Former Trump adviser indicted by grand jury on two counts for contempt of CongressDonald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has been charged with contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a committee investigating the 6 January attack on the…
Trump asks court to block release of records to Capitol attack committee – live
Ex-president formally asks appeals court for injunctionManchin wavers on spending bill after US inflation surgeSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailSpeaking at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day, Joe Biden thanked a…
Covid live: Germany reports record 50,000 new cases; Dutch experts recommend lockdown amid record cases
Robert Koch Institute records 50,196 new cases of coronavirus in Germany; Netherlands would have western Europe’s first lockdown since the summerGerman chancellor-in-waiting pushes new measures to fight rising casesMorgues fill up in Romania and Bulgar…
Coronavirus live: Germany sees highest ever seven-day Covid incidence rate; Auckland lockdown set to end
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute records incidence rate of 201.1; Lockdown of New Zealand’s largest city likely to end this monthJapan records zero daily Covid deaths for first time in 15 monthsUS opens borders to some foreign tourists‘Get the vaccine’:…
Tesla shares fall after Elon Musk’s Twitter poll backs sell-off plan
Majority of billionaire’s 62.5 million followers vote that he should sell 10% of his stock in electric car firmTesla’s Frankfurt-listed shares fell about 9% in early trading on Monday as investors prepared for the chief executive Elon Musk’s proposed s…
Huma Abedin on Anthony Weiner: ‘He ripped my heart out and stomped on it over and over again’
She was Hillary Clinton’s aide and the wife of a star politician when a sexting scandal sent him to prison, destroyed their marriage – and derailed her boss’s bid to become president. How did she cope?Read an extract from her memoir hereWalk of shame, …
Astroworld Festival concert crush leaves at least eight dead
Officials in Texas say several others injured when crowd surged towards the stage during show in HoustonOfficials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.A compression of the cr…
‘Skimpflation’: frustration as US firms skimp on service as prices rise
As labor shortages and supply chain problems bite, consumers have a growing sense they’re getting less for their money“Flight cancelled”; “service temporarily suspended”; “not currently available”; “longer than normal wait times”: these are the message…
‘Get shit done’: how Republican dog-whistles beat Democratic inaction
Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race by playing dirty over CRT – and the Democrats had no answerNo film director could have choreographed it better. At the very moment Joe Biden emerged from his helicopter into a cold, dark night on the Whit…
Hyenas at Denver zoo catch Covid in world first
Pair aged 22 and 23 expected to make full recovery, as 11 lions and two tigers at the zoo also test positiveTwo hyenas at the Denver zoo have tested positive for Covid-19, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide.Samples from a variety of …