Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein
In House committee transcript, commerce secretary denied any further contact with disgraced financierSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email...
Influencer detained in Tennessee over alleged confrontation involving gunfire
Dalton Eatherly, 28, known as Chud the Builder, accused of firing at another man outside courthouse in ClarksvilleAn influencer has been detained in T...
Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point
With Mexico under pressure from Trump to tackle drug trafficking groups, analysts say ‘it’s the most tense situation since the 1980s’Relations between...
JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort
Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigatedUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance has...
Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast
In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party linesFormer Georgia gubernatorial candida...
Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohort
Angus Taylor to give budget reply speech tonight. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and ...
Family of British couple jailed in Iran say they have lost contact
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were given 10-year sentences after entering the country on a motorcycling tripThe “terrified” family of a British couple jai...
US Senate rejects seventh war powers measure as more Republicans break rank
Resolution failed in a 49-50 vote, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejec...
Missouri man charged for posting bomb-making tutorials that aided New Orleans attack
Jordan Derrick charged in connection with deadly attack in the French Quarter on New Year’s Day 2025US politics live – latest updatesFederal authoriti...
Valdo Calocane brother tells inquiry he felt powerless over killer’s mental ill health
Elias Calocane says he thought violent messages sent by brother related to suicidal thoughts not harming othersThe younger brother of Valdo Calocane, ...
Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps
Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights ActThe Republican governor of Georgia ...
Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer
Health secretary’s move to force race sparks scramble on left of Labour for candidate to oppose himUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting is p...
Benjamin Netanyahu made secret trip to UAE at height of the Iran war
The covert meeting with the UAE’s president is the latest milestone in a rapidly developing Middle East allianceBenjamin Netanyahu has revealed he mad...
US Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair, replacing Jerome Powell
Warsh will serve four-year term as chair, taking over amid rising inflation and pressure from Trump to lower ratesThe US Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh ...
Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?
Health secretary’s lack of challenge had reassured Starmer and his allies – but then briefings for a speculative Thursday launch emergedAs the unoffic...
The south London community where ‘pioneering’ scholarship choristers are made
St John the Divine, Kennington has built one of UK’s largest youth choral programmes in area marked by deprivation https://media.gutools.co.uk/images/...
Drug counselor who delivered ketamine dose that killed Matthew Perry gets two years
Erik Fleming was sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s 2023 deathSign up for the Breaking News US n...
Milka maker milked shoppers over size of chocolate bars, German court rules
Brand owner Mondelēz was accused of reducing weight of Alpine Milk bar from 100g to 90g without significantly altering the packagingMany chocolate lov...
‘Hold the line’: Burnham tells allies in parliament he still has options to return
Greater Manchester mayor seeks to reassure his supporters after potential seats for him fail to materialiseAndy Burnham has told Labour MPs they shoul...
London’s answer to New York’s High Line is scrapped
Project organisers say high costs and the energy crisis have scuppered planned green route from Camden to King’s CrossThe Camden Highline, a multimill...
‘It’s more incrementalism’: Starmer’s safe king’s speech fails to quell mutiny
One of PM’s expanding cohort of critics in Labour party says policy programme ‘sums up where we have gone wrong’For Keir Starmer’s Labour critics, his...
Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched
Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herselfAn Alabama woman has filed a fed...
Met warns about hate speech at Unite the Kingdom and Palestine marches
Organisers as well as speakers will be held responsible for unlawful speech as police face exceptionally busy weekendThe Metropolitan police have said...
Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home
Passengers will now continue their 45 days of isolation at home, with health officials confirming they remain asymptomaticSix people who were on the c...
The US president’s late-night Truth Social vitriol riddled with erratic capitalization and spelling? That’s leadershipThis was originally published in...
Mississippi governor cancels special legislative session to redraw state supreme court maps
However, Tate Reeves said he expects to redraw state’s four congressional districts before the 2027 electionsOn Wednesday morning, Mississippi’s gover...
Utah woman who published book on grief after husband’s death to be sentenced for his murder
Kouri Richins was convicted for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanylSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter e...
Streeting to fire starting gun in Starmer leadership battle – The Latest
Wes Streeting is expected to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer as soon as Thursday. News of the health secretary’s plans came during ...
One in seven prefer consulting AI chatbots to seeing a doctor, UK study shows
Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical adviceOne in seven people are using AI chatbo...
Les Simpson: Québécois version of show to return on air after uncertainty
Beloved animated series will return for 36th season in the fall after telecoms giant Bell Media reaches deal with DisneyFans of Les Simpson have a mes...
