Politics

(AFP) - Right-wing firebrand Matt Gaetz on Thursday pulled out of the confirmation process to become US attorney general, pitching Donald Trump's incoming administration into fresh turmoil. Trump had picked...

(AFP) - The congressional panel which investigated allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the US Justice Department, parted ways Wednesday without releasing its...

(AFP) - The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the...

(AFP) - The congressional panel which investigated allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the US Justice Department, parted ways Wednesday without releasing its...

(AFP) - Elon Musk outlined plans Wednesday for his new role as "efficiency" czar -- signaling an assault on federal spending and staffing that would be backed by President-elect Donald...

(AFP) - Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, British media reported Wednesday, after being given the green light from London. Several missiles were...

(AFP) - The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives voiced support Wednesday for banning a newly elected transgender woman from using women's restrooms in the legislature. "All single-sex...

(AFP) - Elon Musk outlined plans Wednesday for his new role as "efficiency" czar -- signaling an assault on federal spending and staffing that would be backed by President-elect Donald...

(AFP) - US auto giants signaled Wednesday they could further slow the ramp-up of electric vehicle production as Detroit awaits the arrival of a Trump administration eager to reverse key...

(AFP) - A US judge sentenced an undocumented migrant to life imprisonment without parole on Wednesday for the murder of a young nursing student -- a case repeatedly cited by...