California legislators late Monday approved extending the state's tough measures to fight climate change to 2030, a major victory for Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The "cap-and-trade" measure --...
Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party's efforts to revamp Obamacare, derailing the controversial legislation in its current form and potentially dealing a...
The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote is needed to pass the legislation, recovering from surgery away from...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, according to portions of the application released under court...
Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top legislative priority, but the fresh effort already faced skepticism from within the...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security clearance application, according to portions of the application released under court...
Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell will try to pull a political rabbit out of his hat Thursday when he unveils a revamped health care bill, after unpopular earlier versions frustrated...
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday he rejected the use of torture in interrogations, calling the practice illegal and ineffective. Asked in a...
The US Senate will delay its summer break by two weeks to focus on breaking an impasse over health care reform and other pending work, Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. A day after...
US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Randal Quarles, a former Treasury Department official, to a role as the country's top banks regulator, the White House said Monday. Quarles, who is...
Several Mauritanian opposition parties said Monday that they had formed a coalition to boycott a referendum set for August 5 which they say is a smokescreen to keep the ruling party in power. The...
Members of the Kenyan Parliament who will be elected to the 12th Parliament will not benefit from the Sh5,000 allowance their predecessors enjoyed for sittings. This is after the Salaries and...
President Donald Trump prodded US lawmakers Monday to pass an unpopular health care reform bill before Congress goes on its summer recess next month. Trump chided lawmakers as the Senate reconvened...
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work "constructively" with Russia despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged election meddling, as reports broke that his eldest son met a...
Cambodian ruling party MPs on Monday voted to effectively sever ties between the beleaguered opposition and its figurehead, as Prime Minister Hun Sen presses home his authority ahead of key polls...
The United States, entangled in conflict overseas and struggling economically, was at a fraught moment when the president called for a national health care overhaul. The country "now spends more than...
The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three international schools in a bid to attract bankers from the City of London. French Prime...
As he rubs shoulders with leaders of the world's other major economies, Donald Trump is in a bullish mood about the US recovery even if there are clouds on the horizon. "Stock Market at all time...
Mali's constitutional court Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Ibrahima Boubacar Keita over a controversial referendum, saying changes his government wants to make to the national...
US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its support to eliminate militancy and in particular the Haqqani network, responsible for...
