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Announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct allegations US politics live – latest updates House speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. The “partnership” led by the chairs of the Republican and Democratic women’s caucuses … Read more

Gautam Adani, richest man in Asia, was accused of conspiring to pay $250m in bribes to Indian government officials The US Department of Justice is dropping its fraud charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the richest man in Asia, after he hired a new legal team led by Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, according to … Read more

Vice President JD Vance offered a vote of confidence Thursday for Sen. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who faces a tough re-election fight this year in Maine.

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court ruling US southern states are rushing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted … Read more

A local Virginia Democrat blasted the Department of Justice’s civil rights probe into Soros-backed Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano as a “hit job” last week. The department recently launched an investigation into allegations Descano’s office gave preferential treatment to criminal illegal immigrants. “Given how the Trump administration does their job, I would say it’s likely … Read more

All 11 onboard survived after the plane made an emergency landing near the Bahamas Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A military rescue crew in Florida has spoken of the “pretty miraculous” survival of all 11 people it saved from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, and its own scramble to … Read more

The U.S. is producing nuclear weapons at levels not seen since the Cold War, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers Thursday, as officials warned of a rapidly expanding Chinese arsenal and growing nuclear threats from Iran. “Today, NNSA is delivering more new nuclear weapons and plutonium pits than at any time since the Cold War,” … Read more

Trump’s approval rating is sinking amid high prices and the war with Iran, but he’s still the best at turning out the base voters Republicans need for the midterms.

Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon declared on Thursday that Americans elected President Donald Trump “to sunset” the “education bureaucracy,” asserting that the administration is enacting “education renewal.” “Americans reelected President Trump with a clear mandate to sunset a 46-year-old, $3-trillion dollar, failed education bureaucracy in D.C. and return authority to where it belongs to parents, … Read more

US plaintiffs say waterfront site was improperly transferred for Trump’s personal gain A group of Miami residents has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the state of Florida over a land giveaway for his proposed presidential library. Almost three acres of prime waterfront land that once belonged to Miami Dade College (MDC) was illegally … Read more