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With a 51-49 vote, the Senate early Saturday passed legislation to introduce a huge set of changes to the tax code, giving President Donald Trump his first major legislative victory. Trump hailed the Senate vote for...

Photo: Views and News EDITORIAL The Trump Administration’s announcement on ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) has challenged Congress to enact long-delayed but badly needed immigration reform that helps all Americans. But the Republican-controlled...

Photo: T toes/Wikimedia Commons Politicians and lawmakers reacted to the news of Senator John McCain having been diagnosed with cancer Wednesday with a message of strong confidence that the former presidential candidate would beat the disease...

A gathering of lawmakers and interfaith leaders on Capitol Hill this week encouraged American Muslims to engage more widely in their communities through networking and political participation in order to empower themselves. The annual Ramadan Iftar...

Photo: Screenshot/Global News In an extraordinary testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI Chief James Comey has claimed that President Donald Trump hoped to him during a conversation that Comey would let go the probe...

Civil rights icon has brought his star power to gun control debate, leading a rare sit-in on the floor of the House in the wake of worst shooting in the US history that claimed 49 lives...

Civil rights movement icon Democratic Congressman John Lewis led a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representative demanding Capitol Hill enact legislation to effect gun control in the wake of mass shootings including June...