Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by...

Donald Trump has told his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,...

The United States has imposed sanctions against three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the international criminal court to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide...

Jacob Frey, the embattled mayor of Minneapolis, has warned fellow mayors that their city will be next in line to be targeted by federal immigration...

South African comedian Trevor Noah told a joke as he hosted the Grammy awards on Sunday. The former Daily Show host said the song of...

Texas House reconvenes, ready to pass GOP-drawn map The Texas house is starting up for legislative business again. The Republican majority is poised to pass...

Democratic members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday demanded that Republicans summon attorney general Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel and their deputies for...

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...

Supreme 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...

The United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s Twitter/X...

On 22 January 2024, at the inauguration of the current Liberian president, Joseph Boakai, the US-based Liberian poet Patricia Jabbeh Wesley paid tribute to the...

US 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...

Key events 11m ago Federal officers use gas against protesters outside Ice facility 15m ago Closing summary 40m ago San Francisco marchers surpass June crowds...

The congresswoman Ilhan Omar is no stranger to political attacks: she is a woman, she is a Democrat, she is black and she is an...

A federal judge ruled on Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must release a Minneapolis man and asylum seeker who has been unlawfully detained...

Democratic members of Congress from California and New York say that they were blocked from entering federal detention facilities over the weekend while seeking to...

An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University PhD student, who was arrested last year as part...

Trump urges Microsoft to fire Lisa Monaco, who coordinated investigation of Trump’s effort to overturn 2020 election After a frustrating morning of watching American golfers...

In 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...

Her sharpest words were not in the body of her opinion. They were tucked away in a footnote. That subtle placement speaks volumes about Ketanji...

To sceptics, Donald Trump’s war in Iran is a hubristic blunder that could spiral further out of control and bring catastrophe to the world. To...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not an “independent” agency, its chairman suggested on Wednesday, as the word was scrubbed from its online mission statement....

This year marked the start of LaMonica McIver’s first full term as a member of Congress. Rather than a year spent learning the ropes of...

Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have...

Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s out-of-touch comments on grocery prices, the longest-ever government shutdown and a dramatic White House press conference on Ozempic. Seth Meyers...

Final New York mayoral debate begins Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa have taken the stage for a two-hour debate in Queens, New York,...

Trump shares carriage procession with King Charles Here are some pictures from the carriage procession. Members of the Royal Navy Ceremonial Guard line up the...

On a cold Saturday morning, a little over a week before the New York City mayoral election in November, I was at a park in...

Three days into its immigration crackdown in Maine, the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had arrested “more than 100...

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...

The Senate remained deadlocked on Wednesday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after Republicans proposed legislation that would restart all of its...

Newsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ California governor Gavin Newsom has delivered a blistering address against the Trump administration, warning democracy is “under assault before...

The Trump administration has reportedly been pushing to release records from an FBI investigation related to Eric Swalwell and alleged links to a Chinese agent...

Senate fails again to pass short term funding bill as government shutdown enters eighth day The Senate has rejected a House-passed funding bill that would...

Proclaiming the US would “run” Venezuela after abducting its president and his wife, president Trump has now qualified his claim. Amid questions, including from top...

European stock markets fell on Monday and gold and silver prices hit record highs after Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on eight European...

What to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests Rachel Leingang Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500...

The Trump administration has quietly recalled nearly 30 ambassadors and other senior overseas diplomats as the Trump administration plans to promote appointees loyal to the...

On 8 March, Mahmoud Khalil became the first among several college campus pro-Palestinian protesters to be detained by ICE. He was held for three months,...

More White House firings could be coming – reports Donald Trump is said to be considering removing other officials in his cabinet after forcing Pam...

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....

Enhanced subsidies that have kept health insurance premiums affordable for millions of Americans who use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expired at the end of...

A nearly blind Burmese refugee who was abandoned by border patrol agents has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, city officials confirmed. Nurul Amin...

Newsom calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps Lauren Gambino “Today is liberation day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom...

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few but what I’d really like to talk about...

When he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chuck Schumer sounded as...

House in procedural vote as Democrats attempt to derail Trump’s tax-and-spending bill The House is currently in the process of taking a procedural vote, a...

When Donald Trump said he was sending the national guard to Portland, Oregon, to protect immigration officers, local residents immediately responded with characteristic sarcasm. Mocking...

On a cool winter night in Los Angeles, dozens gathered to protest against the Trump administration’s attacks on the arts and the recent federal immigration...

From vast protests and all-caps social media posts to acrimonious legislative hearings and pugnacious White House statements, Washington has perhaps never been noisier. But since...

