Opinion

The BBC has formally apologized to President Donald Trump for editing his January 6, 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary, but the broadcaster is refusing to pay damages or rebroadcast the programme. The apology follows legal threats from Trump’s team and renewed scrutiny over a second edited clip aired on Newsnight in 2022. Read More.

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will vote on a bill to release all files related to the late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein next week. Read More.

President Trump signed legislation late Wednesday ending the record-long government shutdown, resolving the 43-day closure caused by Democrats’ demand to increase spending on Obamacare subsidies. Read More.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani confirmed Tuesday that he will reach out to President Trump before taking office New Year’s Day, telling NBC New York in an interview that the relationship between City Hall and the White House “will be critical to the success of the city.” Read More.

The UK has readily supplied intelligence to the US in the past but concerns over the legality of deadly strikes in the Caribbean has reportedly concerned officials in London Read More.

President Trump renewed his pitch to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to American citizens – even as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seemingly threw cold water on the idea. Read More.

President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. Read More.

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight. Read More.

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Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on social media Nov. 6 that she won't run for another term, the end of a groundbreaking career that made her the most powerful woman in the nation's history. Read More.

Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ attempt to reopen the government for a 14th time, all but ensuring that the government shutdown becomes the longest in U.S. history. Read More.

The US military carried out another deadly strike on alleged drug-traffickers at sea on Saturday, continuing a monthslong campaign by the Trump administration that has been widely criticized as likely illegal. Read More.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview out Thursday, said a frustrating phone call with Joe Biden ahead of her debate with Donald Trump showed her that the former president wasn’t focused on her success – citing it as an example of why she has a “complicated” relationship with Biden. Read More.

The CIA and other intelligence officials share many of the FBI’s misgivings about the House proposal, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Read More.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took the rare step of asking for additional briefing in a high-profile, emergency case challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, questioning whether those troops can be used under the federal law at issue to augment immigration officials. Read More.