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...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to open a new call center to help law enforcement agencies track down unaccompanied migrant children. According to...

Donald 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...

Donald Trump has seen some trade deal offers and thinks they need to be better, Kevin Hassett, the White House economic adviser, said on Sunday,...

The Trump administration is planning to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to intensify its...

If the Democrats hope to maximize their chances of winning in this November’s elections, there’s a subject they need to scream far and wide about:...

This story was originally published by the Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. As Philadelphia’s district...

The South Carolina state house is a microcosm of the US’s contradictions. Outside there are memorials to the Confederate war dead and African American history....

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...

Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump...

A federal judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration initiative that would have kept immigrant children in custody after their 18th birthdays, preventing their transfer...

The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about...

As a former federal prosecutor, I know that prosecutors should be guided by the facts. But in his determination to hound George Soros, Donald Trump...

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top consumer watchdog has one gripe about New Yorkers – he would like them to complain more. “We get about...

Protesters heckled federal law enforcement officials as they reportedly stopped dozens of cars at a checkpoint along a busy street in Washington DC on Wednesday...

Democratic US representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick said she is resigning effective immediately, after a House committee found she violated ethics rules. The panel was set to...

If the Democratic party wants to win back power in 2028, then look no further than the 2026 election cycle as the most important moment...

Nearly five months into his second term, Donald Trump announced a new sweeping travel ban that could reshape the US’s borders more dramatically than any...

Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is...

Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a trio of executive orders that he vowed would turn the United States into an “AI export powerhouse”, including a...

Many professors in the US south, particularly in Florida, South Carolina and Texas, are considering leaving their state because of the impact the political climate...

‘Music to my ears’: Trump welcomes Senate passage of ‘big, beautiful bill’ Donald Trump said the Senate’s passage of his tax and spending bill was...

Donald Trump has, for years, used legal threats and lawsuits to pressure news companies who put out coverage he does not like. After his return...

Another week, another freak weather phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. If it’s not the “weather bomb” of extreme wind and snow that Britain is...

Democrats want your attention, and they’re done asking politely. Several months into Donald Trump’s second term, presidential aspirants, members of Congress and party officials are...

Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about why Tulsi Gabbard, the president’s director of national intelligence, was “lurking” in Fulton county on Wednesday while FBI agents...

I have no idea if you know who I am, but I was asked to deliver this year’s alternative Christmas message (which I’ve heard is...

Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations...

US Senate passes aid and public broadcasting cuts in victory for Trump Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

Virginia supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters,...

Donald Trump on Sunday issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release hostages...

A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed...

The failure of negotiations to end the US war with Iran has unleashed a barrage of starkly partisan political responses, with leading Republicans making hawkish...

We shouldn’t beat around the bush: Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s military attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression. There is no lawful...

Newsom calls Republican redistricting to eliminate Black-majority congressional districts ‘stone-cold racism’ Asked on Thursday for his response to Republican efforts to eliminate majority-Black congressional districts...

The Bank of England has rolled out looser mortgage rules that policymakers hope will help 36,000 more first-time buyers on to the housing ladder each...

After deploying the national guard to the streets of the American capital, Donald Trump is now eyeing longer-term powers over authorities, saying on Wednesday that...

Michaela felt a sharp pain shoot from her hip while she bent over to water some plants in early May 2025. Then she fell over...

Trump defends Pam Bondi as his base calls for attorney general’s dismissal Donald Trump has defended attorney general Pam Bondi amid calls from Maga world...

US Attorney to resign after Trump’s remarks calling for his removal over Letitia James investigation – reports US attorney Erik Siebert told employees on Friday...

Four months into Cuba’s deepening energy crisis, the consequences are no longer abstract: they are visible in the rhythm of daily life. Streets fall silent...

Good morning. The UN has demanded that Israel’s investigations into unlawful killings in Gaza, including its “double-tap” bombing of Nasser hospital, which killed 20 people...

An attempt by the Trump administration to gain access to Arizona’s detailed voter records was thwarted by the courts on Tuesday, when a federal judge...

European stock markets have edged higher and cryptocurrencies rebounded amid signs that a new front in the US-China trade war may not be a severe...

Trump falsely claims ‘total victory’ in New York case after fine thrown out, slams judge Donald Trump has hailed an appeals court’s decision to throw...

The US supreme court declined on Friday to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs even...

The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on...

Only hours before Donald Trump was set to sign a long-awaited executive order on Thursday that would have called for a government safety review of...

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...

Fifteen people in Minnesota were charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their response to a controversial and deadly immigration enforcement crackdown...

The ancient Roman grave marker recently found in the back yard of a New Orleans home had evidently been inherited and left there by the...

