Politics

(AFP) - The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday as Donald Trump's choice to lead the country's intelligence services, despite criticism over her lack of experience and past...

(AFP) - Republicans vowed Wednesday to tackle the "stunning" US national debt, as lawmakers began work on President Donald Trump's plan for the most radical downsizing of the federal government...

Washington (AFP) - The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier,...

Washington (AFP) - Apple has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" for US users of its mapping application to comply with an executive order by President...

(AFP) - With its flattering rhetoric, leniency in responding to US trade threats and alignment with Washington this week at a summit on artificial intelligence, the United Kingdom has signalled...

(AFP) - US President Donald Trump has threatened to broaden his trade war by unveiling reciprocal tariffs Thursday, the latest among sweeping measures targeting allies and competitors alike. Trump's fresh...

(AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will try on a US visit to pick up where he left off four years ago in wooing Donald Trump, as he offered...

(AFP) - When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines from the country  -- until China stepped in with...

Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk made his debut public appearance with Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday to announce fresh powers to overhaul the US government -- even if...

(AFP) - Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said Tuesday that the United States would go "bankrupt" without budget...