Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas is thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle...

The man who brought two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump wants to testify publicly, as two of his top deputies set up a law firm to take on public corruption issues.

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Whispers from the White House suggest that President Donald Trump may well be losing his grip on reality

Belarusian incursions into Lithuania’s airspace constitute a “hybrid attack” by the Lukashenko regime, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, as the Belarusian representative ...

Starbucks has agreed to pay $38.9 million to settle claims by New York City that the coffee chain violated a local law requiring fast food businesses to give workers predictable and stable schedules more than half a million times over a three-year period, Mayor Eric Adams' office said on Monday.

The United States claims it wants to crack down on drugs—but that’s not the whole story

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for receiving millions of dollars for protecting drug smugglers.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was the first U.K. political party to accept donations in cryptocurrency — and now the government is considering a ban.

Until the industry pays a fair price and governments enforce real accountability, every bar of chocolate remains an unpaid moral debt.

Beware Europe’s great de-galvanisation

A federal grand jury is investigating the Evanston clash between US Customs and Border Patrol agents and the public on Halloween.

US has said it hopes other countries will follow as health policy experts say the agreement signals a shift away from value-for-money assessment * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The federal health minister, Mark Butler, said the government is trying to understand a “dynamic shift that’s happening in the global pharmaceutical market” following a new agreement that will see the UK pay 25% more for new US medicines, as drugs policy experts warn the deal sets a “problematic precedent”. Under the deal, the UK will double the percentage of GDP it allocates to buying innovative therapies from the US. The deal has led to UK experts expressing concern that the National Health Service will pay more money for new treatments, with less money left to pay for health staff and proven existing treatments. Continue reading...

Airline travelers without a Real ID will pay a $45 fee to pass through security checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa have filed lawsuits against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging Sean Gardner preyed on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach's behavior.

While Western nations focus on the competitive threat of Chinese EVs, a different challenge is reshaping the auto industry. Beijing's legacy automakers are saturating emerging and second-tier markets with fossil-fuel vehicles — often undercutting their foreign partners.

The European Union’s foreign-policy chief says rules, tools and values will be key for the continent in 2026