Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ from Medvedev Donald Trump has said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to...
Read MoreTrump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ from Medvedev Donald Trump has said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to...
Read MoreSummary Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s key events: Transportation secretary Sean Duffy warned of the impacts of the shutdown on the aviation industry and...
Read MoreDonald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland...
Read MoreBad Bunny responded to homeland security secretary Kristi Noem’s threats to send federal immigration enforcement agents to the Super Bowl next year, joking during Saturday...
Read MoreDemocratic former Minnesota state house speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral on Saturday that was attended...
Read MoreDonald Trump has reportedly given a secret directive to the Pentagon to use the military to target Latin-American drug cartels that his administration has designated...
Read MoreThe Trump administration wants to offer immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian. The memo, sent by the US...
Read MoreAt the Purfeerst farm in southern Minnesota, the soybean harvest just wrapped up for the season. The silver grain bins are full of about 100,000...
Read MoreDonald Trump has played down hopes that he will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, saying during a White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy that...
Read MoreLike hundreds of families across Lowndes County, Alabama, the McPhersons do not have access to proper sanitation – just a pipe carrying raw sewage a...
Read MoreProtesters heckled federal law enforcement officials as they reportedly stopped dozens of cars at a checkpoint along a busy street in Washington DC on Wednesday...
Read MoreA man accused of dressing up as a police officer and shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers in their homes – killing one and her husband...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature How does Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza stands out from...
Read MoreKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that Donald Trump wants to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) “remade” instead of eradicated...
Read MoreTrump says he spoke to FBI’s Bongino amid Epstein uproar Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will...
Read MoreTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched...
Read MoreHousehold electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact...
Read MoreDemocratic lawmakers on Friday released documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that may show interactions between the disgraced financier and prominent conservatives, including Elon...
Read MoreSupreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the...
Read MoreA new study of defense department spending previewed exclusively to the Guardian shows that most of the Pentagon’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 has...
Read MoreIn June 2024, a divided US supreme court handed Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card. Across 43 pages, chief justice John Roberts demolished the long-held belief...
Read MoreFor two weeks at the end of August. “Alligator Alcatraz”, the harsh immigration jail in the Florida Everglades notorious for allegations of inhumane treatment and...
Read MoreTrump says he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell Further to my earlier post about Trump referring to the ongoing investigation when asked about...
Read MoreThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested on Wednesday that he would not obey a federal court ruling against the deployments of national guard troops...
Read MoreIn the 1960s, the Swiss had some of the dirtiest water in Europe. Now, their cities boast pristine rivers and lakes – and other countries...
Read MoreUtah officials show new video of suspect fleeing roof after shooting At a news conference, Beau Mason, the head of Utah’s department of public safety,...
Read MoreJennifer Abruzzo, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the Biden administration, was one of the first officials to be fired by...
Read MoreThe US government is on the brink of a shutdown after the Senate on Tuesday rejected competing plans to extend funding beyond midnight. Senate Democrats...
Read MoreLaw enforcement officers in California opened fire Thursday night at a vehicle that authorities say attempted to back into the entrance of the US Coast...
Read MoreThe US government shutdown entered its second week as the Senate again rejected rival bills to restart funding and Donald Trump suggested he might be...
Read MoreAt the behest of Donald Trump, Texas Republicans are poised to redraw their state’s congressional map to try and gain as many as five congressional...
Read MoreThe killing of Charlie Kirk has prompted a crackdown by authorities on critical commentary, with numerous people losing their jobs over their reaction to the...
Read MoreAfter a year of effusive praise and expressions of love for each other, Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded their political partnership in dramatic fashion...
Read MoreThe US supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume plans for mass firings of federal workers that critics warn could...
Read MoreA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin...
Read MoreTrump and Starmer to meet in Scotland with trade deal on the agenda Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose...
Read MoreWas it his charisma, communication skills or his captivating short-form videos? His high-profile endorsements or his clothing style? These elements were said to have contributed...
Read MoreFederal workers are scrambling to figure out if they still have a job after the Trump administration launched a fresh wave of layoffs amid a...
Read MoreFormer US president Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware and has tapped a group of former aides, friends and political...
Read MoreThe US president says he is placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and deploying the national guard. Speaking at a press conference...
Read MoreUS House Republicans advance Trump tax-cut bill opening way for debate The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut...
Read MoreA federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti...
Read MoreUS government shuts down as midnight deadline passes The US government has officially shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after congressional...
Read MoreDemocratic senator tells McMahon ‘students will pay price’ for plan to dismantle education department Baldwin says she is “deeply concerned” the administration is planning to...
Read More‘Vote-a-rama’ sets new record for longest in Senate history after 45 consecutive votes As the Republican’s tax and spending cuts bill debate continues in the...
Read MoreDonald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August,...
Read MoreTrump in situation room with Hegseth and Caine amid Iran attack on US bases – report Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine and Secretary Pete...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Joseph Gedeon A former CIA officer stripped of his security clearance...
Read MoreAmerican politicians reacted to the news of the US bombing of nuclear targets in Iran with a mix of cheering support and instant condemnation, reflecting...
Read MoreSeventh-generation farmer Brian Harbage grows corn, soybeans and grass, and runs a cattle operation across five counties in western Ohio. In the world of agriculture,...
Read MoreDonald Trump threatened to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities, as his attempts to mobilise the military faced legal challenges. The...
Read MoreIllinois’s governor JB Pritzker has called on “all to stand up” to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led immigration...
Read MoreTo win in 2028, Democrats need to win back a lot of working-class voters, including a lot of blue-collar Donald Trump voters. Doing so requires...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Bondi appears before Senate judiciary committee Attorney general Pam Bondi is...
Read MoreJakub Krupa Here’s some more on Trump’s comments about Putin. Talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said: “That was a war that should...
Read MoreGood morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic...
Read MoreThe Texas senate has given final approval to a redrawn congressional map that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional...
Read MoreDonald Trump claimed on Saturday that he has found a way to pay US military troops despite the ongoing federal government shutdown, saying he has...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Friday morning that he had been informed that a suspect has been arrested for the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie...
Read MoreDonald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies, a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday. US law...
Read MoreTrump’s military attack on Iran reveals split among Maga diehards Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll...
Read MoreCandidates for local office in Miami have been prepping mailers, gathering volunteers, raising money and hitting the street for the last year, with voters expecting...
Read MoreFed working with White House to accommodate Trump’s visit The Federal Reserve is working with the White House to accommodate Donald Trump’s unexpected visit to...
Read MoreGovernment shutdown could cost $14bn, congressional forecaster predicts The US government shutdown has temporarily slowed the economy, and while most of its ill effects will...
Read MoreAs a presidential candidate, Donald Trump claimed he would quickly end the war in Gaza. Eight months after taking office, Trump finally decided to exert...
Read MoreMike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald...
Read MoreThe United States has imposed sanctions against three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the international criminal court to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide...
Read MoreTrump says he will meet Putin in Alaska next week Donald Trump said he plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday, 15 August....
Read MoreTrump tells foreign companies to ‘respect’ immigration law after Hyundai Ice raid Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreThe US senator John Cornyn of Texas has asked the FBI to aid Texas law enforcement in locating and arresting Democrats who left the state...
Read MoreLast week, the office of management and budget (OMB) revealed plans to freeze all outside funding for National Institutes of Health research this fiscal year,...
Read MoreOregon attorney general says America is ‘on a dangerous path’ following appeals court ruling The Oregon attorney general, Dan Rayfield, has issued a statement following...
Read MoreTrump says UK should consider using military to stop illegal immigration Q: [From Jack Elsom from the Sun] To Trump, have you any advice for...
Read MoreNew York City’s mayoral race is heating up, with Zohran Mamdani, the young progressive who leapt ahead of establishment figures in the primary to win...
Read MoreDeke Dunne relocated to Washington DC from Wyoming in 2008 to pursue a career in politics. Though a progressive himself, he worked as a legislative...
Read MoreThe draft trade agreement with China announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday would ease concerns from top US military suppliers about rare-earth metals and magnets...
Read MoreNear corn dog and cookie vendors, Ray Seeman was washing his hands on a sweltering day. He had come to the rally in a Maga...
Read MoreSenator Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to stop arms sales to Israel Senator Bernie Sanders just spoke on the Senate floor in support of two resolutions...
Read MoreTrump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’ for the president Karoline Leavitt offers a limited preface to the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in...
Read MoreThe sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on...
Read MoreSummary of the day so far Thousands of people have begun demonstrating across the US as part of the “No Kings” protests. Millions are expected...
Read MoreDemocratic senators introduced a bill Tuesday to ban immigration officers from concealing their identities while engaged in immigration enforcement activities. The “visible act”, introduced by...
Read More“It’s not as if we didn’t see some of this coming,” said Barack Obama, a note of bleak humour in his voice. “I will admit...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities. According to documents obtained by...
Read MoreUS supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting...
Read MoreCandidates for local office in Miami have been prepping mailers, gathering volunteers, raising money and hitting the street for the last year, with voters expecting...
Read MoreTrump goes after Zohran Mamdani Donald Trump has weighed in on Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, saying: “the Democrats have crossed the line”. He...
Read MoreRepublican and Democratic senators have offered starkly contrasting interpretations of Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities after a delayed behind-closed-doors intelligence briefing that the...
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence officials, outside experts and policymakers over...
Read MoreHegseth refuses to commit to obeying courts on marines in LA Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has refused to say whether he would follow the courts...
Read MoreNational guard troops arrive in LA National guard troops have arrived in Los Angeles, according to footage broadcast by news network ABC7. The video showed...
Read MoreOnly two more Republicans needed to force House vote on Epstein files release, congressman says Democratic congressman Ro Khanna says the House will be compelled...
Read MoreIt was a lovely May evening in Leavenworth, Kansas, but instead of strolling along the Missouri River or gardening, a group of locals sat on...
Read MoreA US district judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding funds previously awarded to 14 states for electric vehicle charger infrastructure. Seattle-based judge Tana...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani called out Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding in New York City. The remarks came during a campaign event in Queens on...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump on divisions within the US: “I couldn’t care less” Ed...
Read MoreMiami archbishop condemns Florida detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Florida’s most senior Catholic leader, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, has condemned the new immigration detention center...
Read MoreGood morning. The man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one of them and her husband,...
Read MoreThe national guard prepared to deploy on the streets of Washington DC on Tuesday night, a day after Donald Trump ordered their arrival to combat...
Read MoreA teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass...
Read MoreArchive: Fox News, ITV News, Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro, Sky News Australia, the Independent, TikTok @midwesterngothic, WHAS11, NBC News Watch The Oath here Watch the...
Read MoreOregon’s governor says she told Kristi Noem ‘there is no insurrection in Oregon’ There was a bit of an unexplained delay earlier between Kristi Noem’s...
Read MoreFired fed governor’s lawyer argues that her removal does ‘irreparable harm’ Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, is arguing that her firing does “irreparable harm”. He says...
Read MoreEight months after voters approved it, Missouri’s governor, Mike Kehoe, signed the repeal of a law on Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to...
Read MoreThe surgeon general from the first Trump administration on Saturday said that the US president should “absolutely” fire health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr over...
Read MoreFBI says weapon believed to have killed Charlie Kirk has been recovered Speaking to the press, Robert Coles, the Special Agent in charge of the...
Read MoreUS government to shut down within hours if no funding deal agreed Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreTrump press secretary denies US position on Iran regime change has altered White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked just now about Trump’s statements...
Read MoreDonald Trump – the oldest person ever to be elected US president – had what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at the Walter...
Read MoreA Boston high school student who was detained by immigration agents on Saturday while he was on his way to volleyball practice must be kept...
Read MoreThe feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is a godsend for Democrats, a headache for the president and a problem for Mike Johnson, the...
Read MoreSenate Republicans are racing to meet Donald Trump’s self-imposed 4 July deadline to pass the president’s massive tax-and-spending “one big, beautiful bill”. In a marathon...
Read MoreGrowing pressure on the Trump administration has prompted the US president to direct his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to seek the release of grand jury...
Read MoreAs the first Pride month under Donald Trump’s second presidency approaches, LGBTQ+ businesses are stepping up, evolving quickly to meet the community’s growing concerns. Since...
Read MoreDeke Dunne relocated to Washington DC from Wyoming in 2008 to pursue a career in politics. Though a progressive himself, he worked as a legislative...
Read MoreLindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump...
Read MoreA key debate between candidates in New Jersey’s governor’s race descended into acrimony Sunday in a reflection of the tense national political climate over issues...
Read MoreAs the Watergate scandal unfolded, new editions of the Washington Post newspaper were rushed over to the White House at night so Richard Nixon, the...
Read MoreThe Friday night before election day, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist running for mayor of New York City, walked the length of Manhattan, from...
Read MoreHer sharpest words were not in the body of her opinion. They were tucked away in a footnote. That subtle placement speaks volumes about Ketanji...
Read MoreDonald Trump has reversed course and is purportedly planning to host a bipartisan gathering of the top four US congressional leaders at the White House...
Read MoreRepublicans and conservatives are campaigning to quickly build statues and other memorials across the United States for the slain rightwing activist Charlie Kirk in the...
Read MoreThe US health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has fended off an attack by conservative firebrand and Donald Trump influencer Laura...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities. According to documents obtained by...
Read MoreBrad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, was arrested on Tuesday by masked federal agents while visiting an immigration court and accompanying...
Read MoreEight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday, clearing the way for their imminent...
Read MoreFor a quarter of a century, Russian media have cultivated a myth of Vladimir Putin’s inspired leadership. State propaganda allows no hint of presidential fallibility....
Read MoreRepublican and Democratic senators have offered starkly contrasting interpretations of Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities after a delayed behind-closed-doors intelligence briefing that the...
Read MoreUnpaid forced leave and mass firings are hardly the first things to spring to mind as hallmarks of a golden age of the American worker....
Read MoreBrown University agrees to pay $50m to settle dispute with Trump administration Brown University announced on Wednesday it “reached a voluntary agreement with the federal...
Read MoreHarvard returns to court for key hearing against Trump administration Harvard University returns to court on Monday in a key hearing against the Trump administration...
Read MoreThe US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in...
Read MoreTrump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits The Trump administration has said in a court filing that it plans to...
Read MoreFederal agents can resume sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles after the US supreme court lifted an order barring the Donald Trump administration from stopping...
Read MoreUS supreme court announces funding will run out this weekend The US supreme court is expected to run out of federal funding on Saturday, according...
Read MoreAgriculture secretary rejects calls to use alternative funding for food stamps program Name-checking New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and his “socialist rhetoric,” US secretary...
Read MoreUS officials have issued an urgent appeal for help from the public as they continue to search for the shooter of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,...
Read MoreEswatini will receive 11 people deported by the US later this month, the government has said, the second group of third-country deportees to be sent...
Read MoreAn Arizona Republican state representative who has expressed support for January 6 insurrectionists on Wednesday called for a Democratic congresswoman to be executed, as a...
Read MoreJustice department launches investigation into DC police over allegedly ‘manipulated’ crime data – report The US attorney for DC has launched a criminal investigation into...
Read MoreNearly five months into his second term, Donald Trump announced a new sweeping travel ban that could reshape the US’s borders more dramatically than any...
Read MoreLetitia James pushes back against ‘powerful voices trying to silence truth’ Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreTrump: nothing will be good enough for ‘lunatics’ requesting Epstein files US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had asked the justice department...
Read MoreJust when you thought Donald Trump was parody-proof, Gavin Newsom comes along to prove you wrong. Unhinged all-caps tweets with nonsensical punctuation? Insulting nicknames for...
Read MoreSummary of the day so far Here is a summary of the latest developments: The Jimmy Kimmel Live! show has been indefinitely suspensded the after...
Read MoreA brother is torn from his sister. A father arrives for his immigration hearing with his family, only to find that they will be leaving...
Read MorePolling places opened on Saturday for the start of in-person voting for two of the year’s most closely watched elections: the New York City mayor’s...
Read MoreTrump repeats false claim that DC crime is ‘the worst it’s ever been’ The president has repeated the baseless claim that crime in the nation’s...
Read MoreThe words of Blaise Ingoglia, the Ron DeSantis loyalist handpicked to lead the Republican Florida governor’s Doge-style assault on local government spending, could not have...
Read MoreNigel Farage has appeared before a US congressional hearing on censorship. In an opening statement, the Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin accused the British politician of...
Read MoreThe US cannot sell any Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia without doubling its production rate, because it is making too few for its own defence,...
Read MoreThe Washington DC national guard will begin deploying on the city’s streets on Tuesday night, a day after Donald Trump ordered their arrival and took...
Read MoreSenate votes to end Trump’s global tariffs For a third time this week, a bipartisan group of Senators rallied to nullify the global “reciprocal” tariffs...
Read MoreTrump falsely claims ‘total victory’ in New York case after fine thrown out, slams judge Donald Trump has hailed an appeals court’s decision to throw...
Read MoreRules are great. I think most of us over the age of five will agree that having them is preferable to not. Perhaps there are...
Read MoreDonald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and...
Read MoreFor years she was one of Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers. Marjorie Taylor Greene trafficked in racist statements, indicated support for executing Democrats and...
Read MoreA Vermont state lawmaker has resigned over racist and antisemitic chat messages that circulated within the Young Republican political group, another substantial consequence in a...
Read MoreTexas house passes partisan Republican congressional map after weeks of protest The Texas state house – which has a significant Republican majority – has approved a...
Read MoreThe US government has taken an unprecedented 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, according...
Read MoreFederal officers use force on protesters during immigration raids at California farms Federal immigration officers, supported by national guard troops, used force against protesters, firing...
Read MoreThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a...
Read MoreLate-night hosts took aim at JD Vance over his unusual birthday demand and Donald Trump over his disastrous tariffs. Stephen Colbert On The Late Show,...
Read MoreThe US is set to lose between $7bn and $14bn as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to the congressional budget office....
Read MoreDonald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police...
Read MoreTrump announces he will send national guard to Memphis, with Chicago ‘probably next’ Donald Trump announced he will deploy the national guard to Memphis during...
Read MoreWhite House names deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill acting CDC director In the sudden absence of the usually ubiquitous Donald Trump, a Trump administration official...
Read MoreWhite House says no plans for Trump-Putin meeting in the immediate future There are no plans for Donald Trump to meet with Vladmir Putin “in...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s US state department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of...
Read MoreNearly a year into parenting, I’ve relied on advice and tricks to keep my baby alive and entertained. For the most part, he’s been agile...
Read MoreTrump meeting Russ Vought to discuss cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ and whether cuts will be permanent Donald Trump is up and truthing as the White House...
Read MoreLander released from federal custody New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was just released from federal custody and was seen leaving the...
Read MoreNewsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ California governor Gavin Newsom has delivered a blistering address against the Trump administration, warning democracy is “under assault before...
Read MoreLate-night hosts discussed the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the “spite” behind Donald Trump’s impending tariffs. Seth Meyers On Late Night, Seth Meyers spoke about...
Read MoreThe US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is experiencing “severe” staff shortages at all its hospitals, with the number of shortages increasing by 50% this...
Read MoreThe White House has announced that it will release $5.5bn in frozen education funds back to US states. That announcement came on Friday after Donald...
Read MoreGovernment shutdown could cost $14bn, congressional forecaster predicts The US government shutdown has temporarily slowed the economy, and while most of its ill effects will...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday....
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to...
Read MoreTrump administration lays off hundreds of Voice of America employees The Trump administration sent layoff notices today to more than 600 employees at Voice of...
Read MoreThe White House’s office of management and budget (OMB) is arguing that federal workers who are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown are not entitled...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s mega-bill has been widely criticized in the press. News outlets and Democrats have warned that millions of people could be stripped of their...
Read MoreOn an early fall day, toddlers played at Westwood Academy, a highly rated Denver childcare center serving children aged six weeks to five years. The...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States a second time from what is essentially the beacon of global culture and heritage – Unesco –...
Read MoreGood morning. On Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the future of Ukraine, but there was no deal reached and...
Read MoreDan Osborn is a man who does not like to lose, and if you had asked him on election night last year whether he would...
Read MoreHow would you behave if your democracy was being dismantled? In most western countries, that used to be an academic question. Societies where this process...
Read MoreAs the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on immigration, undocumented workers in the construction industry claim raids and arrests have emboldened some contractors to...
Read MoreThe leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House on Friday, in a deal brokered by the US that brings...
Read MoreTrump responds to Medvedev on countries readying to help Iran with nuclear weapons Donald Trump has responded to Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia...
Read MoreDonald Trump has warned he could cut financial aid to Argentina if his ally Javier Milei loses crucial legislative elections later this month. “If he...
Read MoreDonald Trump falsely claimed that crime in Washington DC is “the worst it’s ever been” on Thursday, amid a federal takeover of the city’s police...
Read MoreThe United States has imposed sanctions against three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the international criminal court to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide...
Read MoreElon Musk should focus on running his companies and keep himself out of politics, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary said on Sunday, a day after the...
Read More‘Killing jobs and jacking up prices’: Democrats lambast Trump over tariffs and weak jobs report Democratic lawmakers have slammed Trump’s “reckless and chaotic” tariff policies...
Read MoreAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush...
Read MoreWhite House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
Read MoreFederal judge orders Florida to close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ within 60 days A federal judge on Thursday barred the DeSantis and Trump administrations from bringing new...
Read MoreThe threat of a world war. Political assassinations. Federal raids on unsuspecting migrants. There seems to be no end to terrifying news these days. In...
Read MoreLate-night hosts spoke about how Donald Trump’s presidency is proving unpopular with Americans, looking at the cruelty of his deportation strategy and the response to...
Read MoreIt has not been a brilliant weekend for Donald Trump. On Sunday administration officials fanned out on US political shows to defend the president’s policies...
Read MoreDonald Trump has warned he could cut financial aid to Argentina if his ally Javier Milei loses crucial legislative elections later this month. Trump’s remarks...
Read MoreThe California governor, Gavin Newsom, has declared that “democracy is under assault” in a blistering evening address in which he accused Donald Trump of “pulling...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving ongoing life-saving treatment in the US, and her...
Read MoreTwo children – a nine-year old boy and his six-year old sister – are playing at “house”, pretending to be their father and mother. Absorbed...
Read MoreAs US regulators restrict Covid mRNA vaccines and as independent vaccine advisers re-examine the shots, scientists fear that an unlikely target could be next: cancer...
Read MoreFrom New York to San Francisco, millions of Americans hit the streets to voice their anger over Trump’s policies Continue reading…source
Read MoreIn just seven extraordinary months, Donald Trump’s administration has left an unprecedented mark on the United States. From rewriting the rules of free trade to...
Read MoreThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown,...
Read MoreObama spokesperson dismisses ‘bizarre allegations’ from Trump and Gabbard as ‘ridiculous’ In a statement sent to reporters on Tuesday, a spokesperson for former president Barack...
Read MoreWhite House names deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill acting CDC director In the sudden absence of the usually ubiquitous Donald Trump, a Trump administration official...
Read MoreNearly 50% of the 30 busiest US airports faced shortages of air traffic controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday, leading to flight...
Read MoreUS troops have been sent to Israel as part of the peace deal approved on Thursday to support and help monitor the ceasefire, according to...
Read MoreDonald Trump gave a rambling, freewheeling address at the Charlie Kirk memorial in Alabama on Sunday, taking aim at Joe Biden and trailing a major...
Read MoreMigrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates...
Read MoreA Tennessee judge on Sunday ordered the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while...
Read MoreIn the six months since Donald Trump took office, the US president has supercharged the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus – pushing immigration officials to arrest...
Read MoreSummary of the talks In case you’re just joining us, here’s a rundown on what happened at the high-stakes talks between Donald Trump and Xi...
Read MoreTrump continues attacks on Federal Reserve chair Donald Trump has continued his attacks on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell today, calling him a “stupid guy”...
Read MoreThe political analyst fired by MSNBC over his Charlie Kirk commentary says his former employer agreed with him that his remarks were being misconstrued as...
Read MoreEuropean stock markets have edged higher and cryptocurrencies rebounded amid signs that a new front in the US-China trade war may not be a severe...
Read MoreDonald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender...
Read MoreMillions of people will go to the polls in New York City in November, but in a closely watched election for mayor it’s a high-profile,...
Read MoreLaura Friedman’s love affair with film started young, staying up late to watch old Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney flicks. “It definitely gave me big...
Read MoreFor about 2,000 students attending high school in Dayton, Ohio, there won’t be a bus in sight when they walk out the door for the...
Read MoreWith limited access to immigrants in detention, US attorneys are scrambling to understand the scope of California’s immigration raids, and the extent to which the...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58m for security services to protect the members of the executive and judicial branches after...
Read MoreFor 40-year-old Cecilia Romero, the days before and after Halloween are not just any other holiday. It’s the time of year when she can take...
Read MoreGood morning. It looks like the bromance between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is over. Maybe for good. Last night an exasperated...
Read MoreSenator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, compared Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations over late-night host...
Read MoreNewsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ California governor Gavin Newsom has delivered a blistering address against the Trump administration, warning democracy is “under assault before...
Read MoreThe president, vice-president and members of Congress have begun calling for the government to investigate progressive organizations in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder,...
Read MoreAs Musk rallies voters to ‘kill the bill’, Trump aide says president is committed to passing it Donald Trump remains committed to passing his spending...
Read MoreA critical US atmospheric data collection program will be halted by Monday, giving weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent...
Read MoreDonald Trump said of the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, ‘we just like each other’, as the pair signed a defence and...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Sunday issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release hostages...
Read MoreThe Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if the president decides negotiations to end the government shutdown are “absolutely going nowhere,” a...
Read MoreDonald Trump threatened to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities, as his attempts to mobilise the military faced legal challenges. The...
Read MoreDonald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday as the US president appears increasingly disheartened over his chances of fulfilling a campaign pledge...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has targeted Massachusetts as its next location to begin arresting and deporting immigrants, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to NBC...
Read MoreKey takeaways from Mike Johnson’s press conference Keen to put on a show of Republican unity and blame the Democrats for the ongoing Epstein furore,...
Read MoreTrump faces criticism over to order to rebrand Pentagon as ‘Department of War’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics where...
Read MoreTrump’s ‘antifa roundtable’ airs grievances of partisan conservative influencers So far, all of the fact witnesses contributing testimony at the White House “antifa roundtable” hosted...
Read MoreOpening summary: Trump overseeing a ‘fascist regime’, says Lander Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, has lashed out at Donald Trump...
Read MoreHouse committee releases image of ‘sickening’ Trump birthday note to Epstein Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I...
Read MoreSince Ghislaine Maxwell met with federal prosecutors last week, the imprisoned British socialite’s legal team has portrayed her as a beacon of truth willing to...
Read MoreCharlie Kirk, the founder of the powerful rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot...
Read MoreThe US supreme court on Monday paved the way for the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries they are not from, including to...
Read MoreClosing summary It was election eve in many states across the country, which could be a test for how voters feel in the first year...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic mayoral candidate, said on Monday evening he was willing to appear at a town hall hosted by a local...
Read MoreSchumer rejects Trump’s claim that bipartisan shutdown negotiations are under way Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with Democrats...
Read MoreThe killing of Charlie Kirk has left the US and those who care about it on edge. The arrest of a suspect, Tyler Robinson, has...
Read MoreCalifornia assembly advances first part of Newsom’s redistricting plan, heads to state senate The California state assembly advanced the first in a series of three...
Read MoreIt reads like a checklist of milestones on the road to autocracy. A succession of opposition politicians, including Alex Padilla, a US senator, are handcuffed...
Read MorePete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, unilaterally halted an agreed shipment of military aid to Ukraine due to baseless concerns that US stockpiles of weapons...
Read MoreAs Donald Trump continues his drive to cull the federal workforce and consolidate his power, labor unions have emerged as some of his staunchest opponents....
Read MoreAbout 850 officers and agents took part in a “massive law enforcement surge” across Washington DC on Monday night and made nearly two dozen arrests,...
Read MoreDonald Trump called Elon Musk’s decision to start and bankroll a new US political party “ridiculous” on Sunday. “Third parties have never worked, so he...
Read MoreMarines to deploy on LA streets within two days with authority to detain civilians US marines will join national guard troops on the streets of...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States a second time from what is essentially the beacon of global culture and heritage – Unesco –...
Read MoreSo much for low viewership: Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback monologue is now his most-viewed one on YouTube. The nearly 30-minute segment, in which Kimmel acknowledged his...
Read MoreThe Trump administration wants to offer immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian. The memo, sent by the US...
Read MoreOnce a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the...
Read MoreThe television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led...
Read MorePresident Donald Trump claimed a key victory in a US appeals court Monday as a divided three-judge panel decided he is allowed to deploy federal...
Read MoreHe eats biryani with his hands, references Bollywood, is an unapologetic Muslim and a progressive. He has also done something politically risky for a mainstream...
Read MoreEight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday, clearing the way for their imminent...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has ordered US consulates worldwide to conduct mandatory social media screening of every visa applicant seeking to travel to Harvard University, with...
Read MoreGavin Newsom, California’s governor, on Thursday said state Democratic lawmakers would move forward with a redistricting plan intended as a direct response to a Republican-led...
Read MoreA panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s...
Read MoreA new study of defense department spending previewed exclusively to the Guardian shows that most of the Pentagon’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 has...
Read MoreTop Senate Republican says White House will have ‘something to say’ about Ingrassia nomination Addressing reporters after lunch in the Rose Garden, Senate majority leader...
Read MoreDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Thursday. “President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon...
Read MoreKleenex maker Kimberly-Clark said on Monday it will buy Kenvue for more than $40bn in a landmark deal for the consumer sector, as the Tylenol...
Read MoreWill he or won’t he? That’s the question many are asking regarding whether Donald Trump will join Israel’s attacks on Iran and take out one of...
Read MoreDepartment of Justice to begin handing over Epstein files to Capitol Hill The Department of Justice (DoJ) has agreed to provide to Congress documents from...
Read MoreThe day so far Vote-a-rama is under way in the Senate on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that would enact his domestic tax and spending agenda...
Read MoreTrump calls Charlie Kirk ‘an advocate of nonviolence’ and says his supporters should respond that way One day after his inflammatory address, blaming “the radical...
Read MoreTrump goes after Zohran Mamdani Donald Trump has weighed in on Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, saying: “the Democrats have crossed the line”. He...
Read MoreTrump in situation room with Hegseth and Caine amid Iran attack on US bases – report Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine and Secretary Pete...
Read MoreIsrael’s assault on Iran, including its nuclear and ballistic weapons programme, is unlikely to secure its long-term strategic objectives, even if Benjamin Netanyahu manages to...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just...
Read MoreScience is under siege. On Friday evening, the White House released an executive order called Restoring Gold Standard Science. At face value, this order promises...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress...
Read MoreChinese students in the United States are questioning their future in the country after the state department announced last week that it would “aggressively” revoke...
Read MoreThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has reportedly stripped eight of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as the White House...
Read MoreA suspect has been arrested in southern Utah in connection with the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Spencer Cox said on Friday morning,...
Read MoreThe US has intensified its campaign to help Jair Bolsonaro avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup, with the state department denouncing the decision...
Read MoreThe Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will furlough nearly half of its employees – around 34,000 workers – due to the ongoing government shutdown,...
Read MoreThe Department of Veterans Affairs has imposed new guidelines on VA hospitals nationwide that remove language that explicitly prohibited doctors from discriminating against patients based...
Read MoreMeeting between Ghislaine Maxwell and DoJ official underway – report The meeting between Ghislaine Maxwell and deputy attorney general Todd Blanche is currently taking place...
Read MoreAccording to Donald Trump’s White House, the US economy is booming, inflation is dead and jobs are surging. A blizzard of economic reports has cast...
Read More“There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts,” are among the...
Read MoreTop Senate Democrat says he expects justice department to respond to Epstein demand by 15 August At the Capitol, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is...
Read MoreA coalition of more than two dozen states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to suspend food stamps during the government shutdown....
Read MoreNew York City voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched mayoral elections in the city’s history. Vying
New York City voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched mayoral elections in the city’s history. Vying