Supreme court allows Trump to resume deporting people to third countries for now while justices weigh policy The supreme court has allowed the Trump administration...

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...

US immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in...

The Trump administration has sent more immigration agents to Minnesota, part of escalating attacks and rhetoric against the state and its immigrant populations in what...

The media pundits have written article after article desperately trying to understand why progressive candidates, despite being heavily outspent, keep defeating establishment Democrats in primaries...

House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private island home released Democrats on the House oversight committee have this morning released never-before-seen images and video...

Trump threatens to halt some trade unless Federal Reserve lowers interest rates President Trump threatened in a social media post on Friday to stop trade...

Donald Trump has imposed a fresh round of tariffs on more than 80 countries to replace a 10% global duty that was due to expire,...

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration vowed to prosecute “antifa” activists for domestic terrorism. Now, it’s made good on that threat. A...

As Donald Trump deploys more troops to fight protesters in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the...

Donald Trump may have committed “serious” ethical violations by giving three officials including his close personal aide Natalie Harp cash gifts of $45,000 each, according...

The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week...

The California governor’s race remained unsettled Thursday, as state election officials continued to sift through uncounted primary ballots – a process that could take days...

Markwayne Mullin defended his ability to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and expressed regrets for comments he made about a US citizen killed...

Democratic Virginia House speaker says legislature will ‘respect’ Supreme court decision Don Scott, the Democratic speaker of the Virginia House, said that the legislature will...

Donald Trump ratcheted up the uncertainty over how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland as he warned the Nato alliance on...

The Microsoft founder Bill Gates told US members of Congress that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had sought to “blackmail” him over his extramarital...

Before the street outside her mother’s home filled with gunfire, before panicked partygoers sprinted through the front yard, before she discovered that the body on...

This month marks exactly 10 years since Donald Trump coasted down an escalator at Trump Tower, declared his run for US president and accused Mexico...

Several shots lost their recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after a judge’s stay against changes made by the Trump...

Donald Trump has pardoned a woman who ended up imprisoned for fraud a second time after he afforded her clemency during his first presidency. Adriana...

A 24-year-old Honduran man died while trying to flee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Virginia, bringing the death toll among those trying to...

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate...

Victor Marx wins Republican primary for Colorado governor The Associated Press reports that Victor Marx, a marines veteran and self-described “high-risk missionary”, whose extraordinary claims...

Democrats need to take bolder and more aggressive actions to oppose the Trump administration, protesters across the US told the Guardian during a day of...

The so-called “special relationship” between Britain and the United States has never seemed more tenuous. At times, it looks like the US-UK alliance is a...

Closing summary This brings our real-time chronicle of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will be back at it on...

Airport travel chaos continues amid longest ever shutdown in US history Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Airports continue to warn passengers...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature One person was arrested overnight in connection with the protest in...

Early voting begins in midterms as cost of living and Iran war loom large Good morning, and welcome to our US politics live blog. The...

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...

The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior ICC officials. The...

The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith...

As the tech billionaire and his EV company take a beating, Apple castigates itself over Siri failures and a Meta tell-all book evokes a strong...

Emma Petty Addams is used to navigating political divides. She grew up as a conservative Mormon in California’s progressive San Francisco Bay Area. She identified...

The top drug regulator in the US signaled on Tuesday he may retire weeks after accepting the position, adding to upheaval in the highest ranks...

Department of Justice to begin handing over Epstein files to Capitol Hill The Department of Justice (DoJ) has agreed to provide to Congress documents from...

Mamdani: ‘In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light’ In a defiant speech, Mamdani vowed to change to city hall –...

Ever since Donald Trump returned to power, he has carried out an unprecedented assault against the country’s rule of law. But we can be thankful...

In January, the New York police department’s counter-terrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential “security and counterintelligence” threat: Ray-Ban...

Mike Johnson, the US House speaker, said on Wednesday he would put the bill compelling the release of government files related to late sex offender...

The United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Pentagon said...

A federal prosecutor leading the investigation into former CIA director John Brennan is no longer working on the case after expressing reservations about it, according...

Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Republicans are entitled to the five more seats they could pick up if congressional maps proposed by Texas Republicans...

The US supreme court on Tuesday appeared poised to uphold laws banning transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in two conservative states,...

Between widespread cuts to vital government agencies, various disease and illness outbreaks, and new environmental disaster vulnerabilities, the United States is facing a convergence of...

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill after weeks of negotiations, bringing Donald Trump’s megabill one step closer to enactment. The...

The scramble began in November as news broke that Donald Trump had been re-elected. Benjamin and Chrys Gorman had long said they would leave the...

The day so far In a rebuke to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, the supreme court upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in...

