US Vice-President Kamala Harris will on Monday preside over the official certification in Congress of the result of November’s presidential election – a contest that she lost to Donald Trump.…
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USA: Biden bans offshore drilling across vast area of US
US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office. The ban covers the…
USA: New York becomes first US city with congestion charge
The first congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the US has come into effect in New York.Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for…
USA: Washington Post cartoonist quits after Bezos satire is rejected
A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of the paper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Ann Telnaes, a long-time…
USA: Olympic sprinter Kerley tasered after police confrontation
United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida. The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze at last summer’s Paris…
UK: ‘Visit Hull’ invitation to Trump after social post
Donald Trump is being invited to Hull to see for himself the impact of renewable energy on the region after the US president-elect criticised the UK’s move away from oil…
USA: Trump’s power in Congress exposed
Shortly after Mike Johnson appeared to come up two votes shy of retaining the speakership of the House of Representatives on Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene – the loyal Trump ally…
UK: Prince William shocked by death of ex-nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack
The Prince of Wales has said he and Catherine are “shocked and saddened” by the death of his former nanny’s stepson, Edward Pettifer, who was killed in the New Orleans…
USA: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to 20 recipients, including Liz Cheney
Vogue editor Dame Anna Wintour, U2 frontman Bono and billionaire George Soros are among those who will receive America’s highest civilian honour from outgoing President Joe Biden. The Presidential Medal…
USA: Suspect in Cybertruck blast suffered from PTSD
The man identified inside the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning had no animosity toward President-elect Donald Trump and likely suffered from…