Congress

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media as he leaves a meeting on the debt ceiling with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22,…

Washington —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit as early as June 1, if lawmakers do not raise or…

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew arrives to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on "TikTok:Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesTikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told U.S.…

WASHINGTON — Plans announced Sunday to fully reimburse deposits made in the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and the shuttered Signature Bank will rely on Wall Street and large…

U.S. lawmakers will take an important step towards repealing a decades-old authorization of presidential war powers this week, as an effort to reassert Congress' authority…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would grant President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok, the Chinese social media…

Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to take up legislation Tuesday that would give President Joe…

The U.S. Congress has appropriated more than $112 billion in aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded one year ago. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson looks back at the…

Rear Admiral Fred Kacher, director for operations of the Joint Staff, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.Anna Rose…

WASHINGTON — In the wake of a U.S. missile attack Saturday that destroyed a Chinese surveillance ballon, political and diplomatic fallout ramped up Monday in both Beijing and…