GOP to target seat held by Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat among the state’s seven representatives in the House ...

Democratic senators called extension ‘indefensible gift’ to Vladimir Putin as supply concerns keep Brent oil above $110 per barrel ...

Ministry of Defence names soldier who fell from her horse as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ...

President says he has instructed US military to be ready for ‘a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice’ – key US politics stories from Monday 18 May ...

Suspects, aged 17 and 19, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials said, with FBI investigating shooting as a hate crime ...

Scott Wahl, the police chief, said the suspects were found dead in a vehicle.

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Former House speaker, who had not yet weighed in, declared Connie Chan ‘best prepared’ to represent city ...

Neymar will make his fourth World Cup appearance after Carlo Ancelotti named him to their 26-man squad but Chelsea’s João Pedro is left out ...

We cannot continue to blame migrants for the problems of our economy,’ backbencher Andrew McLachlan says ...

President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state media ...

Editorial: Narendra Modi’s austerity appeals reveal how war, energy insecurity and dollar pressures expose the fragility of globalisation ...