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If it works, then this will be a smart and cunning diplomatic move. If it doesn’t then President Joe Biden will look foolish. He knows the huge risk of once again being taken for a ride by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Few knew that he was due to make this announcement. It was mid-morning

Donald Trump has become the first-ever former American president to be convicted of a crime. A New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money he paid to bury a sex scandal ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On this Sky News Daily, Tom Cheshire

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be criminally convicted – but what could the historic verdict mean for his ongoing election campaign? A jury in New York deliberated for nine-and-a-half hours before unanimously agreeing Trump is guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. The former president

Given the personnel, these might be the most significant verdicts ever delivered by an American jury. The guilty findings give Donald Trump a criminal rebrand that has implications far beyond the man himself. Now that the jury’s had its say, it’s over to the public to consider the bigger question – how one man’s conviction

Donald Trump was accused of trying to “hoodwink” voters during the 2016 election, while his lawyers labelled a key prosecution witness in his hush money trial as the “greatest liar of all time”. The jury could begin deliberating as early as Wednesday afternoon UK time, with Mr Trump facing 34 counts of falsifying business documents

The house famously used when Kevin McCallister was left Home Alone at Christmas is on sale. The five-bed, six-bathroom mansion in Winnetka, Illinois has been put on the market for a staggering $5.25m (£4.1m). It is the first time since 2012 that the property has been put on the market, according to American estate agents,

A police officer who arrested world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler has been disciplined for not having his bodycam on during the incident. Scheffler was dramatically detained ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship last Friday in Louisville, Kentucky, after he reportedly tried to drive around a traffic jam outside Valhalla golf club

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former “thug” and “pit bull”, has been accused of lying about a phone call he says he made to the former US president about payments to ex porn star Stormy Daniels. Cohen, a lawyer who worked for the Trump Organisation from 2006 to 2017, has been giving evidence in the case

The boss of the world’s biggest bank has told Sky News that Western economies have a “good hand” in the “economic battlefield” with China but declared it doesn’t have to be war. In a wide-ranging interview with Sky’s Wilfred Frost, chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon said the West was going to

Eight people have died and another eight were critically injured after a bus carrying farm workers crashed and overturned in Florida. The bus was transporting 53 workers when it collided with a pickup truck in Marion County, north of Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said. The bus then swerved off State Road 40 –

Donald Trump “wasn’t thinking about (his wife) Melania” when he paid off a former porn star, his former lawyer has testified. Michael Cohen told a court Mr Trump personally approved $130,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels over an alleged 2006 sexual encounter. The payout isn’t illegal, but Mr Trump is accused of falsifying records

A US warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait – prompting an angry response from China. The US Navy said the USS Halsey conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Wednesday, “through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law”. The guided missile destroyer passed through a corridor “beyond

President Joe Biden has warned Israel in his toughest public comments so far that the US would stop supplying it with some weapons if Israel invades the southern Gaza city of Rafah. If Israeli forces launch an all-out assault on the city, the last major Hamas stronghold in the besieged enclave, the US president said

Donald Trump’s lawyer has been told by a judge to stop the former president from “cursing audibly” and “shaking his head” during Stormy Daniels’ testimony at his hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan said the former president’s swearing had the “potential to intimidate” Ms Daniels – the porn star who was paid to keep quiet

Octopus Energy has cemented its status as one of Britain’s most significant private companies after a series of share trades valuing it at $9bn (£7.2bn). Sky News has learnt that Britain’s second-largest domestic energy supplier is now close to attaining a rare ‘decacorn’ valuation – referring to companies worth at least $10bn – after two

A US soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend while on a private trip, according to officials. The soldier, who hasn’t been named, has been accused of stealing from a woman, Sky News’ US partner network, NBC News, reported, citing four US officials. The White House is aware of reports of an American soldier

Authorities in California have been mocked over a “billion-dollar” bridge to nowhere. The state government of California has long planned for a Los Angeles to San Francisco high-speed rail project. Despite initial funding being approved back in 2008, the line is still a long way off and expected to cost over $100bn in total. So

A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities say. The driver was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday, the US Secret Service said in a statement. They crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex while travelling

Tech giant Apple has recorded the biggest drop in iPhone sales since the early months of the COVID pandemic. Sales for January to March were down 10% on the same period last year – something not seen since the 2020 iPhone model was delayed due to lockdown factory closures. Overall, Apple earned $90.8bn (£72.4bn) in

President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: “There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos.” Tension at universities across America have been building for days as demonstrators have refused to remove encampments and administrators have called