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Donald Trump is back on Twitter after an online poll voted for his return. The platform’s new owner Elon Musk had announced on Saturday evening that following the vote, the former president would be reinstated, almost two years after he was removed following the 6 January US Capitol riots. On hearing the news, the former

Facebook was encountering election interference content as far back as 2006, some 10 years before Mark Zuckerberg first acknowledged the issue, the platform’s former head of global public policy has claimed. Speaking at Sky News’ Big Ideas Live event, where experts and industry leaders discussed the biggest science and technology issues of our times, Paul

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes “has the ambition to rise again” despite being jailed over a years-long scam that saw her become one of America’s most celebrated tech billionaires, the creator of an award-winning podcast about the scandal has said. The 38-year-old was sentenced to more than 11 years behind bars on Friday, having been

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to more than 11 years in a US federal prison for conning investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. The 38-year-old was convicted by a Californian jury on three counts of investor fraud and one count of conspiracy in January. She was jailed for

Joe Biden has been accused of “capitulation” after his administration said Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should not face legal action over the murder of a US-based journalist. Despite the US president having previously vowed to make a “pariah” out of the country’s rulers following the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the State Department has declared

Nancy Pelosi has said she will not run again to be Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, after nearly two decades in the role. The veteran politician lost the speakership after the Republicans took the House in the recent midterm elections. Despite saying she would step down from the role she has held since

The Republicans have won back control of the US House of Representatives. After two years of Democratic control of both the House and the Senate, the power dynamic in Washington will now shift. It means President Joe Biden‘s administration could struggle to enact parts of its legislative agenda. The Democrats did manage to keep control

Russia has insisted it did not fire the missile that killed two people in a Polish village near Ukraine’s border. A spokesman for the defence ministry told Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency that its strikes on 15 November were no closer than 22 miles (35km) from the Polish border. They claimed that images of the

A man accused of attacking US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer has pleaded not guilty to federal charges against him. David DePape is accused of the attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official. The charges arise from a break-in at Nancy and

Kari Lake, who backed Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in 2020, has lost her bid to become the next governor of Arizona. The closely fought race with Democrat Katie Hobbs was one of the most significant in the US midterms as Arizona is a battleground state and is expected to play a pivotal role

US President Joe Biden has met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and said they have a “responsibility” to show the two countries can “manage our differences”. Mr Xi went into the three-and-a-half-hour discussion prepared for a “candid and in-depth exchange of views” with Mr Biden, saying he hoped they would find areas of cooperation. And

Six people have been killed after two historic military planes collided during an airshow in the US city of Dallas. The planes – a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter – crashed into each other at around 1.20pm local time. They were part of the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show

The midterm elections are said to be a referendum on the success, or otherwise, of the sitting president and his first two years in the White House. President Joe Biden’s approval rating is underwater, inflation is soaring and he makes a gaffe almost every time he opens his mouth, so the success of Democrat candidates

The Democrats will keep control of the US Senate after a projected win in the state of Nevada. Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto is sitting on 48.7% of the vote – a narrow edge over Republican former state attorney general Adam Laxalt on 48.2%. Ms Cortez Masto, 58, campaigned heavily on the issue of abortion

Joe Biden referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia in another high-profile slip-up. “Now that we’re back together here in Cambodia, I look forward to building even stronger progress than we’ve already made, and I want to thank the prime minister of Colombia for his leadership

Fromer astronaut Mark Kelly has defeated his republican rival in Arizona’s senate race, with just two more seats left to be decided. In a statement, the 58-year-old Mr Kelly, the incumbent senator, said: “Thank you to the people of Arizona for re-electing me to the United States Senate. “From day one, this campaign has been

A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted last month of murdering Reagan Simmons-Hancock and on Wednesday a jury in Texas gave her the death penalty. She killed the 21-year-old in October 2020, beating

Donald Trump has described Ron DeSantis as an “average” politician, in a statement aimed at belittling the man who could rival him for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as Florida governor with almost 60% of the vote, marking him out as a rising star and a possible contender for the presidency

“Trumpty Dumpty” – probably as much a political epitaph as a headline. When the New York Post put that on their front page, it wasn’t just selling papers, it was crafting the end of a career. And it wasn’t alone – searing assessments of Donald Trump and what he meant for the 2022 midterms have

Joe Biden has described his party’s positive midterm results as a “good day for America” – but the race for the Senate remains on a knife-edge. The Democrats defied predictions of a “giant red wave” of Republican gains and are projected to lose just seven seats. Though this would mean the Republicans wrestling back control