Politics

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court for probes targeting America and its ally Israel, but the ICC on Friday vowed to continue providing...

(AFP) - The US Justice Department is scaling back policing of foreign interests operating in the United States, ending criminal enforcement of a law used to snare bad actors seeking...

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday supervised the seizure of a second aircraft belonging to Venezuela's leftist government in less than a year, showing a hard...

(AFP) - The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.  But while the optics make for good political theatre, the flights are...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday sued Chicago, a so-called sanctuary city, arguing that it is illegally blocking efforts to deport undocumented migrants. The move came as Trump's...

(AFP) - A judge on Thursday suspended a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a...

(AFP) - More than two million US federal workers were hours away from a deadline Thursday to quit with eight months' pay or risk being fired on the spot in...

(AFP) - Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a...

(AFP) - US Democrats forced a delay Thursday in a key vote on Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI amid a mushrooming scandal over Republican "enemies lists" allegedly drawn...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump announced Thursday the creation of a task force to "eradicate anti-Christian bias" in government, intensifying a right-wing crackdown since returning to power. The Republican...