Trump approval drops 3 points to 2019 low after release of Mueller report

The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump drops by 3 percentage points to the lowest level of the year following the release of a special counsel report detailing Russian interference in the last US presidential election, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll.
20 April 2019, 04:57 AM

California parents who starved, shackled children sentenced to life

The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time, alternately condemning and forgiving their parents before a judge sentences the pair to up to life in prison.
20 April 2019, 04:22 AM

‘It’ll be my team’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said US diplomatic efforts will continue toward the goal of denuclearization of North Korea, a day after a North Korean official said it no longer wanted to deal with him in talks.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US ramps up pressure on Cuba over Venezuela

The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed new sanctions and other punitive measures on Cuba and Venezuela, seeking to ratchet up US pressure on Havana to end its support for Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro.
18 April 2019, 19:12 PM

‘End of my presidency’

US President Donald Trump reacted with dismay when told a special counsel had been appointed to look into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to the Mueller report published Thursday.
18 April 2019, 18:53 PM

Trump vetoes bill

President Donald Trump has vetoed a resolution from Congress directing him to end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the second such move of his presidency.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war

President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end US military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
17 April 2019, 04:39 AM

Trump campaign raised over $30m in first quarter

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raised more than $30 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2019 -- an
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Pompeo says US won’t quit fight in Venezuela

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the
13 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US mayors decry Trump sanctuary city threat

Democratic US mayors said on Friday their cities would welcome illegal immigrants, dismissing President Donald Trump’s threats to
13 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Want to beat Trump?

Presidential hopefuls must walk a fine line to defeat US President Donald Trump, presenting their own views while fending off his attacks, said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump in a bitter 2016 race.
13 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US has 2 months to finalize extradition case against WikiLeaks' Assange

US prosecutors have just under two months to present British authorities with a final and detailed criminal case to justify the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a US government official says.
13 April 2019, 05:30 AM

I know nothing about WikiLeaks: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not have an opinion about the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces the prospect of extradition to the United States over the publishing of secret official information.
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

WikiLeaks: Journalism or not?

After the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, his lawyer was quick to characterize it as an assault against the rights of journalists all over the world who seek to uncover secrets.
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US school principal dies after making a bone marrow donation to save a stranger

A New Jersey high school principal who had agreed to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old stranger in France has died, weeks after he lapsed into a coma during the procedure, his family says.
11 April 2019, 05:35 AM

US 'leader of world terrorism': Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday accused the US of being the real "leader of world terrorism", hitting back after Washington
9 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US Homeland Security Secretary resigns

US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump's bitterly con-tested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

US labels Iran military group as terrorists

US President Donald Trump yesterday designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a for-eign terrorist organization, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country's military a terrorist group.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns amid Trump anger over border

US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump's bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigns amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico.
8 April 2019, 04:38 AM

'Give me a quickie'

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he made the controversial decision to recognize Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan
7 April 2019, 18:00 PM