Opposition leaders have demanded Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appear at Diet ethics committees to explain why he gave gift certificates to 15 rookie lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party.

Former US Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, has died ...

House Democrats erupted into apoplexy,”  Axios reported on March 14, “after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ...