Politics

(AFP) - The Republican-led US House of Representatives on Wednesday quashed a bid by the minority Democrats to force a vote on eliminating President Donald Trump's scaled-down global tariffs. A...

(AFP) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated the idea on Wednesday of US troops returning to Panama to "secure" its strategically vital canal, a suggestion quickly shot down by...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump abruptly paused tariffs on most countries Wednesday after admitting they made the markets nervous, but doubled down on a brutal trade war with superpower...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies...

(AFP) - The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is appealing a court ruling ordering the White House to restore the Associated Press's access to official presidential events. The US...

Washington (AFP) - Federal judges in New York and Texas temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Wednesday from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members without a court hearing. The US Supreme...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against...

(AFP) - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who has said Israel enjoys a divine right to the West Bank, as ambassador to Israel. Huckabee...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump brushed off global market panic Wednesday after China and the European Union announced retaliatory tariffs, telling Americans to stay "cool" despite his spiraling trade...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump's trade war boiled over on Wednesday as China and the European Union adopted retaliatory tariffs against US goods, fuelling fresh market volatility. Trump's latest...