The future of the deputy FBI director, Dan Bongino, is unclear after he stormed out of a meeting with Pam Bondi, the attorney general, and...

The national guard troops Donald Trump sent to Illinois can remain in the state and under federal control but can’t be deployed, an appeals court...

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Bonnie Connery was horrified when she read the news about the death of ICE observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on 7 January. Within minutes,...

Elon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics. “Without me, Trump...

Jon Stewart airs Trump ‘approved’ Daily Show Jon Stewart has hosted the first edition of The Daily Show since his fellow late-night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel,...

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, on Thursday said state Democratic lawmakers would move forward with a redistricting plan intended as a direct response to a Republican-led...

Amid mostly silence in Congress, some US lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum spoke out Saturday over a UN-backed report warning of famine...

Stephen Miller insists the East Wing of the White House ‘is not part of The White House’ In an appearance on Fox News on Friday,...

Trump says he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell Further to my earlier post about Trump referring to the ongoing investigation when asked about...

Iran’s parents had just dropped their children off for class on Saturday morning when they found themselves racing back to school gates, as bombs began...

A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said...

As the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his...

Donald Trump on Thursday offered a new and shifting account of why Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was present last week at an...

George Clooney has lashed out at US president Donald Trump for criticising France’s decision to grant the Hollywood actor and his family French citizenship. The...

It was a wake-up call for America. In January, Donald Trump took the oath of office, declared himself “saved by God to make America great...

Nikki Owens, right, and her daughter, Kinlee Owens, rest their heads together on 17 December 2025, in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Danielle Villasana/The Guardian For seven...

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it...

Daniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to...

More 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...

Trump administration orders release of Epstein court documents The US Department of Justice asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in...

In Sand Point, Alaska, the radio dial is mostly empty. For a commercial broadcaster, running a station in this Aleutian Island fishing town of about...

In his inaugural address this January, Donald Trump declared that his proudest legacy would be that of “a peacemaker and unifier”, pledging that US power...

More than 30 US senators have signed a letter demanding that the Trump administration open an independent investigation into the February killing of a 19-year-old...

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...

Earlier this year, Liam Elkind seized an opportunity to ask his longtime congressman, Jerry Nadler, what everyday New Yorkers like himself could do to help...

White House halts $2.1bn of Chicago infrastructure funding The federal government put $2.1bn earmarked for Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office and Management and Budget...

Donald Trump promised to cut energy prices by 50%. Instead, average electricity prices over the past year have risen by about 6.7%, while natural gas...

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

Brinkmanship, the ability to take a country to the edge of war without plunging it into the abyss, was the cornerstone of cold war diplomacy....

Supporters of abortion rights have spent much of the last year trying to fight Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine access to the procedure. Now, Democrats’...

The US has launched another strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command said. The command, which oversees combatant...

Trump says he wants a ‘Department of War’ not a ‘Department of Defense’ Donald Trump just said for the third time today that he plans...

Average US fuel prices have exceeded $4 a gallon for the first time in four years, piling pressure on drivers as Donald Trump’s war on...

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Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders...

There are few better metaphors for the receding status of American women than one offered up by the Trump administration at a medical waste disposal...

Deputy US attorney general Todd Blanche said on Sunday that removing photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files release, including one of Donald Trump, had “nothing...

United States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis –...

Meta reported mixed financial results for the third quarter of 2025. The company brought in record quarterly revenue but reported a major tax bill that...

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Odd things are happening in the markets. Last Monday, 15 minutes before Donald Trump posted an announcement that “productive talks” with Iran had taken place,...

Donald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police...

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...

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Good morning. On Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the future of Ukraine, but there was no deal reached and...

Donald 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...

This article is a collaboration between the Guardian and Enlace Latino NC, an independent bilingual publication. Read this article in Spanish. On a cold December...

When it comes to cutting taxes or paying for mass deportations, Donald Trump is happy to work with Congress. But if the issue is his...

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Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department but still failed to please a president...

Hundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect...

A Canadian woman who has been imprisoned with her seven-year-old daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has cautioned other immigrants that they are at...

The Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving ongoing life-saving treatment in the US, and her...

