U.S. ‘playing with fire’ funding Taiwan’s military, China says
People observe the changing of honor guards in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall at the Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan in October. Photo by…
Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has pushed back on the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to billionaire Elon Musk, who has taken an…
Trump hints he may demand Panama Canal be returned to U.S.
Construction of the Panama Canal, looking north at Gold Hill, from the Cucaracha Slide ca. 1912. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI Dec. 22 (UPI)…
Newsom reads the election returns and heads to red California
For a good deal of this election cycle, Gavin Newsom acted very much like a person wanting to be president.He traveled the country and ran…
Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips
WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish…
Trump taps former ‘The Apprentice’ producer for U.K. special envoy
Mark Burnett, the former producer of The Apprentice reality TV show starring President-elect Donald Trump will be the nation's special envoy to the Unite Source…
Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown | Politics News
The US president hails the passage of the budget legislation after days of uncertainty and negotiations that went down to the wire.United States President Joe…
Lawmakers work past midnight toward approving stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
1 of 7 | Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a press conference in which he answered questions about the spending bill, which was…
Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles cabinet amid persistent pressure to resign | Politics News
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move that sent shockwaves across the country…
US consumer watchdog sues big banks over ‘widespread’ fraud on Zelle app | US Election 2024 News
The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo for failing to protect…
Last-minute budget bill to prevent US government shutdown prevails in House | Government News
A last-minute budget bill has passed in the United States House of Representatives to keep the federal government funded and running through mid-March, averting an…
News Analysis: Europe feels Musk’s political impact. How far will it go?
In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Europe has been bracing for a U.S. administration that could strain traditional transatlantic alliances.That…
US Congress debates last-minute spending bill to avert government shutdown | Donald Trump News
The United States is bracing for a government shutdown, as members of Congress race to negotiate a last-minute budget deal that would keep federal services…
Elon Musk says only far-right AfD party ‘can save Germany’
1 of 2 | Protesters are shown demonstrating against the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany in Hanover, Germany, on Dec. 2, 2017. American billionaire Elon…
Trump threatens trade tariffs unless Europe buys a lot more US oil and gas
US president-elect keeps the prospect of a transatlantic trade war in the air, exactly a month before he is due to walk back into the…
House Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘We have a plan’ after government funding bill fails
1 of 3 | Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to press while house members vote on his spending bill to avoid a…
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more oil and gas from US | International Trade News
EU spokesman says 27-nation bloc, which already buys most US oil and gas exports, open to talks with president-elect.Donald Trump has threatened to levy tariffs…
Watch: Google Doodle video spotlights most searched-for topics of 2024
Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Friday's Google Doodle included a 4-minute video revealing some of the website's most searched-for topics of 2024. Subjects included the rise…
Georgia court disqualifies prosecutor Fani Willis from Trump election case | Donald Trump News
An appeals court in the state of Georgia has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting an election interference…
As fluoridation becomes topic in D.C., town in Florida votes to remove it
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a House Judiciary hearing in Washington, D.C. (2013) The Trump nominee for HHS has said the federal department immediately…