US judge blocks Trump administration from suspending Snap food aid benefits A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to suspend...

Over the last month a civil war has erupted within the Republican party over a controversial interview that the broadcaster Tucker Carlson had with Nick...

The family of 18-year-old Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz was shocked when they found out that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) had discreetly moved him out of...

Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’ Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

Trump says he will direct attorney general to investigate Epstein’s involvement with Bill Clinton, Democratic donors and banks The president continued to post on Truth...

Donald Trump launched a fresh tirade Tuesday against European countries that refused to join his war against Iran, calling out the UK and France, as...

It was a feast fit for a king – and any billionaire willing to be his subject. From gold-rimmed plates on gold-patterned tablecloths decorated with...

Of the 3,800 children and infants taken into immigration custody between January and October of 2025, a majority – 2,600 – were detained by ICE...

It’s 2031 and the US and China are about to tear Europe into pieces. The US ploughed vast sums into datacentres and the EU did...

An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities...

Days before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the United Arab Emirates royal family...

Despite Trump’s claim, US intelligence briefed senators on Monday that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, Warner says Despite Donald Trump’s recent claim that...

They also spent plenty of time seeking to reprimand each other by passing censures, as the House’s formal mechanism for discipline is known. A search...

1. 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...

Hegseth says that he watched first strike but ‘didn’t stick around’ for the hours following, as he defends admiral’s decision to re-strike alleged drug trafficking...

Acting attorney general claims Comey ‘threatened the life of the president’ in announcing charges At a news conference on Tuesday, Todd Blanche, the former defense...

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

A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local...

Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate...

Trump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’ for the president Karoline Leavitt offers a limited preface to the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in...

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it had paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European...

After Texas Republicans chose the beleaguered attorney general, Ken Paxton, as their party’s nominee for US Senate on Tuesday, Democrats are feeling bullish that they...

Trump’s South Korea visit met with protests amid trade talks Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll...

A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas state capitol, authorities said. The Texas department of public safety...

Trump says US must be ‘very careful’ in removing mandates for ‘vaccines that are so amazing’ Asked about Florida’s move to lift mandates on vaccinations...

Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the US government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rolled out...

Donald Trump has downplayed a visit to Moscow by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, as “semi-routine” after he turned up in the Russian capital unannounced,...

One of Donald Trump’s closest and most devoted aides, Natalie Harp, has faced intense media scrutiny this week, after a Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff, name-checked...

Trump and RFK Jr to hold press conference We’re currently waiting for Donald Trump to begin speaking at a White House press conference where he’ll...

Donald Trump on Saturday offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for an unconditional surrender by Iran’s current regime, while...

Donald Trump confirmed reports on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to...

Donald Trump has announced that the US has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program in...

Several key provisions in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ must be reworked or dropped, Senate parliamentarian says The New York Times has more on that, reporting...

House oversight committee releases image of entire Epstein birthday album, with letter attributed to Trump The Republican-led House oversight committee has released digital images of...

The All Things Possible ministry (ATP) is an unusual, and critics say potentially dangerous, operation. It has in the last year funded surveillance equipment and...

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...

Bowser says she ‘greatly appreciates’ impact of federal law enforcement surge on DC crime rate “We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what...

It’s easy to get lost in the Sáttítla Highlands in remote north-eastern California. There are miles of rolling lava fields, untouched forest and obsidian mountains....

Attorneys and experts are raising the alarm that immigrants at Camp East Montana, the sprawling desert detention camp on the Fort Bliss military base in...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump thanks Netanyahu for agreeing to Gaza plan He thanks Netanyahu...

JD Vance does not think the era-defining Watergate scandal would have lasted more than a single news cycle in today’s fragmented, hyper-partisan political environment –...

Markwayne Mullin says he’s considering pulling US customs agents from airports in sanctuary cities Homeland security secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News he’s thinking about...

1. Roberts wrote that there was ‘scant evidence’ in support of the Trump administration’s ‘dramatically revisionist view’ of the 14th amendment Roberts, in his opinion,...

Donald Trump convened congressional leaders and cabinet secretaries at the White House on Thursday to make the case for passage of his marquee tax-and-spending bill,...

Donald Trump has announced he is directing the defense department and other agencies to release whatever files they have on the search for alien life....

