Politics

Washington (AFP) - The smash hit musical "Hamilton" has cancelled a planned run at the Kennedy Center because President Donald Trump has destroyed the political neutrality of the US capital's...

(AFP) - New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a "deeply disappointing" remark questioning Donald Trump's grasp of history, the foreign minister said Thursday. High...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Democrats who heckled him during a speech to Congress behaved so badly they deserve to lose the next congressional election....

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee. Strongly...

(AFP) - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, to be deputy attorney general, the second-highest ranking job in the Justice Department. Blanche,...

(AFP) - The United States on Wednesday confirmed unprecedented direct talks with Hamas on hostages, as Israel threatened to renew its military campaign in Gaza despite a fragile ceasefire. The...

(AFP) - Consumer items ranging from avocados and strawberries to electronics and gasoline look poised for price hikes in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut some 80,000 jobs from the federal department overseeing veterans' health care and other benefits, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by...

(AFP) - For decades, Mexico's industrial borderlands boomed thanks to growing trade with the world's largest economy next door. Today, US tariffs cast a long shadow over a region home...

(AFP) - Greenlanders on Wednesday shrugged off US President Donald Trump's vow to take over the Arctic island, seeing it merely as an opportunity to advance their own independence bid....