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Dick Cheney, one of the most important figures in America’s neo-conservative movement, has died at the age of 84. Cheney had a long career in government and was considered by many as one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history.

US vice-president who served under George W Bush and pushed hard for the invasion of Iraq

Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.

The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in particular Black Americans, to get a toehold into the middle class for decades, as other occupations were closed off because of racial discrimination or patronage

The president wants to detain thousands of people at a site that is notorious for its secrecy and history of abuse

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Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was still needed to improve their surveillance and diagnosis. In 2018, “disease X” was included, which signified that a…

Some argued the suit was actually camel, while others online speculated Harris was trolling Republicans – or simply wearing her off duty suit

In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about knowledge. Discussing the issue of whether Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction to terrorists, he said: