Donald Trump watched the Capitol riots on television in his dining room and failed to take “immediate action in a time of crisis”, an investigation has heard. During the eighth hearing into the January 6 riots, the committee was told that the former president was aiming to stop or delay the congressional certification of Joe
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Joe Biden, the US president, has tested positive for COVID. The president, 79, is “experiencing very mild symptoms”, his press secretary said as she announced the news. Karine Jean-Pierre said Mr Biden tested positive on Thursday morning. He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted. In a video message, the president thanked people for their concern,
Vladimir Putin is “probably too healthy”, the head of the CIA has said, playing down rumours the Russian president is suffering a serious illness such as cancer. William Burns, in a rare public appearance, also said Russia’s leader would be proved wrong in a belief he can win a bloody war of attrition against Ukraine
Donald Trump joined other family members as they paid their respects to his ex-wife Ivana Trump at her funeral in New York. Ms Trump, 73, who was the first wife of the former US president, died suddenly last Thursday at her home in Manhattan. Her death was ruled an accident by authorities, with the cause
A $5,000 reward has been posted as police continue to search for a man allegedly involved in the attempted murder of Lady Gaga’s dog walker, after he was accidentally released from jail. James Howard Jackson was being held on an attempted murder charge but was released from a jail in Los Angeles “due to a
A grizzly bear which mauled a woman to death in a rare predatory attack in Montana had become “food-conditioned”. Leah Davis Lokan, 65, had encountered the bear about an hour before the attack and was able to scare it away, but it returned around 4am and killed her. Experts believe the bear was attracted to
An internal review has been launched into the inaction of dozens of police officers who failed to intervene as a gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas primary school. The massacre by Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on 24 May was the focus of a damning report released on
The US Office star Craig Robinson has thanked security and staff for helping people to safety after a man fired a gun inside a comedy club where he was set to perform. Robinson, best known for playing Darryl Philbin in the American adaption of Ricky Gervais’s hit British comedy, shared a video on social media
Three people have been killed and two injured in a shooting at a mall food court in Indiana after a man with a rifle opened fire. The man entered Greenwood Park Mall and began firing, fatally injuring three people before eventually being killed himself by an armed civilian, police say. Officers went to the mall
A damning new report into the Uvalde school massacre has condemned the almost 400 law enforcement officers who flocked to the scene for ‘failing to prioritise innocent victims’ safety over their own’. High school dropout Salvador Ramos killed 21 people, including 19 children, at Robb Elementary School in Texas on 24 May. A 77-page report,
An elderly woman who fell into a pond in Florida was killed after being grabbed by two alligators, authorities say. She was seen falling into the water by a golf course in Englewood late on Friday and struggled to stay afloat. While she was in the water, two alligators were seen grabbing her. She was
The Saudi crown prince told Joe Biden the US had also made mistakes, after the president confronted him over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by a hit squad in the country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018. Mr Biden said he challenged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over the
When Donald Trump touched down in Saudi Arabia in 2017, King Salman was waiting on the tarmac. It was the president’s first overseas trip and the capital Riyadh had been transformed into a celebration of American culture, with flags, projections and music. Joe Biden‘s arrival could not have been more different. Awaiting him as he
In most of the United States, hospitalizations and deaths from Covid seem to be way, way down. Covid deaths nationwide are 522 a day, a tiny fraction of the nearly 3,900 a day in February. But things are not as quiet as they look. In Los Angeles County, Covid is ripping the place up. The LA
A five-year-old boy has shot dead his eight-year-old brother in a “tragic accident” at a US home. After a 911 call on Thursday afternoon, sheriffs went to a house in Jefferson County, Arkansas, to find a child “unresponsive” inside. The county coroner was called and the child was declared dead. Four other siblings and the
The co-executive producer of US comedy show Scrubs has been arrested on multiple charges of sexual assault. Eric Weinberg allegedly targeted young women in public places on the guise of being a photographer offering them work. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department said the writer would sexually assault the women during photo shoots, which
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