The US is prepared to talk to Russia about the possibility of restricting military exercises and missile deployments in Ukraine, a senior administration official said on Saturday…

The entrance of Russian troops into Kazakhstan, part of an operation by the forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation of ex-Soviet states, has been described euphemistically…

Nord Stream 2 also risks exposing divides in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government. The Greens have long been opposed to the pipeline but Mr Scholz has…

“We will press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility. Much to repair. Much to restore….

Joe Biden launched his most visceral attack yet on Donald Trump on the first anniversary of the US Capitol riot, accusing his predecessor of holding a “dagger…

At another recent sentencing Judge Amit Mehta jailed rioter John Lolos for 30 days, but told him: “In a sense, Mr. Lolos, I think you are a…

In 2018 Holmes was charged along with Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Theranos’ chief operating officer, who was also her romantic partner. Balwani has pleaded not guilty and will…

Joe Biden once praised Theranos as a “laboratory of the future” and heaped praise on Elizabeth Holmes, whom he called “inspired and amazing”. Holmes, who on Tuesday…

Bill Nelson, Nasa’s administrator, hailed the station as benefitting diplomacy as well as science, when he announced the funding. “The International Space Station is a beacon of…

Past military incursions by Mr Putin loom large as Mr Biden weighs his next steps. In 2014, Russian troops marched into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and seized…

Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö on Saturday reiterated his country’s right to join Nato if it wants to, in a dismissal of Russian demands for no further expansion…

However, Russian officials said Mr Putin warned Mr Biden that western sanctions would be a huge mistake and would rupture ties between the US and Russia. Ahead…

As 2022 nears, Joe Biden and his party are in political trouble. Elected largely to restore pre-Trumpian normalcy, Biden campaigned as a safe pair of hands, promising…

There was no surprise invasion of Ukraine during this year’s Christmas festivities, as the Soviets did when they rolled into Afghanistan in 1979. But that doesn’t mean…

An American dad used a vulgar anti-Biden insult on the unwitting US president as he hosted a White House Christmas event for parents and children. Joe Biden…

The US grew “arrogant” after the fall of the USSR, the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has claimed, amid rising tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine…

However, Mr Biden is facing growing pressure from party insiders to keep going because Ms Harris is floundering in polls.  This week it emerged Ms Harris has…

For a year that was meant to mark a welcome revival in the fortunes of the Western alliance, 2021 has proved to be not so much a…

The White House said it was working with Google to improve results when Americans search for “free COVID test near me.” Mr Biden has toughened his message…

The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has sparred with US Democrats over his contributions and criticised recent proposals to force billionaires to pay taxes on paper increases…

This, of course, was not supposed to happen. Joe Biden won the presidential election by seven million votes and believed he was entitled to think that his…

US Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat whose support is crucial to passing a massive social spending bill, said Sunday he was a “no” on the legislation…

On Face the Nation, Mr Beshear disclosed he had lost relatives in the tornado. “This tornado didn’t discriminate anybody in its path. It is like nothing we’ve…

It was the perfect story for these atomised and fractious times. The victim was a gay black actor on a successful television show: his attackers were two…