US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic ...

Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the government shutdown ...

Trump travels to Asia for summits and a meeting with China's Xi as U.S. government shutdown drags on

President Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip to the region since taking office in January as the government shutdown ...

Judge considers demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown

The plaintiffs argued in their lawsuit that failing to maintain the SNAP funding was illegal, arbitrary and capricious, and ...

Americans increasingly concerned about government shutdown, more blame Republicans and Trump than Democrats: Poll

Democrats are more united, saying that Trump and Republicans are to blame for the shutdown (81%) than Republicans saying ...

Penny shortage seen as the US Mint stops making them

The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year ...

Trump declines to clarify if the US will conduct tests of its nuclear weapons

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear ...

AP Source: Government shutdown may move UConn-Louisville opener from Ramstein Air Base to US

No. 1 UConn's season opener against No. 20 Louisville that is supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 4 is in jeopardy of being moved because of the government shutdown. The ...

Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

The filibuster is a long-standing tactic in the Senate to delay or block votes on legislation by keeping the debate running.

US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say

The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President ...

Trump praises Japan’s new prime minister, saying the US is an ‘ally at the strongest level’

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump treated his time in Japan on Tuesday as a victory lap — befriending the new Japanese ...