leaders are ready to move on
US Capitol siege: House Democrats introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump
Democrats have charged the outgoing US president with 'incitement of insurrection' over his role in Wednesday's storming of the US Capitol
'Iconic humiliation', 'internal collapse': Chinese media hits out at US over Capitol violence
The Global Times described the storming of the Capitol using a Chinese term referring to a ruler’s subordinates coming to his rescue when his authority is threatened
Hours after US Capitol breach, Congress formally certifies Biden's election win; Trump pledges 'orderly transition'
Defying Donald Trump’s claims that the Vice-President can reject electoral votes, Mike Pence said the Constitution does not give him ‘unilateral authority’ to decide which votes should be counted
In a first, Republican-led Senate rejects Donald Trump's veto of $740 bn defence policy Bill
Trump lashed out on Twitter, saying the Senate missed an opportunity to eliminate protections for social media platforms that give 'unlimited power to Big Tech companies'