US Attorney General Pam Bondi spent four and a half hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, where she was pressed on topics ranging from the Jeffrey Epstein files and the indictment of former FBI head James Comey, to the deployment of National Guard troops to US cities. Bondi was picked by Trump to lead the Department of Justice and has been one of his most vocal defenders and promoters of his policies. "Nerves were raw, and Bondi was clearly ready for a fight," writes Anthony Zurcher, who breaks down his takeaways from the hearing.

Macron once called himself maître des horloges (master of the clocks) but there is a sense that time may be running out on his tenure as France's political crisis escalates. And with a deadline of Wednesday evening for his recently resigned PM to present a "platform of action and stability", the seconds are ticking by. Our Europe writers explain what could happen next.