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The university said it was investigating after the president, Walter Carter Jr., said he had “made a mistake.”

For two hours, the streets around Gracie Mansion became the stage for a heated protest, reflecting a nation seething with angst and unease.

“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to locate her.

After the sprawling and chaotic federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota, jurisdictions in other states have been bracing for a range of scenarios.

Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas led a delegation of Democrats to a South Texas detention center to press for the release of the brothers and their family.

Iran’s new supreme leader has been selected not to break with the regime but to preserve it.

The president insists conflict with Iran will be brief, but world leaders are preparing for severe economic blowback.

The agreement, which requires a judicial sign-off, would avoid a breakup of the concert giant. But states that joined the suit object to the terms.

The ruling, which found that the three-person leadership team in New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office was illegal, will again throw the direction of the office into question.

The sports and marketing agency founded by Casey Wasserman dropped his name in the latest fallout from the Epstein files.

Prime minister says the United Arab Emirates alone has already been forced to shoot down over 1,500 drones and rockets. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBurke confirms Trump has called AlbaneseBurke has confirmed the US president, Donald Trump, has spoken with Anthony Albanese (who will be up to speak in Canberra shortly).I do know that the president called the prime minister and the views of the president put on this, I think, reflected what all good people have been thinking. Everybody’s been looking at this situation and saying, surely, is there something we can do?We’ve been making sure that we had the options, that the women had the opportunity to come forward, and there’s been a good police presence at different points … But can I say the first conversation didn’t have an immediate case of the women saying that they decided. This was a difficult decision for them, and I think we all understand exactly why.I don’t want to begin to imagine how difficult that decision is for each of the individual women, but certainly last night, it was joy, it was relief, and people were very excited about embarking on your life in Australia.They were moved from the hotel to a safe location by the Australian Federal Police … I made final confirmation with the director general of Asio Mike Burgess to make sure that he was completely comfortable in terms of security clearances for the people who I was about to make the offer to. Continue reading...

Iran’s foreign minister says ‘Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans’; Trump criticizes choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as next supreme leaderTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Donald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel has reported.It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had not been around. The US president said:Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it … We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account. Continue reading...

President says lawmakers must ‘immediately’ pass SAVE America act, which would require proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in votingSign up for Breaking US News email alertsDonald Trump has urged the Australian government to grant asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s football team, amid reports that they refused to return home following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup and were taken into the protection of Australian police.As my colleague Martin Farrer reports, speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week. Continue reading...

Home affairs minister confirms US president Donald Trump’s overnight comments on social media that the players had been ‘taken care of’Middle East crisis – live updatesFive members of the Iranian women’s football team have been granted humanitarian visas in Australia, with the federal government offering assistance to other players.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed the dramatic offer on Tuesday morning, hours after US President Donald Trump posted about their plight on social media. Continue reading...

Communities secretary tells MPs that government has to act against record levels of hate crimesA new definition of anti-Muslim hate will not restrict freedom of speech, the communities secretary has pledged, as he said that “clear expectations” will still be set for new arrivals and existing communities in Britain to learn English.MPs were told by Steve Reed that the government had a duty to act against record levels of hate crime against Muslims, but that “you can’t tackle a problem if you can’t describe it”. Continue reading...

Andy Ogles posted ‘Muslims don’t belong in American society,’ among other statements, prompting Cair to call him an ‘anti-Muslim extremist’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAndy Ogles, a Republican representative of Tennessee, spent Monday on an Islamophobic rant, writing on social media: “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” among other statements that drew heated criticism from Democrats.“None of them belong here,” Ogles wrote in one of several posts on X, next to the mugshots of people he identified as being from Somalia and Senegal, the latter of whom was killed by police after a mass shooting last week in Austin, Texas. Continue reading...

Kemi may be all in favour, but at least economic realpolitik is forcing her to take a slightly different tackThere have been any number of opportunities for people to decide they wanted no part of America’s war with Iran. The first was after the US had launched its first wave of strikes. To be fair, this was the moment Keir Starmer and most of the UK reckoned enough was enough and that our involvement would be limited to defensive strikes only.You couldn’t really fault the logic. Did the UK really want to be part of a war that was illegal in most versions of international law and for which the Americans had no clear vision of how it might end? Other than Donald Trump gets bored and lets everyone else clear up his mess. Like a baby. Nor was the UK’s track record of wars in the 21st century any source of pride. Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya had all been in chaos. Iran was shaping up the same way. So Starmer decided to sit this one out. Applying the doctor’s principle of ”first, do no harm”. Continue reading...

Republican senator warns of ‘consequences’ if kingdom does not join US strikes against IraniansSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSenator Lindsey Graham on Monday questioned whether the United States should honor a long-sought defense agreement with Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom’s refusal to join military operations against Iran made the partnership difficult to justify given that Americans were dying in a war Graham himself helped push the Trump administration to start.In a post on X, Graham said the American embassy in Riyadh was being evacuated due to sustained Iranian attacks on Saudi soil, and expressed frustration that Riyadh had declined to participate militarily despite what he described as a shared interest in defeating Iran. Continue reading...

