Politics

Washington (AFP) - Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of...

Altadena (United States) (AFP) - After being largely reduced to ashes by wildfire, Altadena was being patrolled by National Guard soldiers on Friday. For residents of this devastated Los Angeles...

Washington (AFP) - The United States and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia's energy sector, including oil giant Gazprom Neft, just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office....

New York (AFP) - It was, by many measures, a trial like New York had definitely seen before -- a panel of citizen jurors finding a real estate mogul guilty...

San Francisco (AFP) - Social media giant Meta announced Friday it is dismantling its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the company, marking another major shift in strategy as...

Washington (AFP) - A US judge held former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court on Friday for continuing to defame two Georgia election workers. Giuliani, Donald Trump's...

Washington (AFP) - Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor's moving state funeral...

Washington (AFP) - Incoming US president Donald Trump sparked a political battle with outgoing leader Joe Biden and California's Democratic governor Thursday over the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles. Trump launched...

Washington (AFP) - US tech billionaire Elon Musk doubled down Thursday on his full-throated support for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), promoting its leader Alice Weidel during a...

Washington (AFP) - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged the US Supreme Court on Thursday to reject President-elect Donald Trump's request to block sentencing in his hush money case. Trump...