Even Trump's own party chief, Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, said this was unacceptable.
Lawmakers and observers have noted that the Senate is merely taking up comprehensive immigration reforms and completion of this Bill is a long way off, he said.
The United States is extremely disappointed on Russia giving temporary asylum to former Central Intelligence Agency contractor and national Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, adding that it is evaluating its ties with Moscow now, the White House said.
"President Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress incited a violent attack Wednesday against the government they lead and the nation they profess to love. This cannot be allowed to stand."
Us Senate India Caucus to urge President Obama to push for bilateral investment treaty with India; lawmakers hail Prime Minister's 'Brave Action' to open India to FDI in multi-brand retail sector.
'f America isn't racist, why did Namarata Haley feel compelled to change her name to 'Nikki'?'
In a powerful signal to New Delhi that the United States is a reliable defense partner, Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn introduced US-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act in Senate
The United States has demanded the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government in Myanmar and said that America stands with the elected representatives of the Asian nation.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday suffered a double blow as he lost badly to rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in polls in the US capital and Wyoming, an indication that the fight for securing the party's nomination was hotting up.
'At the heart of the strategic relationship between our countries are economic ties.'
Here are some inspirational women who just made history in the polls.
Former United States President George W Bush campaigned for his younger brother for the first time on Monday night.
Republican Ted Cruz posted two crucial wins over front-runner Donald Trump who also triumphed in two states in Sunday's multi-state vote while in the Democratic camp Bernie Sanders clawed his way back into the presidential contest with two victories over Hillary Clinton.
Riding on the back of youthful charisma, dynamism, energy and ability to inspire confidence amongst Florida's voters, Republican candidate Marco Rubio got elected to the Senate on November 2.
Posters were put up in many parts of the village in Tiruvarur district in the state wishing Harris success, with locals holding special prayers seeking divine intervention.
Allen was ahead by 16 points in July and the Democrats did not even consider Webb a viable challenger, until Allen called an Indian-American, Shekar Sidarth, a volunteer in the Webb campaign, a 'macaca', considered a racial slur.
United States Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has resigned under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty coming close on the heels of Democratic Party loosing majority in the Senate and the Obama administration's struggle in dealing with the Islamic State.
A good deal of the 92nd Academy Awards (going hostless second year in a row) was a drag what with a staggeringly dull red carpet, long-winded, lacklustre speeches and uneven live acts following too quickly one after another.
A joint session of the US Congress on Thursday formally certified the electoral victory of Joe Biden as the next US president and Kamala Harris as the vice president in the November 3 election. The formal certification by the joint session came in the wee hours of Thursday local time.
Criticising the Republican Party and its defeated presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has said that leaders should stop insulting voters by saying stupid things.
In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the United States, the Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a rare Congressional reception for the new Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar.
It was said to be a close fight, but as it turned out President Barack Obama effortlessly went past the challenge posed by his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
By naming the 55-year-old lawyer and politician from California as his running mate, Biden made history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket. If elected she would be the first ever women to be the vice president of the US and the first ever Indian-American and African vice president of the country.
'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same old politicians, who are responsible for the 'endless wars' in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, are being brought out of the woodwork after four years,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The United States embassy in New Delhi has informed US Senator Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not eligible to receive a diplomatic visa. Aziz Haniffa reports.
A joint session of the US Congress on Thursday formally certified the electoral victory of Joe Biden as the next US president and Kamala Harris as the vice president in the November 3 election.
Although negotiations are underway in Congress to reach an agreement in an aim to prevent a government shutdown, virtually, there is no chance that a vote will take place on Friday night (local time).
Former technology executive Carly Fiorina formally entered the 2016 United States presidential race on Monday.
Nancy Powell, being the quintessential diplomat, and attempting to be as circumspect as possible, replied, "Iran and India have a long tradition of trade across energy and other fields. It is one that is clearly a part of our sanctions regime, that we are hoping to see it significantly reduced."
The United States has not made a determination yet on any potential Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) waiver to India with regard to its purchase of S-400 missile defence system from Russia, the Biden Administration said Tuesday.
She was surprised to learn that nobody was running against state Senator Mark Leno, a Democrat from the newly-redistricted Senate District 11. So, Dhillon decided to run.
Pelosi, 80, secured 216 votes in a tight contest against Republican Kevin McCarthy, who got support from 209 Congressmen, after Democrats lost 11 seats in the November elections to command a narrower 222-212 majority.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday knocked down another barrier by winning in Arizona presidential primaries but the frontrunners lost out in Utah to their nearest party rivals who kept their chances alive as the race to the White House gathered steam.
Just a few days before the final nomination date, attorney Harmeet K Dhillon, chair, San Francisco Republican Central Committee, was at the state registrar's office to see who was running from where in California.
Republican United States Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the founder and co-chair of the newly reconstituted US Senate India Caucus, believes that the Caucus is 'really unique' because "it's the only country caucus that I am aware in the Senate."Cornyn addressed the packed audience of Indian Americans community leaders from across the country.
The Iraq war veteran has become the first-ever Hindu to be running for the presidency in the US.
The India-United States relationship has still not reached its full potential, though the two countries have developed steadily closer ties built on a uniquely strong foundation, according to powerful Senator Richard Lugar, a key supporter of the civil nuclear deal between the two sides. "The remarkable deepening of US-India ties over the past decade is only a start, as the relationship has still not reached its full potential," Lugar, ranking Republican.
Donald Trump on Thursday reached the magic number of 1,237 delegates, making the real estate mogul the sole claimant to be the Republican party's presidential nominee for the November polls.
Unfazed by protesters shouting "Shame on you!", Trump and Republicans celebrated after the bill passed the 216-vote threshold, with just one vote to spare
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