The Biden campaign is aiming to energize support in crucial battleground Arizona, initiating a substantial ad buy focused on the issue.

After a winning debut on Wall Street last month, Donald Trump's media group has suffered a bruising retreat, denting the Republican candidate's wealth as he faces legal challenges.

Donald Trump made his name and fortune in New York, but supporters of the former president are thin on the ground in the city that never sleeps ahead of his historic trial that opens Monday.

The US House of Representatives voted Friday to reauthorize an electronic urveillance program targeting foreigners, a practice officials say is critical to national security but criticized by opponents over concerns for American citizens' privacy.

Oil companies drilling on public lands must post larger bonds and pay higher royalties under a rule finalized Friday by the Biden administration.

Belgium on Friday announced it is probing Russian "interference" in the European Parliament following allegations that lawmakers took money to spread Kremlin propaganda ahead of the June EU elections.

Donald Trump goes on trial Monday for allegedly covering up hush money payments to hide affairs ahead of the 2016 presidential election which propelled him into the White House.

Donald Trump becomes the first US ex-president to go on criminal trial Monday -- pushing the nation's legal and electoral systems to the limit less than seven months before Americans decide whether to return the scandal-plagued Republican to the White House.

Senate Democrats issued a subpoena to conservative legal advocate Leonard Leo on Thursday as part of their inquiry into a series of ethics controversies surrounding allegations of lavish travel and gifts provided to justices.

A faction of Republicans who previously blocked a procedural vote on reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) may now be inclined to support modifications to the legislation when it returns for voting on Friday.

The recent uptick in US inflation has weakened the case for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates, a senior Fed policymaker told AFP on Thursday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday called on Americans to overcome their "self-doubt" as he offered a paean to US global leadership before a bitterly divided Congress.

Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola will return to the Cannes Film Festival with his long-awaited epic "Megalopolis", organisers said on Thursday, announcing a line-up that includes some huge names of world cinema.

On Wednesday, the chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Maria Cantwell, indicated that lawmakers might entertain the idea of granting ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, a one-year extension on the proposed deadline to divest the popular short video app.

An appellate judge swiftly rejected former President Donald Trump's third attempt in three days to postpone his New York criminal trial for hush money, set to begin next week.

A group of House Republicans, including 19 members, broke ranks with their party to reject a procedural vote on Wednesday regarding a bill extending the nation's warrantless surveillance powers under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the US House of Representatives to vote immediately on billions of dollars in Ukraine aid, as the chamber's Republican speaker hesitates in the face of pressure from Donald Trump and his allies.

Donald Trump's former finance chief Allen Weisselberg was jailed for five months Wednesday for perjury after he admitted lying to prosecutors as they investigated the former president for fraudulently inflating his wealth.

US consumer inflation continued to accelerate last month, according to US government data published Wednesday, reducing the chances of an early interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve.

Doubts regarding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the U.S. are decreasing as the world's most popular digital asset had a stellar bull run in the first quarter of 2024.

US President Joe Biden hosts a lavish state visit for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Wednesday, featuring a major upgrade in defense ties against China -- and music by Paul Simon.

The delay comes as Senate Republicans explore strategies to exert political pressure on Democrats, which includes the possibility of disrupting Senate proceedings. Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, originally planned to send the articles to the Senate on Wednesday.

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday to keep the identities of potential witnesses in the classified documents case involving Donald Trump secret, addressing a key issue that had stalled progress in the criminal case.

X owner Elon Musk is under investigation in Brazil after he accused a Supreme Court judge of censoring social networks, calling him a "dictator" and vowing to disobey rulings blocking users found to be spreading disinformation.

US President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House Tuesday, kicking off a state visit featuring a major upgrade in defense ties against a resurgent China.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron pleaded Tuesday for US Republicans to approve billions of dollars in military support for Ukraine as he made his case directly to Donald Trump.

The Ohio Secretary of State has sent a letter to the Democratic Party, cautioning that President Joe Biden may not be listed on the November 2024 election ballot unless certain actions are taken.

Former Vice President Mike Pence publicly criticized former President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of adopting a vague stance on abortion policy.

A New York state appeals court judge dismissed Trump's request for an urgent postponement of his upcoming criminal trial in New York.

The Moon's shadow plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into total darkness at 11:07 am local time (1807 GMT) then swept across the United States at supersonic speed, returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast just under an hour-and-a-half after landfall.