‘Massive and unconstitutional suppression effort’: voting rights advocates and Democrats slam Trump’s latest order Donald Trump’s new executive order is already facing sharp criticism from...

The US immigration system is a scam that dehumanizes people for profit. Communities across the country have had enough. The protests in Los Angeles have...

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...

It’s been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the space of seven days, the agency’s head was...

The party was on its knees. It failed to beat Donald Trump, a twice impeached convicted felon, and lost both chambers of Congress. Since November,...

The Republican-led Senate on Thursday again blocked a Democratic attempt to stop Donald Trump’s war in Iran, rejecting a war powers resolution that would have...

Florida has begun deporting people from the notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp, the state’s governor said, and deportations are expected to increase in the coming...

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September, Donald Trump and others pledged a no-holds barred crackdown on leftwing activists. “We have radical left lunatics...

Donald 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...

Donald Trump accused China of interfering with the 2020 election in a primetime televised address that laid bare his continuing obsession with his defeat to...

Donald Trump continued to face questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein as he landed in Scotland ahead of meeting British prime minister Keir Starmer...

As the US government shutdown continues, nearly 42 million people face a threat to their food supply. Funding for the Snap program – commonly known...

The Brazilian-born mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew – who was recently detained by US immigration authorities – has rejected the Trump...

Boulder county DA says 16 unused Molotov cocktails were recovered after attack The Boulder County district attorney, Michael Dougherty, just said that there were 16...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing backlash once again, this time from a Japanese artist who has condemned the agency for using,...

US federal workers laid off by the Trump administration said they are experiencing mental health effects, including PTSD-like symptoms, from losing their jobs, according to...

The White House has chosen a top aide to health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to temporarily lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Donald Trump has escalated tensions between Washington and one of its closest Latin American allies, declaring the US will slash assistance to Colombia and enact...

The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over the technology’s first generation of legislation – and New...

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The Republican-controlled Texas house on Wednesday approved a redrawn congressional map requested by Donald Trump and fiercely opposed by Democrats, who led a weeks-long protest...

Kilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers reopen immigration proceedings to seek asylum Earlier today, Kilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers said their client wants to seek asylum in the...

“We ended DEI in America,” Donald Trump boasted during his State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday. Unlike many things the president said in...

The firings of hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been reversed, according to several reports citing officials familiar with the...

The second and final debate before early voting in New York City’s mayoral race was a bitter affair, with sharp exchanges and few courtesies. Zohran...

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and Donald Trump had a ‘productive’ meeting in the Oval Office. The president repeatedly stepped in to...

On 2 September, the US government released grainy footage of a fishing boat ploughing through the waters of the Caribbean sea. Suddenly, after a flash...

The US trade court on Thursday ruled against Donald Trump’s latest 10% global tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade law....

In another one of those strange and unprecedented moments of the Trump years, the president of the United States showed up at the supreme court...

Germán Pineda, 32, just wanted to go home. After his arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June, Pineda, a Honduran immigrant, spent four...

Mexico was rocked this week by a wave of brutal violence after the capture of the drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, AKA “El Mencho”,...

When news broke that a safely Democratic seat in New York’s wealthiest congressional district was becoming vacant, it was inevitable that there would be a...

At a campaign rally in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday, the Democratic senator Jon Ossoff mocked Donald Trump’s rosy predictions on Iran and tore into what...

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, has accused Donald Trump of “putting his ego over responsibility” over a military showcase that involved firing live artillery shells...

Just days after Microsoft announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, the next game in its famous science-fiction series, the White House shared an interesting picture on X....

President Trump received a trio of legal setbacks Friday related to the government shutdown and his attempts to tweak voting access in US elections. First,...

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...

Ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, opinion polls predicted a win for Hillary Clinton. She lost, and the polling industry went through one of...

‘I’m grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence,’ said the former FBI director after...

Soul-searching within the Democratic party is to be expected after its loss in the 2024 election. Donald Trump’s edge over Kamala Harris in voters’ perceptions...

Ex-Obama aide: ‘insane’ to think Cuomo is best choice for New York mayor As we await initial results in New York City’s tight mayoral race,...

Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would...

The US Senate approved a war powers resolution preventing Donald Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran, delivering the president a significant but symbolic rebuke over...

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, signed legislation on Wednesday that aims to shield California elections from federal interference, saying he expected Donald Trump’s administration to try...

White House economic adviser says it has been ‘difficult to negotiate’ with Canada White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett just gaggled with reporters. He said...

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...

Thousands of people streamed on to the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally on Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One...

Donald Trump has hailed a supreme court decision to limit federal judges’ powers to block his orders on a nationwide basis as a “monumental victory”...