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  • Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Thursday.

    Live
    Donald Trump hush-money trial: National Enquirer’s David Pecker to face further cross-examination – live

    Trial will see more questions for publisher following his testimony about ‘catch and kill’ schemes to buy up negative stories
  • three side by side images: a woman with glasses; a sign reading to resist is to love; a woman speaking into a microphone

    Four students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza: ‘Injustice should not be accepted’

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    ‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?

  • Harvey Weinstein at Manhattan criminal court in 2020.

    First Thing: Survivors may have to retestify after Weinstein rape verdict overturned

  • Man in suit and glasses behind microphone

    The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document?

  • a flood sign during a storm

    Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

  • Arizona’s abortion U-turn points to Republican break from anti-abortion movement

  • China warns relations with US could slip into ‘downward spiral’ if red lines crossed

  • Police allegedly use rubber bullets and teargas at university protest in Georgia

  • ‘Selfless and strong’: memorial honours World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

  • USC cancels main commencement ceremony amid Gaza protests

  • David Pecker testifies Michael Cohen said Trump ‘furious’ over refusal to pay Stormy Daniels – as it happened

  • Embarrassing stories, and who pays? Trump trial key takeaways, day seven

  • US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio

Donald Trump trials in focus

  • Man sits at desk in court in suit and tie

    Embarrassing stories, and who pays?
    Key moments from day seven of hush-money trial

  • 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 hush-money trial jury?

  • Donald Trump wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks in Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in hush-money trial

Abortion

  • Moira Donegan

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

    Moira Donegan
  • people with signs, some of them wearing medical coats

    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

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Opinion

  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly
    • Harvey Weinstein leaves a court in New York after a bail hearing in December 2019.

      How much did #MeToo change for women? Let’s ask Harvey Weinstein today – or Donald Trump

      Marina Hyde
    • Aerial view of a suburban subdivision near Houston Texas.

      Is Connor Hubbard the most boring man on the internet?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Berlin restaurateur Arif Keleş and 60kg of meat at the residence of the German ambassador in Istanbul, 22 April 2024.

      Like Germany’s president, I love a good kebab. Cosying up to autocrats like Erdoğan, less so

      Fatma Aydemir
    • woman looking through curtains

      We won’t stop violence against women with ‘conversations about respect’. This is not working. We need to get real

      Jess Hill

US sports

  • The 76ers' Joel Embiid speaks during a news conference after Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.

    Sixers’ Embiid says he’s suffering from Bell’s palsy after hanging 50 on Knicks

  • Caleb Williams speaks to the press after he was drafted with the No 1 overall pick at the 2024 NFL draft in Detroit.

    NFL draft 2024: Bears tap Caleb Williams with No 1 pick as six QBs go in top 12

  • Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. warms up before the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Washington and Michigan Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    ‘We got no heads up’: Kirk Cousins surprised by Falcons’ Penix Jr selection

  • Caleb Williams walks onto the stage as the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

    NFL draft 2024: Falcons shock with Penix Jr quarterback pick – as it happened

US politics

  • Kristi Noem arrives onstage at a campaign rally ahead of remarks from Donald Trump in Vandalia, Ohio.

    Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

  • Woman wearing brown dress flanked by man and woman in front of microphone at press conference

    Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman’s acquittal over voting error

  • Police confront students blocking a road.

    Boston police arrest 100 as crackdown on campus Palestine protests ramps up

  • a man in a suit and tie speaks

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

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US business

  • person shopping in a supermarket

    Stock markets fall after sharp US growth slowdown

  • The Hudson Yards neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, as seen from the Weehawken Pier in Weehawken, New Jersey.

    US economic growth slows; Anglo American shares surge after BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover – as it happened

    • 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

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

    US House speaker jeered after telling pro-Palestinian protesters 'go back to class' – 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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