Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies...
Read MoreThe Trump administration said it would provide partial relief to recipients of food stamps on Monday as the federal government shutdown approached a record-breaking length....
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 MoreMore than half of Americans disapprove of Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing and the construction of a new ballroom, according to a...
Read MoreThe White House maintained on Thursday that Donald Trump, despite his social media posts, did not mean that lawmakers who made a video saying troops...
Read MorePete Hegseth denied that the US-Israel war on Iran, which the Pentagon estimates has cost the US at least $25bn, is “a quagmire” and claimed...
Read MoreIn one suburb of Minneapolis, the superintendent spends each school day driving to her district’s schools to track federal agents. Across the metro, in another...
Read More‘This is no time to be talking about pardons,’ says Trump when pressed about Maxwell Speaking to reporters at Prestwick airport, Trump denied reports that...
Read MoreDonald Trump has warned that Iran must come to the table to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programme or face the possibility of airstrikes...
Read MoreHegseth orders US Navy secretary to investigate Arizona senator Mark Kelly for ‘potentially unlawful comments’ in video Donald Trump’s defense secretary, the former Fox News...
Read MoreTrump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will add $2.4tn to national debt, according to nonpartisan analysis The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has released a revised estimate of...
Read MoreTrump confirms that ‘drug-carrying submarine’ was the target of latest strike in the Caribbean Donald Trump just said added that a submarine was the target...
Read MoreFederal immigration officers on Saturday began a sweep through Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, federal officials confirmed. Local media reports said that among...
Read MoreEvery time you think US politics could not possibly get any stupider, it does. Today’s instalment of “we live in hell, where politicians are passing...
Read MoreWhen the belligerent border patrol official Gregory Bovino finally left the Twin Cities this week, there was hope that the tension in the region would...
Read MoreThe US government shut down on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats refused to support a Republican plan to extend funding for federal departments unless they won...
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 MoreDonald Trump’s administration has taken new steps toward dismantling the US Department of Education by reassigning many of its responsibilities to other federal agencies. The...
Read MoreWhen the centre-left French politician Aurore Lalucq posted a warning last Wednesday that Donald Trump could cut off Europe from international payment systems, the clip...
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, she said sanctuary cities had made her job hard. “Sanctuary cities do...
Read MoreProsecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the...
Read MoreMark Zaid knew he would be targeted if Donald Trump won re-election. The lawyer, who specializes in national security cases, has long been on the...
Read MoreJohn F Kennedy’s sage words from his inaugural address are forever seared into America’s political consciousness: “Ask not what your country can do for you...
Read MoreWith the prime minister’s Churchillian claims that “the front line is here”, the public might expect a military posture that meets the drama of the...
Read MoreA federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid...
Read MoreIn the early hours of 13 June, more than 200 Israeli fighter jets began pummeling Iran with bombs, lighting up the Tehran skyline and initiating...
Read MoreAlex Pretti – an ICU nurse documenting alleged cases of federal immigration agents’ overreach – was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on 24 January....
Read MoreAn online fundraiser benefiting the family of Alex Pretti had raised nearly $700,000 by Sunday afternoon, a day after federal agents killed the US citizen...
Read MoreThe White House has chosen a top aide to health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to temporarily lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Read MoreThey are more than a year away – a lifetime in today’s fast and furious political cycle. But one man is already paying attention, pulling...
Read MoreThe majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports. Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across...
Read MoreLate last month, a Minnesota federal court judge, Patrick Schiltz, issued an opinion detailing hundreds of instances in which the Trump administration has failed to...
Read MoreIt would be funny if it wasn’t so Trumpy. Hosting the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump could...
Read MoreTrump says ‘animal’ who shot national guard members ‘will pay a very steep price’ The president said today that the “animal” who shot two members...
Read MoreThe US Coast Guard was searching for survivors of a US military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, officials...
Read MoreUS senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to...
Read MoreIndirect talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme ended on Friday with a broad agreement to maintain a diplomatic...
Read MoreGavin Newsom has stumbled upon the perfect slogan for his likely upcoming presidential campaign: “Strong and Wrong.” In a recent interview, California’s governor said Americans...
Read MoreThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at limiting the diplomatic damage to both countries by...
Read MoreThe US federal government shut down on Wednesday after Democrats opted against voting for a Republican funding plan in order to seek concessions on healthcare...
Read MoreScott MacFarlane, the CBS News justice correspondent most known for his extensive coverage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, surprised colleagues on Monday morning by...
Read MoreUS secretary of state Marco Rubio headed to Israel on Sunday amid tensions with US allies in the Middle East over Israel’s strike on Hamas...
Read MoreI am a proud Jewish American. My father fled Poland in 1921 to escape poverty and antisemitism. Those in his family who stayed were murdered...
Read MoreUsha Vance learned her husband, JD, had been selected to be Donald Trump’s running mate “maybe five minutes” before the news was made public –...
Read MoreKash Patel sues the Atlantic over article alleging heavy drinking and absences FBI director Kash Patel has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic magazine over...
Read MoreTodd Lyons, the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is stepping down after a turbulent year carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration agenda....
Read MoreAuthorities in Michigan are investigating after multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, police said on Saturday. The Michigan state police said...
Read MoreUS regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has set aggressive new goals in its anti-immigration agenda, demanding that federal agents arrest 3,000 people a day – or more than...
Read MoreThe Jeffrey Epstein files scandal swirling around Donald Trump and his administration continued to escalate on Thursday as officials from the Department of Justice met...
Read MoreDonald Trump is on a roll. The “big, beautiful bill” is law. Ice, his paramilitary immigration force, rivals foreign armies for size and funding. Democrats...
Read MoreThe number of people eating at restaurants in Washington DC has plummeted since Donald Trump deployed federal troops to the city, according to data, as...
Read MoreThe largely supine Republicans in Congress had no apparent trouble as Donald Trump and defense secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of suspected drug runners...
Read MoreFurloughed government workers may not be entitled to back pay according to White House memo – reports Government workers who have been furloughed since the...
Read MoreTrump says Ukraine is able to win back all the land it lost since the beginning of the invasion In a post on Truth Social,...
Read MoreTyler Robinson appears in virtual court appearance Tyler Robinson is now appearing for his first, virtual court appearance from the Utah jail where he is...
Read MoreMarco Rubio will deliver a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran at the White House on Tuesday as Washington deploys its largest force...
Read MoreAmerica’s main streets are a warzone. This should trouble every American, irrespective of their political leaning. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are near...
Read MoreA group of largely authoritarian world leaders and a few observers joined Donald Trump in Washington for the inaugural meeting of the newly established Board...
Read MoreIt is both sad and ironic that, 250 years after the revolt against George III, the British monarchy is teaching its former colony lessons about...
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice said on Wednesday it had sent more than 20 subpoenas to clinics and doctors who offer gender-affirming care to minors....
Read MoreChicago’s mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered Chicago police to investigate and document alleged illegal activity by federal immigration (ICE) agents in the city, a move...
Read MoreMaga loyalists push claims that Trump ‘birthday note’ to Epstein is ‘fake’ Several allies of Donald Trump, also prominent Maga figures, have amplified claims that...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination that gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a...
Read More“The current administration is waging a war on science,” warned Celine Gounder, a professor of medicine and an infectious disease expert at New York University...
Read MoreLiz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, began the first edition of her YouTube show with a vow to unmask “the evil-doers” attempting to bring down...
Read MoreRetired brigadier general Shawn Harris had been all geared up for a campaign to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene next November, and then the far-right representative...
Read MoreKey moments from cordial Trump-Mamdani Oval Office news conference The surprisingly cordial Oval Office meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist mayor-elect of New York...
Read MoreNational intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she had stripped security clearances from 37 current and former national security officials, including some who...
Read MoreDonald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board of the US Air Force Academy....
Read MoreLouisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday....
Read MoreArticle 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal...
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 MoreWearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be...
Read MoreThe owner of a Donald Trump-themed hamburger restaurant chain in Texas is facing deportation after immigration authorities under the command of the president detained him....
Read MoreWait, Donald Trump is naming a stadium after himself? That’s if a well-sourced report from ESPN is to be believed. The US president has apparently...
Read MoreAbout a year ago, at the start of the Trump 2.0 regime, a woman was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then stopped,...
Read MoreA federal judge declined to order the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a setback for the former Columbia University student days after a major...
Read MoreA Bronx office of US House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was vandalized early Monday, according to New York City police, who say they are investigating. The...
Read MoreWhen I speak to Rebecca Solnit, she is beaming, and I can’t immediately figure out why. Her new book, The Beginning Comes After the End:...
Read MoreThe removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said...
