First jurors selected for ex-president’s hush money trial as DC Republicans threaten to kick out Speaker — again

The former first lady’s comments follow a string of absences from her husband’s campaign events

The then-businessman ran newspaper adverts in 1989 after five teenagers were all wrongfully convicted of the rape and beating of a jogger in Central Park

Londoners will vote for three things in the upcoming elections

Potential jurors have only been excused after citing an inability to remain impartial and scheduling conflicts

Belgian police have shut down a gathering of far-right politicians and supporters, citing concerns about public order

More than 500 potential jurors have been summoned to the Manhattan courthouse in a process that is expected to take several days

Jury selection continues into day two of the historic criminal trial

As jury selection got underway in the New York criminal case, the former president appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open, prompting commentators to deride him as ‘Sleepy Don’ and ‘Don Snoreleone’

The prime minister made the ‘wrong political choice’ by backing national insurance cuts as pollster Luke Tryl says there is just a 5 per cent chance of Tory victory at next general election

Seven million people are either incorrectly registered or missing from the voting register entirely, according to the Electoral Commission

We’d like to hear how people under 30 in Britain feel about voting in political elections, and whether they are planning to go to the polls this year

You will be able to vote for a mayor as well as London Assembly members

Trump charged with 34 felony counts over alleged payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal

Once again, Donald Trump made history on Monday, becoming the first American president to ever stand on criminal charges. The former president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to conceal a hush money payment mad ...

Prices have fallen but an escalation could spark a rise, with knock-on effects in a big election year

Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan court for the first day of a historic criminal trial stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. He will become the first American president to stand trial on criminal charges. Mr Trump has been charged with ...

Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats each party is likely to win in the next general election

Watch live from New York City on Monday 15 April as jury selection gets under way in Donald Trump’s first criminal case.

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial before election Day is about more than hush money. Prosecutors allege a scheme to corrupt a presidential election, Alex Woodward reports