‘He keeps encouraging me … to choose between Europe and the US. That would be a strategic mistake for our country,” Keir Starmer said in...

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‘All we want is full transparency’: Jeffries calls on DoJ to ‘comply with the law’ and release full Epstein files House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries...

Mahmoud Khalil squinted in the afternoon sun as he walked away from the fences topped with razor wire, through two tall gates and out into...

Ten more hostages will be released from Gaza “very shortly”, Donald Trump said at the White House Friday. The news comes as the president continues...

It has taken barely two weeks for Donald Trump to turn the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk to his political advantage, unleashing an unprecedented peacetime...

A federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid...

An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims Donald Trump’s major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most...

Harvard University said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s move to bar foreign nationals seeking to study at the Ivy League school from entering the United...

White House says Democrats are ‘concocting hoax’ with Epstein investigation More than 20 minutes into the briefing, Karoline Leavitt is addressing some of the first...

JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced on Tuesday that they are expecting their fourth child this summer. “We’re very excited to share the...

Trump administration issues rule that makes it easier to fire federal workers The Trump administration moved Thursday to issue a rule that would make it...

A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they...

Alex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge. Ask him about the bullying, intimidation and retribution meted out by Donald Trump and Maga...

Donald Trump fired a top federal prosecutor in Sacramento just hours after she warned immigration agents they could not indiscriminately detain people in her district,...

When Donald Trump was elected the first time round, the works of the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt flew off the shelves in the US. It...

The Trump administration is seeking to block veterans from receiving abortions at hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs in cases of rape or...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday outlining the terms...

The 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...

US to make several trade announcements in next 48 hours, treasury secretary says The United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48...

Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland...

Trump once again sets out a timeline of ‘two to three weeks’, as he defends his decision to go to war Donald Trump used his...

Donald Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability, almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that...

American politics feels hopelessly broken. Extreme political polarization, enormous amounts of Pac money sloshing around during elections, and the increasing power of the rich make...

Donald Trump had a warning for congressional Republicans on Wednesday: any of them who joined an effort to rescind his tariffs on Canada would “seriously...

When the belligerent border patrol official Gregory Bovino finally left the Twin Cities this week, there was hope that the tension in the region would...

The removal of the Internal Revenue Service commissioner Billy Long after just two months in the post came after the federal tax collection agency said...

Donald Trump has said he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, possibly this year, in an attempt to revive the failed nuclear diplomacy...

Despite growing pressure to lower interest rates to appease the president, the Federal Reserve voted to leave them unchanged. This week Jonathan Freedland speaks to...

John McAuliff, a 33-year-old small business owner and former civil servant, was one of the more unlikely Democrats to win election to Virginia’s legislature this...

Trump suggests that networks who cover him ‘negatively’ should lose their licenses On Air Force One, Donald Trump gaggled with reporters on his flight back...

Donald Trump has vowed that he will not sign any other legislation until Republicans’ massive voting bill, the Save America act, is passed. The bill...

Democrats on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photos from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the...

There is politics before the internet, and politics after the internet. Liberals are floundering, the right are flourishing, and what of the left? Well, it’s...

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump claimed he would quickly end the war in Gaza. Eight months after taking office, Trump finally decided to exert...

Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He...

Republicans in Congress privately made fun of Donald Trump only to come around to support him when he won their party’s 2024 White House nomination,...

Donald Trump, who remains embroiled in tensions surrounding ICE’s presence in Minnesota, as well as scrutiny over the justice department’s latest release of the Jeffrey...

The failure of this week’s peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of standoffs on...

Donald Trump has declined to definitively say he will not seek an unconstitutional third term as US president. “I would love to do it: I...

Trump administration to sue Gavin Newsom over California’s new redistricting maps The Trump administration is suing California governor Gavin Newsom after the state adopted new...

The unprecedented push to create new congressional districts mid-decade is hitting roadblocks in the form of local elected officials from both parties. Republicans face headwinds...

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, said “everything is on the table” and left it there. But Donald Trump threw discretion to the wind and...

Kilmar Ábrego García has been freed from an immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania after a federal judge in Maryland ordered his release on Thursday. Ábrego...

Donald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a...

House Republicans passed Donald Trump’s funding cut proposal just after midnight on Friday – clawing back $9bn in federal dollars. The vote was split on...

Former Trump aide Kayleigh McEnany misleads Fox viewers with false claim Trump was never on Epstein’s plane Kayleigh McEnany, a Fox News host who was...

It is one of Donald Trump’s unique talents that he reveals the absurd obsolescence of long-held traditions. In presidential election years, his screaming bloviations on...

US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late...