ICC prosecutor removed over ‘misconduct’
AFP, United Nations
26 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
US measles outbreak the worst in 35 years: official data
AFP, Washington
25 July 2026, 09:06 AM USA
US sends aid to Cuba as part of $100m commitment
AFP, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
US plans to announce nuke deal with KSA
AFP, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
RED SEA FLASHPOINT / Houthi threat tests stretched US military
Reuters, Washington
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM World
US readies new tariffs as Trump’s 10% levy to expire
AFP, Washington
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
New Air Force One to be ‘maxed out’
AFP, Joint Base Andrews
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Rubio, Lebanese president hold talks in Washington
AFP, Washington
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Influencer Andrew Tate and brother arrested in Miami
AFP, Washington
19 July 2026, 11:28 AM USA

'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across US

Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations.
18 January 2021, 11:58 AM

FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack

US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.
18 January 2021, 09:25 AM

Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself: source

US President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.
18 January 2021, 05:50 AM

Law enforcement officials brace for pro-Trump protests at state capitol buildings

Law enforcement officials battened down statehouses across the country on Sunday in anticipation of potentially violent protests by Trump supporters who believe the baseless claim that electoral fraud robbed the president of a second term.
17 January 2021, 19:02 PM

Guatemala cracks down on US-bound 8,000-strong migrant caravan from Honduras

Guatemalan authorities on Saturday escalated efforts to stop thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, traveling in a migrant caravan bound for the United States just as a new administration is about to enter the White House.
17 January 2021, 06:03 AM

Trump to leave DC on Inauguration Day

By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official has said.
16 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden promises ‘new chapter’ for Americans

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled plans Thursday for fighting Covid and injecting $1.9 trillion into a battered US economy, but already his ambitious first 100 days agenda is overshadowed by the looming Senate trial of his soon-to-be predecessor Donald Trump.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
15 January 2021, 15:36 PM

‘Auschwitz’ T-shirt-wearing Capitol rioter arrested

A US Capitol rioter seen wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt taunting Jews over the Nazi death camp was arrested Wednesday, the FBI said.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden names Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique for key White House position

Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique has been named by President-elect Joe Biden for a key position in the office of the White House deputy chief of staff.
14 January 2021, 14:47 PM

Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days

The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the US House of Representatives, for inciting last week’s deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden’s term.
14 January 2021, 12:38 PM

Snapchat permanently bans Donald Trump from site

Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage.
14 January 2021, 04:20 AM

Explainer: What will Congress do now that Trump has been impeached a second time?

The House of Representatives on Wednesday made Donald Trump the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.
14 January 2021, 03:44 AM

YouTube suspends Trump's channel after violating policy on inciting violence

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the US Capitol by the president’s supporters.
13 January 2021, 09:33 AM

With some Republicans on board, US House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the US. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.
13 January 2021, 04:42 AM

Security fears hit Biden inauguration

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM

FBI warns of armed protests ahead of inauguration

The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration, a federal law enforcement source said on Monday.
12 January 2021, 06:42 AM

Twitter suspends tens of thousands of accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon content

Twitter Inc said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week’s violence in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol.
12 January 2021, 03:47 AM

Biden inauguration: worries as Homeland Security chief quits

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.
12 January 2021, 03:30 AM

Democrats introduce resolution to impeach Trump

House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump yesterday, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in last week’s riots at the US Capitol.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM