This live blog is now closed. Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district Sign up for the Breaking News US email Following Marco Rubio’s closed-door meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the state department said that the pair discussed the “situation in the Middle East...

Skirmishes threw into question the viability of shaky ceasefire that had largely held for previous month– key US politics stories from 7 May at a glance The US and Iran were supposedly close to a peace deal on Thursday, according to Pakistani officials.

Stone being paid $50,000 a month to ‘rebuild’ relations between Washington and Myanmar’s military-backed government US lobbyist Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of Donald Trump, has been condemned for accepting $50,000 a month to “rebuild” relations between Washington and Myanmar’s...

Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch) Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify...

Revocations will start on Friday for those who owe $100,000 or more, and then expand to those who owe $2,500 or more Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US state department will begin revoking the US passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child...

Man charged with allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Alex Jenkinson, 39, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, has been remanded in custody ahead of a court appearance.