Politics

California moved Thursday toward finalizing a date for a recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, while the Republican field might be headed for a major shakeup with the addition of conservative talk show host Larry Elder.

A new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol would have 13 members and the power to subpoena witnesses, according to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday. The House is expected to vote on the bill this...

Nadda also said that the saffron party members live by the motto 'seva hi sangathan hai' (service being equivalent to organisation) Yadav often takes to Twitter to criticise the Nitish Kumar government.

The NC leader, further, said that the leaders of the political parties “did not discuss anything outside the agenda of the Gupkar Alliance” during the three-hour-long meeting with PM Modi on Thursday.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited a border patrol facility near the U.S.Mexico border on Friday and urged a focus on children and practical solutions to migration, in a trip meant to blunt Republican criticism of White House immigration policies.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of F16 fighter jets, as well as Sidewinder and Harpoon missiles, to the Philippines in three separate deals with a combined value of more than $2.5 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Joe Lieberman was back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday testifying in support of the Democratic push for Washington, D.C., statehood. Then he met privately with Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the many Republicans who fiercely oppose such a move.

The statement was, however, not endorsed by the party's state leadership, which clearly said that it was not in favour of Bengal's division.

Kejriwal brushed aside chief minister Amarinder Singh's charge that Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is in talks with AAP to make a switch.

Leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP, called on Dhankhar on Sunday and sought his intervention to stop the alleged post-poll violence and violation of human rights in the state.

Akhilesh Yadav asked the workers to go ahead in the 2022 elections and ensure the win of Samajwadi Party in the elections.

An LJP leader said Chirag Paswan, the son of LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan, could use proceedings of Sunday’s meeting to back up its case before the Election Commission.

Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman Shashi Tharoor is expected to raise the issue on Twitter losing out the legal shield after failing to abide by the intermediary rules.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general.

Senate Democrats pledged Tuesday to forge ahead with a likely doomed vote on their sprawling elections and voting bill next week, even as it faces universal opposition from Republicans, as well as from a key senator in their own party.

Amit Mitra is unhappy over the non-acceptance of his ‘zero, or maximum 0.1 per cent GST’ request on medical supplies required to fight Covid-19 spread.