Read MoreTrump imposes sweeping new travel ban, barring all entries from 12 countries, most from 7 more Donald Trump imposed a sweeping new travel ban in...
Read MoreInside a packed banquet hall in northern California in early August, tensions were flaring. As the representative Doug LaMalfa spoke to constituents in his district,...
Read MoreFCC commissioner accuses CBS of ‘corporate capitulation’ in Colbert row Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will...
Read MoreWhen USA Rugby (USAR) updated its eligibility requirements in February to ban trans women from competing, many players and fans were outraged. Within days, 300...
Read MoreThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section...
Read MoreTrump threatened to commit genocide and Iran came to the table. A little threat – plus the deaths of thousands of Iranians and 13 Americans,...
Read MoreTrump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation As John Thune battles conservative blowback for refusing to alter Senate rules...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing...
Read MoreDonald Trump hosted an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk on Friday to mark the end of the tech billionaire’s tenure as a special...
Read MoreThat was the moment he knew it was true love. Donald Trump turned to gaze at Vladimir Putin as the Russian president publicly endorsed his...
Read MoreDonald Trump sending Tom Homan to Minnesota, president announces on social media Donald Trump is dispatching his border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota. Trump made...
Read MoreHouse Republicans passed Donald Trump’s funding cut proposal just after midnight on Friday – clawing back $9bn in federal dollars. The vote was split on...
Read MoreWashington is negotiating with Havana’s leadership to strike a deal, Donald Trump has said, days after threatening Cuba’s reeling economy with a virtual oil blockade....
Read MoreMissouri Republicans approved a new congressional map on Friday that adds an additional GOP-friendly seat in Congress, a boost to Donald Trump as he tries...
Read MoreChris Wright, the US Department of Energy secretary, said on Sunday that the spike in energy prices would last weeks, at the worst, not months,...
Read MoreAlex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to...
Read MoreUp to seven states will vote on abortion rights this year. But recent polling indicates that Democrats may not be able to count on the...
Read MoreWith the first primaries of the US midterm elections now under way, the cryptocurrency industry is injecting millions of dollars into congressional races across the...
Read MoreThere’s no denying that the US supreme court’s long-awaited ruling that overturned Donald Trump’s global tariffs is important, and if the ruling turns out to...
Read MoreAs soon as the US government voted to cut funding to more than 1,500 public media outlets last July, Luke Dennis, general manager at WYSO,...
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 MoreGavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once...
Read MoreFollowing a wave of regulations banning the surprise fees that appear at the end of a transaction, Ticketmaster stopped charging the extra few dollars it...
Read More1. Trump’s threats to New York City loomed large The Republican president’s threats to New York City dominated plenty of conversation during the debate. In...
Read MoreRepresentative Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner in the fiercely contested race to be governor of California, has suspended his campaign amid a series of sexual...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s threat to take control of Greenland “one way or the other” has left the territory and its sovereign power Denmark reeling and the...
Read MoreAs the record-breaking federal government shutdown stretches toward day 38, US airspace is about to get a little less busy. The same cannot be said...
Read MoreHello and Happy New Year. We have started 2026 with a geopolitical shock as the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and imprisoned him...
Read MoreWhat a privilege it is to be alive in such a peaceful and prosperous time. If you ignore the genocides in Sudan and Gaza, fighting...
Read MoreUS treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said the Federal Reserve is and should be independent but that it had “made a lot of mistakes”, as...
Read MoreTwo small scars on either side of his left thigh remind Mario Torres of the worst day he has had during the two-plus years he...
Read MoreTrump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name...
Read More‘We’re just gonna kill people’: Trump says he doesn’t need a declaration of war for strikes on suspected drug smugglers Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday...
Read MoreTrump’s ‘exciting announcement’ will be related to the Pentagon, White House says Donald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s latest attack on climate action takes place amid rapidly rising temperatures, rising sea levels, still-rising greenhouse gas emissions, burgeoning costs from extreme weather...
Read MoreThe White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump’s recent “comprehensive executive physical” after the president admitted Sunday night he had “no idea” what...
Read MoreThe news is stressful. Talking about it doesn’t have to be. Join the Guardian’s Kai Wright and Carter Sherman for conversations with the best journalists...
Read MoreThe US attacked Venezuela and captured its long-serving president Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, with Donald Trump promising to put the country under American control for...
Read More‘It’s the opening of an opportunity,’ say Senate Democrats who broke ranks to end government shutdown The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks...
Read MoreThe longest US government shutdown in history ended on Wednesday after more than 42 days, following the House of Representative’s passage of a bill negotiated...
Read MorePete Hegseth has used a press conference at the Pentagon to criticize journalists over their coverage of the war in Iran, at one point proposing...
Read MoreHouse Democrats on Wednesday demanded a briefing from the justice department on the removal of Gail Slater, who was forced to resign as head of...
Read MoreSupreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s mass federal layoffs The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass...
Read MoreBy the early 1980s, the Democratic party was facing a crossroads. The 1980 landslide election of Ronald Reagan, who clenched the presidency with a whopping...
Read MoreThe number of workers covered under union contracts increased to a 16-year high in 2025, despite ongoing attempts by the Trump administration to wipe out...
Read MoreThe state of Oregon filed a lawsuit in federal court on Sunday seeking to block the deployment of 200 national guard troops to Portland, arguing...
Read MoreThe United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being...
Read MoreWhen Ghislaine Maxwell refused to testify before Congress last week, she nonetheless insisted on her willingness to help. Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey...
Read MoreThe US military has issued new media restrictions demanding that journalists pledge not to gather any information – including unclassified documents – that has not...
Read MoreRepresentatives for victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein condemned the US Department of Justice on Friday for only partially releasing investigative documents while at...
Read MoreA US army veteran who lived in the country for nearly 50 years – and earned a prestigious military citation for being wounded in combat...
Read MoreThe US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor...
Read MoreThe Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements...
Read MoreUS treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans....
Read MoreA 10-year-old Minnesota girl has been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a month in detention in Dilley, Texas, school officials...
Read MoreFor this Labor Day, the Donald Trump administration has draped an enormous banner outside the US labor department with his portrait and the words “American...
Read MoreDonald Trump signed a bill Wednesday directing the justice department to release files from the investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, surrendering in...
Read MorePaul Dans, one of the main forces behind the conservative blueprint Project 2025, will run against Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina Republican primary next...
Read MoreA federal magistrate judge has ruled that the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters the night before the January...
Read MoreDemocratic congressman Ro Khanna was a major force behind the legislative campaign that led Donald Trump to back down from his opposition and sign into...
Read MoreDonald Trump has called for his government to re-examine every Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration, after law enforcement officials identified...
Read MoreIn the late 19th century, after Reconstruction, US federal protections for Black voters began to erode. Southern states sought to reshape their electoral systems – through...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for...
Read MoreIn an extraordinary article published on 7 April, the New York Times described how Donald Trump decided to go to war with Iran. It is...
Read MoreDonald Trump has pardoned two south Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline several...
Read MoreA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding and threatening hefty fines against the University of California amid the administration’s attempts...
Read MoreThe Fourth of July celebration of freedom rings hollow this year. The contradictions built into a national commemoration of our triumph over autocracy feel newly...
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, did not inform the White House that her office was revoking the security clearances of 37 people –...
Read MoreTrump administration must submit more information in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, judge orders The New York federal court handling the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his administration’s pressure...
Read MoreOne morning last June in an immigration courtroom in New York City, a lawyer named Estefani Rodriguez looked as if she was on the verge...
Read MoreTexas governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the department of public safety to arrest and return any House member who had left the state and...
Read MoreThe stunning decision on Wednesday to suspend one of the United States’ most popular and influential late-night shows has come as Donald Trump and his...
Read MoreJohn 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...
Read MoreFury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend,...
Read MoreThe FBI has taken full control of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)...
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 MorePete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, offered few details and was evasive when asked about the deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran, saying...
Read MoreDonald Trump has slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil over what he called the “witch-hunt” against former president Jair Bolsonaro and demanded that it end...
Read MoreNew York City’s three mayoral candidates, Independent Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, faced off in the first general election debate in...
Read MoreDuring the New York City mayoral primary campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for a citywide rent freeze became a contentious topic. The Democratic nominee says to...
Read MoreThe immigration status of the man who allegedly attacked people with a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices at an event for Israeli hostages in...
Read MoreOn 4 July – as Americans celebrated their country’s independence – Donald Trump signed into law his sweeping tax and spending bill. Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful...
Read MoreThe number of people in immigration detention in the US has hit an all-time high according to data published by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Read MoreTwo protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to...
Read MoreThe new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over...
