Ninety-nine days into office President Donald Trump jetted into Atlanta, Georgia on Friday to address the National Rifle Association, earning a triumphant welcome from the hugely powerful US gun...
Ninety-nine days after taking office, President Donald Trump on Friday is set to address the National Rifle Association, the hugely powerful US gun lobby that will surely give him a triumphant...
After moving to unstitch climate change rules, US President Donald Trump Wednesday opened the door to undoing the federally protected status of some of America's vast nature preserves. He signed an...
After moving to unstitch climate change rules, US President Donald Trump is turning his sights on America's vast nature preserves, with a view to possibly lifting federal protections brought in over...
Bill O'Reilly: the career firebrand who went down in flames The career of Bill O'Reilly at Fox News went up in flames Wednesday, a fiery end to as combustible a figure as television news has ever...
The man convicted in the infamous New York kidnap and murder of a six-year-old boy almost 40 years ago was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Tuesday. In case that still haunts US parents and...
Legendary US comedian Don Rickles, who was known for his biting wit that spared no one, died on Thursday from kidney failure at his Los Angeles home, his publicist said. He was 90 years old. Rickles,...
Gay rights advocates Wednesday hailed a first-of-its-kind federal appeals court ruling that employers cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation. The ruling Tuesday by the 7th Circuit Court of...
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA "supports or...
The US has withdrawn funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department said the UNFPA “supports or...
Transitioning from businessman to politician has been tough for Donald Trump. The billionaire dealmaker promised sweeping-change-made-easy as president, but now finds himself facing fierce opposition...
After a crushing defeat in the effort to repeal Obamacare, the Trump administration is hoping for smoother sailing on tax reform, expecting this will be less divisive among Republican party factions....
Thirty-five years ago on Monday, Richard Nixon's re-election campaign approved plans to bug Democratic Party offices at the Watergate complex, setting in motion the most notorious political scandal...
US actor Tom Hanks gave White House journalists a new espresso machine Thursday, calling their caffeine-addled plight to cover the news a fight for "truth, justice, and the American way." The actor's...
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer...
US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians,...
US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border “soon, way ahead of schedule”, in a speech at a conservative event. Addressing the Conservative Political Action...
Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the United States, has died aged 69. She was represented under a pseudonym in the Roe v Wade case, in what ended up being a landmark and...
After a turbulent four weeks as president of the United States, Donald Trump's frustration finally burst out. The stately walls of the East Room trembled Thursday as the 45th president unleashed a...
The United States and Russia may be on the verge of a new arms race in Europe, decades after the missile crisis that shook the Old Continent in the waning years of the Soviet Union. President Donald...