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The US president has branded Liz Truss’s original economic plan as a “mistake” amid continued criticism of the prime minister’s fiscal policies. Speaking to reporters after stopping at an ice cream parlour in Oregon, Joe Biden said he “wasn’t the only one who thought it was a mistake” and that the poor outcome of the

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of killing five people in North Carolina and is in a critical condition in hospital, US police have said. The boy, who has not been named, is alleged to have fatally shot two people in the state’s capital city of Raleigh before opening fire on a walking

Donald Trump has responded to a congressional committee that wants to hear his evidence about the assault on the US Capitol building, but he hasn’t said whether he will appear. In a memo to members of the January 6 committee, he didn’t address their subpoena calling on him to give evidence before them. Rather, he

Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44bn (£39bn) takeover deal of Twitter, the social media company has said in a court filing. The world’s richest man recently announced he would go ahead with purchasing the platform for the huge sum, following months of legal battles. Twitter, which sued

He calls it the “Unselect Committee” and his appearance before it is uncertain, to say the least. Certainly, Donald Trump showed no inclination in the wake of his subpoena. “The committee is a total BUST that has only served to further divide our country,” he opined on his Truth Social media platform. From its start,

The congressional panel investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol last year has voted to subpoena Donald Trump. It was a unanimous vote and the former president will now be compelled to give evidence to the committee about the events of 6 January 2021 which saw five people killed and more than 140 police

A police officer on duty during the US Capitol riots has described it as a “medieval battle scene” in which he was beaten and tasered before suffering a heart attack. Michael Fanone told Sky News he thought he would die after becoming detached from his colleagues and being “struck from every direction” during the riots

A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965m in damages to families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting. After a gunman killed 20 children and six members of staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December 2012, Jones accused bereaved relatives of being actors who had faked

Khloe Kardashian revealed she has had a “rare” tumour removed from her face after speculation over a covering she had been wearing. The reality star said she initially thought the “small bump” was “something as minor as a zit”, but made the decision to have a biopsy after it failed to go down after seven

Dame Angela Lansbury, who starred in the hit TV drama Murder, She Wrote, has died at the age of 96. Her family said the actress died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles early on Tuesday, just five days shy of her birthday. The London-born star won five Tony Awards for her Broadway

Three lucky fishermen have been rescued from shark-infested waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The men had been stranded in the water after their 24-foot fishing boat sank at around 10am on Saturday morning, leaving them without any means of communication. US Coast Guard Heartland said that two of the men were fending off sharks

A two-year-old boy has been safely reunited with his family after their car was stolen with him inside. He was taken in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as his parents were putting another child on a bus – and it was school bus drivers who helped find the boy. Dave Skinner was on his route last Tuesday

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan’s elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got “exactly what I wanted” after her release from jail. In her first interview since getting out, she told the New York Times she is “really happy” to be out of jail and added that “nothing was

England have beaten the world champions USA in a friendly match at Wembley. The Lionesses, who won the European Championship in July, went ahead through Lauren Hemp’s 10th-minute finish before Sophia Smith equalised in the 28th minute after Georgia Stanway lost possession near her own box. England then benefited from two VAR checks – one

The school district at the centre of the mass shooting at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, has suspended its entire police force. Following a review conducted into the massacre at the Robb Elementary School in which 21 people, including 19 children, were killed, the district has announced two police officers will go on “administrative

The professional wrestler and reality TV star known as Sara Lee has died suddenly at the age of 30. Her real name was Sara Weston and in 2015 she won Tough Enough, a competition in which contestants vied for a contract with WWE, the professional wrestling organisation. She had been a competitive powerlifter and was

Two people have died and six have been injured during a knife attack outside a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The attacker, named by police as Yoni Barrios, 32, was armed with a large kitchen knife during the “unprovoked” attack. Showgirls and street performers are believed to be among those injured in the attack

The FBI has reportedly gathered enough evidence to charge Joe Biden’s son with tax crimes and making a false statement to buy a gun. Hunter Biden, 52, has been under investigation since 2018 and has denied any wrongdoing. FBI agents are said to have a “viable case” against the son of the US president which

US President Joe Biden has said the world is facing the biggest threat of nuclear “Armageddon” since the days of President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in New York, his ‘off camera’ comments were overheard by journalists from the White House pool. It comes as Russian officials warned

Joe Biden is to pardon thousands of Americans convicted of possessing cannabis. The US president said those with federal convictions for “simple possession” could be “denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result”. He added: “My pardon will remove this burden on them.” In a White House video, the president said he was concerned