Joint session of Congress meets to count the Electoral College vote from the 2008 presidential election the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol January...
The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2018 before the opening of the second session of the 115th Congress. - The US Congress hits...
Red flags flutter in the wind near the Chinese national emblem outside the Great Hall of the People where sessions of the Chinese People's Political...
General view inside the European Parliament on May 11, 2016 in Strasbourg, France. The United Kingdom will hold a referendum on June 23, 2016 to...
Delegates take their seats for the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at Great Hall of the People on March 3,...
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pose for a group photo with the 24 members of Italy's new government,...
The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on January 22, 2018 after the US Senate reached a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats...
Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and incoming-President Xi Jinping , incoming-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's...
Protestors demonstrate as the L.A. City Council holds its first in-person meeting since voting in new president Paul Krekorian in the wake of a...
Clouds pass overt the Capitol Dome as the Senate resumes debate on overriding the veto of the National Defense Authorization Act on December 31, 2020...
This photograph taken on February 23, 2022 shows the Ukrainian the flag fluttering above the dome of the parliament in Kyiv. - Ukraine's security...
The U.S. Capitol stands after Attorney General William Barr told the House and Senate Judiciary Committees in a letter that Special Counsel Robert...
The U.S. Capitol is seen at dusk, January 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are convening for a Sunday session to try to resolve the government...
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao speaks at the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress , China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the...
Pedestrian walks by the First Republic Bank headquarters on March 13, 2023 in San Francisco, California. First Republic shares lost over 60 percent...
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pose for a group photo with the 24 members of Italy's new government,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping vote at the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on October 24, 2017 in Beijing,...
The new Lord Speaker, Lord Norman Fowler, speaks in the House of Lords chamber during his first sitting in Parliament on September 5, 2016 in,...
Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix addresses the Security Council on the progress of the Iraqi weapons inspections January 27, 2003 at...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at parliament in the capital Tehran on September 3, 2019. In an address to parliament, Rouhani ruled out...
Lawmakers arrive to the House chamber to vote on the continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in...
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown February 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. It was announced today that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery...
Crowds in Puerta de Sol, Madrid after the Republican victory in the 1931 elections, which resulted in the declaration of the second republic and the...
Police officers stand guard outside the Government Palace in Lima after Peruvian interim president Manuel Merino presented his resignation on...
Facade of the Marriner S Eccles building of the United States Federal Reserve, the agency of the Federal Government responsible for setting the...
Tiananmen Square, China: Chairman Mao shown reading a proclamation of the founding of the People's Republic of China on the Tiananmen Gate rostrum.
Chinese security guards look at military delegates during the speech of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Communist Party's 19th Congress in...
Washington, UNITED STATES: The US Federal Trade Commission building is seen 19 September 2006 in Washington, DC. US President Woodrow Wilson signed...
Flags of the European Union countries are gathered together ahead of the EU enlargement ceremony April 30, 2004 in Dublin, Ireland. Ten new nations,...
Soldier raises the Spanish flag after the Republican victory in the 1931 elections, which resulted in the declaration of the second republic and the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom centre, and senior members of the government stand for the national anthem at the end of the closing session of...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is applauded by members of the government as he arrives for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political...
Euro-deputies take part in a vote on the revision of the EU emissions trading system at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2022.
Chinese President Xi Jinping , Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Li Zhanshu and other attendees bow...
An historic two-story colonial-era brick home built in the 18th century federal style of architecture in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Virginia.
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC, USA, 1959. It houses the main offices of the Board of Governors of the...
Washington: William Bennett, the nation's drug czar, speaks at a press conference. Bennett met with the commissioners of professional sports leagues...
The Houses of Parliament are bathed in the early morning sunshine on May 13, 2010 in London, England. New Prime Minister David Cameron is holding his...
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March...
Chinese military band conductor is seen during a rehearsal before the closing session of the National People's Congress , or parliament, at the Great...
Armed policeman guards Number 10 Downing Street, official home of the British Prime Minister, London, UK
Economic stimulus checks are prepared for printing at the Philadelphia Financial Center May 8, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One hundred and...
Two policeman leads police dogs guarding in front of the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the Chinese People's Political...
The Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag, stands under a twilight sky on the day Angela Merkel, Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian...
Woken from her sleep Victoria having her hand kissed on being told of her accession to the throne of Great Britain on the death of her uncle William...
Suspended FBI special agent Garret O’Boyle, former FBI agent Steve Friend, and suspended FBI agent Marcus Allen recite the Pledge of Allegiance...
In this photo illustration, free iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid tests from the federal government sit on a U.S. Postal Service envelope after being...
Democratic members of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer , walk down the east front steps of the U.S....
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022. - Russia...
Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken , co-leaders of the German Social Democrats , Olaf Scholz , SPD member and likely next German chancellor,...
Sen. John Barrasso holds up a visual aide to represent the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package as he speaks to reporters after a...
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez poses for a family photo with his Cabinet at Moncloa Palace before the weekly Cabinet meeting in Madrid, on...
Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi is pictured during his first press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran, on June 21, 2021. -...
China's senior leadership and lawmakers gather during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March...
The Guardian or Authority of Law, created by sculptor James Earle Fraser, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 28, 2020 in...
Woman wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle past the Reichstag where, inside the Bundestag, a massive federal financial aid package is expected...
Woman leaves the offices of the Ukrainian General Prosecutor on October 02, 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine has found itself at the core of a...