Politics

Lawmakers screamed and bickered in a raucous session Tuesday that eventually yielded to a stunned silence: for the first time in US history the House of Representatives had removed its...

The new top US senator on foreign relations on Tuesday blocked some $235 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, after his predecessor was indicted in a...

Flame-throwing Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz made US history on Tuesday by bringing down House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The coiffured 41-year-old seemed not even to break a sweat as he led...

Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans accusing him of a string of broken promises and...

President Joe Biden called key allies Tuesday to reassure them of continued US support for Ukraine, even as renewed political chaos in Washington placed fresh military aid in deeper jeopardy....

New York (AFP) - The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial slapped a limited gag order on the former president after he insulted a court clerk in...

Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans furious at his cooperation with Democrats. The maneuver laid...

Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal rebellion by the far-right of the Republican party furious at his cooperation with Democrats....

Republican Kevin McCarthy rode the tiger of far-right US politics led by Donald Trump to achieve his dream of becoming House speaker early this year. Then on Tuesday, the tiger...

Former US president Donald Trump attended his civil fraud trial in New York for a second day on Tuesday, seizing again on the media exposure to amplify claims  he is...