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The prime minister's long-awaited meeting with the US president has gone off almost without a hitch, a former ambassador says.

Tech titan Jack Dorsey backed Thomas Massie for president, igniting online debate. Massie deflected the offer, preferring Congress. Meanwhile, Donald Trump endorsed Massie's challenger Ed Gallrein, calling Massie a 'LOSER'.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed regret over the exclusion of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk from a 2021 White House electric vehicle event.

US president’s son-in-law was instrumental in getting deal – which could bring him huge windfall if plan to redevelop Gaza ever comes to fruition

If there were a test for political decency, Karoline Leavitt would’ve failed it in record time. The Trump White House press secretary just delivered one of the most openly antisemitic and deranged statements of the year on live television, but Hakeem Jeffries didn’t let it slide.

The federal government shutdown is approaching the second longest on record and there's no end in sight

WORLD OF TROUBLE: Field Marshal Lord Richards tells The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Ukraine has been given false hope by its Western allies and cannot triumph against Russia unless Nato forces join fight

US president said ‘we need Tomahawks and a lot of other things’ as he meets Zelenskyy; fraud sentence of disgraced serial fabulist Santos commuted – key US politics stories from Friday 17 October at a glance

The Ukrainian leader had lunch with the US president, a day after Mr Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.