Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the first veto override of his presidency, just four months before it ends.
The House of Representatives voted 348-77 against the veto, hours after the Senate rejected it 97-1, ...
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that lawmakers would continue to press for new sanctions against Tehran "until the regime ends its violent, provocative behavior against the U.S. and our allies."
Ryan, whose Republican party opposed the landmark nuclear agreement the Obama administration and five other world powers ...
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Rouhani: Iran ready to hold talks on Syria with US, Saudi
Irans president says his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve the Syrian civil war, providing such negotiations can secure peace and democracy in conflict-torn Syria.
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Democrat Tom Carper became the 30th U.S. senator to support the nuclear agreement with Iran, the Delaware News Journal reported, leaving President Barack Obama just four votes short of preventing Congress from blocking the deal.
Carper, of Delaware, announced his position in an opinion article published in his home-state newspaper, The News Journal,...
Tehran, Aug 20, IRNA - US Democratic Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse said they both backed the US-led international nuclear deal with Iran rising the number of Iran nuclear deal supporters in the US Congress to 22.
The two Rhode Island senators said in a statement the US Congress would be making a strategic mistake if it derailed the agreement,...
A powerful senator has announced his opposition tothe Iran nuclear accord,dealing what's seen as a big blow to the administration as it fights to win congressional approval of the agreement.
In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker says, "Congress should reject this deal and send it back to the president....
Tehran, Aug 18, IRNA - After 12 years of nuclear negotiations, Iran and major global powers reached an agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on July 14 to settle the controversy. No doubt, the implementation of the JCPOA requires a strong political will from both sides.
In an article by Mahmoud Jamsaaz on its Tuesday ...
HUNTINGTON - He might not have brought slides from his recent trip overseas, but the audience didn't care.
They were there to listen and learn.
A packed crowd ate pie and listened intently to Huntington resident and U.S.Congressman Evan Jenkins, who gave his perspectives on Israel and the Middle East on Sunday at B'nai Sholom, 949 10th Ave.
A ...
With the US Congressional approval of the nuclear deal on Iran still pending, experts mull over possible implications of the vote on the US clout in the world.
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko The Republican-controlled Congress has untilmid-September toapprove or disapprove the nuclear deal reached bythe P5+1 group ofcountries comprising the ...
Three dozen retired generals and admirals released an open letter Tuesday supporting the Iran nuclear deal and urging Congress to do the same.
Calling the agreement the most effective means currently available to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the letter said that gaining international support for military action against Iran, should ...
US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has warned about the consequences of not completing a nuclear agreement with Iran ahead of Congress vote on the accord next month.
The alternative of not reaching an agreement, you know what it is? he said in an interview with CBS on Sunday. Its war.
Do we really want another war, a war with Iran? An asymmetrical ...
WASHINGTON President Obama is rolling out a campaign of private entreaties and public advocacy over the next several weeks to build support in Congress for the nuclear deal with Iran, an effort to counter a well-financed onslaught from critics who have promised to use a monthlong congressional recess to pressure lawmakers to oppose the accord.
In ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress' vote on the international accord to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanction relief stands as the most significant national security decision since lawmakers voted in 2002 to authorize the invasion of Iraq.
Six weeks from a September vote, House Republicans said Monday they have the 218 ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future.
Kerry was asked in an NBC "Today" show interview if the nuclear deal reached last week would make it more likely that Israel might attempt a military or cyber attack ...
Almost 60 percent of Americans back the Iran nuclear agreement, but remains skeptical whether it will deliver the desired results for which it was reached, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The poll found that only 35 percent ofAmericans are confident the nuclear agreement will prevent ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's ambassador to the United States raced in and out of offices on Capitol Hill, trying to persuade lawmakers that the nuclear deal with Iran is a historic mistake.
On the other side, liberal groups ramped up the pressure, warning of political consequences for Democrats who undermine the agreement and casting opposition as ...
The nuclear deal between world powers and Iran starts a new phase of intense negotiation - this time between the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress, where some Republicans have long been working to sink an agreement.
Any effort in Congress to overturn the deal would face an uphill fight. Republicans have majorities in both the House of Representatives ...
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American political commentator William Beeman says the Republican-led Congress wants to embarrass President Barack Obama by undermining his efforts over Irans nuclear negotiations.
The Senate and the House ...
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(Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will ultimately support an extension of an interim agreement of talks on Iran's nuclear program, lawmakers and congressional aides said, despite calls by Republicans and some Democrats to abandon negotiations and return ...
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