The US said it held “very constructive” discussions with China after the first day of trade negotiations in Malaysia, as President Donald Trump began his trip to the region including a meeting with the Chinese leader next week.

The man is a US citizen and a Trump supporter, the president has said, but no one in the government will identify the donor.

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is being deployed to continue targeting suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, the Pentagon said Friday.

As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.

Vladimir Putin responded to President Trump slapping sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies in a U.S. policy shift over the war in Ukraine.

The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro “for his role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister.

The US released details of its intended trade agreement with Vietnam on Sunday, among a raft of measures signed or released during the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the region.

The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high

A federal marshal and an undocumented immigrant were injured Tuesday after an agent opened fire during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles, officials said.