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Joe Biden has been accused of “capitulation” after his administration said Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should not face legal action over the murder of a US-based journalist. Despite the US president having previously vowed to make a “pariah” out of the country’s rulers following the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the State Department has declared

Nancy Pelosi has said she will not run again to be Democratic leader in the House of Representatives after nearly two decades in the role. The veteran politician lost the speakership after the Republicans took the House in the recent midterm elections. Despite saying she would step down from the role she has held since

The Republicans have won back control of the US House of Representatives. After two years of Democratic control of both the House and the Senate, the power dynamic in Washington will now shift. It means President Joe Biden‘s administration could struggle to enact parts of its legislative agenda. The Democrats did manage to keep control

Donald Trump may have declared that ”America’s comeback starts right now”, but the latest polls paint a questionable picture of his divisive re-election bid. The Republican Party’s lacklustre performance in the midterms and the failure of a string of Trump-endorsed candidates has many wondering if the former president is the right leader to challenge for the

“Don’t worry about the future, we’re in good hands.” So said former US president Bill Clinton in 2015, as he introduced Elizabeth Holmes to an adoring New York crowd. It seemed an uncontroversial statement at the time, as he hailed the achievements of a woman who had become America’s youngest self-made female billionaire after taking

Kari Lake, who backed Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, has lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona. The closely fought race with Democrat Katie Hobbs was one of the most significant in the US midterms as Arizona is a battleground state and is expected to play a pivotal role

Jay Leno was seriously burned after one of his cars burst into flames in the garage of his Los Angeles home. The US comedian was taken to hospital with facial burns after what his representative described as a “flash fire”. The 72-year-old former Tonight Show host cancelled a Las Vegas performance scheduled for Sunday night

US President Joe Biden has met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and said they have a “responsibility” to show the two countries can “manage our differences”. Mr Xi went into the three-and-a-half-hour discussion prepared for a “candid and in-depth exchange of views” with Mr Biden, saying he hoped they would find areas of cooperation. And

Six people have been killed after two historic military planes collided during an airshow in the US city of Dallas. The planes – a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter – crashed into each other at around 1.20pm local time. They were part of the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show

The midterm elections are said to be a referendum on the success, or otherwise, of the sitting president and his first two years in the White House. President Joe Biden’s approval rating is underwater, inflation is soaring and he makes a gaffe almost every time he opens his mouth, so the success of Democrat candidates

The Democrats will keep control of the US Senate after a projected win in the state of Nevada. Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto is sitting on 48.7% of the vote – a narrow edge over Republican former state attorney general Adam Laxalt on 48.2%. Ms Cortez Masto, 58, campaigned heavily on the issue of abortion

Mark Kelly has claimed victory in Arizona’s senate race, thanking the state’s voters for giving him a second term. Mr Kelly was the Democrat incumbent but, while a number of US media organisations have called the race in his favour, the official numbers are yet to be confirmed. In a statement, the 58-year-old said: “Thank

By definition, midterm elections in America occur two years into a presidential term with two years to go until the next general election. They have no direct bearing on who is the president of the United States residing in the White House. The midterms are about electing officials to Congress – the other, legislative, branch

A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted last month of murdering Reagan Simmons-Hancock and on Wednesday a jury in Texas gave her the death penalty. She killed the 21-year-old in October 2020, beating

Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as Florida governor with almost 60% of the vote, marking him out as a rising star and a possible contender for the presidency

Jennifer Aniston has revealed she tried to get pregnant through IVF and said she has “zero regrets”. The Friends actress said “the baby-making road” was “challenging” in an interview with Allure magazine. The 53-year-old discussed the effect media scrutiny has had on her over the years and described her late 30s and 40s as “really

This may well be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump.  The story of the night is his reverse Midas touch. Nearly every candidate he touched seems to have done worse than those he did not pick. The man who lost the last election and the popular vote in both the last two elections

Republican hopes of wiping out the Democrats in the US midterm elections appear to have faded away as a “red wave” of wins has failed to materialise. The Republicans are still set to take control of the House of Representatives – but with a much slimmer majority than expected, while the race for the Senate

Donald Trump is loving it. He danced after making the announcement about the announcement, all smiles and signature clenched fists. He has the look of a man who is back in the game – the rhetoric, too. On stage in Ohio, Mr Trump labelled Nancy Pelosi – Speaker of the House of Representatives – an

Donald Trump has repeatedly teased that he will run for president again in 2024 – and is vowing to make a “very big announcement” next week in Florida. Speaking at a rally in Ohio the night before polls open for the midterms, Mr Trump said: “I’m going to be making a very big announcement on