Politics

(AFP) - US lawmakers voted Wednesday after fraught negotiations to move forward with a contentious 2025 defense budget that raises troops' pay but blocks funding of gender-affirming care for some...

(AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked Canada's Justin Trudeau as the "governor" of a state, rather than prime minister of the giant US neighbor. "It was a...

(AFP) - US lawmakers voted Wednesday after fraught negotiations to move forward with a contentious 2025 defense budget that raises troops' pay but blocks funding of gender-affirming care for some...

(AFP) - FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that he will resign in January before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. "After weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right...

(AFP) - Congressional Republicans on Wednesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, capping a long...

(AFP) - Economic officials in outgoing President Joe Biden's administration are set to meet their Chinese counterparts this week for talks, in a final effort to strengthen ties before Donald...

(AFP) - US consumer inflation ticked up for a second consecutive month in November, driven by food prices and other sectors, according to government data published Wednesday, complicating the Federal...

Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Wednesday on an emergency tour after the overthrow of Syria's dictatorship, in a new, last-minute attempt to shape a Middle...

(AFP) - Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Tuesday branded his successor Donald Trump's economic plans a "disaster," in a speech hailing his own legacy. Biden said Trump's threats to...

(AFP) - For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner. Islamist rebels' toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad...