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Parliament president Chuan Leekpai led other lawmakers to place flowers at the feet of the King Rama I statue on Bangkok’s Tri Phet Road to mark Chakri Day on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers from both major political parties lobbied White House officials Sunday for a more targeted relief bill as they questioned the need for some of the items included in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers returned to the U.S. Capitol Wednesday night after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the building in what amounted to an attempted coup that they hoped would overturn the election he lost, egged on by the president who egged them on and said they should never accept defeat, .

WASHINGTON - The Senate late Monday approved a mammoth package of emergency economic relief, government funding and tax cuts, sending one of the largest pieces of legislation ever approved by Congress to President Donald Trump for enactment.

WASHINGTON - Democrats and some Republicans raised the alarm Thursday about a massive and growing cybersecurity breach that many experts blame on Russia, with President-elect Joe Biden implicitly criticizing the Trump administration for allowing the hacking attack to occur.

WASHINGTON - White House officials and congressional leaders are trying to address a number of lingering policy disagreements as they race to finalize an approximately $900 billion coronavirus relief package, with growing signs that the talks will drag into the weekend.

HONG KONG - China forced the ouster of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday, triggering a mass walkout of opposition lawmakers and solidifying Beijing's stranglehold on the city.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the White House would approve a big stimulus package after the election and predicted that Republicans would retake control of the House of Representatives even though the GOP is widely expected to lose seats in the chamber next week.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on a top banking panel largely agree that the Federal Reserve's Main Street lending program has fallen short. But they're debating whether or how to change the rules and allow the Fed to make more, albeit riskier, loans to struggling businesses.

Many Republicans and Democrats agree that social networks' prized legal shield is flawed. A new bill is a sign they could also find common ground to change it. 

A group of senior lawmakers from eight democracies including the U.S. have launched a new cross-parliamentary alliance to help counter what they say is the threat China's growing influence poses to global trade, security and human rights.

WASHINGTON - Tensions escalated Friday between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and congressional Democrats, as lawmakers requested formal interviews with one former and six current senior State Department officials, and Pompeo accused Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., of "hackery" and "character assassination."