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A suspect has been taken into custody after a shooting at the University of Virginia left three members of the football team dead. Authorities...

Kari Lake, who backed Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, has lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona. The...

Jeff Bezos plans to give away most of his $124bn (£110bn) fortune, he has told CNN. The Amazon founder, 58, is the world’s second-richest...

US President Joe Biden has met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and said they have a “responsibility” to show the two countries can “manage...

Six people have been killed after two historic military planes collided during an airshow in the US city of Dallas. The planes – a...

The Democrats will keep control of the US senate after a projected win in the state of Nevada, according to US media reports. Democrat...

Joe Biden referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia in another high-profile slip-up. “Now that...

Mark Kelly has claimed victory in Arizona’s senate race, thanking the state’s voters for giving him a second term. Mr Kelly was the Democrat...

By definition, midterm elections in America occur two years into a presidential term with two years to go until the next general election. They...

Elon Musk raised the possibility of Twitter going bankrupt as the company endured perhaps its most chaotic day since he took control two weeks...

A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own....

Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the...

“Trumpty Dumpty” – probably as much a political epitaph as a headline. When the New York Post put that on their front page, it...

Results have been coming in all night and our live maps and charts are continuing to update, showing the progress of both races. When...

Joe Biden has described the midterm results so far as a “good day for democracy” and a “good day for America”. Speaking at the...

This may well be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump.  The story of the night is his reverse Midas touch. Nearly every...

One of the biggest talking points of this year’s campaign was how the army of Republican candidates backed by Trump would do, how influential...

Arizona Republicans do election night differently.  At a plush country club in the suburb of Scottsdale, surrounded by palm trees, with multiple bars, pop...

Republican hopes of wiping out the Democrats in the US midterm elections appear to have faded away as a “red wave” of wins has...