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Property

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

US Vice-President JD Vance (top left) and US House Speaker Mike Johnson (top right) applaud as US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025.
International

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

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

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

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.
International

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

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 05: A view of the U.S. Capitol Building during sunrise on September 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate and U.S. House of House of Representatives will return to Capitol Hill next week after their August recess. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
International

US House is Democrats’ last hope after losing Senate

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.
International

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

FILE PHOTO: Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
Opinion & Features

Is the price of Ozempic really so outrageous?

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters following the defeat of a $1.6 trillion stopgap spending bill to extend current government funding into March and impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voter registration, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 18, 2024. Republicans and Democrats alike rejected JohnsonÕs proposal to avert a shutdown at the end of the month. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
International

US Congress unveils stopgap spending deal to avert shutdown

In many parts of the world, US military personnel depend on Huawei networks to do their jobs.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Pentagon has a Huawei dilemma Congress doesn’t want to solve

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington, DC, June 13, 2024.
International

Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity

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