How should the U.N. General Assembly and its 193 member states respond to the coronavirus pandemic?

The Senate has approved a bipartisan measure limiting President Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran.

A northern Virginia county will consider whether it wants to join other jurisdictions and declare itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”

President Donald Trump has vetoed legislation that attempted to overturn his use of emergency powers to raid military base projects to pay for his long-promised border fence.

UPDATE: Reno has become another city to rename the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day instead of Columbus Day. The City of South Lake Tahoe passed a similar resolution in June.

The House has passed a civil contempt resolution that allows committees to sue the Trump Administration and enforce Congressional subpoenas. 

The United States and China have clashed over Beijing's $1 trillion "belt and road" infrastructure program after the Security Council unanimously approved a bare bones resolution extending the mandate of the U.N. political mission in Afghanistan for six months.

Democrats are trying to push past a dispute that has overwhelmed their agenda and exposed fault lines that could shadow them through next year's elections.