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  • Donald Trump

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    Donald Trump hush-money trial: David Pecker returns to witness stand – live

    Ex-president’s longtime ally and former National Enquirer publisher on stand again following Monday opening statements
  • A water tower reads "Flint strong"

    Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’

  • Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha

    Michigan doctor who revealed Flint water crisis now takes on child poverty

  • University of Texas police officers arrest a man at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus, Wednesday April 24, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

    First Thing: Dozens more protesters arrested as Mike Johnson suggests calling in national guard

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair in dark suit and red tie.

    What would Trump’s Middle East policy be if he were re-elected?

  • Protesters arrested amid crackdown on pro-Palestine student rallies across US campuses

  • David Pecker, Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’, to resume testimony in hush-money trial

  • Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire

  • Dozens arrested in California and Texas as campus administrators move to shut down protests – as it happened

  • Chicago’s infamous sidewalk ‘rat hole’ removed by officials

  • Netanyahu labels US student protests ‘antisemitic’ and calls for them to end

  • Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme

  • Fox journalist among dozens arrested at Texas university as protests swell

Donald Trump trials in focus

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie flips through a stack of papers

    Key takeaways
    Skeptical judge and National Enquirer deal

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    Explainer
    Who is David Pecker, a key witness in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial?

  • Man in suit leaves courthouse

    The jurors
    Who is on the Trump trial jury?

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie sits in court

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in Trump's criminal trial

Abortion

  • Moira Donegan

    The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet

    Moira Donegan
  • Supreme Court Hears Idaho Abortion Law Challenge<br>WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States to decide if Idaho emergency rooms can provide abortions to pregnant women during an emergency using a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to supersede a state law that criminalizes most abortions in Idaho. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case before US supreme court?

  • Abortion rights supporters gather outside the Capitol in Phoenix.

    Arizona’s Republican-led house repeals strict abortion ban – as it happened

  • Women hug on floor of legislature

    Arizona house votes to repeal state’s near-total ban on abortion

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Opinion

  • Abortion rights supporters staging a ‘die-in’ protest

    The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet

    Moira Donegan
    • On a lawn surrounded on three sides by buildings, dozens of tents with handmade protest signs in red and green.

      Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

      Judith Levine
    • Heritage Foundation: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Fighting the Global Left

      Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

      Emma Brockes
    • An aerial photo shows residents of Akwidaa fishing village in Ghana erecting a makeshift sea defence

      Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires

      Svenja Schulze, Fernando Haddad, Enoch Godongwana, María Jesús Montero and Carlos Cuerpo
    • "Eid in the Square" celebrations in London<br>London Mayor Sadiq Khan poses for a selfie as he greets audience members during 'Eid in the Square' celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain, April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

      Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment

      Tony Travers

US sports

  • Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, a 6ft 8in Australian who was deemed too big for rugby.

    NFL to open academy in Australia to identify and develop young prospects

  • An artist's rendition of new Chicago Bears lakefront stadium.

    Chicago Bears to seek public funding in $5bn plan for new lakefront stadium

  • (Left to right) North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye, Caleb Williams of the USC Trojans, LSU Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels.

    NFL draft 2024 predictions: the stars, the needs and the lower-round gems

  • Rory McIlroy in action at the RBC Heritage event.

    ‘I can be helpful’: Rory McIlroy hopes to unite golf with return to PGA Tour board

US politics

  • A Trump supporter holds a 'Trump Won' sign at a rally by the ex-president at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds on 15 January 2022 in Florence, Arizona.

    Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme

  • Outdoors view of white TikTok logo on a company sign.

    Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?

  • a man in a suit and tie speaks into a microphone

    New Jersey congressman Donald Payne Jr dies aged 65

  • a man in a blue suit and striped blue and red tie speaks from behind a lectern

    Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

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US business

  • Donald Trump against the backdrop of a US flag with a smartphone showing the Truth Social logo

    Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

  • A plane being assembled in large hanger.

    Boeing blew through $4bn last quarter in response to 737 Max blowout incident

    • Federal Trade Commission<br>FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by the FTC on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, though the rule seems sure to be challenged in court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

      New US rule would ban employers from using ‘noncompete’ agreements

    • Starbucks workers in black T-shirts link arms

      Supreme court appears to side with Starbucks in fight over fired employees

    • the sun shines through wooden beams

      ‘Workers end up paying the price’: laborers call for safer building sites

Pictures & video

  • Police clash with US students protesting against war in Gaza – video

  • Police have cracked down on antiwar, pro-Palestine protesters at several US universities

    1:07

    'Go back to class': US House speaker jeered by pro-Palestinian protesters – video

    Police have cracked down on antiwar, pro-Palestine protesters at several US universities
  • Beijing warns Washington to stop arming Taiwan after the Senate approved a bill that includes $8bn for countering China’s actions threatening US allies in the Indo-Pacific region

    1:11

    China warns US after Senate passes aid bill worth billions to Taiwan – video

    Beijing has warned Washington to stop arming Taiwan after the Senate approved a bill that includes $8bn for countering China’s actions threatening US allies in the Indo-Pacific region

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