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Biden and McCarthy to reconvene Tuesday for debt limit talks
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will reconvene crunch debt talks Tuesday with senior Republican leaders including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in another attempt to avert a costly US default.
Sudan rivals talking but clashes persist
AFP, Published on 06/05/2023
» KHARTOUM: The US and Saudi governments confirmed direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces would start in Jeddah on Saturday, even as fighting showed little signs of abating in the Sudanese capital.
US House approves bill to avert freight rail strike
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to prevent a potentially catastrophic freight rail strike, stepping in to break an impasse between workers and executives during a critical pre-holiday period.
US, China top diplomats meet to contain high tensions on Taiwan
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» NEW YORK - The top US and Chinese diplomats met Friday in New York as soaring tensions show signs of easing, but Beijing issued a new warning against support for Taiwan.
US lawmakers set to pass major climate, health bill in big win for Biden
AFP, Published on 13/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers on Friday were expected to adopt President Joe Biden's sprawling climate, tax and health care plan -- a major win for the veteran Democrat that includes the biggest ever American investment in the battle against global warming.
Trump used 'lawlessness and corruption' to try to overturn 2020 election: probe chair
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump "blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption" as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election, the chairman of the House committee investigating last year's attack on the Capitol said Thursday.
US lawmakers agree bipartisan bill on gun safety
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - US senators unveiled a bill Tuesday addressing the epidemic of gun violence plaguing the country as they locked down a narrow set of reforms that were nevertheless hailed as the first significant firearms controls in a generation.
Trump election plot would have spurred 'revolution': ex-judge
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - A retired federal judge testified Thursday that Donald Trump's demand for Mike Pence to reject the results of the 2020 US election would have triggered a "revolution" had the vice president obeyed.
US Capitol evacuation over false alarm provokes fear, fury
AFP, Published on 21/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - The US Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday after authorities sounded a threat alarm over a harmless parachute stunt, prompting top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to blast aviation officials for an "inexcusable" failure.
False alarm sees US Capitol evacuated
AFP, Published on 21/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States Capitol building was briefly evacuated Wednesday after a false alarm saw police tracking an aircraft that they said was a "probable threat" but turned out to be no danger.