US defense secretary says Iran’s energy infrastructure is ‘not destroyed yet’ while also lambasting the media Iran’s energy infrastructure is “not destroyed yet” and the US is “locked and loaded” to finish the job, Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said on Thursday as he called many of the press corps gathered the moral equivalent of … Read more
Police say the couple’s teenage children called 911 after a domestic dispute at their Annandale home during divorce Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Justin Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia whose tenure was upended by allegations of sexual assault, shot and killed his wife … Read more
Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burden Costs at World Cup have come under increased scrutiny New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has hit out at Fifa after reports her state’s transport system will charge $100 for a return ticket to World Cup matches this summer. New Jersey Transit lists the price for a round-trip … Read more
New York mayor Mamdani calls footage of arrest of wrongly identified suspect ‘extremely disturbing and unacceptable’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The New York police department has launched an internal investigation after videos posted online showed two police officers repeatedly punching and kicking a man … Read more
It’s a relief to see the pontiff decrying brutality, because it seems most current world leaders lack the necessary spine I have never been a religious or spiritual person, even though I grew up in a religious area and had friends (and strangers) throughout school and university trying to lure me into whatever prayer disguised … Read more
Meenu Batra, the state’s only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu interpreter, says she was treated ‘like a criminal’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Texas court interpreter who was arrested by ICE after living in the US for more than 35 years is speaking out … Read more
California supreme court upholds lower court decision as Eastman says he will appeal to US supreme court John Eastman, a lawyer who played a key role in Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, officially lost his law license in California on Wednesday. The California supreme court upheld a 2024 ruling from a state … Read more
As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial intervention People often criticise the Democrats for being overly cautious and never getting anything done. But this week they’ve surprised us all by unveiling concepts of a plan for getting Donald Trump out of the White … Read more
Health secretary in a diary entry said his kids were in the car as he cut off animal’s genitals in 2001 to ‘study them later’ Robert F Kennedy Jr once cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon in an incident that is just one of several involving dead animals that the controversial US health secretary … Read more
Men aged 18-29 who see religion as central rises to 42%, Gallup survey finds, compared with 30% of young women Young men are now more likely than young women in the US to say religion plays a major role in their lives, according to the newest findings from Gallup. Data covering 2024-25 indicates that 42% … Read more
