The US national debt has more than doubled in a decade to reach a milestone $40tn (£29.4tn), Treasury figures show. The rise reflects years of heavy spending under both the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations, along with higher interest payments that have steadily added to the total. In 2016, the national debt stood at just under $20tn.
The BBC's Nathalie Jimenez explains how the debt can affect American consumers and the entire world.
The museum, founded Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife, will feature more than 1,200 works of art.
For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
The rapper's killing became one of popular culture's great mysteries, with countless theories but no arrests until 2023.
About 15 people are thought to be missing or unaccounted for after flash flooding swept through parts of the iconic landmark.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford lists the ways Canada could hurt the US economy – and uses blunt language to taunt the US president.
Tens of thousands of people in the US state have been warned to evacuate as the wildfire spreads in the outskirts of Reno.
US President Donald Trump was among hundreds of people who gathered to see the race through Washington DC streets on Sunday.
BBC Verify tracks the changes in design, spec, manufacture and release date of the T1 phone from Trump Mobile.
As the US president insults a journalist again, the BBC looks at the questions he does not like to answer.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix is part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations and the first major auto race in the US capital in more than 24 years.
Tornadoes swept through New York and Delaware as severe storms brought torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic.
Nixon now faces a tough campaign against incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody in November.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil examines the life the couple built in Hollywood, as they sought privacy and independence.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Sussex are planning to relocate from the US and move back to the UK later this month. What do people in London think of the couple's return?
The BBC's Bernd Debusmann explains who she is and how she came to hold such a prominent role in the US president's inner circle.
Clancy is accused of killing her three children in Massachusetts in 2023 and her defence team point to severe postpartum mental illness.
The work is being expedited ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the White House in late September.
The Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach is believed to be the first in the US dedicated entirely to the floating predators.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will take place 22-23 August. It's the first motor race to be held in the US capital.
The trial stems from a lawsuit filed in 2023 by 29 US states, in which they claim numerous violations of federal and state privacy laws for children.
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