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Read MoreSchumer faces calls to step aside as minority leader, as Democrats break party ranks to end shutdown The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, is facing...
Read MoreA British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant...
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 Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the...
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Read MoreDonald Trump has said he sealed an agreement with Nato allies that will deliver Patriot missiles and other key arms to Ukraine – and warned...
Read MoreDemocracy requires that we do more than look out for our own interests and defend our own rights. Ever since the birth of this nation,...
Read MoreTrump to survey damage from deadly floods during Texas visit In about an hour, we expect president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to...
Read MoreKamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California – a highly...
Read MoreFBI director Kash Patel has denied swirling resignation rumors over reported unhappiness at a justice department decision to close the book on Jeffrey Epstein after...
Read MoreThe annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about...
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Read MoreIf you believe the early public opinion polls, Americans are uncertain about last weekend’s raid on Venezuela and the seizure of the country’s leader, Nicolás...
Read MoreEarlier this year, Liam Elkind seized an opportunity to ask his longtime congressman, Jerry Nadler, what everyday New Yorkers like himself could do to help...
Read MoreAlex Sullivan tended to his five children on the lawn after a traditional Latin mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Monica in Duluth, Georgia,...
Read MoreUS and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the first direct commercial flight between the two countries in more than...
Read MoreHe wanted to give the king’s speech. Donald Trump entered the US House chamber on Tuesday like a medieval monarch, with Republicans lined up eager...
Read MoreABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments after FCC chair threatens fines ABC bowed to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission on...
Read MoreThe US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies...
Read MoreLance Johnson voted for Donald Trump three times. Now he is feeling buyer’s remorse. “I haven’t been too happy with the third time around,” said...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success...
Read MoreNewsom praises California redistricting package as chance to ‘fight back’ against Republican gerrymandering Governor Gavin Newsom praised California lawmakers for introducing a legislative package that,...
Read MoreElon Musk has announced on social media that he is leaving his role in the Trump administration, a departure the White House confirmed was in...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill has passed a procedural step in the US House of Representatives, paving the way for the possible passage of the...
Read MoreA Republican lawmaker has condemned what he refers to as Donald Trump’s “holy war” against Pope Leo XIV. Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long...
Read MoreThe congresswoman Ilhan Omar is no stranger to political attacks: she is a woman, she is a Democrat, she is black and she is an...
Read MoreTrump would ‘fire’ Howard Lutnick if he saw video of testimony, say oversight Democrats Following closed-door testimony from Howard Lutnick before the House oversight committee...
Read MoreIt’s just gone midday on Linea, one of the main roads through Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood, and Javier Peña and Ysil Ribas have been waiting since...
Read MoreSenior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered VA physicians and scientists not to publish in medical journals or speak with the...
Read MoreComey faces deadline to file legal motions to dismiss indictment against him Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
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Read MoreJeffrey Epstein sympathized with Brett Kavanaugh during the then-supreme court nominee’s contentious 2018 confirmation and even suggested Republicans should have been harder on Christine Blasey...
Read MoreThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have...
Read MoreIn the latest sign the honeymoon is over between Donald Trump and his tech billionaire sidekick, Elon Musk, the president confirmed he will go ahead...
Read MoreOregon lawmakers demand ICE leave Portland after shooting Federal, state and local lawmakers representing Portland have issued statements condemning the shooting of two people by...
Read MoreDemocratic congresswoman criticizes Trump’s comments about a third term Rashida Tlaib, Michigan’s Democratic representative, has criticized comments from Steve Bannon after the former White House...
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions during a closed-door congressional deposition on Monday, prompting criticism from a House representative backing efforts to release Jeffrey Epstein...
Read MoreMass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on Democrat lawmakers to end a government shutdown. The White House...
Read MoreWhen we think of what governments do, we think of everything from building highways to waging war. What they also do is capture the world...
Read MoreDays after officially exiting the White House, Elon Musk has grown increasingly critical of President Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, describing it as a “disgusting...
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 MoreSupreme court decision ‘authorizes untold harm to transgender children’, says Justice Sotomayor in her dissent In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the decision “does...
Read MoreThey marched in their millions. Some waved the Stars and Stripes. Some clutched signs with slogans such as: “Nothing is more patriotic than protesting.” And...
Read MoreOn Thursday night, late night-hosts celebrated Kristi Noem’s firing, criticized Maga’s handling of the war in Iran and raised an eyebrow to Robert F Kennedy...
Read MoreBy now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance. It’s a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to...
Read MoreDonald Trump has fired his controversial US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, after weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership. As the public face of...
Read MoreA federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) to the US, ruling that her deportation...
Read MoreA Yosemite national park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, while some park visitors could face prosecution under protest restrictions...
Read MoreRepublicans are insisting that Donald Trump is “desperate” to end the government shutdown, which has now entered its 33rd day. The comments by the Republican...
Read MoreJudge blocks Trump on birthright citizenship A federal judge in New Hampshire has again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and applied the...
Read MoreDays before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the United Arab Emirates royal family...
Read MoreNew York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained for several hours after being arrested at an immigration court. Lander, the city’s chief...
Read MoreUtah governor says authorities have ‘a person of interest in custody’ The governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said at a news conference on the...
Read MoreIn spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zinni uttered about Iraq the dreaded words in US politics: “I spent two years in Vietnam, and I’ve seen this...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature And that concludes our live coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s historic inauguration....
Read MoreMaga loyalists push claims that Trump ‘birthday note’ to Epstein is ‘fake’ Several allies of Donald Trump, also prominent Maga figures, have amplified claims that...
Read MoreTrump breaks with Marjorie Taylor Greene, urging primary challenge Donald Trump turned on his former close ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene, denouncing the Maga congresswoman in...
Read MoreThe Kennedy Center reportedly adopted bylaws earlier this year that would limit voting to Donald Trump-appointed trustees – a controversial move that appears to reveal...
Read MoreWhen the Democratic party’s governing body adjourned its meeting on Saturday in New Orleans, supporters of Palestine and an end of the genocide in Gaza...
Read MoreBy the early 1980s, the Democratic party was facing a crossroads. The 1980 landslide election of Ronald Reagan, who clenched the presidency with a whopping...
Read MoreA woman in Minneapolis has died as her neighbors fought Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation. On Wednesday morning, a group of local civilian protesters gathered...
Read MoreHere’s a recap of the day so far Senate Republicans did not use the pro forma session today to try to pass a stopgap funding...
Read MoreThe Trump administration must continue reimbursing Planned Parenthood clinics for Medicaid-funded services, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in an escalating legal war between the...
Read MoreUS Senate votes on amendments to Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the second Trump...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s self-congratulatory speech on Iran on Wednesday night was as puzzling as it was divorced from reality. I had hoped he would declare victory...
Read MorePolice in southern California arrested a man suspected of posing as a federal immigration officer this week, the latest in a series of such arrests,...
Read MoreThreats of retribution from Donald Trump are hardly a novelty, but even by his standards, the US president’s warnings of wrathful vengeance in recent days...
Read MoreI read Zoe Williams’ piece on Americans renouncing their citizenship with particular and personal interest (‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the...
Read MoreThe US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gasfield angered US allies in...
Read MorePrior to his landslide election victory in 2010, which was to lead to 16 unbroken years in power, Viktor Orbán would tell supporters: “We have...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s stages of insurrection have passed from trying to suppress one that didn’t exist, to creating one himself, to generating a local incident he...
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 MoreDonald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board of the US Air Force Academy....
Read MoreA group of men removed from the US to Djibouti, in east Africa, are stranded in a converted shipping container together with the US Immigration...
Read MoreThe US Secret Service shot and killed an armed intruder who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida residence and private club in Palm...
Read MoreThousands have joined an economic blackout for International Workers’ Day, as part of 3,500 “May Day Strong” events across the country. Organizers have called for...
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 occasion should have been marked by the joy of reaching the destination of US citizenship following the long odyssey of immigration. Instead, the ceremony...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s victory in last November’s US presidential election presented Keir Starmer, Britain’s Labour prime minister, with a choice – and an opportunity. Either cosy...
Read MoreTrump poised to send scores of federal agents to San Francisco Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreDonald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the...
Read MoreThe firings of hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been reversed, according to several reports citing officials familiar with the...
Read MoreBondi says she is ‘thrilled’ about new private sector role following firing as attorney general In a statement on social media, Pam Bondi said that...
Read MoreUS House approves bill to force release of Epstein files in near-unanimous vote The US House overwhelmingly approved a bill demanding that the Justice Department...
Read MoreHouse passes bill to reopen government, Trump plans to sign measure after dinner with Wall Street bankers The House voted 222-209 to approve legislation to...
Read MoreThe Fourth of July celebration of freedom rings hollow this year. The contradictions built into a national commemoration of our triumph over autocracy feel newly...
Read MoreThe Democratic party is at a crossroads. It can continue to push policies that maintain a broken and rigged economic and political system and ignore...
Read MoreDonald Trump has called for his government to re-examine every Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration, after law enforcement officials identified...
Read MoreTrump administration orders release of Epstein court documents The US Department of Justice asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in...
Read More1. Tensions continued to rise between Cuomo and Mamdani The debate made clear that the most heated rivalry was between Cuomo and Mamdani. From the...
Read MoreSpring cleaning has begun at the White House. Donald Trump on Thursday fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the...
Read MoreOn Friday, Donald Trump claimed that he will reverse everything that Joe Biden has signed with an autopen. The automated signature machine has been a...
Read MoreA Los Angeles school district is demanding an investigation of an incident last month, during which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents gathered at a...
Read MoreKey takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu press conference And that’s it, the press conference is over. Trump said he wanted to move to the second phase of...
Read MoreThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports....
Read MoreDonald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about...
Read MoreA coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of...
Read MoreToday’s recap Democrats took a victory lap after Tuesday’s election day wins with the chair of Democratic National Committee saying the party “is all gas,...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s escalating calls for the United States to seize or otherwise obtain Greenland has ignited fresh criticism from the president’s own Republican party, with...
Read MoreYou suspected that Maga had not conquered the Washington national cathedral when Bill Kristol was spotted at a men’s urinal conversing with Chris Wallace. You...
Read MoreTexas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts, the supreme court ruled on Thursday, handing Donald Trump...
Read MoreNew York City has awoken to a ‘political earthquake’ as progressive residents celebrated the victory of the 33-year-old politician over his political establishment rival Andrew...
Read MoreAll over European media, the take seems to be similar – that the EU is “under pressure” to conclude some sort of deal with the...
Read MoreA rising number of US airports are asking for donations to support employees affected by the partial government shutdown with airport security officials missing their...
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence who in 2019 was selling “No War With Iran” T-shirts, told the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday that...
Read MoreWali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to...
Read MoreTrump says Democrats released Epstein emails to ‘deflect’ from performance during government shutdown In a post on Truth Social, the president has addressed the batch...
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 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 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 MoreDemocrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said...
Read MoreThe governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is widely regarded as one of the Democratic party’s leading contenders for the 2028 presidential election. He has also...
Read MoreDonald Trump reportedly had a blunt message for Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro: leave power – and your country – immediately. Sources told the Miami Herald...
Read MoreA US appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and...
Read MoreThe immigrant population of the United States, which has been growing for more than 50 years, has declined by more than a million people since...
Read MoreTrump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name...
Read More“We did not have a lot of money,” said JD Vance, placing hand on heart as he recalled his childhood in Middletown, Ohio in the...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Broadcaster in Windsor getting ready for Trump’s arrival. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters...
Read MoreA second jazz band has pulled out of performing at the controversially renamed “Trump-Kennedy” center in Washington DC, giving just two days’ notice before their...
Read MoreA pair of identical Indiana twins whose life on opposite ends of the US’s political divide recently propelled them to internet virality say it has...
Read MoreZattura Sims-El sorts through her utility bills in Baltimore, Maryland, on 13 January 2025. Before she sat down to speak with the Guardian, Zattura Sims-El...
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s competitive Senate race came into shape on Tuesday, with former Democratic governor Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley winning...
Read MoreKelcy Warren was among the top donors for Donald Trump’s 2024 White House bid, personally pouring at least $5m into the campaign and co-hosting a...
Read MoreLiberal justices dissent in latest major US supreme court decision Per my last post, the supreme court has ruled 6-3 in a decision could embolden...
Read MoreHouse Democrats on Wednesday demanded a briefing from the justice department on the removal of Gail Slater, who was forced to resign as head of...
Read MoreWhen Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard. Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect...
Read MoreDHS spokesperson confirms detainees among the injured Tricia McLaughlin, who serves as the assistant secretary of Homeland Security, told Fox News today that detainees “were...
Read MoreIlhan Omar says ICE agents pulled her son over Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Minnesota...
Read MoreGeorge Clooney has said he feels it was a “mistake” for Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden in the 2024 US presidential election, adding that...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and
Donald Trump’s administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and