Pledges issued by China’s leaders may mark the beginning of the end of Hong Kong as we know it, but the plan is also likely to hurt the mainland, writes Minxin Pei

With televised hearings starting today, Democrats want to build a strong case that Trump abused his presidential powers. Republicans won’t be cowed easily, writes Susan Cornwell

Waiting for the Brexit finale has been a bit like sitting in a dentist’s surgery for three years — scared of the worst while hoping for the best, yet willing to accept a modicum of discomfort to get it all over with.

If the US president is impeached, as seems likely, his name will be blackened in history, and the scandal may be as big as Watergate, in 1974, says Elizabeth Drew.

US Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Ireland next month on behalf of President Donald Trump, the White House has confirmed.

On her recent visit to Europe, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, addressed members of the Dail.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives emphasised the US was a “guarantor” of the Good Friday Agreement.

There would be no chance of a US-UK trade deal if there was any weakening of the Good Friday Agreement, a senior American politician has said.

Nanci Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is to address the Dáil next Wednesday.

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If conservative Brett Kavanaugh is appointed, he could weave president Donald Trump’s agenda into the fabric of American society for generations, writes Bette Browne.

He has made bold decisions, but that’s not the same as being a good leader, as his motives have been to consolidate his own power in the US, says Scott Cowen.

The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed a sweeping bipartisan budget deal, ending an hours-long government shutdown and clearing the way for huge increases in both defence and domestic spending.

The US House of Representatives has easily approved a bipartisan measure requiring politicians and staff to take annual anti-harassment training.

US House of Representatives Republicans unveiled long-delayed legislation to deliver deep tax cuts that President Donald Trump has vowed, and potentially targeting US multinationals with overseas bases in Ireland.

While US action is needed over the death of Otto Warmbier in North Korea, the goal must be to ensure no other student meets his fate, writes Dan DePetris.

The Republican-led US House of Representatives has backed legislation to undo much of former president Barack Obama's landmark banking law created after the 2008 economic crisis.

The US House of Representatives has approved a Bill erasing much of former president Barack Obama's healthcare law, sending the measure to the Senate.

The US House of Representatives has voted to block online privacy regulations issued during the final months of the Obama administration, a first step towards allowing internet providers to sell the browsing habits of their customers.

A failure to get things done is a reason why liberal democracy is in the doghouse, writes Michael Clifford

Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega has been re-elected, setting the stage for his third consecutive term - but this time accompanied by his wife as vice president.

Republican Donald Trump’s top aides and supporters yesterday downplayed a chaotic week in which the New York businessman was distracted from his core message by personal spats, as a new poll showed him trailing Democrat Hillary Clinton.

John Lewis was a disciple of Martin Luther King and marched on Washington in 1963. Last week, he led a sit-down protest in Congress, says Peniel Joseph

Democrats demanding action on gun control continue to stage a sit-in on the floor of the US House of Representatives with one saying she would stay "until hell freezes over".

All politics is local, Tip O’Neill once said. John Halligan knows it.

Billionaire investor George Soros said Donald Trump is playing into the hands of terrorists by creating fear of Muslims in an effort to get elected.

The leader of the US House of Representatives, speaker John Boehner, will resign from Congress at the end of October.

Ryle Dwyer examines the Warren Report into Kennedy’s assassination 50 years after publication and finds its failure to examine all the evidence undermined its conclusions

Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a daughter named Charlotte, the first grandchild of former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

The US House of Representatives has approved a Republican plan to file a lawsuit against Barack Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional powers.

The US House of Representatives has approved a Republican plan to file a lawsuit against Barack Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional powers.

Republicans are ready to offer the government a temporary debt limit extension, the leader of the US House of Representatives says.

US President Barack Obama won the backing of two top Republicans in Congress in his call for limited US strikes on Syria to punish president Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians.

The markets are enjoying a bounce on the back of US politicians' move to avert the 'fiscal cliff'.

The bill removes most threats to a recovery, but many issues remain, writes Jason Lange

Republicans in the House of Representatives confronted with a revolt among the party’s rank and file abruptly delayed a vote on legislation to avert a fast-approaching “fiscal cliff”.

Jesse Jackson Jr has resigned from the US House of Representatives.

The election of Barack Obama for a second term as US president is, like a curate’s egg, a mixed blessing.

President Barack Obama voiced confidence that if re-elected he would secure within six months a deficit-reduction deal with Republicans equivalent to the “grand bargain” he failed to achieve last year.

Russia has warned Britain it will respond tit-for-tat if London imposes any travel restrictions on Russian officials.