‘I have a yearly fight with the birds. This year I’ll just let them win’
The puzzling red glyphs have led a growing number of scholars to question the view that the city had no writing
CDC abruptly removes guidance from its website as US Covid-19 deaths near 200,000
Trump administration targets Iranian officials and demands that UN members enforce the sanctions
Negotiators draft a bill that will keep federal programmes operating until after the poll
The US president is moving quickly to fill the seat of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a 6-3 conservative majority ahead of his re-election bid
Liberals fear Amy Coney Barrett could become instrumental in overturning abortion rights
The death of Bader Ginsburg has raised questions about how an eight-person court might handle a 4-4 tie on something like a contested election result
Biden urges Republican senators to avoid a constitutional crisis after Trump vows to rush through nomination of new supreme court justice
Efforts are focused on encouraging Democrat supporters to cast their ballots as early as possible
Donald Trump associate ‘offered a win-win’ if WikiLeaks founder would reveal source of e-mails
Trump has the opportunity to strengthen the conservative hand with his nomination for the vacancy
Mourners fear for the future of the US while candlelight tributes to the liberal judge continue throughout the weekend
A trailblazing women’s rights lawyer before she joined the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg emerged as an unlikely pop icon in recent years
Argentina wants to defer about $45bn in payments over the next few years, but IMF will want serious guarantees
Russia and China are among adversaries trying to interfere in the US presidential election, says FBI director Christopher Wray
The symbolic move, which is expected to save about $1m, comes as New York faces $9bn deficit over next two years
Fed officials slash forecast 2020 economic contraction for the US and expect 4% growth in 2021
Report says the Venezuelan president and ministers ordered or contributed to atrocities
Caribbean island to become a republic in 2021
