Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump reiterated that Iran’s peace proposal was “just...

Ceasefire on ‘life support’, Trump says as he considers restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz – key US politics stories from 11 May 2026 at a glance Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s latest peace proposals as stupid and denied he was under any domestic pressure...

Trump taps former FEMA director to lead the disaster agency again Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana)

Trump says Iran ceasefire is on 'massive life support' The US president criticises an Iranian counteroffer to end the war, and says the month-long ceasefire is "unbelievably weak".

Scurvy's skeletal fingerprint found in California's Late Holocene archaeological sites A recent study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology documented skeletal changes linked to scurvy in Late Holocene archaeological sites in California (500 BCE–1834 CE).

Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost...