Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and a
Our politics and foreign policy reporters will answer your questions live in a Q&A on Tuesday 6 October The war with Iran has had major implications for Americans’ wallets , government spending and US foreign policy. It’s also been key in reshaping the political landscape as it enters its se
President uses social media post to deny reports that he was willing to ease sanctions in return for ‘concrete’ steps over its nuclear program Sign up to the US Breaking News email Three news outlets that Donald Trump banned from White House have asked a federal court to block the ban until the
Trump had told Axios he expected talks to resume a day after he rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday. D
Iran’s seven-day timetable would restart nuclear talks, but will the US be willing to deliver on terms that include reining in Israel in Lebanon? Iran’s seven-day timetable to reopen the strait of Hormuz and start talks on its nuclear programme has been pitched as a deal that could rapidly extri
Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here In recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined
GOP stymies House-passed war powers resolution as conflict passes 200-day mark with 19 US service members killed Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war with Iran, voting down a House-passed war powers resolution as the conflict that has killed 19 American servic
Senior Iranian officials say Washington has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has met his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, for the first time in New York amid warnings from senior Iranian security officials that the US
Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter Eight US navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group have attempted suicide since the start of their lengthy deployment as part of the US war on Iran, Hung Cao, the actin
It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday to the United Nations general assembly was an object lesson in his lawless rule and remarkable capacity for self-delusion. Disregarding the UN charter
Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeks United Nations general assembly – latest updates Iran has pushed back on claims that it dropped former preconditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz in surprise talks held in New York unde
But industry trade group says plan would backfire and lead to even higher prices for gasoline US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which some US politicians are calling for as a way to curb the soaring cost of ene