US officials say they have disrupted a hacking network linked to Russian intelligence services. They say the hackers – believed to be from the secretive hacking arm of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (better known as the GRU) – gained access to more than 1,000 personal and small business internet routers in the US and around
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Parents of shooting victims are using AI technology to recreate the voices of their children in a bid to get US politicians to strengthen firearms laws. A website, where members of the public can hear six voices, states the victims “have a chance to speak again” after violence “stole their voices and ended their dreams”.
The district attorney and the lawyer prosecuting Donald Trump for allegedly trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia have taken the witness stand – denying claims their romantic relationship presents a financial conflict of interest. Trump and some of his 14 co-defendants argue Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from
A trial date has been set in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money case. Jury selection will begin on Monday 25 March, a judge ruled today, turning down requests for a delay from Trump’s lawyers. The case centres on years-old accusations that Trump sought to bury stories about extramarital affairs that emerged during his 2016 presidential
The head of the US House Intelligence Committee is calling on Joe Biden to declassify information about “a serious national security threat”. Republican congressman Mike Turner gave no details about the nature of the threat, but a senior aide said that they understood the threat relates to a space-deployed Russian anti-satellite weapon that may or
One person has been killed and 21 others were injured, including eight children, after a shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. The team and their supporters had been celebrating the win against the San Francisco 49ers following Sunday’s American football showpiece event in Las Vegas. The barrage of
Legally Blonde actress Selma Blair has apologised for a social media post condemned as Islamophobic which “resulted in hurting countless people”. The 51-year-old reacted to a post by a supporter of immigration reform, Abraham Hamra, who had criticised Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush for voting against a measure banning anyone who took part in
A car has crashed into an A&E department in Texas – killing one person and injuring five others. A child is in a life-threatening condition after the vehicle smashed into the lobby of the emergency room at St David’s North Austin Medical Centre shortly after 5.30pm on Tuesday. The driver received CPR but died at
More than a foot of snow fell over northeastern parts of the US as a powerful, fast-moving storm swept across the area. Parts of New York City and New England saw heavy snow and winds of up to 60mph as the storm – named the Nor’easter – arrived on Tuesday morning. As of midday, the
Robert F Kennedy Jr has apologised to his family over a Super Bowl advertisement, made in support of his presidential bid, that closely resembled one broadcast by his uncle, President John F Kennedy, in 1960. The 30-second advert, which cost an estimated $7m (£5.5m), featured a shortened version of the Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy For Me
Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to extend a delay in his trial for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 US election, arguing he is immune from prosecution. The former president’s lawyers have filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to pause a ruling made by a three-judge panel of the federal
Usher put on a halftime show at the Super Bowl marked by impressive choreography and several guest appearances. He performed a 13-minute show at the Super Bowl halfway point at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, starting with Caught Up and moving on to U Don’t Have To Call, Superstar and Love In The Club. Alicia Keys
A woman wearing a trench coat was shot dead by two off-duty police officers after she opened fire inside a Texas church run by celebrity priest Joel Osteen. Worshippers at the Lakewood megachurch in Houston ran to find safety after the violence began shortly before a 2pm Spanish service on Sunday. Two people were injured
It is clearly bad for NATO security that the potential next president of the United States has said he would encourage attacks on allies that fail to meet a core defence spending target. But it is surely as much – or even greater – a challenge for the alliance that two-thirds of its 31 member
President Joe Biden has warned Israel against launching a military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, without a “credible” plan to protect civilians, the White House said on Sunday. Mr Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid Israel’s plans for an offensive in the region that borders Egypt, to the south of the
NATO has criticised comments made by Donald Trump at a campaign event – claiming they “put American and European soldiers at increased risk”. The former US president had said he would let Russia “do whatever the hell they want” to members of the alliance that don’t pay enough for defence. At a rally in South
“Not worth a bucket of warm piss”. John Nance Garner’s words are the most famous assessment of the office of vice president of the United States. “Cactus Jack” Garner’s words have often been bowdlerised to “warm spit” but there’s no denying he was in a position to know. He served Franklin Delano Roosevelt as VP
A woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after making death threats against the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s classified documents case. Tiffani Shea Gish from Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of using interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure in November, Sky News’s US parter network NBC News
Joe Biden couldn’t remember when he was vice president, according to a new report. And, according to the same investigation, he couldn’t remember when his son died. Then, when trying to reassure everyone about the claims about his memory, he confused the presidents of Mexico and Egypt. Not ideal for someone who wants to run
The White House has said “gratuitous remarks” about Joe Biden’s memory are “wrong and inaccurate” after a report called the president’s mental capacity into question. Ian Sams, a spokesman for the White House legal counsel’s office, hit back after special counsel Robert Hur’s ruling on the president’s handling of classified documents described his memory as
Inside the Diplomatic Reception room of the White House, the tone was telling. A news conference with a US president is typically a calm, controlled affair. Questions to Joe Biden, 81, about his mental sharpness have tended to be isolated and empathetic. Not last night. During a hastily arranged 8pm gathering, he faced the aggressive
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
Joe Biden won’t face criminal charges over the handling of classified documents, after he portrayed himself as an “elderly man with a poor memory”, said the special counsel. Robert Hur said President Biden had “wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials” after he was vice president and when he was a “private citizen”, and his actions
Joe Biden won’t face criminal charges over the handling of classified documents, after the president portrayed himself as an “elderly man with a poor memory”, said the special counsel. But Robert Hur said Mr Biden’s actions “present serious risks to national security” after he concluded the president had “wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials”. “We
The death of a baby who was decapitated during delivery has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner’s office in the US state of Georgia. The parents, Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr, sued the hospital and the doctor who delivered their baby boy, named Treveon Taylor Jr, in July last year. Both
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.
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.
Los Angeles has recorded at least 475 mudslides after one of the wettest storms in the history of southern California. Officials are warning of further mudslides and flooding after a large amount of the city’s average annual rainfall fell in just three days – while seven deaths have been reported across the state. LA mayor
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 mother of a school shooter who killed four students at a school in Michigan has been convicted in a landmark case. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and faces 15 years in prison for each charge. Her son Ethan was 15 when he opened fire at Oxford High School,
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