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In his words: Miller is an immigration hardliner and a bombastic critic of Democrats

President Trump's new White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, is behind many of the administration's signature domestic policy initiatives - especially its sweeping crackdown on immigration.

From high-flying AI stocks to tariff-hit alcohol companies, the midterms shook up Wall Street

The overwhelming victory by the Democrats in the midterm elections shook up Wall Street this week.

An estimated 40,000 pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo's first Mass in South America

An estimated 40,000 people poured into a city on the Uruguay River on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV's first Mass in South America, as the pontiff sought to raise the profile of the Catholic Church in Uruguay, the region's most secular country.

Melania Trump and LSU are set to announce a scholarship program for students who were in foster care

Melania Trump was headed to Louisiana on Saturday to announce a partnership between Louisiana State University and her "Fostering the Future" program to provide scholarships for LSU students who came through the foster care system.

Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether they'll stay

Young voters overwhelmingly turned their backs on Republicans on Tuesday, erasing the gains Trump had made in the 2024 presidential election. Voters under age 30 moved left by double digits in nearly all the major Senate races compared with two years earlier.

Conservative bloc takes a slim lead in New Zealand election that's still too close to call

With more than 95% of the votes counted, New Zealand's election produced no definitive victory for the right or the left on Saturday but the incumbent conservative government hovered on the brink of a wafer-thin majority that could allow it to eke out a precarious return to power.

Family offices boost startup investments in October, backing women's health and caregivers

Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective was the most active family-office investor with three startup bets.

Tim Dowling: it seems the real moral of this story is that I’m easily led

When our street is closed for roadworks, I join in with the neighbours’ outrage. My wife, meanwhile, charms the man in the hard hat into reopening it

The end of Maga as we know it

The Republican party will regroup after their shellacking in the US midterm elections, but it won’t look the same

US midterm results may help unite Israeli coalition to unseat Netanyahu

Democrats’ sweep could urge Israel’s divided opposition to join forces and remove prime minister closely allied with Trump

Blind date: ‘I told her I don’t like the theatre. In retrospect, I can see why a playwright would be offended’

William, 28, a PhD candidate, meets Abigail, 24, a theatre artist

Why a wave of bomb threats is proving so difficult for Europe's aviation authorities to contain

The "weakest point of aviation is targeting it in-flight," analysts say — but any change to procedures will be a lengthy process.