NEW YORK - President Donald Trump declared a State of Emergency on Friday to fund his campaign promise of building a wall on the Mexican border after the Congress resolutely refused to give him the money he wanted. Trump backed away from his threat to again shutdown the government if the legislature did not vote $5.7 billion for the border wall and approved the bipartisan funding bill without the allocation, 

WASHINGTON - US Senator and prospective Democratic candidate for President Elizabeth Warren listed her race as "American Indian" on a State Bar of Texas registration card in 1986, the media reported. The yellow registration card, which is dated April 1986, was filled out in blue ink and signed by Warren, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The card listed Warren's alma maters the University of Houston and Rutgers Law School but...

HONOLULU - Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu US Congresswoman, has officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign in Hawaii. "It is this principle of service above self that is at the heart of every soldier, at the heart of every service member, and it is in this spirit that today I announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America," CNN quoted Gabbard as saying said on Saturday at an event here.

WASHINGTON - Indian American Senator Kamala Harris has officially kicked off her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination at a rally where she warned that the US and the world were at "an inflection point" in history and called on all Americans to "speak the truth about what's happening". Harris announced her official bid to run for President in 2020 on January 21. Before a crowd of more than 20,000 people in her hometown Oakland, Harris on Sunday threaded together a biography from her years...

WASHINGTON - Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu Congresswoman, plans to hold a rally on February 2 in the US state of Hawaii to formally launch her 2020 White House bid, her campaign has announced. Gabbard, who is not of Indian descent but comes from a Hindu family in Hawaii, will use the rally in Oahu to "gather with friends, family, and supporters to share her vision for the future of our nation", her campaign said on Friday. The 37-year-old four-term Democratic congresswoman announced her presidential bid...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has said that he has reached a deal to reopen the United States government, and that he would sign a bill to fund the government until February 15. "We have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump told an impromptu press conference at the White House on Friday, adding that he will sign a bill that will fund the government for three weeks, leaving more time for the debate on a border wall, reports Xinhua.

WASHINGTON - A bill backed by US President Donald Trump that will fund a border wall failed to pass the Senate on Thursday. The bill, which needs 60 yes-votes to move forward, was supported by 51, and opposed by 47, Xinhua news agency reported. Two Republican senators, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Mike Lee of Utah voted no on the bill, while Democratic senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted yes. The Senate will proceed to vote on a bill produced by Democrats which calls for a temporary reopening...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has proposed extending protections for young people brought to the nation illegally as children in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for his long-promised border wall. Trump, speaking at the White House on Saturday, linked his demand for border security to the BRIDGE Act, legislation that would extend protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), or the so-called "Dreamers", Xinhua reported.