Leader of rebel group says there is deep concern within Society of Labour Lawyers about courts and tribunals bill Lawyers affiliated to Labour were “blocked” from briefing party MPs to share concerns about plans to cut the number of jury trials in England and Wales, it has been claimed.The allegation was made by Karl Turner, the leader of a backbench rebellion against a flagship government bill that would remove the right to a jury trial in thousands of cases, before the first chance by MPs to vote on the legislation. Continue reading...

John Healey tells Commons crews working hard to prepare warship after criticism over slow response to drone attacksHMS Dragon will set sail in “the next couple of days”, the defence secretary has said, meaning the British destroyer may not arrive in the eastern Mediterranean until after the weekend.John Healey told the House of Commons that navy crews were working “tirelessly, 22 hours a day” to prepare the warship, as he faced accusations of not acting fast enough to protect British interests in the region. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Technology secretary urges tech companies to do more to tackle online misogynyMinisters need to act more quickly to combat fast-changing threats from technology such as deepfakes, the technology secretary has said, as she warned about the risks women and girls face online.Liz Kendall said on Monday that technology was developing at such a pace that it was outstripping the government’s ability to regulate it, even suggesting there could be regular annual reviews of regulations as happens at the budget. Continue reading...

Roughly 20% of global liquefied natural gas flows through the Strait.

Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz

The Dow recorded its worst week since President Trump unveiled his tariff policy in April.

The 10-year Treasury yield initially moved higher before pulling back on Monday as oil prices at first moved past $100 a barrel, then later declined.

U.S. stock market indices rose on the heels of reported comments by President Donald Trump that the war against Iran could be over sooner than first expected.

Stocks rose, underscoring the sensitivity investors have to the length of the war in the Middle East. President Trump, who had predicted a duration of four or five weeks, said that “we’re very far ahead of schedule.”

The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei could prove to be even more radical than his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by the U.S. and Israel at the start of the war.

The S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Monday as investors interpreted President Trump’s comments as a signal that the conflict could end soon.

The international airport in Muscat, the Omani capital, has remained open while fighting in the region has escalated.

NFL Free Agency 2026 Live Updates: Mike Evans Leaving Buccaneers to Sign With 49ers  Sports IllustratedCommanders land Odafe Oweh on 4-year, $100M deal, agents say  ESPNEx-Chargers pass rusher Odafe Oweh reportedly agrees to 4-year, $100 million deal with Commanders  Yahoo SportsOdafe Oweh signs $100 million contract with Commanders, per reports  USA TodayFormer Penn State star lands $100 million contract in free agency  PennLive.com

Oil prices jump and markets slide as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in  AP NewsMojtaba Khamenei, Son of Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader, Is a Mysterious Figure  The New York TimesIran’s new supreme leader is ‘his father on steroids,’ experts warn of hardline rule  Fox NewsNew video appears to confirm US airstrike on IRGC base adjacent to Minab school  CNNWhat to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader  NPR

Live updates: Iran war news; Tehran names new leader, oil and gas prices soar  CNNIran Live Updates: Oil Prices Soar as Fighting Escalates; Iran Picks Khamenei's Son as Leader, Defying Trump  The New York TimesUS and Israel launch strikes across Iran as crowds celebrate new supreme leader  The GuardianTrump suggests US could end Iran war soon, as UAE and Turkey intercept more missiles  BBCIran war live: Oil prices soar as Trump denounces choice of supreme leader  Al Jazeera

Oil Is Already Near a Price That Hurts the Economy  WSJThe Iran conflict matters more for inflation than growth  Axios5 ways oil prices over $100 a barrel could hit your wallet  Yahoo FinanceSpike in oil prices triggers talk of an economic doomsday scenario  MarketWatchHere's what smart people are saying about oil prices breaking $100  Business Insider

Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s Owner, Settles Antitrust Case With Justice Dept.  The New York TimesTicketing giant Live Nation reaches settlement in anti-trust case  BBCDOJ reaches settlement with Live Nation in antitrust case  Fox BusinessLive Nation settles antitrust case with DOJ, avoids Ticketmaster breakup  NBC NewsBipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation  Politico

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in O’Connor’s honor

The alert said that there is ‘no operational threat tied to a specific location’

Massachusetts prosecutors say they will drop a domestic assault and battery charge against Patriots player Christian Barmore because they cannot prove the case

The president’s latest comments come as world financial markets are reeling under the weight of sky-high oil prices

Defence secretary John Healey urged for de-escalation in Lebanon and ‘a return to a negotiated process’

The judge ruled that Camp Mystic’s owners must not alter or demolish the cabins where campers were housed during the floods

Butterfield believed he’d had a hand in the president’s fate

Paul Scholes says an Instagram story post about Manchester United interim head coach Michael Carrick was "in no way intended to be offensive" towards his former team-mate.

The chancellor said a meeting on Wednesday will explore ways to help households.

Mojtaba Khamenei replaces his assassinated father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Russian president spoke as oil prices surged past $100 per barrel, reaching levels unseen since start of Ukraine war.

Israel has tried for decades to weaken Hezbollah through wars and assassinations. Why has the group endured?