Chris Tackett started tracking extremism in Texas politics about a decade ago, whenever his schedule as a Little League coach and school board member would...

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...

Trump complains about lack of TV coverage stemming from his own effort to ban CNN Donald Trump has two hours to kill until he hosts...

The US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the...

Lorenda Lewis is so tired she can barely keep her head straight. Surrounded by her six young children at a cafe in Dearborn, Michigan, she...

The US has been condemned for breaking international law after it launched airstrikes on the Venezuelan capital and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his...

‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth summons military members for ‘State of the Force’ Ariana Baio The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is providing...

There may be swarms of bugs, rain showers and thunderstorms, but this isn’t Exodus, or the apocalypse: the president of the United States will host...

The supreme court on Friday turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump, putting an end to a...

If primary elections elsewhere this summer were tussles between progressives and moderates for the direction of the Democratic party’s political future, Tuesday’s contests in Florida...

Survivors, lawmakers and watchdog groups accused Donald Trump’s justice department of withholding records it is legally required to release following the disclosure of millions of...

The war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East and the global economy, is not real. This is how it is...

Donald Trump gave rightwing media provocateurs Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones a shoutout this week, calling them “Low...

A 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...

A cluster of advocacy groups that boast veteran lawyers, voting experts and ex-judges have expanded legal challenges to Donald Trump’s authoritarian executive orders on voting...

Congressional Republicans are pushing for passage of a rescissions package, legislation requested by Donald Trump that will claw back $9bn in funding intended for foreign...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned...

Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting...

Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between two members of foreign intelligence, who discussed a person close to Donald...

On Monday night, Stephen Colbert gathered his “best television friends” Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver on the couch after a monologue...

The scale of last weekend’s “No Kings” protests is now becoming clearer, with one estimate suggesting that Saturday was among the biggest ever single-day protests...

Progressive groups and lawmakers who rallied behind Graham Platner’s insurgent bid for a US Senate seat are now racing to decide where to transfer their...

The Trump administration quietly declared frozen embryos to be children last week. In a call for grant applications related to a nearly 20-year-old program meant...

Donald Trump announced a fresh crackdown on “fraud” in Democratic states and tapped JD Vance to lead the charge. Officials swiftly announced a string of...

The immigrant population of the United States, which has been growing for more than 50 years, has declined by more than a million people since...

Donald Trump’s effort to get his justice department to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars is based on specious legal claims that would likely...

The circumstances of many of the record number of deaths in US immigration custody under the second Trump administration have left loved ones often searching...

Hitler dreamed of a 1,000-year Reich; Putin is said to have baroque dreams of territorial conquest meant to restore a dubiously historical empire he calls...

The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white...

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender...

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s policy to detain and deport foreign scholars over their pro-Palestinian views violates the US constitution and...

Democrats welcome temporary supreme court ruling that restores access to abortion pills, but note ‘fight is just beginning’ In response to the supreme court’s decision...

Two police officers who clashed with rioters at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to...

A leading US congressman admits America must substantially boost its defence manufacturing capacity in order to sell Australia nuclear submarines under Aukus, floating the idea...

Hundreds showed up to protests that broke out in New York City on Tuesday evening after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids related to “selling...

Joe Biden, the former president, has filed a lawsuit to try to prevent the justice department (DoJ) from releasing transcripts and audio of interviews that...

Nithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles city council member, has advanced to the November runoff for LA mayor. She will face incumbent mayor Karen Bass,...

The US supreme court is hearing oral arguments over Donald Trump’s bid to fire a Federal Reserve governor this morning, as his administration continues its...

Cory Booker, the Democratic senator from New Jersey, renewed his calls for new leadership of the Democratic party, saying the party has “failed this moment”....

Trump issues tariff letters to six more countries But before he meets with west African leaders, Donald Trump is now announcing more trade notices to...

Reporting on a corrupt president made the Washington Post a global sensation with Watergate – and the masthead became a byword for fearless reporting. But...

Donald Trump looked out across the White House ballroom at his audience of wealthy donors and business figures – people who had given millions of...

Cory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right of action”, allowing people to sue pesticide makers such as Bayer and Syngenta,...

The US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, fuelling concerns...

Donald Trump has tried his usual tactics when it comes to getting the US Federal Reserve to lower interest rates: bully when persuasion doesn’t work,...

Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate....

I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you today. The bad news is, well, everything. As you may have noticed, the world...

The price of Brent oil soared above $126 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest level since 2022, after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of...

Democratic lawmakers on Friday released documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that may show interactions between the disgraced financier and prominent conservatives, including Elon...

Democrats and Republicans celebrate passage of bill to release Epstein files Hello and thank you for joining us on the US politics live blog. I’m...