… As the question lingers as to how Fortune died, petitions online signed by tens of thousands of people have called for more transparency, and members of US Congress have asked for federal intervention. …
… During her career, she was instrumental in getting the Hubble Space Telescope approved by US Congress and later said its most interesting discovery was dark energy. …
… Among other things, the midterms will decide which party controls the US Congress – which in turn will have a bearing on the presidency of Donald Trump. …
… Giving testimony to the US Congress in May, Africom commander Gen Dagvin Anderson alleged that militant groups and narco-traffickers have been working together. …
… The plan will now be sent to the US Congress. Some lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are also expected to oppose the deal, though Trump’s Republican Party controls both the upper and lower chambers. …
… While the US Congress established an “America 250” commission to oversee the celebrations a decade ago, Trump-backed groups formed a competing, privately funded “Freedom 250” committee to host their own events. …
… It followed days of formalities and diplomatic challenges in Washington DC, in which they were welcomed to the White House by US President Donald Trump, and the King delivered a historic address to both houses of the US Congress. …
… The diplomatic centrepiece will be the King’s speech to the US Congress on Tuesday, in which the King will have to strike a balance between asserting the UK government’s positions and maintaining friendly relations with President Trump. …
… Any last-minute changes to the planned itinerary are thought to be less likely to be at the set-piece occasions, which are in secure locations such as the White House and the US Congress. …
Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have confirmed they are investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, 29, as a potential homicide, weeks after her body was found hanging from a tree on 3 August. Her mother and the community have expressed frustration over the lack of transparency from authorities.
Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have confirmed they are investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, 29, as a potential homicide, weeks after her body was found hanging from a tree on 3 August. Her mother and the community have expressed frustration over the lack of transparency from authorities.
NASA's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman telescope has launched from Florida with a mission to explore dark energy, black holes, and exoplanets, with a field of vision 100 times larger than the Hubble and James Webb telescopes. The telescope will journey to a point roughly one million miles from Earth over 100 days and is expected to discover tens of thousands or possibly 100,000 new exoplanets.
Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly won their respective Florida gubernatorial primaries and will face off in November, with the contest shaped by their differing positions on Donald Trump. The midterm elections across multiple US states will determine which party controls Congress.
Nigerian authorities arrested three Mexicans and seven Nigerians at an illicit drug laboratory in a forest, where they allegedly produced methamphetamine. The NDLEA described it as the country's largest-ever meth bust, discovering over two tonnes of the drug worth approximately $360 million.
The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal allowing the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, with the arrangement potentially allowing Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium on its soil at a US-built facility. Nuclear experts and non-proliferation campaigners have expressed concern that the agreement could enable Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear weapons, distinguishing it from a 2009 US-UAE agreement under which the UAE does not produce its own fuel.
At the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Trump condemned Spain as a "wasted cause" and "terrible partner in NATO," threatening to cut off trade relations. Trump also revived his interest in the US taking over Greenland from Denmark, calling NATO's resistance to the plan "a big problem for us," while Spanish PM Sánchez later said relations remained friendly and discussions involved no tension.
Donald Trump instructed his representatives to explore making him the featured attraction at a planned 16-day "Great American State Fair" celebration on the National Mall, after several musical acts withdrew from or never committed to the independence anniversary concerts. Trump said he did not want "artists" who were unhappy and got paid too much, preferring instead to be surrounded by happy, successful people.
King Charles visited a UK Space Agency observatory in Bermuda and launched Project Nova, which will install a network of telescopes across five sites to track space debris such as old satellites and rocket stages. His Sustainable Markets Initiative, which promotes private sector sustainability including in the space industry, has been closely involved in the £40m project.
King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit aimed at renewing UK-US relations, according to the UK ambassador. The trip will proceed largely as planned with some security modifications following a shooting incident in Washington DC, and will include visits to the White House and the 9/11 Memorial.
A final decision on King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the US was expected on Sunday after a shooting incident at a Washington DC White House Correspondents' Dinner raised security concerns. The UK government indicated the trip would begin as planned on Monday, possibly with minor adjustments to public-facing events.