Politics

(AFP) - Argentina's peso slumped more than 11 percent against the US dollar Monday, after Javier Milei's libertarian government loosened currency controls to win a $20 billion IMF bailout. The...

(AFP) - A man who allegedly torched two vehicles at a Tesla dealership and painted "Die Elon" on the side of the building has been hit with federal charges, the...

(AFP) - The United States opened the door on Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese...

(AFP) - Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said are intended to crack down...

(AFP) - Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US antitrust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power...

(AFP) - US tariff exemptions for electronics prompted market rallies Monday from Asia to Wall Street, but uncertainty dominated in a global trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned...

(AFP) - US prosecutors charged a man on Monday with the attempted murder of Democratic heavyweight and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro after a weekend arson attack at his official residence,...

(AFP) - President Donald Trump on Monday hosted El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who is now the US leader's key ally in a controversial push...

(AFP) - Stock markets on Monday welcomed US tariff exemptions for electronics, but President Donald Trump signalled the reprieve would be temporary and warned no country would get "off the...

(AFP) - Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become...