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    Investigators photograph a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel. Picture: Wade Vandervort/AFP

    ‘DIFFICULT TO SEE’: FBI’s massive u-turn on New Orleans terror attack

    By Benedict Brook and Ally Foster

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    'Great day for America': Trump lauds Chris Wray resigning as FBI director

    Trump initially appointed Wray and plans to replace him with Kash Patel.

    FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks on Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C., announcing he will resign his post at the end of the current administration. FBI

    Christopher Wray has decided to leave ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

    Christopher Wray has decided to leave ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

    FBI Director Christopher A. Wray / Mark Wilson © Getty Images

    INDECENT PROPOSAL: Musk’s secret phone calls to Putin exposed

    Elon Musk has reportedly been in direct contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to sources in official US, European, and Russian circles

    House intel chair: US should consider military action if North Korean troops enter Ukraine

    House intel chair: US should consider military action if North Korean troops enter Ukraine

    Trump: Iran is a big threat to my life after failed assassination

    Trump: Iran is a big threat to my life after failed assassination

     

    Donald Trump has said that Iran poses “big threats” to his life and that he is surrounded by armed security after two apparent attempts to assassinate him. “Big threats on my life by Iran,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday. “The entire US military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made...

    Donald Trump was briefed by US intelligence about “real and specific” threats to kill him, his spokesman said ERIK S LESSER/EPA

    Secret Service admits 'mission failure' in July Trump shooting

    Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY Network

    TikTok fights ban in court as Harris and Trump campaigns embrace the app

    TikTok's headquarters in Culver City, Calif. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

    US says Iran responsible for Trump campaign hack

    Washington (AFP) – Iran was behind a recent hack targeting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, US security agencies said Monday, accusing Tehran of seeking to influence the 2024 election.

    The campaigns of presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic Party rival Kamala Harris have both said they have been targeted by cyber attacks © Jim WATSON / AFP

    Russia and West agree to 24-person prisoner swap – media

    The exchange will reportedly involve Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and US Marine veteran Paul Whelan

    FILE PHOTO: Paul Whelan, charged with espionage, arrives for his trial at a court in Moscow, Russia on September 17, 2019. © Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

    Secret Service director resigns after admitting agency's failure to protect Trump

    ‘I take full responsibility’: Secret Service director testifies on Trump assassination attempt

    Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images

    Secret Service director acknowledges failure, explains partial timeline before shooting

    United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says ‘the buck stops with me’

     

    Secret Service director acknowledges failure, explains partial timeline before shooting

    Trump Shooting Is Secret Service’s Most Stunning Failure in Decades

    Targeting of the former president marks perhaps the biggest security crisis for the agency since Reagan was shot in 1981

    Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents. ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES

    Biden issues new asylum cap in bid to deter illegal border crossings

    President Biden announced a new plan to shut off access to the U.S. asylum system when illegal border crossings exceed a daily threshold.US

    Migrants from Jordan, China, Egypt and Colombia surrender to a border patrol agent after crossing into the U.S. from Mexico in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., May 15, 2024. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

    US Congress threatens ICC with sanctions

    Washington has condemned international court’s application for warrants targeting both Israel and Hamas

    FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, flanked by GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and Majority Whip Tom Emmer © AP / J. Scott Applewhite

    TikTok ban is now almost inevitable

     

    The United States government has thrown down the gauntlet to wildly popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.

    TikTok is massive in the United States, and is now facing a likely ban in the app’s biggest market. Picture: AFP

    Congress clears $95bn aid package for Ukraine and Israel

    The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

    It took some six months for Congress to pass additional aid to Ukraine. EPA-EFE
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