This Month
- Opinion
- Social media
TikTok ban repeats the tech regulation cobra effect
History shows digital bans don’t eliminate threats; they just reshape them because the real issue is the systems that allow such vulnerabilities to exist in the first place.
- Whitney Meldrum-Hanna
New Orleans attacker surveyed area using Meta smart glasses, says FBI
Images from the glasses were among a trove of footage that federal authorities recovered showing the planning behind the New Year’s Day attack.
- Faiz Siddiqui
Attacks prompt extra security ahead of Washington events
Preparations are well under way for the roughly two-week stretch that will test security in the nation’s capital.
- Maria Sacchetti, Ellie Silverman, Mark Maske and Justin Jouvenal
- Analysis
- Islamic State
The shadow of Islamic State will loom over the Trump presidency
Whatever ISIS’s operational capacity, it has influenced a wave of radicalised ‘lone wolf’ attackers on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Ishaan Tharoor
Trump uses New Orleans attack to push security and border agenda
The incident and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas have fuelled Republican narratives that crime is out of control.
- James Politi
Deadly attacks rattle US ahead of Trump inauguration
The main attack, by 42-year-old Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar in the Bourbon Street area of the French Quarter, is being probed as an act of terrorism.
- Mark Mulligan
‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives, friends saw few signs before attack
Little in his outward persona suggested Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar could be responsible for such a brutal attack along one of the most famous US streets.
- Maria Jimenez Moya, Shannon Sims, J. David Goodman and Mike Baker
- Updated
- Electric vehicles
Musk says Cybertruck explosion probably ‘act of terrorism’
One person died and seven others were injured after the EV exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
- Updated
- Susie Coen
Suspect in New Orleans terror attack that killed 15 was an army veteran
US President Joe Biden condemned the “despicable” ISIS-inspired attack that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar carried out on New Year’s Day.
- Updated
- Andrew Buncombe
- Analysis
- Terror charges
Screams and lifeless bodies filled street as New Year’s celebrations turned to terror
For many, spending New Year’s Eve in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, which dates back to 1718, would have been a rare experience. For some, it turned deadly.
- Updated
- Susie Coen
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after 8 years
The relationship between two of Hollywood’s most well-known actors had provided steady fodder for the tabloid media for years.
- Kanjyik Ghosh and Bipasha Dey
December 2024
China hacked US Treasury in ‘major incident’
The state-sponsored actor gained access to the workstations of government employees and documents, the United States said.
- Eric Tucker
‘Powerful message to consulting’: McKinsey to pay $1b for opioid crisis
The business consulting giant has agreed to pay the money to end a US Justice Department criminal probe into its role in bolstering sales of pain pills.
- David Ovalle
- Updated
- Crime
Ivy League graduate charged over CEO’s New York murder
Police charged Luigi Mangione with murder after his earlier arrest at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. He allegedly had a gun and silencer with him.
- Updated
- Ed Shanahan
Trump says he’s unlikely to fire Jerome Powell
In a TV interview, the president-elect also said he would pardon the January 6 Capitol rioters on day one, while vowing to lock up his political foes.
- Peter Baker
Judy Garland’s stolen ruby slippers sold for $44 million
A few bidders making offers by phone volleyed back and forth for 15 minutes as the price climbed to the eye-popping sum. Auctioneers had expected under $5 million.
- Steve Karnowski and Hannah Fingerhut
- Opinion
- US politics
Biden (not Trump) has weakened America’s rule of law
In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog.
- Edward Luce
- Analysis
- US politics
In pardoning his son, Biden sounds a lot like Trump
President Joe Biden complained about selective prosecution and political pressure in a system he has spent his political life defending.
- Peter Baker
Kash Patel, from ‘not a credible witness’ to pick to lead the FBI
Patel has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump for years and has said he would upend the FBI and radically reshape its mission.
- Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman
November 2024
Why Musk will struggle to reinvent American government
Those carrying scars from previous efforts to streamline US bureaucracy are sceptical about the billionaire’s ability to get any of his agenda through.
- Joe Miller, Stefania Palma and Stephen Morris