Politics

New York (AFP) - A key selling point of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run was that he was a businessman, not a politician. But his corporate empire -- which served...

Seven US presidential hopefuls tussled over immigration, China and the economy Wednesday at the second Republican primary debate -- but saved some of their most strident remarks to slam frontrunner...

The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's historic trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election rejected a motion on Wednesday from the former president that she...

In a politically crucial US state where workers make cars they can scarcely afford, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face a tough battle for blue-collar votes. "It would be half...

US soldier Travis King has been freed by North Korea and is "happy" to be heading home on Wednesday, nearly three months after he ran across the border from the...

The United States is heading toward a government shutdown this weekend with no foreseeable way out of a deadlock in Congress over hardline Republican calls for deep spending cuts. The...

US Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Wednesday to corruption charges in a New York federal court, where he and his wife appeared on bribery and extortion allegations involving the...

Resident White House canine Commander was back in the doghouse on Wednesday after the Biden family pet bit another Secret Service agent. The feisty German shepherd, who arrived as a...

The United States said Wednesday it will start letting Israelis visit without visas, granting a key wish of its ally after concluding it had reduced discrimination against Arab Americans --...

Republican hopefuls will seek to wrest the spotlight from scandal-plagued Donald Trump in their second US presidential debate Wednesday as the absent frontrunner bids to upstage the event with his...