At what point will the US’s top military brass decide that enough is enough, that loyalty to the constitution and the rule of law supersedes...

The US military seized another Venezuela-linked tanker known as Veronica in a pre-dawn action on Thursday. Monochrome video showed a helicopter flying next to the...

It took not one but two killings of unarmed white American citizens by immigration enforcement agents for the Democrats to commit to withholding funds from...

I sympathise with much of Simon Jenkins’ reasoning on why King Charles should confirm his presence at celebrations of the US’s declaration of independence, but...

This month, a judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to justify its refusal to collect and disclose the names and personal contact information of Jewish...

Kamala Harris announces she won’t run for California governor Lauren Gambino Kamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that...

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The 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...

Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus...

A law has come into effect in Texas that will allow individuals in the state to sue abortion pill providers in other states. Proponents say...

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal watchdog agency, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew on Tuesday following a report that Ingrassia described himself as having a “Nazi...

Today the US army will parade in style along the National Mall in Washington DC to celebrate its 250th anniversary. This also just happens to...

Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California’s national guard on the streets of Portland, Oregon, late on Sunday, the state’s...

Pressure mounted on Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday to fully investigate the previous day’s killing by federal immigration officers of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in...

Orem, Utah, a sleepy suburb of roughly 100,000 people at the feet of the Wasatch mountains, never asked for the national spotlight. But in the...

Suspect in Colorado flamethrower attack told police he targeted ‘Zionist group’ Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I...

‘I will not be intimidated by this president,’ Mamdani says as Trump urges New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo When asked by a reporter today...

Donald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies, a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday. US law...

Republicans and conservatives are campaigning to quickly build statues and other memorials across the United States for the slain rightwing activist Charlie Kirk in the...

Donald 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...

As oil prices surged amid the widening war with Iran, Donald Trump suggested, without evidence, on Monday that the strike on an Iranian elementary school...

Democrats 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...

Eleanor Holmes Norton, a non-voting House delegate representing Washington DC, announced on Tuesday that she would not seek another term in Congress. “With fire in...

Trump says he ‘can’t believe’ Kimmel back on ABC Good morning and welcome to our coverage of US politics as Donald Trump has made clear...

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday designating fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” – classifying the synthetic opioid not only a lethal...

Nothing is quite as it used to be along Nicollet Avenue. The spot where Alex Pretti was gunned down by federal agents has been cordoned...

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...

Donald Trump has said he sealed an agreement with Nato allies that will deliver Patriot missiles and other key arms to Ukraine – and warned...

Australia’s politicians have thrown their support behind an ABC journalist who was berated by Donald Trump after asking questions about the US president’s personal business...

In the early hours of 13 June, more than 200 Israeli fighter jets began pummeling Iran with bombs, lighting up the Tehran skyline and initiating...

Federal judge grants temporary restraining order, blocking mass firings of federal workers Judge Susan Illston has issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the firing of...

Brazil’s president rejects Trump’s effort to use tariffs to extract political concessions Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, firmly rejected Donald Trump’s demand that...

Stephen Colbert was feeling under the weather on Wednesday night but didn’t pull his punches, despite being “on enough steroids to be named the secretary...

The astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above...

On Tuesday, Democrats won right, left and center. In purple Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, the staunchly anti-socialist former CIA official won handily over her Republican counterpart....

Senate agrees to automatically pass House bill requiring release of the Epstein files The Senate just agreed to a unanimous consent request from the Democratic...

US attorney general clashes with the leading Democratic senator Dick Durbin in a Senate hearing as Bondi refuses to answer his question about whether she...

Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among...

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s health department is conducting a new review of mifepristone, the drug used in the majority of American abortions, claiming that a...

Hegseth refuses to commit to obeying courts on marines in LA Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has refused to say whether he would follow the courts...

A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from deploying national guard troops to Chicago, Illinois, after the state became the...

Federal appeals court moves to reconsider ruling in Trump’s favor on Portland troop deployment A decision in Donald Trump’s favor by a three-judge panel issued...

JD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash...

As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on immigration, undocumented workers in the construction industry claim raids and arrests have emboldened some contractors to...

The head of America’s largest federal workers union says it is time to end the government shutdown, now the second-longest in US history, as hundreds...