The U.S., Israel and Argentina on Wednesday voted against a United Nations resolution led by Ghana to label the international slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for ...

Pennsylvania House Democrats withdrew consideration of a resolution honoring March as "National Women’s Month" after a Republican lawmaker filed an amendment to include the physiological definition of ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a ...

A U.S. Court of Appeals denied a request to halt a land exchange at Oak Flat, clearing the way for mining work to begin. Resolution Copper now owns the land, which is sacred to the Apache people, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Donald Trump's stated ...

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as ‌the "gravest crime in the history of humankind" and calling for reparations, and ...

Green activist investor Follow This has vowed to fight BP in court after the supermajor did not include a Follow This-led resolution to explain how the company takes investment decisions to create ...

Kaia Hubbard is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C. The war powers vote came amid concerns that the U.S. could be engaged in another lengthy war in the Middle East, and ...

The House of Representatives rejected a war powers resolution aimed at reining in President Donald Trump's authority to use the military in Iran. The Senate rejected a similar measure on Wednesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The House voted 219–212 against a war powers resolution Thursday, refusing to place limits on President Trump’s powers as he ...

VIENNA, March 5 (Reuters) - The United States joined Russia, China, and ‌Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board denouncing attacks on Ukraine's energy ...

WASHINGTON — The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that ...