Pelosi to step down from U.S. House leadership, remain in Congress
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that powerful post, said on Thursday she will step down as the chamber’s Democratic leader as ...
US retail sales rise solidly; fourth-quarter GDP estimates raised
U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in October as households stepped up purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, suggesting consumer spending picked up early ...
Republicans win U.S. House majority, setting stage for divided government
Republicans were projected to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives setting the stage for two years of divided government as President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party ...
NASA’s Artemis rocket blasts off on test flight to moon
NASA’s towering next-generation moon rocket blasted off from Florida early on Wednesday on its debut flight, a crewless voyage inaugurating the U.S. space agency’s Artemis exploration program 50 ...
Trump launches 2024 U.S. presidential run, getting jump on rivals
Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to ...
Three members of University of Virginia football team slain in shooting, suspect in custody
A suspect in a shooting at the University of Virginia that left three members of the University of Virginia football team dead was in custody on Monday, hours after he ...
Russian and U.S. officials holding talks in Turkey – Kommersant
Russian and U.S. officials are holding talks in the Turkish capital Ankara, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Monday, citing a source, amid continued high tensions between Moscow and ...
Biden, Xi clash over Taiwan, but military action seen as unlikely
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in blunt talks over Taiwan and North Korea on Monday in a three-hour meeting aimed at preventing strained U....
Biden and Xi to meet ahead of G20, Musk addresses business forum by candlelight
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) ...
IMF chief warns on U.S.-China rivalry, calls Trump-era tariffs counterproductive
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned of risks to the global economy from the rivalry between China and the United States, while describing tariffs put on Chinese imports ...
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473 million in punitive damages in Sandy Hook defamation case
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages for his defamatory claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting, a Connecticut judge ruled on Thursday.
The ruling came a ...
Record-breaking $1.5bn art sale for late Microsoft co-founder’s collection
Five dozen works from Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh and other revered artists brought in $1.5 billion on Wednesday at an auction of part of the vast collection of paintings and ...
Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs
Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives early on Thursday, while control of the Senate hung in the balance, two days after ...
Control of U.S. Congress unclear as Republican ‘red wave’ fizzles (updated)
Republicans made modest gains in U.S. midterm elections but Democrats performed better than expected, as control of the Senate hinged on three races that remained too close to call ...
US basketball star Griner headed to Russian penal colony
Russian authorities last week transferred U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from a detention centre outside Moscow and she is now on her way to an undisclosed penal colony, her ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter girds for surge in U.S. midterm election misinformation
Days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates, election experts are anxiously bracing for a surge in ...
Control of Congress – and Biden’s power – on the ballot
Americans on Tuesday cast the final ballots in U.S. midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on ...
Trump says he will make a ‘big announcement’ on Nov 15
Former U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday he would mount a 2024 presidential run as soon as next week, saying at a political rally in Ohio on Monday he ...
Biden, Trump make final pitches to U.S. voters on eve of midterm elections
One day before midterm elections that could usher in a new era of divided government in Washington, President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump will hold competing rallies in ...
Russia’s Prigozhin: I interfered in U.S. elections and will continue in the futuure
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has ...
Kremlin declines to comment on reported Ukraine talks with Biden aide
The Kremlin declined to comment on Monday on a Wall Street Journal report that Washington had held undisclosed talks with top Russian officials about avoiding further escalation in the Ukraine ...
Exxon faces $2 billion loss on sale of troubled California oil properties
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) will take up to a $2 billion loss on the highly leveraged sale of a troubled California offshore oil and gas field that have been idled ...
NY Fed official: Digital dollar could speed foreign exchange settlement
A top Federal Reserve Bank of New York official said on Friday that the bank sees promise in using a central bank digital dollar to speed up settlement time in ...
Biden, Trump headline dueling rallies as U.S. midterms near
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump headline rallies in New York and Florida, respectively, on Sunday to fire up voters two days before a tight midterm election in ...