A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to police on Thursday after a standoff that paralyzed a swath of Washington for more than five hours.

Members of the US Congress, including many of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats, said on Tuesday they were increasingly frustrated with events in Afghanistan, vowing to investigate what went wrong. 

Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk legend sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12. 

Rescuers in Haiti Monday used heavy equipment and their bare hands to hunt for survivors under buildings flattened three days ago by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people, while an approaching storm threatened more suffering.

President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of chaos in Kabul that exposed the limits of US power and plunged him into the worst crisis of his presidency. 

Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday submitted preliminary clinical data to US health authorities as part of their effort to seek authorization for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine for all Americans.

A top US defense official says plans are being made to temporarily house thousands of Afghans at three US military installations.

The humiliation of the lightning Taliban takeover in Afghanistan after a 20-year war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives has raised a question for the United States’ staunchest European ally: Is America really back as President Joe Biden promised?

Former US president Donald Trump called for his successor Joe Biden to resign on Sunday over the swift takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban militants, as US troops withdrew from the country after nearly 20 years on the ground.

Former US president Donald Trump called for his successor Joe Biden to resign on Sunday (Aug 15) over the swift takeover of Afghanistan by Taleban militants, as US troops withdrew from the country after nearly 20 years on the ground.

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with Lithuania’s foreign minister on Friday and reiterated U.S. support for the country in the face of pressure from China over its decision to develop ties with Taiwan, the State Department said.

President Joe Biden’s administration has been holding secret talks with more countries than previously known in a desperate attempt to secure deals to temporarily house at-risk Afghans who worked for the US government, four US officials told Reuters. 

The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Immigration advocates criticized President Joe Biden’s asylum policies on Friday, saying expulsions of migrants at the US-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective.” 

Lawmakers in the New York Assembly will suspend their impeachment investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of his promise to step

The US Treasury Department said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and a military unit over the

Immigration advocates criticized President Joe Biden’s asylum policies on Friday, saying expulsions of migrants at the US-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective.” 

July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the climate crisis. 

The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of US residents who identify as “white” has fallen for the first time, according to the latest 2020 census data released Thursday.