Politics

(AFP) - Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris's drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, as shock gives way to anger and...

(AFP) - Donald Trump will have almost complete control over the levers of government -- with only limited checks on his power -- if Republicans add the House of Representatives...

(AFP) - Plea agreements with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants are valid and binding, a US military judge said in a ruling published Thursday, three months...

(AFP) - Since learning that Donald Trump will return to the White House, undocumented immigrant Angel Palazuelos has struggled to sleep. The 22-year-old, a graduate student in biomedical engineering who...

(AFP) - Donald Trump supporters who were charged with storming the US Capitol are now expecting pardons from the incoming American president, who has lauded them as "patriots" and "political...

(AFP) - The US Federal Reserve shrugged off concerns about the economic impact of Donald Trump's election victory and moved ahead with a quarter point cut Thursday.   The Fed sits...

Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made the first appointment of his new administration -- naming a chief of staff -- with other key jobs set to...

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve shrugged off concerns about the impact of Donald Trump's election victory on interest rates and moved ahead with a quarter point cut Thursday....

(AFP) - What will Donald Trump's second stint in the White House mean for a US tech industry in the throes of an artificial intelligence frenzy?For sure Elon Musk, the...

(AFP) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday called an emergency session of his state's legislature in response to Donald Trump's election, urging lawmakers to prepare to fight "unlawful" federal...