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US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated investment banker Warren Stephens to be his ambassador to the UK. Mr Trump made the announcement in a post on social media, calling him “one of the most successful businessmen in the country”. Mr Stephens is chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc, a privately owned financial services company

President Joe Biden has issued a pardon for his son Hunter, who has been convicted of gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. In a statement released by the White House, the US president said he had given clemency to Hunter, who was due to be sentenced later this month on two separate

Donald Trump promised retribution on the campaign trail and his nomination of ultra-loyalist Kash Patel to FBI director is a sure-fire sign that he plans to deliver on it. That bodes ill for a huge cast of characters, across the US’s top law enforcement agency and the Department of Justice, who have sought to investigate

Donald Trump is set to make another controversial addition to his top team after saying he wants convicted tax evader Charles Kushner to serve as ambassador to France. The president-elect made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Mr Kushner “a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker”. The real estate developer is the father

An American football player has died a month after suffering a head-on-head collision during a college game. Medrick Burnett Jr was playing for Alabama A&M University against Alabama State University on 26 October – the day before his birthday – when the severe injury occurred. His sister said on his GoFundMe page that the 20-year-old

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken “under the NATO umbrella” – allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later “in a diplomatic way”. In an interview with Sky News’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, the Ukrainian president was asked to respond to

The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York has been disrupted by protests over the conflict in Gaza for the second year running. The steady rain drenching the city didn’t put New Yorkers off celebrating the 98th running of the event, with ponchos and umbrellas much in evidence amid the traditional assortment of balloons,

A stowaway managed to fly from the US to France without a ticket before being discovered on the flight. The woman was caught onboard Delta Airlines flight 264 from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Tuesday. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson said she was able

Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr once labelled the agency responsible for vaccine rollouts in the US a “fascist” enterprise and accused it of knowingly hurting children. Mr Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic, also compared what he saw as a widespread conspiracy to hide harms from the US’ child vaccination programme to

A man has been charged with threatening to kill Donald Trump. Authorities arrested Manuel Tamayo-Torres on Monday in southern California. He is accused of posting videos on social media threatening to kill the president-elect, according to court documents. In one video, posted on 13 November, Tamayo-Torres threatened to shoot the 78-year-old while holding what authorities

​​​​​​​Human remains have been found 44 years after a couple from New York vanished. A submerged car was discovered in a pond last week along the Interstate 95 in south Georgia, with two sets of skeletal remains said to be inside. Police suspect they could belong to retired oil executive Charles Romer, 73, and his

​​​​​​​Human remains have been found 44 years after a couple from New York vanished. A submerged car was discovered in a pond last week along the Interstate 95 in south Georgia, with two sets of skeletal remains said to be inside. Police suspect they could belong to retired oil executive Charles Romer, 73, and his

China has warned Donald Trump that a new trade war “will leave no party unscathed” as the incoming US president’s new tariff threats provoke an angry reaction. The response by the world’s second-largest economy to Mr Trump’s promise, of additional 10% tariffs on all goods from China into the US, came via state media. “There

The notion that Donald Trump would hike tariffs is hardly a surprise – it was a plan front and centre of his economic pitch during the election campaign. If that softened the landing, it still hit hard in the three countries in the frame. Mexico warned it would cause inflation and job losses in both

The notion that Donald Trump would hike tariffs is hardly a surprise – it was a plan front and centre of his economic pitch during the election campaign. If that softened the landing, it still hit hard in the three countries in the frame. Mexico warned it would cause inflation and job losses in both

A fugitive wanted for more than two decades by the FBI has been caught in North Wales, authorities have said. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was one of the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists” for two bombings in the San Francisco area in 2003. Two bombs exploded about one hour apart on the campus of a

Donald Trump has threatened sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on his first day in office. The president-elect, who takes office on 20 January next year, said he would introduce a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico. Posting on his Truth Social platform he also threatened an

A motion has been filed to drop the charges against Donald Trump of seeking to overturn the 2020 US presidential election result. Mr Trump was first indicted on four felonies in August 2023: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and

Matt Gaetz has joined the celebrity video platform Cameo days after he withdrew his name from consideration to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general. The president-elect chose former Florida congressman Mr Gaetz for the role despite him facing sex trafficking allegations. But he removed himself from the running for the country’s top legal official on

Ireland’s Taoiseach Simon Harris says he is setting aside “significant funds” to protect the country from any economic shock under Donald Trump’s presidency. But the Fine Gael leader, whose party is seeking a historic fourth consecutive term in Friday’s general election, remains hopeful of retaining good trade relations. President-elect Trump has threatened to impose tariffs