Politics

(AFP) - "Everyone knows she's a Marxist," Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has repeated loudly and often, referring to his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who he is hoping to tar...

(AFP) - For Pennsylvania farmer George Wherry, 85, fracking for natural gas under his otherwise bucolic fields means greater economic "freedom" -- one of the many reasons he'll be voting...

(AFP) - A Georgia judge on Thursday dismissed three of the counts in the indictment accusing former US president Donald Trump and co-defendants of conspiring to overturn the results of...

(AFP) - Donald Trump said Thursday he would not take part in another debate with Kamala Harris, as the White House rivals headed back to battleground states that are set...

(AFP) - A North Dakota judge on Thursday struck down a law banning most abortions in the conservative US state, ruling that it was vague and unconstitutional. North Dakota's legislature...

(AFP) - Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will not participate in another televised debate with his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of November's presidential election. "THERE WILL...

(AFP) - Government buildings and an elementary school in Springfield, Ohio were evacuated Thursday after an emailed bomb threat, police said, rattling the small US city at the heart of...

(AFP) - Four Black rights activists were convicted on Thursday of federal charges of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents, the Justice Department said. Omali Yeshitela, 82, Penny Hess,...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Washington called Thursday for two new permanent seats on the UN Security Council for African nations, alongside a rotating seat for island states --...

New York (AFP) - New York's top cop, head of the largest police department in the United States, resigned Thursday amid corruption probes swirling through the city's leadership. The storied...