US Congress

Trump’s supporters should be careful what they wish for

At stake in this case is nothing less than effectively modifying the Constitution to grant vast unilateral powers over the economy to the executive branch

Cancelled flights are seen on a screen at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida, Oct 30, 2025. The shutdown has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers to work without pay and snarled tens of thousands of flights.

US travel group warns Congress of Thanksgiving chaos amid government shutdown

The shutdown is estimated to cost the US economy between US$7 billion and US$14 billion

The shutdown entered its 30th day, with Republicans and Democrats still at an impasse.

No GDP data released as US shutdown bites

The world’s biggest economy has already delayed reports on employment, trade, retail sales and others

The sale of public lands to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts and spending has become a political lightning rod.

Millions of acres of public land sales slated for US tax Bill

Around 1.2 million hectares of land owned by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service would be mandated for sale

US Vice-President JD Vance (top left) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (top right) applauding as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol on Mar 4.

Trump warns of tariff ‘disturbance’ as he defends economic plans

Trump’s speech comes at a pivotal moment, with data showing new strains on the economy as factory activity stagnates, inflation simmers, consumer confidence ebbs and stocks lag behind equity markets i...

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the US Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025.

Trump wants to kill US$52.7 billion semiconductor chips subsidy law

PRESIDENT Donald Trump called for an end to a landmark US$52 billion semiconductor subsidy programme that’s spurred more than US$400 billion in investments from companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Man...

US House Speaker Mike Johnson (centre) speaks to the media after the spending bill was passed in the House of Representatives at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb 25, 2025.

US House passes budget blueprint geared to deliver Trump’s agenda

The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a budget blueprint designed to deliver President Donald Trump’s hardline agenda on immigration, tax reform and deep government spending cuts.

Democratic House control would force Republicans to negotiate on trillions of dollars worth of provisions in the 2017 tax law that expire at the end of next year.

US House is Democrats’ last hope after losing Senate

The party needs a net gain of just four House seats to wrest the slim majority from Republicans

As with polling in the White House contest, the congressional election looks close. Even with Republicans pressing their advantage in the upper chamber, control of the House was expected to be a toss-up.

Trump’s Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House

REPUBLICANS won control of the US Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio on Wednesday (Nov 6), ensuring Donald Trump’s party will control at least one chamber of Congress next year.

Sales of Novo Nordisk’s obesity drugs are about to surpass what the company spent on R&D over the last 30 years.

Is the price of Ozempic really so outrageous?

Pharma companies need revenue cushions so they can spend future decades developing new drugs