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Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant Zelda Perkins has told MPs a gagging order she says she was forced to sign when she left his company was “morally lacking in every way”. Parliament’s women and equalities committee is investigating the use of non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, which critics say often create a damaging culture of secrecy .

Facebook said it took steps to ensure harvested campaign data had been “destroyed”. But Channel 4 News has now discovered that data on thousands of people in Colorado is still circulating – and Channel 4 News has been to speak to those whose privacy was breached.

An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign – and may have broken election law. As the report went on air, the firm announced it has suspended chief executive Alexander Nix, pending a full investigation.

Watch all of Channel 4 News’ investigations into both Cambridge Analytica – the British data firm linked to Trump’s win – and the Brexit campaign.

Tonight, President Trump, in a phone call to Theresa May, said he agreed that the Russian government must provide unambiguous answers as to how the nerve agent came to be used in the Salisbury attack. Russia has dismissed claims of involvement as “rubbish”. The government’s emergencies committee, COBRA, met again as police said their investigation is…

Julianne Smith, who was deputy national security adviser to former vice president Joe Biden, discusses Rex Tillerson’s firing and his replacement by Mike Pompeo.

It’s no secret President Trump and Rex Tillerson’s relationship was on the rocks. But why the messy break-up now? Could it be over the sudden announcement that the President would meet Kim Jong-un, or is Mr Trump annoyed the former secretary of state condemned Russia after the Salisbury nerve agent attack? Whatever caused the split,…

As Donald Trump moves closer to kicking off an international trade war, many Republicans are worried that his steel tariff will hurt the US economy just in time for the mid-term elections. Democrats are fighting to take control of the House of Representatives in November, but to win the Presidential election in 2020, they need…

The investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US election has already involved some of the biggest names in American politics, with two new charges being brought just today. But now a British financier, Bill Browder, has found himself thrust into the heart of it all.

Anthony Scaramucci, who was President Trump’s head of communications at the White House for a famously brief 11 days, discusses America’s gun crisis.

Shame on you, they chanted, love kids, not guns: students who survived the Florida school shooting led huge crowds outside the state’s capital today, demanding a ban on assault rifles and tougher gun controls. From President Trump, who will hold a “listening session” with students and teachers at the White House today, there was a…

Students who survived last week’s Florida school shooting say they want to make the massacre a turning point in the debate over gun controls – announcing a national march on Washington next month. Young protesters have criticised President Trump for his inaction – but he’s tried to shift the blame onto the FBI for failing…

Thirteen Russian nationals have been indicted on charges of interfering in US elections. All are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, while five face additional charges of aggravated identity theft, with three accused of fraud. The charges were announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and come from the special investigation by Robert…