Politics

(AFP) - US lawmakers scrambled Friday to fund the government before a midnight deadline to avert a partial shutdown on a frantic day of negotiation that sparked calls for new...

(AFP) - President Joe Biden will welcome Iraq's prime minister on April 15 for talks on the US troop presence, the White House announced Friday, as tensions subside following US...

(AFP) - The White House said on Friday it had no initial indication that Ukraine, which is fighting an invasion by Russia, was involved in a "terrible" attack on a...

(AFP) - A hard-right Republican launched a bid on Friday to oust US House Speaker Mike Johnson, reigniting an intra-party battle between traditional conservatives and firebrand supporters of Donald Trump...

(AFP) - The US House of Representatives voted Friday to approve a sprawling $1. 2 trillion package to fund the government, provoking an angry response from conservatives and kicking off...

(AFP) - Shareholders approved a merger Friday to list Donald Trump's social media venture on the US stock market, providing a potential financial lifeline to the former president as he...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying...

(AFP) - US lawmakers are set to vote Friday on a sprawling $1. 2 trillion package to fund the government, teeing off a race against the clock to ensure the...

(AFP) - The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a new draft resolution on an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, after Russia and China vetoed an earlier text proposed by...

Houston (AFP) - A "large group of migrants" crossing into the United States from Mexico broke through razor wire Thursday and rushed the border wall, the border patrol said, the...