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  • a man in a blue suit and striped blue and red tie speaks from behind a lectern

    Biden signs $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

    President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv
  • FILE - The historic Arizona Capitol building stands, April 11, 2024, in Phoenix. Democrats in the Arizona House are expected on Wednesday, April 24, to make another attempt to repeal Arizona's near-total abortion ban, which the state's highest court says can be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

    Arizona Democrats in new effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban law

  • A container marked 'xenokidney' an 'porcine organ for transplant'

    New Jersey woman receives pig kidney along with mechanical heart pump

  • Santos, with smirk and sunglasses, waves.

    George Santos, indicted fabulist expelled from Congress, drops bid for New York seat

  • Dozens of tents and young protesters wearing keffiyeh, with a rainbow Pride flag in the foreground.

    How divestment became a ‘clarion call’ in anti-fossil fuel and pro-ceasefire protests

  • Biden in suit and shades strolling in on a lawn.

    Biden praises Congress for foreign aid bill and says he will sign it immediately

  • South Carolina police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadas

  • Biden’s planned Morehouse College commencement speech spurs alumni protest

  • Billionaire Jeff Yass linked to $16m in donations to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups

  • Tennessee passes bill to allow teachers to carry concealed guns despite protests

  • US campus protests over Israel-Gaza war – in pictures

  • First Thing: Congress passes $95bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  • ‘Have you signed yet?’: Arizona activists battle to overturn near-total abortion ban

  • US seeing rise in climate-related power outages, report says

Donald Trump trials in focus

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie flips through a stack of papers

    Key takeaways
    Skeptical judge and National Enquirer deal

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    Explainer
    Who is David Pecker, a key witness in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial?

  • Man in suit leaves courthouse

    The jurors
    Who is on the Trump trial jury?

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie sits in court

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in Trump's criminal trial

Abortion

  • People gather during a protest in support of “reproductive rights and emergency abortion care,” on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban.

    Live
    Three liberal justices express skepticism toward Idaho’s arguments for strict abortion ban – live

  • A color-coded map of the US showing the status of each states' abortion laws

    Tracking abortion laws across the United States

  • Flag flies against blue sky in front of US supreme court building

    US supreme court to hear arguments in key case on emergency abortion care

  • Abortion rights activists in Phoenix last week.

    ‘Have you signed yet?’: Arizona activists battle to overturn near-total abortion ban

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Opinion

  • People under red fabric with shirts saying 'Jews say ceasefire now' and 'Not in our name'

    We need an exodus from Zionism

    Naomi Klein
    We don’t need or want the false idol of Zionism. We want freedom from the project that commits genocide in our name
  • ‘Each day, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump is finding out that there’s a limit.’

    Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Adolf Hitler with Nazi officials in Munich, 1939

    Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake?

    Adrian Chiles
    Just because we find a political leader ludicrous, that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous, writes Adrian Chiles
  • a man and a woman look at each other surrounded by people wearing white masks

    Sleep No More’s immersive experience leaves behind endless gimmicky imitations

    Steven Phillips-Horst
    Punchdrunk’s revolutionary theater piece is no more after over a decade in New York. Now we’re drowning in structured fun
    • Cat hiding behind leaves

      I tried to become a local hero by rescuing a cat. I failed comprehensively

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Two middle-aged men sharing a warm hug

      I worry that hugging people could come across as creepy. So, from now on, all you’re getting is a handshake

      Adrian Chiles
    • ‘On Monday, the court ruled that if Trump takes the witness stand, he may be cross-examined over past bad acts.’

      Trump has dodged financial calamity – for the time being

      Lloyd Green
    • woman with pink hair on a screen

      ‘Miss AI’ is billed as a leap forward – but feels like a monumental step backwards

      Arwa Mahdawi

US sports

  • FILE - Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush of the University of Southern California smiles while posing for photos after a news conference in New York, Dec. 10, 2005. Reggie Bush has been reinstated as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, more than a decade after Southern California returned the award following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

    Reggie Bush reinstated as Heisman winner after ‘enormous change’ in college sports

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

  • man holding a t shirt that says tunsil

    Forgotten picks to gas mask bongs: the strangest NFL draft moments

  • Pete Rose crouches on the field before a game at Shea Stadium in New York on 24 July 1978 during a hitting streak that eventually spanned 44 consecutive games.

    Charlie Hustle: the definitive Pete Rose book that deconstructs a disgraced legend

US politics

  • 'Vote here' sign outside church

    Biden and Trump clinch Pennsylvania primaries shortly after polls close

  • US-POLITICS-AID-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN<br>The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2024. The US Senate is due to vote on the final foreign aid package of $95 billion in total military assistance to US allies, including money for Israel and Taiwan alongside the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine -- is expected to land on President Joe Biden's desk for his approval by the end of the week. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  • Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush-money payments at Manhattan criminal court in New York City.

    Trump’s hush-money trial: National Enquirer publisher says he was ‘eyes and ears’ of 2016 campaign

  • A Turning Point USA logo

    Two Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor

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US business

  • Donald Trump against the backdrop of a US flag with a smartphone showing the Truth Social logo

    Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

  • A plane being assembled in large hanger.

    Boeing blew through $4bn last quarter in response to 737 Max blowout incident

    • Federal Trade Commission<br>FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by the FTC on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, though the rule seems sure to be challenged in court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

      New US rule would ban employers from using ‘noncompete’ agreements

    • Starbucks workers in black T-shirts link arms

      Supreme court appears to side with Starbucks in fight over fired employees

    • the sun shines through wooden beams

      ‘Workers end up paying the price’: laborers call for safer building sites

Pictures & video

  • China warns US after Senate passes aid bill worth billions to Taiwan – video

  • People solemnly stand hand in hand

    US campus protests over Israel-Gaza war – in pictures

    Some of America’s most prestigious universities have been rocked by demonstrations as students take over quads and disrupt campus activities, protesting over the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
  • Police arrest 300 after protesters urge the US government to stop supplying military aid to Israel

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    'Let Gaza live': Jewish demonstrators arrested at New York protest seder – video

    Police arrest 300 after protesters urge the US government to stop supplying military aid to Israel

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