Republican representative from Florida Matt Gaetz has submitted his resignation from US congress, effective immediately, launching an eight-week clock to fill his seat, Speaker Mike Johnson has said.

At least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters said. A ...

Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for an Oval Office meeting with ...

US President Joe Biden will welcome President-elect Donald Trump to the White House for an Oval Office visit that is a ...

President-elect Donald Trump named Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a ...

The arrangement would more than halve staff turnover and free up money to hire an extra 2,345 workers, officials say.

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £4 million after no players scooped the top prize in Wednesday’s draw. The winning Lotto numbers were 11, 12, 28, 29, 41 and 54, while the bonus number ...

Sarah Botham points out her peerage parent ‘always stated he would not be clocking in simply to get his allowance’ ...

Euston Station in central London has deteriorated to the point where its marble columns are held together by bands because “it would fall off without them”, the rail minister has said.

Five million vapes are thrown away each week, equivalent to eight every second, according to environment minister Mary Creagh.