Politics

(AFP) - Elon Musk, the world's richest person and one of Donald Trump's closest allies, met with US lawmakers Thursday on his plans for overseeing radical government spending cuts under...

(AFP) - The outgoing US intelligence coordinator on Thursday downplayed fears that allies could cut cooperation if Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick to replace her, is confirmed. Outgoing...

(AFP) - Elon Musk, appointed by Donald Trump to head a government efficiency commission, will meet with congressional lawmakers in Washington on Thursday to discuss his plans for radical budget...

(AFP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he was "not concerned" the US central bank would lose its independence, despite President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he should...

(AFP) - New York police scoured the city Thursday for a masked gunman who shot a top health insurance executive at close range in a brazen daylight killing outside a...

(AFP) - The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up...

Hagatna (Guam) (AFP) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Thursday called on like-minded governments to "safeguard democracy" during a visit to US territory Guam, his second stop on American soil...

(AFP) - Donald Trump asked a Georgia appeals court on Wednesday to toss out the only remaining criminal prosecution facing him as he prepares to return to the White House....

(AFP) - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to adopt "sanctuary city" status for America's second biggest metropolis, as liberal jurisdictions gird for Donald Trump's return to the...

(AFP) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence Wednesday that Elon Musk would not use his proximity to Donald Trump to harm business rivals, calling such actions "profoundly un-American. "Speaking...