FBI director insists Alex Pretti the aggressor: ‘You do not get to attack law enforcement officials in this country without repercussions’

Video evidence, political rhetoric and competing narratives collide after the death of Alex Pretti

Gargantuan weather event seems like a providential opening to the country’s 250th year and a bleak political atmosphere that feels inescapable

It may be premature to think the US-European bond has been severed by a president with a short attention span and plummeting domestic support

President uses rambling press briefing to vent his frustration at lack of public praise and approval for his year of accomplishment

The US president is now 12 months into his second term, but this may be his last year as the only relevant player on stage

Epstein’s shadow, street violence and foreign gambits haunt Trump’s America

Republican lawmakers break ranks with Trump, affirming Fed chair’s leadership and independence

From shrimp skin in Beijing to chicken livers in Syria and cherry schnapps in Berlin, the quality and value available in other countries are striking

January will mark the 10th anniversary of the Kerry reporter’s decision to move from Dublin to New York, and five years since his reporting on the Capitol Hill riots

Our Washington correspondent likes to keep things real with a meal at his favourite bookstore

After a tough few years, Minneapolis was in the news again when Donald Trump launched a savage verbal attack on the Somali community

Green card holder arrested and detained by immigration agents for cheque offence over a decade ago

It may have occurred to him as he spoke, as well as to millions watching, that the US president has another three years left in office

If the property titans who run the city have no room for this famous beat-up bar, then what is left?