Politics

(AFP) - The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of this year, according to fresh data published Wednesday, due largely to a surge in imports ahead of...

(AFP) - The conservative US Supreme Court will weigh a case on Wednesday challenging the ban on using public money to fund religious charter schools. Nearly all 50 states already...

Washington (AFP) - Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has ushered in sweeping changes to international geopolitics and US government administration with little regard for norms that have...

San Diego (AFP) - Rosalba Hernandez used to keep her children's birth certificates close at hand in case an earthquake struck her part of California. But since Donald Trump returned...

Mexico City (AFP) - President Donald Trump has boosted the US military presence along the border with Mexico and left open the possibility of drone strikes against drug trafficking groups...

(AFP) - US GDP figures for the first quarter are expected to show a sharp drop-off in growth -- and possibly even a recession -- reflecting a surge in imports...

(AFP) - Donald Trump promised Tuesday that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilized...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump has removed Doug Emhoff, husband of his former rival Kamala Harris, from the Holocaust Memorial Council board, drawing an angry reaction. Emhoff, who is married...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has fired former second gentleman Doug Emhoff from the Holocaust Memorial Council board, the Democrat said Tuesday, in an online post suggesting the move was...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to soften tariffs on automakers, sparking cautious optimism in an industry that has been on tenterhooks as it awaits details on the fast-evolving...