Politics

(AFP) - President Donald Trump has appointed himself troller-in-chief during a US government shutdown, mocking rival Democrats with racially tinged memes and hoping they take the blame for the crisis....

(AFP) - Efforts to bring a quick end to the US government shutdown floundered Wednesday when senators rejected a plan to resolve an acrimonious funding stand-off between President Donald Trump...

London (AFP) - Prince Harry appeared to have dialled in to a court hearing in London Wednesday in his latest legal battle with the British media. King Charles III's younger...

(AFP) - The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in...

(AFP) - Taiwan "will not agree" to making 50 percent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island's lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce...

(AFP) - Michigan's governor on Monday asked Americans to "lower the  temperature" after the latest violence in her state, as authorities search for a motive in a Mormon church attack...

Sydney (AFP) - FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday. Patel visited New Zealand in...

(AFP) - The US government began shutting down Wednesday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for...

(AFP) - The US government barreled towards its first shutdown in six years Tuesday, with funding expiring at midnight after Democrats fought a war of words with Donald Trump and...

(AFP) - The Trump administration's policy of arresting and trying to deport international students for protesting in support of the Palestinians is blatant and illegal suppression of free speech, a...