The level of violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably high and the United States expects further setbacks during talks, the Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Tuesday, as the Afghan government and Taliban remained far apart on even basic issues 10 days into talks meant to end two...

President Donald Trump's push to widen the US Supreme Court's conservative majority received a boost Tuesday as a longtime rival, Republican Senator Mitt Romney, said the Senate should move forward with a vote on his replacement for liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Romney's decision...

Donald Trump and his rival for the White House, Joe Biden, were campaigning Monday in two US battleground states that could decide the November election as they sparred over the president's plan to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. A Republican seeking re-election on Nov. 3, Trump will hold...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to rush a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as pressure mounted on senators to support or oppose a quick vote to fill the seat. As the Senate returned to...