Politics

(AFP) - President Donald Trump Thursday sowed confusion among experts with his call for the start of nuclear weapons testing, with some pundits interpreting the announcement as US preparations for...

(AFP) - In the heart of Los Angeles, a team of canvassers tirelessly knocks on doors, asking voters to let California redraw its electoral map to favor Democrats and resist...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump landed back in the United States Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The...

(AFP) - New York's mayors are an eclectic bunch: from uniters to heroes-turned-villains and those accused of corruption. Here is what to know about five of the most high-profile mayors...

(AFP) - In a speech in Riyadh in May, President Donald Trump denounced generations of US interventionism, saying the Middle East was only made worse by Americans who fly in...

(AFP) - Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their tit-for-tat trade war on Thursday, with the US president predicting a "great meeting" but Beijing...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A US appeals court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, as part of his sweeping crackdown...

(AFP) - Radio Free Asia, founded nearly three decades ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, said Wednesday it will halt production after the US...

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its second quarter-point rate cut in a row to bolster the flagging labor market, in a move that highlighted the...

(AFP) - A US appeals court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon. The move by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals vacates...