He won’t be facing charges but that’s not the big news. The report by a Justice Department Special Counsel is pretty devastating in its assessment of the state of mind of the American president. Over more than 200 pages, Robert Hur explains why President Joe Biden will not face charges for holding classified documents after
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Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suffered an embarrassing loss to “none of these candidates” in Nevada’s primary vote. Tuesday’s result has been interpreted as a protest staged by Donald Trump-supporting members of the Republican Party. Mrs Haley is Donald Trump’s last rival in the race to go up against President Biden in November’s US election.
Joe Biden appeared to confuse French President Emmanuel Macron with his predecessor Francois Mitterand, who died in 1996. In a campaign speech in Las Vegas, the US president was remarking on how the leaders of France and Germany reacted when they saw him at a G7 summit after the January 6 riots at the Capitol.
Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted in an election interference case, a US appeals court has ruled. The court ruled that there was no basis for Trump to assert that former presidents have blanket immunity from prosecution for any acts committed as president. The ruling means he can be prosecuted
The company that owns Facebook and Instagram has said it is planning to label all images on its social media platforms that have been created using artificial intelligence (AI). Meta, which also owns the Threads social media site, has already been placing “Imagined with AI” labels on photorealistic images created using its own Meta AI
A dog trapped in a shipping container at a Texas port for at least eight days has been rescued. A group of coast guard inspectors were randomly inspecting shipping containers at the port in the Houston region last Wednesday when they heard barking and scratching coming from a container high up in a stack, according
Donald Trump’s legal claim over allegations he took part in “perverted” sex acts and gave bribes to Russian officials has been dismissed by a High Court judge. The former US president, 77, had brought the data protection case in the UK after claims were published about him in the so-called Steele dossier before the 2016
Cyber hackers working for the Chinese government are preparing to “wreak havoc” on the US, FBI director Christopher Wray is warning. Critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants, the electrical grid, and transportation systems are being targeted to cause “real-world harm” to American citizens, he will tell US politicians on Wednesday. Mr Wray will speak
It seems strange to think in this chaotic febrile epoch we are living in, but once upon a time Iran and the United States were friends. But the Islamic Revolution of 1979 changed that, and since then the two states have seen tensions escalate again and again. So much so, that there’s now the real
The 58th Super Bowl will kick off on Sunday – here’s all you need to know to watch the biggest game of the NFL season. Often filled with drama, performance, politics and showbiz – the culmination of the NFL (National Football League) season is back for another year this weekend, with millions around the world
As early as tonight, President Joe Biden will authorise US military action in the Middle East. It is likely to be one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency. At stake, the credibility of American deterrence and the teetering stability of the region. Middle East latest: ‘Drone mix-up’ led to deadly attack on US
Joe Biden has said the US “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in a drone strike on Saturday night in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. The president blamed Iranian-backed militias for the first US fatalities after months of strikes by such groups against American forces across the
The killing of three US soldiers and the injuring of dozens more in a drone attack creates one near-certainty – the United States will retaliate with military force. The harder question is whether this response will be contained to the “radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq” that the White House has accused
The world’s largest cruise ship is set to begin its maiden voyage on Saturday. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas will set sail from Miami in Florida with a capacity for up to 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew members. The ship runs nearly 1,200ft (365m) from bow to stern and is divided into eight neighbourhoods
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3m in a defamation case to a woman who accused him of sexual assault – with the former US president saying her allegation was a lie. The court said Trump should pay $18.3m (£14.4m) in compensation and $65m (£51m) in punitive damages to E Jean Carroll. Trump posted
Donald Trump stormed out of a courtroom on Friday as closing arguments began in a damages trial in New York. A jury found Trump liable last year for sexually abusing E Jean Carroll in a New York department store in the 1990s and defaming her after she wrote about the incident. The current trial focuses
Donald Trump gave evidence for just three minutes on Thursday in a defamation trial to determine how much he may owe a writer for calling her a liar after she accused him in 2019 of rape. E Jean Carroll, 80, is seeking more than $10m (£7.87m) in damages over his denials when he was US
It was Trump’s night, no question. New Hampshire delivered numbers that cement his position as the Republican nominee in waiting and tighten his grip on the party. This primary race has been coloured all shades of anti-Trump, strategies from attack to appeasement, but he remains seemingly untouchable. He has consolidated and grown support in a
Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire. The result is a setback for former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley who invested significant time and financial resources into winning the state. She is the last major challenger in the race after Florida governor Ron DeSantis ended his presidential bid over the weekend. Ms
Home Alone actor Devin Ratray has been treated in hospital – delaying a domestic assault trial, according to US media. The 47-year-old child star, who played older brother Buzz alongside Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister in the hit 1990s films, had been due to stand trial on Monday. Ahead of the planned start date in Oklahoma,
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