Politics

(AFP) - Scott Konopasek, a decorated US veteran, has gone from defending his country to protesting the government, angered by deep budget cuts hurting former members of the military. Wearing...

(AFP) - NATO leaders meeting in The Hague this month look set to agree to a major increase in military budgets under pressure from US President Donald Trump. But as...

(AFP) - A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles...

(AFP) - The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging nations to take "all measures necessary" to place pressure on Israel....

(AFP) - President Donald Trump warned Thursday that Israel may soon strike Iran's nuclear sites, but urged the key US ally to hold off as he stressed his commitment to...

(AFP) - California's stand-off with President Donald Trump's administration ratcheted up Thursday, after a sitting US senator was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a press conference on immigration raids that...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump's dream of hosting a grand military parade in Washington on his 79th birthday on Saturday could be clouded by thunderstorms. Forecasters say there is...

(AFP) - The US Congress on Thursday passed a bill imposing harsher penalties on fentanyl traffickers, with lawmakers from both parties anxious to crack down on an opioid that has...

(AFP) - US lawmakers on Thursday approved a White House request to claw back $9. 4 billion from funding already allocated by Congress in a victory for President Donald Trump...

(AFP) - A US senator from California was forcibly removed from a news conference being held by Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Thursday, in the latest escalation of tensions...