Politics

(AFP) - For months, US President Donald Trump has been piling pressure on the Federal Reserve over delayed cuts to interest rates, casting the institution's independence into doubt. Trump's recent...

(AFP) - A federal judge, in a scathing ruling on Friday, tossed out US President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. District Judge Steven Merryday...

(AFP) - Venezuela on Friday accused the United States of waging an "undeclared war" in the Caribbean and called for a UN probe of American strikes that have killed over...

(AFP) - Donald Trump's pick to join the US Federal Reserve said Friday that he did not speak to the president about how to vote on interest rates ahead of...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone Friday with expectations that they were set to finalize the fate of the hugely popular...

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump, who recently accused Xi Jinping of working to "conspire" against the United States, hopes to finalize the fate of video-sharing app TikTok and make...

(AFP) - The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the...

(AFP) - For Americans, the words are practically sacred: the First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech.  But that right is now the subject of bitter debate,...

(AFP) - Young Americans challenging President Donald Trump's fossil fuel agenda say they were proud to have their day in court -- even if it meant fielding tough, sometimes perplexing...

New York (AFP) - A US medical panel handpicked by President Donald Trump's health secretary made its first alteration to the standard childhood vaccine schedule on Thursday, as public health...