Politics

(AFP) - The White House said Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as President Donald Trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition Democrats to end a...

Washington (AFP) - US First Lady Melania Trump said Friday she had been communicating with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the fate of children abducted by Russia in the Ukraine...

(AFP) - Mark Bray, a US university professor and expert on the loosely organized left-wing Antifa movement says he has fled the country after receiving death threats, amid President Donald...

(AFP) - US senators began a long weekend Friday that guarantees the government shutdown lasting at least 14 days, with both sides more entrenched than ever and the military facing...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Roberto Mosquera's family had no trace of him for a month after he was arrested by US immigration agents, until a government social media post revealed he...

(AFP) - Donald Trump heads for his second medical check-up this year on Friday with the oldest elected president in US history insisting that he is in "great shape. "Trump,...

(AFP) - The language was foul, the rage abundant: Thursday's scene outside an ICE facility near Chicago reflected the anguish gripping some Americans as their government unfurls its crackdown on...

(AFP) - Venezuela on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to hold emergency talks over what it said were "mounting threats" from the United States, which has sent warships to...

(AFP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area as part of his...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump is no stranger to ambitious construction projects but could he be eyeing one of his biggest yet? A mock-up of a triumphal arch sat on...