President put forth his version of ‘Trump Care’ and insisted ‘we have the greatest economy we ever had’Donald Trump chastised overwhelmed air traffic controllers, cast blame and doubt in response to poor economic indicators and claimed that increased access to food stamps had put “the country in jeopardy”, in an exclusive interview on Fox News […]

US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’ US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said. The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say […]

Leaked BBC report said film had ‘completely misled’ viewers by splicing two parts of January 6 speech together Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC and welcomed the resignations of two of its most senior figures after a campaign against the broadcaster that reached fever pitch over criticism that its flagship documentary programme […]

Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state level Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, both close former political allies of Donald Trump, are among scores of people pardoned by the president over the weekend for their roles in a plot to steal the 2020 election. The maneuver […]

Directive could prevent future administrations from prosecuting more than 70 people named Donald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally public support on the issue. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) […]

A look at the realities the mayor-elect will face to pay for his progressive policies – and whose support he needs Who is Zohran Mamdani, New York’s democratic socialist new mayor? Bold promises to make the city more affordable propelled New York City mayor-elect and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to his unlikely win on Tuesday. […]

Trial’s findings go against common beliefs that people with atrial fibrillation should avoid caffeinated coffee Drinking coffee may protect people against irregular heartbeats, despite the conventional wisdom to the contrary, according to a new study. The Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation (Decaf) clinical trial found 200 patients with persistent irregular heartbeats had a “significantly” lower […]

Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it most When Stacy Smith, a government worker, showed up to work last Monday – the first working day after food benefits lapsed, amid the ongoing federal shutdown – she found a long line outside her office door. […]

The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take days The Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some […]

Bill, a first step to ending the shutdown, will still need to be deliberated and passed by the Senate, and win approval in the house. Key US politics stories from 9 November at a glance The first step toward ending the US government shutdown has been made after a handful of Democrats and dozens of […]

Senators vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to historic 40-day shutdown in reach The US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies that Democrats have demanded. Senators began voting on Sunday night to advance House-passed stopgap […]

US president promoted fictional claim from satirical website that has been debunked repeatedly since 2017 Donald Trump promoted the false claim that Barack Obama has earned $40m in “royalties linked to Obamacare” in a post to his 11 million followers on Truth Social on Sunday. The fictional claim that the former US president receives royalty […]