At an extraordinary weekend session, the US Senate voted to hold a full debate on a healthcare reform bill, with 60 votes in favour and all but one of the 40 Republicans in the chamber voting against it.
The US Senate will vote Saturday on whether to open formal deliberations on President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform initiative amid reports that the Democrats have secured the 60 votes needed to open the debate.
Co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington has been called "the queen of connectivity". In an interview with France 24, Huffington talks about her influential site and her visions for the future of online news.
Barack Obama’s presidential election victory followed a record-shattering, cyber-propelled campaign. A year later though, the online political magic is still spreading, but it’s just not achieving a consensus.
US President Barack Obama faces key political tests Tuesday with two gubernatorial polls and one congressional district election. Democrat Jon Corzine (photo) has locked horns with Republican Chris Christie in the New Jersey race.
Welcoming the US Senate committee's approval of a healthcare reform bill, US President Barack Obama said a "critical milestone" had been reached. But he warned that it was now time to "dig in and work even harder".
President Barack Obama's ambitious healthcare reform bill was endorsed by the US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, bringing him closer to his goal of signing in sweeping legislation to expand medical coverage to tens of millions of Americans this
The US House of Representatives voted late Thursday to block the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US to face prosecution, dealing a possible setback to President Barack Obama's plan to close Guantanamo by Jan. 2010.
In this edition: Obama's advisor Van Jones whose ideas were denounced by some web users has been forced to resign; Chinese Government takes steps against syringe attacks; and America’s first lady opens the White House to net users.
In this edition: A final goodbye to the lion of the Senate, Edward Kennedy; kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard, free after 18 years, reveals the grim details of her ordeal; a report on Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, the world's most dangerous city.
