Politics

(AFP) - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat and outspoken advocate for racial justice and minorities' rights, has died, her family said on Friday. She was 74

(AFP) - Riding high after a triumphant convention that formalized Donald Trump as the Republican Party's White House nominee, the ex-president returns to the campaign trail Saturday for his first...

(AFP) - Sonia Villamizar has never cast a vote in the United States, despite becoming a citizen two decades ago. With a close presidential election looming, and both parties campaigning...

(AFP) - US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and pledged to end the European country's war with Russia....

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden pledged to stay in the White House race Friday, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon...

New York (AFP) - A New York judge on Friday set a tentative November date for the retrial of disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein on sexual assault charges. Weinstein, 72,...

Washington (AFP) - Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. The...

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden doubled down on his pledge to stay in the White House race Friday, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could...

(AFP) - America is witnessing a split-screen moment for the ages: a wounded but triumphant Donald Trump uniting Republicans behind his White House bid as his Democratic rival Joe Biden's...

Yekaterinburg (Russia) (AFP) - US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced by a Russian court on Friday to 16 years in prison for "espionage", a verdict slammed as "despicable", "disgraceful" and...