Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election is close to being wrapped up, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Monday. Mueller's office has been notoriously tight-lipped about...

The United States last year slid down the rankings of a global corruption index as America's system of checks and balances faced growing threats on Donald Trump's watch, Transparency International said Tuesday. The US lost four points to score 71 out of 100 on the watchdog's 2018 Corruption...

US President Donald Trump has yielded to pressure to end the longest government shutdown in US history, dropping his previous insistence on immediate funding to build a wall along the Mexican border. Friday's announcement on the bipartisan deal marked a retreat by Trump, suspending a political...

U.S. senators made a new try at ending a partial month-long government shutdown through a temporary funding bill on Thursday, but President Donald Trump demanded a "down payment" for a border wall that Democrats reject. After the Republican-led Senate failed to advance two measures to...