Politics

(AFP) - Legislation to reduce the impact of increasingly devastating forest fires on US federal land passed the House of Representatives on Thursday as firefighters battled to tame the latest...

(AFP) - As Donald Trump appeared on giant screens at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the world's rich and powerful rapturously applauded and snapped photos of the US leader....

(AFP) - A federal judge  blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new president's...

(AFP) - The US Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe with overwhelming bipartisan support as director of the CIA, filling a key post in President Donald Trump's national security team....

Matamoros (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican soldiers rushed Thursday to set up emergency shelters near the border with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's threatened mass deportations. The Mexican...

(AFP) - Is there anybody out there? Yes! says a Republican congressman: the aliens are right under the ocean. US congressional Representative Tim Burchett said in an interview Wednesday that an...

(AFP) - Marco Rubio will make his first trip as US secretary of state to Central American nations including Panama, a spokeswoman said Thursday, after President Donald Trump threatened to...

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to global elites in a video message to the World Economic Forum on Thursday: Make your product in...

(AFP) - Ukraine on Thursday announced evacuations of children from several towns in the northeastern Kharkiv region threatened by Russian forces, as Moscow said it saw nothing new in US...

(AFP) - The Kremlin said Thursday it saw nothing new in US President Donald Trump's calls for Russia to end its military offensive in Ukraine, and that Moscow was ready...