Politics

(AFP) - US lawmakers attacked the head of a top financial regulator for a second consecutive day on Thursday over accusations his agency failed to deal with workplace misconduct, including...

(AFP) - Donald Trump's lawyer took cracks at key witness Michael Cohen during wide-ranging cross-examination Thursday, questioning his memory and poking at his credibility during the first criminal trial of...

(AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional, fending off a conservative attack on the agency....

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden refused Thursday to turn over audio of his questioning by investigators probing his handling of classified documents in an interview that led to bombshell...

Belgrade (AFP) - Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has signed a lease for a building project at the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters in Belgrade that was bombed...

(AFP) - It's crunch time for Donald Trump's defense team as they take another stab Thursday at Michael Cohen, the key witness in the criminal trial in which the former...

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese green tech this week, hitting imports like electric vehicles, chips and solar cells -- and adding stress...

(AFP) - US consumer inflation eased slightly last month, according to government data published Wednesday, in a positive sign for President Joe Biden ahead of November's election. The data supports...

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold election debates in June and September, with the rivals trading barbs about their first on-stage meetings in...

(AFP) - The 2024 US election is under threat from a growing number of foreign actors using ever more sophisticated methods to conduct interference, the country's top intelligence official warned...