Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the US Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election
5 min read17 Aug 2020Pelosi announced that all members will be required to wear a mask and one will be provided if they forgetShe said failure to wear a mask is a 'serious breach of decorum' and members could be removed from the chamber if they aren't wearing one
1 min read30 Jul 2020Pelosi has declined to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until Republicans provide details on witnesses and testimony'If her case is so air-tight ... why does she need more witnesses to make her case?' asked Marc Short, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence
3 min read23 Dec 2019The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement on a voice vote on Tuesday, indicating broad support The trade pact, first agreed upon in September 2018, will replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement
3 min read20 Dec 2019Trump’s likely impeachment on Wednesday will add an unpredictable wrinkle to what is already shaping up to be one of the most rancorous elections in modern historyPelosi said late Tuesday that she hadn’t 'fully read' Donald Trump’s letter
3 min read18 Dec 2019Shah chairs a high-level meeting in the wake of unabated stone-pelting in the Kashmir valleyThe meeting was also aimed at addressing the post-poll violence in West Bengal
1 min read6 Jun 2019Trump who previously had insisted on $5.7 billion in funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border will deliver remarks soon Trump and lawmakers reached a deal to advance a three-week temporary funding bill that would reopen shuttered agencies
2 min read26 Jan 2019The end of Trump's one-party rule in Washington invigorated Democrats still dejected over the bombastic Republican's 2016 presidential win.
3 min read3 Jan 2019Trump says he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his US-Mexico border wall, a demand that has triggered a partial shutdown of the federal govt that is now in its fifth day
2 min read27 Dec 2018On Sunday, a top Trump aide said the shutdown could continue to Jan. 3, when the new Congress convenes and Democrats take control of the House
3 min read25 Dec 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared