Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the US to 15% on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff...

Saturday Night Live returns with C-Span coverage of embattled US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) taking questions from the press. After chugging a Monster...

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She was now one of the family. When Donald Trump addressed supporters in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, in early December, he asked: “Susie Trump – do...

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her Cowboy Carter tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and...

The 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,...

Abdul El-Sayed’s win in the Michigan Senate primary was a historic breakthrough. Not only because he is a Muslim son of immigrants who broke with...

The US congressman Ro Khanna says armed Israeli settlers detained him during a visit to the Israel-occupied West Bank recently, describing the experience as a...

Fulton county, Georgia, is trying to fend off a subpoena from a federal prosecutor in North Carolina seeking contact information for thousands of poll workers...

Agriculture secretary commits to ‘waiving red tape’ to allow ranchers to process and sell their own beef Brooke Rollins, the president’s agriculture secretary said there...

Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as...

Donald Trump has declared a breakthrough in negotiations over the disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, but IsraelI government officials...

Donald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk, his once trusted adviser with whom the president had a spectacular public falling out, at a memorial event...

Republican congressman Thomas Massie challenged Donald Trump on Sunday over whether the US president is making a “last-ditch effort” to keep the full files on...

Over 130,000 sign ‘Save Colbert’ petition ahead of NYC rally Over 130,000 people, including politicians and former late night staff, have signed a “Save Colbert”...

Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest point of his second term, amid mounting frustration over the cost of living and the US-Israel...

The US president, Donald Trump, has met China’s leader, Xi Jinping, for a momentous summit that will pack negotiations on global conflict, international trade and...

When Democrats and Republicans were earlier this year locked in a standoff that had plunged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the longest partial...

Donald Trump has confirmed a long-awaited meeting with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will happen in Washington this week, setting up an in-person clash...

In Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is required. Temporary shelters are scarce. Reconstruction materials are restricted...

The US supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal on Friday, in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president’s...

John from New Mexico, a self-professed lifelong Republican, called into C-Span’s Washington Journal earlier this month with penitence on his mind. “I voted for the...

Pam Bondi, the former attorney general, defended the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files under her leadership on Friday, and told...

Narcissus was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Donald Trump is finding that his effort to overhaul...

The Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project. The US transportation department...

The climate crisis is killing people. These deaths are measurable, documented and ongoing. Concluding otherwise is just playing pretend. Studies explain the mechanics, but lived...

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that Donald Trump wants to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) “remade” instead of eradicated...

The chilling attacks that injured five men in Edinburgh at the weekend, including two who were struck as they left a mosque, have deepened the...

In an upset for the Democratic establishment, progressive Angie Nixon won the party’s US Senate primary in Florida, beating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman....

One year ago, the idea of a billionaire tax in California was still in its infancy. It wasn’t yet one of the most contentious ballot...

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has arrived in Israel seeking to mend a rift with Washington’s other allies in the region over Israel’s...

Kamala Harris lost last year’s US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she...

It has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie...

We need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of...

Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top one per cent owns more wealth than the...

More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a huge change in how the...

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US judge blocks Trump administration from suspending Snap food aid benefits A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to suspend...

A bid to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol has been derailed by rows over a $1bn proposal for...

The US midterm elections are a month away and it’s looking rough for the Republicans. I wouldn’t discount devious schemes behind the scenes, but, on...

Public reassurance is one of the first duties of the government in difficult times. The early months of the Covid pandemic offer a case study in...

White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to run CDC amid senator backlash Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is...

Donald Trump has landed in Switzerland for the Davos global gathering as Nato’s secretary general said “thoughtful diplomacy” was the only way to deal with...

Shortly after sitting for a televised interview with CBS News in January, Donald Trump conveyed a threat through his press secretary: air the interview in...

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of...

Trump seeks $1.5tn for defense department in budget request to Congress Donald Trump has asked for $1.5tn in defense department funding in his latest budget...

You can see how it works. First, the case against asylum seekers is based on the impact on public services and the costs of accommodation....

Saudi crown prince arrives at White House Mohammed bin Salman arrived at the White House to fanfare and a jet flyover moments ago, in his...

Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...

Leslie Simon and Marc Bender had arrived in Havana for a 10-day holiday, despite their president’s repeated threats of military action against Cuba. The two...

David Griffith was a registered Republican for years. But on Sunday evening, he watched the Ohio congressman Max Miller stumble through an 18-minute statement in...

The Trump administration announced it is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state. The secretary of...

The justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury...

Louisiana’s highest court has granted a stay of the proceedings in a criminal indictment targeting the state’s attorney general, in the latest twist of a...

Who’s the comedian? Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairperson, pressured the Disney company to indefinitely suspend Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night talkshow host on ABC,...

One of the most heated debates in the Democratic party is how left it should go – especially after a year that has seen several...

It is ‘clear’ the US raid on Venezuela ‘undermined a fundamental principle of international law’, UN human rights office says A spokesperson for the UN...

Days after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat....

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, is reportedly attempting to block the military promotion of four officers – two women and two Black men –...

Federal agents clashed with demonstrators in Los Angeles on Sunday as police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse massive crowds of people protesting against...

I don’t have access to the employment contract, but find myself increasingly intrigued by a question: how many days annual leave does a vice-president of...

Nothing is going according to plan for the Trump administration. The big, beautiful bill, originally vaunted to save the US taxpayer at least $2tn, so...

The secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, reportedly authorized the purchase of Spirit Airlines jets before discovering the airline didn’t...

As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’ most abnormally hot month in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and...

A National Conservatism (NatCon) conference beginning today in Jerusalem advertises a talk from the Trump administration’s anti-terrorism czar alongside speeches from far-right Israeli politicians, European...

US supreme court announces funding will run out this weekend The US supreme court is expected to run out of federal funding on Saturday, according...

In a tremendous upset of politics as usual, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old brown, Muslim, Democratic socialist who had little name recognition in February beat the...

The White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night was upended by gunshots, prompting the immediate evacuation of Donald and Melania Trump. Hundreds of guest including...

Foreign investment into the US could be threatened by Donald Trump’s new “revenge” taxes, analysts have warned. A provision within the president’s One Big Beautiful...

Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February....

Donald Trump has appointed family members, friends and loyal political allies to represent the US on the world stage, dispatching an extraordinary array of characters...

The billionaire Michael Bloomberg will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the midterm elections, US media reported on Tuesday, a significant infusion of cash...

The Trump administration is embracing an intimidation strategy to silence critical media coverage. Here’s how it works: a federal agency launches a pretextual investigation into...

Jeffries calls for the release of ‘double tap’ strike video on suspected drug vessel Speaking to reporters today, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said that...

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dan Alexander of Forbes about how Donald Trump made so much money last year at the same time trade wars, military...

Tennessee’s top prison official is stepping down in the aftermath of the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike, the state’s governor Bill Lee...

When Donald Trump abruptly fired Pam Bondi earlier this month, he made it clear that an unmistakable priority for the justice department would be using...

Good morning. There are two Donald Trumps: the candidate, and the president. Donald Trump the candidate spent much of his campaign presenting himself as a...

Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman formally entered the race for mayor on Saturday, unveiling her campaign during a press conference. Representing areas that...

Reality television personality Spencer Pratt is running to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. Pratt announced his campaign on Wednesday at a rally to...

A mother in San Diego is counting down the days until her son comes home. “I had a big sign made, welcoming him back,” she...

A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state attorneys general...

Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog....

Abby Tighe thought she had landed her forever job. She joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in December 2023, managing a national...

Trump says business leaders telling him mass deportations are taking good workers away Donald Trump has said that he has heard from business leaders that...

White 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...

The suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner appeared in federal court on Monday and was charged with three federal crimes,...

Tina Peters, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by Donald Trump, was released from prison on...

Eight people were arrested outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration doubled down...

Donald Trump has said he regrets not getting the US national guard to seize voting machines after his 2020 election defeat ended his first presidency,...

Have you been feeling trapped in an endless cycle of artificial intelligence hype and panic? You’re not alone. It’s a chaotic time to make sense...

When Katie Miller, the wife of Donald Trump’s powerful adviser Stephen Miller, interviewed Pete Hegseth on her podcast last week, she didn’t ask him about...

Oil prices jumped back above $100 a barrel and global stocks fell after weekend talks between the US and Iran ended without an agreement and...

Despite being a card-carrying member of the International Order of Confirmed Homosexuals, I have spent quite a lot of time lately thinking about Abdul El-Sayed’s...

Donald Trump gave it a minute. At 9.01pm it was confirmed that the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton – a hardliner backed by the US...

It’s indisputable that the political polarization of our time has reduced (and confused) the influence of economic conditions on US elections. In September of 2024,...

A federal judge on Friday halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions. The...

The Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers said he would be stepping back from public life after documents released by the House oversight committee revealed...

A Democratic lawmaker in Arizona who is facing calls for expulsion for resharing an Instagram post warning of immigration enforcement activity near an elementary school...