Attorney General Ken Paxton wins Texas Senate primary, defeating Cornyn
The race will help determine whether Democrats can win back control of the US Senate for the last half of the Trump presidency.
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The race will help determine whether Democrats can win back control of the US Senate for the last half of the Trump presidency.
US government personnel officials say non-disclosure agreements are part of an effort to stop leaks to the media.
Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area on the South Lawn in preparation for next month's event.
The woman was dining on the patio with her husband when a strong and sudden wind blew the umbrella.
With the midterms less than six months away, there is a battle under way over the redrawing of voting maps.
Ten people were injured and an unknown number are missing after a tank ruptured at a paper mill in Longview, Washington.
The pause of a $14 billion arms package raises concerns about U.S. support for Taipei.
Mauricio Pochettino includes Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams and Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson in his USA squad for the World Cup.
Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.
Still, Washington insists that it is committed to peace talks with Tehran.
The region knows that Iran won the war—and is hedging its bets as a result.
The plans include permanent human habitation on the Earth's only natural satellite by 2032.
A new policy restricting green-card applications could wreak havoc
Trump’s Beijing trip shows that the wind is blowing in China’s direction.
The US health secretary's serpent wrangling has gone viral, but wildlife officials warn people to avoid the reptiles.
Washington should no longer be liable for Israeli misdeeds.
The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.
The New York Knicks reach the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years with a commanding 130-93 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Known as the "saxophone colossus", Rollins had a lauded career spanning decades.
The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann explains the routine medical check of the president of the US.
In ceremonies across the nation, the Americans who died while serving in the US military are remembered.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil explains why the achievement by Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev will not be accepted by official sporting bodies.
A century later, the meaning of Abd el-Karim and the Rif Rebellion is still up for grabs.
Trump’s bad bargains have shaken a complacent continent.
The private letters of famed literary critic Harold Bloom offer an ethical guide for politics.
A recent Supreme Court decision threatens a core democratic principle.
It blocks his most blatantly illegal acts,
The first ever Enhanced Games are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, with big names, big money and much controversy.
John Prideaux, our US editor,
Her resignation shows how little influence such voices wield around Donald Trump
BBC's Will Grant reports from a pro-government demonstration held after the US indictment of the former president.
The abrupt policy reversal leaves NATO allies wondering to what extent the United States will defend Europe.
The West’s shortsightedness in Africa is more apparent than ever.
The series has been the most on-the-nose fictional take on Trumpism so far.
Kori Schake’s ‘The State and the Soldier’ is the discussion on civilian control of the military that this moment requires.
The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a "fraudulent case" designed to justify military intervention.
For a movie set 20 years ago, it has a surprising amount to say about today’s wars in the Middle East.
The latest Ebola outbreak underscores a central flaw with the global preparedness model.
The Chinese president may be preparing for a rare and momentous trip to Pyongyang.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising the floor for punishing purge targets.
Seizing Castro could prove more costly and less effective than the capture of Maduro.
Putin’s visit to China shows that Russia is getting sucked deeper into a profoundly unequal relationship.
Three presidential candidates lead the field ahead of a first-round vote.
U.S. dysfunction is undercutting attempts at equality.
India may be less liberal now, but it remains democratic.
The Philippines has replaced India in Washington’s security calculus on China.
Thousands attend funeral prayers for the three victims of Monday's deadly shooting at the Islamic Centre of San Diego.
And America’s NATO allies are still on edge about it.
Foreign leaders and Israeli officials are condemning Itamar Ben-Gvir’s treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla activists.
A botched government program has become a PR disaster.
The war with Ukraine has slowed growth, but Moscow remains stable.
The Trump administration has been putting tremendous economic pressure on the island's Communist government.
US forecasters say 2026 is likely to produce fewer named storms than normal but warn it only takes one hurricane to cause devastation, as Ben Rich explains.
Turned off by U.S. policies and border practices, foreign visitors are going elsewhere.
Florida Republicans want Trump to seize indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
An analysis of nearly 90,000 evangelical sermons quantifies how many pastors are endorsing parties
Keisha Lance Bottoms will have to run against her record
A corner of Idaho will forever be north-east Spain
In Maine, Graham Platner is betting centrist and right-leaning voters want economic revolution more than culture war
Many allies are starting to look for different suppliers
Some lawmakers and legal experts say the department has violated federal law with its addendum to the settlement agreement.
The country has sent troops and arms to Saudi Arabia at a delicate moment in the Iran war.
The two nations, seemingly frustrated by the United States as a mediator, are sizing up alternatives.
The United States has called the weekslong crisis an “ongoing coup d’état.”
