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Beth Johnson is accustomed to the uncertainty that comes with being a military wife – picking up and moving her family every three years. The crippling anxiety that comes with a US government shutdown, however, is not something she is used to. She is one of the millions of Americans who sighed a deep breath of relief when politicians in …

In need of a reset on multiple policy fronts, the Trump administration isn’t afraid of turning to some good old-fashioned rebranding. ► Tired of hearing about how Epstein emails released by a House Democrats feature President Donald Trump? Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate any Democrats who, like Trump, were Epstein associates and are mentioned in the emails. …

After 43 days, the longest US government shutdown in history is coming to an end. Federal workers will start receiving pay again. National Parks will reopen. Government services that had been curtailed or suspended entirely will resume. Air travel, which had become a nightmare for many Americans, will return to being merely frustrating. After the dust settles and the ink …

The government shutdown – now on its 41st day but with an end in sight – has had widespread effects across the country, from reduced air travel capacity to federal workers not receiving paycheques to the shuttering of federally funded museums. Image caption: Passengers look at a board showing flight delays and cancellations in red at Orlando International Airport on …

We’ve also just heard from Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, striking an optimistic note about the outcome of negotiations on a deal to end the shutdown. He says he’s “glad to be able to say that eight Democrats joined Republicans last night to take the first step to reopen the government”. Thune says that the proposal includes funding for …

Donald Trump has said the US will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country. The US president said it was a “total disgrace” that South Africa is hosting the meeting, where leaders from the world’s largest economies will gather in Johannesburg later this month. South Africa’s …

At least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine overnight. A strike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro killed two people and wounded 12, while three died in Zaporizhzhia. Two people died in a Russian strike on an apartment building in Dnipro In …

Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle. Examining each limb, she feels exhausted with sorrow. “I am suffocated. I am suffocated from seeing my hard work turn out like this,” she …

African and international efforts to stop the war have been slow. Now, swift action, including the possible invocation of R2P, is vital. After an 18-month siege, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El-Fasher, the capital of Darfur, Sudan, on 26 October. The city, until recently the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Darfur, is now under …

Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in US politics. In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027. It marks the end of a storied political …