Nemat Shafik will be grilled by house committee in exchanges that promise to become heated and confrontational

Watch live as defence secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen Charles Q Brown Jr, and defence comptroller Mike McCord are grilled on global conflicts before the house Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, 17 April.

Exclusive: Kim Aris believes the move is not for humanitarian reasons, but to use his 78-year-old mother as a defence against armed drones used by pro-democracy forces fighting Myanmar’s military junta

SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join in

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Peers pass four amendments inserting safeguards into bill, including exempting migrants who helped British troops

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Military spokesperson says Nobel laureate is among prisoners to be moved out of prison as a precaution during hot weather

Ms Greene made the comment during a house Homeland Security Committee budget hearing

Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

GOP set to begin trial for DHS chief as Biden impeachment effort languishes

White house not rejecting house Speaker’s plan for separate defence funding bills for Israel and Ukraine

The house of Lords erupted in laughter as a member made a joke about Liz Truss in front of Lord David Cameron during questions on Tuesday, 16 April. Former Labour MP Lord Bruce Grocott asked the foreign secretary if he had a message for those who &am ...

house Speaker says he’s ‘not concerned’ about far-right members trying to oust him

California Democrat says Mr Johnson can expect help remaining in office if he allows aid to Gaza to be voted on

Four other people were injured after the blaze broke out during the early hours of Sunday

‘Your Committee’s purported ‘impeachment inquiry’ has succeeded only in turning up abundant evidence that, in fact, the President has done nothing wrong,’ White house attorney writes

Watch live as Rishi Sunak’s controversial Rwanda asylum bill returns to house of Lords on Tuesday (16 April) after MPs rejected a series of amendments.

Growth per head will remain flat this year as the effects of high inflation take time to abate

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