Inflation is rising and fault lines are widening on disruptions from history’s biggest energy shock.
How long can the country—and the Sahel’s other junta-led governments—hold on?
Raúl Castro was armed forces minister when Cuban military jets shot down two civilian planes operated by exiles of the communist country.
To thwart competitors and secure new transport corridors, Abu Dhabi has set its sights on Damascus.
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russia's Vladimir Putin with a near-identical ceremony to Trump's last week.
Israel is not the only relationship that deserves scrutiny from Congress.
It’s not just the song contest that’s at risk of breaking up.
The defeat of a Republican rebel by a Trump-backed challenger in Kentucky shows the strength of the president, writes Anthony Zurcher.
Hezbollah’s fate will be decided by the Amal Movement’s calculations about its own future.
The gunfight is the latest twist in a power struggle between two dynasties.
The campaign is motivated by corruption concerns and an old-fashioned egalitarianism.
Russia seeks to resolve several trade issues during this week’s summit. But China holds the cards.
The United States may be accepting the reality of Chinese power.
Unconditional Western support for the incumbent prime minister could backfire.
Authorities say the teenage suspects shared a “broad hatred” of multiple religions and racial groups.
Legal reform and structural change may lack flair, but they can improve the situation on the ground.
Some 750 firefighters are tackling the uncontrolled blazes supported by water-dropping helicopters.
The options are far left,
The trial in Oakland, California has helped lift the veil on the AI sector - and the huge egos of the men at the heart of it.
The president threatened to sue his own administration,
Even before the Islamic Republic, the country has always wanted the same thing.
Tehran regards Washington’s demand as tantamount to unconditional surrender, but there may yet be a way forward.
Historian Rana Mitter on the new balance of power between Washington and Beijing.
The Kentucky congressman, who has crossed the president on federal spending and the Epstein files, faces Republican voters on Tuesday.
Rising oil prices and growing bond market volatility have raised fears of a global recession.
Disinformation experts need a new framework in the era of AI slop.
A year ago, the Ukrainian government decided to take the fight directly to Russia. It hasn’t looked back since.
A lot of things have gone horribly wrong—and it’s not over yet.
How the Iran war is deepening proxy conflicts around the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa.
Ronald Reagan honed his right-wing conservatism in the Golden State.
Cuts in foreign aid have been devastating. Countries have a window to step in and craft plans for success.
Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief,
Canada has twice delayed access to medically assisted dying for those with mental illness. Claire Brosseau says she cannot wait any longer and wants the courts to decide.
The United States is offering to turn Cuba’s lights back on—for a price.
Test yourself on the week of May 9: U.S. President Donald Trump visits China, India and Kenya host summits, and several prime ministers have a rough time.
This is the perfect project for the creator of ‘Adolescence.’
What Curaçao figured out about World Cup soccer that India still hasn’t.
A sweeping legal history reveals how the international community failed to live up to the promises of Nuremberg.
Decision paralysis and divisions among alliance members were easy to exploit.
A more confident China is happy to downplay presidential visits.
How Washington bargains away its Africa strategy to other regions.
Freed from Viktor Orban’s veto, the bloc should expand its actions against Israeli encroachment in the West Bank.
President Trump has concluded a two-day visit to Beijing at a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Rather than acting as a good-faith mediator, Trump is humiliating the Lebanese government.
As wages in the country slump, so do the libertarian leader’s ratings.
An industry body survey found hotels in World Cup host cities see the tournament as a "non-event".
Most worrisome are the terrorist threats missing from the document.
A tale of two readouts.
From the Iran war to trade, the U.S. president failed to secure major concessions from his counterpart.
From the Iran war to trade, the U.S. president failed to secure major concessions from his counterpart.
A weakened state can’t disarm Hezbollah.
The BJP decisively ousted longtime leaders in the state, but last-minute changes to the voter rolls have fueled allegations of foul play.
Stephen Colbert met with Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon to talk about the end of his late night show.
Sex and the environmental-review process
It does not seem designed to make the country safer
Maybe the fighters he has invited to the White House will supply some moral uplift
The British prime minister’s timid reign will serve as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power.
President Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour.
Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent,
The country has announced a constitutional referendum and elections. Can that bring democratic change?
Elites in both China and the U.S. are too easily tempted to buy into their own myths.
The U.S. president is expected to downplay other issues to secure new trade deals.
The U.S. president is expected to downplay other issues to secure new trade deals.
The group’s foreign ministers convene in New Delhi amid global tensions.
Beijing can’t easily afford to escalate any economic struggle with Washington.
Prime Minister Mark Carney met Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and other crew members in Ottawa.
A half-century of messy politics has inverted the Constitution’s design—and there’s no easy fix.
A case study in two bitter primaries for safe Republican seats
A mediation expert explains why the U.S.-Iran cease-fire is so vulnerable.
Recent violence exposes the flaws in the Kremlin’s mercenary security model.
Forced assimilation is costing China dearly.
Countries must prepare for the dual threat of pandemics and supply chain shocks.
Trump has landed in Beijing for the first visit by a US leader since his own in 2017.
Diplomacy of the highest quality is more essential than ever.
As the president continues his initiative to make Washington DC 'safe and beautiful', tourists and locals are conflicted over the $13m renovation.
Beijing is arguably the most powerful competitor the US has confronted in its history, one analyst says.
The U.S. president heads to Beijing in detente and dealmaking mode.
The British prime minister is barely clinging to power over a split and unpopular Labour Party.
The leaders are expected to talk trade, Taiwan, and the Iran war.
For all of the U.S. leader’s efforts, Washington remains deeply vulnerable.
There were always reasons to doubt it was a real possibility—until now.
Uneven wealth distribution in the United States has political—and global—implications.
Trouble is brewing as norms against war dissolve.
How Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign pledge
The Iran war spotlights one of Washington’s most contentious counterfactuals.
The Tehran regime is more hard-line than ever—and has nothing left to lose.
Claims of cracks in the regime overlook the Russian leader’s mastery of dictatorship.
The secretary of state may face an uphill battle during his visit to New Delhi this month.
A coordinated response from the grouping did not emerge from its Cebu summit.
Back then, political will existed to meet tragedy with law.
Trump's whirlwind visit to China is the most significant for years - but will it bear fruit?
The Kremlin is gaining billions in additional oil revenue.
Around 20,500 minors have been kidnapped since war broke out in February 2022.
The Hormuz crisis is hitting diesel even harder than crude.
Facing U.S. troop withdrawal, the continent’s leaders feel less alarmed and better prepared.
Grievances with the Lebanese state, not sectarian loyalty, are driving popular support for the group retaining its guns.
Western-dominated insurance premiums can choke off Beijing’s oil supplies more effectively than warships can.
Trump should push for zero enrichment in perpetuity as part of any deal with Tehran.
It’s good to be charming and unconventional.
Western assessments miss how economic ties have quietly advanced reconciliation.
Without clear definitions, governance is impossible.
It’s time to rethink top-down attempts at environmental progress.
Will Grant visited one of the pitches where England captain Harry Kane and his team will call home ahead of the tournament.
After being flown to a medical centre in Nebraska, some Americans will be allowed to “self-isolate” in their home states.
The country has seen its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years, a major turnaround after years of falling behind on defence capabilities.
John Prideaux, our US editor,
Country star Dolly Parton helped rescue and rehabilitate bald eagles when they were on the verge of extinction.
Global market shocks spark calls for a regional power grid and emergency fuel stockpile.
Test yourself on the week of May 2: The U.S. announces a drawdown in Germany, Taiwan’s president concludes a foreign visit, and Sudan lobs accusations at Ethiopia.
How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.
An expert in diplomatic gift-giving describes the use and abuse of official presents.
What the latest Orwell adaptation says about our politics.
Courts keep taking a skeptical view of the executive branch’s overreach.
U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have led regular people to rally around the flag—for now.
BYD’s landmark sales fuel debate over working conditions and the country’s relationship with China.
The White House ignores the threat of far-right groups.
Despite promising peace, Israeli-Gulf cooperation paved the path to war with Iran.
British voters are expected to abandon the Labour Party for nonmainstream alternatives.
The Chinese leader isn’t willing to give anybody else power.
Louisiana v Callais is baleful for democracy
Rahm Emanuel charts a centrist path for AI
A report from the basement of the SelectUSA Investment Summit
On the left and the right,
Cutting-edge U.S. models are too expensive for much of the world.
Used to outwitting his enemies, the Russian leader is running out of room for maneuver.
A driver was arrested chasing down a boy who was riding his bike in a neighbourhood in the US city of Cheney.
After years of quiet encroachment by ordinary people, the Islamic Republic reclaims the urban landscape.
The feud has fuelled a costly showdown between two tech titans.
A reported memorandum would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and lay the framework for future nuclear talks.
India’s ruling party got a boost from four state elections this week—and unseated a longtime rival.
Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, Beijing is pushing back on Washington.
Iran shows that the delusions that caused Iraq and Afghanistan persist.
Officially or not, Washington is now breaking the taboo and talking about its ally’s bombs.
The flow of global capital is hitting new walls.
Inside what analysts call a “pinky promise” between Libya’s rival factions.
U.S. guarantees have not shielded Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam from economic shock.
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