Elizabeth Holmes describes Theranos’s ‘big idea’ to jurors
Defence in surprise move to put founder on stand in case focusing on Silicon Valley culture
Maureen Dowd: Pity Colin Powell broke his own rules to enable Iraq invasion
He could have been president, but his tragedy is that he walked a path he knew to be wrong
US lawmakers nearing potential breakthrough on debt ceiling
Stop-gap measure considered to extend limit to December
Biden defends choice of Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon
President-elect addresses concerns department would not be led by a civilian
Donald Trump tweets that he has fired his defence secretary
Mark Esper ‘terminated’ by US president after clashes over response to street protests
Trump hails ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ at White House ceremony
Israel, Bahrain and UAE sign peace agreement in foreign policy win for administration
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Maureen Dowd: The euphoria of seeing a first black president has given way to desolation and racial strife
Trump urges suppression of protests over Floyd killing
Focus turns to police behaviour after 10th consecutive night of unrest across the US
Trump under fire from US military after troops threat
President criticised by Mattis and Kelly as Republican senator ‘struggles’ to back him
Democrats dream of John Bolton bombshell in impeachment trial
Call for witnesses intensifies after report that draft of Bolton’s book could damage Trump
Trump clears way for Turkish operation against Syria’s Kurds
US president threatens on Twitter to ‘totally destroy and obliterate’ Turkish economy
US director of national intelligence to step down in August
Dan Coats held position for two years and regularly clashed with Donald Trump
Trump may have backed himself into a corner over Iran
US president’s ambiguous response to latest provocation is in keeping with his incoherent policy on Iran
US-backed fighters expect ‘fierce battle’ with Islamic State
Terror group remains holed up in Syrian enclave in spite of Trump’s ‘100 per cent victory’ claim
Trump says US may declare Isis defeated next week
President says coalition has reclaimed all territory held by terror group in Syria and Iraq
US consensus on troop withdrawal dangerously interventionist
US Politics: Opposition to Trump’s plan to exit Afghanistan smacks of ‘horror of retreat’
US court clears way for Trump’s restrictions on transgender troops
Supreme court judges put earlier decisions that had blocked plan on hold
Trump cancels US delegation to Davos and Pelosi Afghan trip, citing shutdown
President withdraws permission for House speaker to use military aircraft for trip
China sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling
Trudeau condemns decision as tensions rise in dispute over arrest of Huawei executive
Erdogan snub exposes US disarray on withdrawal from Syria
Turkish president accuses Trump administration of issuing mixed messages on Syria
American man ‘sent CV to Islamic State’ seeking teaching job
Texan man offered his services to terror group as English teacher, documents suggest
The world in 2019: a good year for the pessimists
Brexit activated, Trump unshackled, populism bedded in – it’s a glass-half-empty outlook
White House says Trump won’t pull troops from Afghanistan
Statement contradicts reports last week that the US was to withdraw 7,000 soldiers
Trauma of Trump presidency has focused Democratic minds
US Politics: Donald Trump has forced the Democrats to stand up for American power
Europe reacts with alarm to James Mattis resignation
Ministers fearful over withdrawal of US troops from Syria and Afghanistan
Trump threatens ‘very long shutdown’ amid border wall funding row
Democrats and US president blame each other for crisis as shutdown looms
Mattis’s exit is far more serious than other White House departures
Resignation of Donald Trump’s defence secretary is as shocking as it is unsurprising
US defence secretary Jim Mattis resigns after Syria withdrawal
The retired marine general viewed as a sober voice of experience in the ear of Donald Trump
US defence secretary Jim Mattis to leave position next year
Retired general was seen as a stabilising force in Donald Trump’s cabinet
Trump and Saudi crown prince meet on sidelines of G20 summit
Russian president Putin high fives prince but other leaders still outraged over Khashoggi murder
85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen, charity says
Peace talks likely in early December as Yemen become worst humanitarian crisis in world
Future of several key Trump administration officials in doubt
Surprise Melania Trump criticism puts deputy national security adviser Ricardel at risk
Melania Trump calls for dismissal of senior government aide
US first lady clashed with national security adviser Mira Ricardel
Peace talks in Yemen postponed until the end of the year
Discussions between Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels were due to begin this month
How the Yemen conflict became a devastating humanitarian crisis
The roots of the catastrophic violence in the country date back to failures in 2011
US ends refuelling support for Saudi-led coalition in Yemen war
Critics of the Saudi campaign have long questioned US involvement in the war
Fighting in Yemen escalates in spite of talk of ceasefire
Saudi-led coalition launches punishing wave of air strikes against Houthi rebels
Yemen girl whose image drew attention to famine is dead
Amal Hussain (7), suffering from severe malnourishment, dies at refugee camp
US calls for Yemen ceasefire and negotiations
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo says UN-led talks to end the fighting should begin next month
Mexican police halt migrant caravan on way to US
Several thousand Central Americans refuse offer of benefits if they apply for refugee status
Trump considers closing southern US border to migrants
US president may take executive action to bar migrants from entering country
Trump to order 800 troops to secure Mexican border
Republican candidates seizing on ‘caravan’ of migrants as a key campaign issue
Afghanistan postpones Kandahar elections after police chief killed
Attack raises questions over potential peace talks between Taliban and United States
Trump tells defence secretary he is ‘100%’ behind him after ‘Democrat’ jab
Retired general Mattis says he received reassurance from president in phone call
Trump’s defence secretary ‘sort of a Democrat’ and could leave soon
US president has ‘good relationship’ with Gen Mattis but ‘at some point, everybody leaves’
Man arrested suspected to have tried to poison Trump with ricin
US Navy veteran suspected of sending two envelopes to the Pentagon
US and Chinese warships narrowly avoid collision in South China Sea
Destroyer came within 40m of USS Decatur in ‘unprofessional manoeuvre’, says US military
Sino-US tensions intensify after Beijing postpones military talks
China’s top naval officer cancels talks with US top brass over US decision to impose sanctions for China’s purchase of Russian weapons
US warns of Russian meddling in Macedonian referendum
Deal with Greece would help Macedonia join Nato despite Kremlin opposition
Pence says no one on his staff wrote ‘New York Times’ column
US vice-president adds to list of high-ranking officials who deny writing op-ed
Trump officials in uproar over anonymous ‘New York Times’ piece
Leading figures deny they are the author of article denouncing president’s leadership
‘He’s an idiot’, ‘We’re in crazytown’ and other key extracts from Woodward’s Trump book
Book on Trump’s first 18 months in office includes incendiary comments
US cancels $300m aid to Pakistan over record on militants
Trump administration says Islamabad is granting safe haven to insurgents
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