Tag: US Congress

Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:05 UTC
Republicans look for culprits after defeat: Speaker of Congress steps aside and Vance points to Iran

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson, a Republican, said he will not seek to continue leading his party in the new Congress, while Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for the Republican defeat in Tuesday’s midterm elections, an explanation President Donald Trump called “largely true” even as he defended the conflict.
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Wednesday, November 4th 2026 - 09:09 UTC
Democrats retake control of the US Congress in a heavy blow to Trump

The Democratic Party on Tuesday regained control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, winning in Republican strongholds such as Texas, Ohio and Kansas in a heavy blow to President Donald Trump, who will govern for the remaining two years of his term with Congress in opposition hands.
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Wednesday, November 4th 2026 - 08:16 UTC
Trump accepts midterm defeat but says Republicans would have won “in a landslide” had he been on the ballot

US President Donald Trump said he accepts the results of the midterm elections, in which Democrats regained control of both chambers of Congress, and signalled willingness to negotiate with the opposition, but blamed the Republican defeat on his absence from the ballot and threatened to veto the new Congress’s legislation.
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Sunday, November 1st 2026 - 14:48 UTC
Democrats seek to retake Congress in Tuesday’s US midterm elections

The United States holds midterm elections on Tuesday in which the Democratic Party hopes to regain control of Congress, with the polls in its favour. At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 Senate seats, in a vote shaping up as a test of Donald Trump’s second presidency.
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Wednesday, April 29th 2026 - 02:09 UTC
King Charles avoids direct Iran reference and hails 'most consequential alliance' between UK and US

King Charles III delivered a 28-minute address on Tuesday to a joint session of the United States Congress in which he hailed the “special relationship” between London and Washington as “one of the most consequential alliances in human history,” in a speech that avoided any direct reference to the war against Iran or the Epstein case, two issues that have strained transatlantic ties in recent weeks. The address marked the centerpiece of the monarch's state visit to Washington, held in the framework of the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC
Netanyahu calls for NATO-style alliance against Iran

Wednesday's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress seemed to herald the foundations around which Western civilization will revolve soon. As he described the world for when victory over the pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been achieved, supporters of the other faction in the ongoing Middle East conflict vandalized adjacent areas in Washington DC, particularly Union Station.
Friday, March 8th 2024 - 11:00 UTC
Biden gives State of the Union speech in campaign mode

US President Joseph Biden of the Democratic Party Thursday gave the traditional State of the Union speech before Congress which was regarded by many as the kickoff of his reelection bid against his predecessor, the Republican Donald Trump, who won sweeping victories in primaries on Super Tuesday this week.
Monday, January 8th 2024 - 11:29 UTC
US Congress reaches deal to avert gov't shutdown

Lawmakers from both major parties have reached a deal to avoid a US government shutdown in 2024, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Sunday in Washington DC.
Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
US House to move on with Biden's impeachment process

The United States House of Representatives voted 221-212 strictly along party lines Wednesday to launch a preliminary probe into the possible causes for the impeachment of President Joseph Biden, Speaker Mike Johnson announced in Washington DC.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
US Congress passes Bolivar Act banning deals with Maduro's gov't

The US Senate has passed the so-called Bolivar Act whereby no business may be conducted with the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro.