WASHINGTON — The US government on Saturday entered a partial shutdown as a midnight funding deadline for a 2026 budget passed unapproved by Congress, following the recent killings of protesters. Disruption was expected to be limited, however,…
GENEVA — World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus dismissed Washington’s stated reasons for withdrawing from the UN health agency as “untrue.” According to WHO, the US’ formal withdrawal “makes both the US and the world less…
WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump on Monday deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, seeking to cement his claim to be a “law and order” president with a crackdown that he…
WASHINGTON, United States – Salvage crews have recovered the bodies of all 67 people killed when a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter collided near Washington and plunged into the Potomac River, officials said Tuesday. All…
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump–speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington’s Potomac River – launched a political attack Thursday, blaming diversity hires for the midair collision between an airliner…
WASHINGTON, United States — Divers pulled bodies from the icy waters of Washington’s Potomac river Thursday after a US military helicopter collided midair with a passenger plane carrying 64 people, with officials saying there were likely no…
WASHINGTON, United States — Move over President Trump — the newest stars in Washington are two giant pandas who made their public debut on Friday in front of hundreds of adoring fans. Bao Li and Qing Bao…
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump landed in Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration, with the billionaire Republican set to attend a series of events and celebrations before reclaiming the presidency. Trump, who arrived with his wife Melania…
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that the trilateral summit between the Philippines, US, and Japan is a result of their strong relations and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. At the start…
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has arrived here for a three-day visit to take part in the first trilateral meeting among the Philippines, Japan, and the US. He arrived Wednesday at 7:53 p.m.…
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is exceeding previous projections of how quickly it is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like. The…