In south Minneapolis, a special education student logged on for their online class from the basement. They were hiding because immigration agents were banging at...

With the first primaries of the US midterm elections now under way, the cryptocurrency industry is injecting millions of dollars into congressional races across the...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Bondi appears before Senate judiciary committee Attorney general Pam Bondi is...

As consumers watch the price of gasoline and airline tickets rise, experts say that the war in Iran will continue to drive up prices across...

Congressman Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate to be California’s next governor, forcefully denied allegations of sexual assault on Friday night, as he faced escalating calls...

On 19 June, the New York Times published an article on the hostility toward minority members of the military at the Department of Defense and...

“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin,...

When Senate Democrats decided in September to use the government funding bill to put up a fight over expiring healthcare subsides, it set the stage...

In October 2002, George W Bush laid out his case for taking the US to war against Iraq in a half-hour speech televised around the...

Senate postpones Casey Means confirmation hearing after she goes into labor The Senate has postponed its confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general,...

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are heading to Kyiv for the first time in their roles as Donald Trump’s peace envoys to Ukraine, after talks...

Arizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administration’s failed attempt to secure an indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers for a video...

Summary of the day so far The suspect in the shooting at last night’s White House correspondents’ dinner has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen,...

JD Vance said on Friday that the US wins “either way” regarding negotiations with Iran, pointing to what he called the destruction of its nuclear...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign has accused Donald Trump of wanting to “colonise” Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling...

Six weeks ago, Alex Winter was on stage at the first night of previews for Waiting for Godot – the latest Broadway revival of Samuel...

The US is celebrating its 250th anniversary – and Trump is turning 80. As their big birthdays loom, what state is the president, and his...

On an early fall day, toddlers played at Westwood Academy, a highly rated Denver childcare center serving children aged six weeks to five years. The...

With health insurance premiums set to rise sharply for at least 22 million Americans who purchase their coverage through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces using...

Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete...

Last weekend, millions of us once again affirmed the foundation of the common good. Across America, people showed their solidarity – in opposition to Trump’s...

Hello and Happy New Year. We have started 2026 with a geopolitical shock as the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and imprisoned him...

Donald Trump has promised an expanded immigration crackdown in several large Democratic-led cities as apparent vengeance for “No Kings” protests against his administration on Saturday...

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...

Kelcy 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...

Elon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of...

On Friday, moments after a federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration needs to fully fund Snap food aid payments, the White House turned to...

Journalists may no longer enter the Pentagon’s press office, which has been designated as a classified space amid growing moves to restrict press access to...

Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going...

The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said that all federal agents in Minneapolis will immediately begin wearing body cameras and that the program will be...

During his presidential campaign in October 2024, Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald’s franchise in Pennsylvania, where he was briefly taught how...

The growth in global demand for “green” office buildings has slowed after Donald Trump’s assault on environmental protection policies caused a slump in interest in...

The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accused Democrats of being “not serious” in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown, now on its fifth day...

On Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108bn takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant that owns Hollywood movie studios, along with CNN, HBO...

Opening summary: Trump overseeing a ‘fascist regime’, says Lander Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, has lashed out at Donald Trump...

Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back...

The suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members on Wednesday was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, a man from Afghanistan living in Bellingham, Wash, FBI director...

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:...

A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti...

Trump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name...

Bowser says she ‘greatly appreciates’ impact of federal law enforcement surge on DC crime rate “We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what...

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...

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a...

Support for the military is why Trump ‘is insistent on increasing defense budget to $1.5tn’, says JD Vance Vance also brought up Trump’s golden dome...

The US government is on the brink of a shutdown after the Senate on Tuesday rejected competing plans to extend funding beyond midnight. Senate Democrats...

Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled on...

The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will...

Donald Trump has proven himself to be an “unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president,” and his opposition must follow leaders who are ready to “fight fire with...

You 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...

The most-visited digital-first news publication dedicated to politics wasn’t Politico or Axios in May – it was the Hill, a Washington-based outlet that also still...

Fascism is supposed to look a certain way: black-clad, uniformed, synchronised and menacing. It is not supposed to look like an overweight president who can’t...

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is demanding answers from a medical journal that recently removed a paper suggesting a link between vaccines...

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will furlough nearly half of its employees – around 34,000 workers – due to the ongoing government shutdown,...

It is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed...