Health secretary racks up at least $60,000 in charter jet costs in one week… (he’s a budget hawk)… Senate to vote on healthcare; Get the day’s politics news in 60 seconds every weekday. By Tom McCarthy
Michael Dourson, president’s nominee for EPA position, founded consultancy in which he was paid to criticize studies questioning safety of clients’ products
Jake LaMotta, widely acknowledged as one of the toughest men to have entered a professional boxing ring, has died aged 95. The former world middleweight champion was best remembered for having fought the great Sugar Ray Robinson on six…
The sell-off of its $4.5tn portfolio, bought to keep interest rates down after the financial crash, is as unprecedented as the stimulus programme that came before
The improbable two-time Super Bowl winner is 36 and at the helm of the NFL’s most anemic offense. With no heir apparent in line, could a trade be the answer?
The sport took a step forward with Saturday’s gripping fight between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Álvarez – and two steps back with more dubious judging
North Carolina’s hog industry has been the subject of litigation, investigation, legislation and regulation. But are its health and environmental risks finally getting too much?
Agriculture department hire spells state-level family opening for Senator Chuck Grassley who chairs the judiciary committee investigating Donald Trump Jr
After accounting for eight out of 10 Americans in 1976, white Christians are now a minority, a study has found. The political implications could be profound
Our first power rankings since the 2015 World Cup mark two years to go until Japan 2019. England lead the chasing pack while Australia and Wales struggle
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Trump called him about US legal action targeting 19 people involved in clash with peaceful protesters in Washington this year
The Republican sponsor of a last-gasp effort to tear down the Affordable Care Act said on Tuesday that he has “never felt better” about the chances of repealing the 2010 law.
Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in which he lashed out at a litany of US adversaries and called on “righteous” countries to confront them.
A handful of Republican senators are attempting to revive the healthcare repeal effort that appeared all but dead and buried when Congress left Washington for the summer.
Donald Trump is considering staging a US military parade in Washington on the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday, inspired by the parade he saw on Bastille Day in Paris.
The art installation emerged last week near Tecate, highlighting controversy over Trump’s proposed wall – but Kikito’s family would rather stay in Mexico
Capital poised for busy weekend, with thousands of Insane Clown Posse fans protesting FBI treatment while president’s supporters plan ‘mother of all rallies’
The president reprised his dance with ‘Chuck and Nancy’ as the three held talks to protect the Dreamers, while Hillary Clinton’s election memoir hit shelves
Speculation on attack not ‘helpful’... US warns of ‘military option’ on North Korea … kid mows White House lawn... and more; Get the day’s politics news in 60 seconds every weekday. By Tom McCarthy