Knocking on strangers’ doors on a warm May afternoon in Trenton, New Jersey, Adam Hamawy did not seem fazed when more than a few went...

“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,...

It is no great revelation that Donald Trump is enriching himself as president. He raked in $2.2bn in 2025, with his position and his personal interests...

Senate votes down Iran war powers resolution Senate Democrats were unsuccessful in getting a resolution passed to limit Donald Trump from single-handedly escalating the war...

Bill Clinton told a congressional committee on Friday he “had no idea of the crimes” Jeffrey Epstein was committing and insisted he “did nothing wrong”...

A few months ago, I was at a playground just a couple of blocks from our home in Washington DC, when a mom I barely...

Donald Trump has defended his administration’s increasingly violent immigration crackdown, describing the 37-year-old woman killed by federal agents as likely a “wonderful person” whose “tough”...

Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake, a longtime ally and former TV anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor, to serve as the next US...

The Trump administration’s ICE raids across southern California have had disastrous effects on the region’s immigrants and swept up US citizens in the process, community...

After nearly half a decade, Vinnie Bagwell, a self-taught sculptor-artist, is still waiting for the million dollars that the New York City department of cultural...

Donald Trump hosted back-to-back White House meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, as Ukraine seeks more firepower for its air defenses and...

As mass protests erupted over the past week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Nicole Good, thousands of Americans hoisted signs and...

Donald Trump is facing a rare backlash from the US Congress as Democrats and some Republicans push for guardrails on the world’s most powerful AI...

Donald Trump has announced a major expansion of his prescription drug website, TrumpRx, claiming the number of medications available via the discount program will increase...

A guest of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, was arrested by Capitol police during the State of the Union address. Omar had invited...

A month after he won Maine’s Democratic primary, Graham Platner, the oyster farmer turned insurgent candidate has suspended his campaign after being accused by a...

Republican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and questioning why...

Democrats use rare law to push for Epstein files release On Capitol Hill today, Senate Democrats – led by minority leader Chuck Schumer – will...

Donald 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...

Supreme court agrees to hear case over law that bans drug users from possessing guns The supreme court has agreed to hear a case to...

On election day last month, I spent some time interviewing poll workers in New York City. When I introduced myself to one, I told her...

Late-night hosts took aim at JD Vance over his unusual birthday demand and Donald Trump over his disastrous tariffs. Stephen Colbert On The Late Show,...

Ryan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean....

A federal grand jury has declined to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a...

The second Trump administration is systematically eroding the institutional foundations of competitive elections without formally abolishing them. They have a plan to achieve what scholars...

US revokes visas from six foreign nationals for social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk In a stunning departure for an administration that came to...

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...

Democratic US senator Cory Booker has criticized both his own political party as well as its Republican counterpart for being “feckless” in ceding congressional war...

You can watch the full interview with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor here. Aditya’s suggested reading: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism is...

Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...

Every morning, Alicia Mercado makes the 50-minute drive from her home in Columbus to Springfield, where she runs the Adasa Latin Market store. She opened...

Virginia Democrats ask Republican-dominated US supreme court to restore congressional map designed to boost Democrats Virginia Democrats filed an emergency application to the US supreme...

As the November election approaches with control of the House and Senate on the line, the stakes are high. With so much riding on the...

Would you like to buy a crumbling shack for $2m dollars? Well then, you’re in luck, because that just about sums up the state of...

Viewed from the state department in Washington DC, the world is on fire – but record heatwaves are not to blame. The unresolved Iran war...

1. A cultural revolution? Trump’s America feels oddly familiar to those watching from China Illustration: Victoria Hart/Guardian Design Between the demands of loyalty, the attack...

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

France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem...

Federal law enforcement agents searched a home in suburban Los Angeles early on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from...

The justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury...

Texas’s redrawn congressional maps have drawn a lawsuit from the NAACP, accusing the state of committing a racial gerrymander with its maps that strip Black...

Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC...

A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump permanently barred the justice department on Monday from releasing the former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the...

Department of Justice to begin handing over Epstein files to Capitol Hill The Department of Justice (DoJ) has agreed to provide to Congress documents from...

From betraying Ukraine and dispatching masked agents who killed Americans to deporting US citizens and pulling out of accords controlling climate change and Iranian nuclear...

The moment 19-year-old Emely Agustin spotted the group of masked immigration agents tackling a woman facedown on the pavement, her heart dropped. She saw the...

Donald Trump has celebrated the passage of his signature tax and spend legislation by declaring “there could be no better birthday present for America” on...

The supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments. The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked...

Summary of the day so far Here is a summary of the latest developments: The Jimmy Kimmel Live! show has been indefinitely suspensded the after...

Doors don’t get knocked on much in this stretch of south Florida, where yard signs for Republican and Democratic candidates alternate from home to home....

The New York state attorney general, Letitia James, rolled out a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” form urging New York residents to share photos and videos...

August has brought us a referendum on “Woke 1” – a term that reductively brands 2020’s social justice movement – as prominent liberal voices reflect...

Trump posts more tariff letters, with highest rate at 40% Donald Trump has posted more tariff letters addressing a number of countries on his Truth...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won its first-ever Emmy on Sunday, less than two months after news of its cancellation elicited a gleeful reaction...

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....

Trump signs order raising H1-B visa fee to $100,000 The Trump administration officially announced plans to raise the fee companies pay to sponsor H‑1B workers...

Judge 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...

The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking...

Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February....

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...

The devastation wrought by an earthquake is shaped by what happened before and after it as much as by the shock itself. The twin tremors...

A year out from the 2026 midterms, with Republicans feeling the blows from a string of losses in this week’s elections, Donald Trump and his...

A federal judge upheld the safety of the abortion medication mifepristone and ordered the Trump administration to examine and consider overturning restrictions on the drug...

Donald Trump’s approval rating sank to 36% just two weeks before the midterm elections, the lowest recorded in a poll by the New York Times/Siena...

The Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a serious escalation in the Trump...

Donald Trump ⁠on Sunday said NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission...

In January of 2017, I sent a tentative email to a few dozen friends and acquaintances who I suspected were also freaked out by the...

A measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to the desk of the governor, Greg Abbott, on Wednesday, setting...

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he had signed the bill overwhelmingly approved by US legislators that directs the justice department to release more...

Tennessee primary voters picked a pair of Memphis-area lawmakers to square off in a dramatically reconfigured US House seat central to Donald Trump’s plan to...

I’m out of gas. Not metaphorically. Literally, my car has the barest minimum amount of fuel in it. This is not because I like to...

The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque said he was subjected to “dehumanizing” treatment during more than 80 days in federal immigration custody – treatment that...

“It looks like it’s about $3.1bn – it went up a little bit or a lot,” said Donald Trump, handing Jerome Powell a piece of...

When Donald Trump launched a seemingly random war against Iran, there was a whiff of suspicion of a Wag the Dog ploy to divert attention...

Only two more Republicans needed to force House vote on Epstein files release, congressman says Democratic congressman Ro Khanna says the House will be compelled...

Oil prices jumped back above $100 a barrel and global stocks fell after weekend talks between the US and Iran ended without an agreement and...

Utah residents have teamed up with a progressive non-profit organization to sue over an under-development AI datacenter backed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary, claiming the...

Donald Trump and his allies quickly seized on an announcement from Mikie Sherrill, the New Jersey governor, on Tuesday that 6,600 noncitizens had registered to...

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit alleging defamation by Fox News, ruling for a second time against a former supporter of Donald Trump...

California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring schools to alert families and teachers when immigration enforcement authorities are on campuses as the Trump administration continues...

The words of Blaise Ingoglia, the Ron DeSantis loyalist handpicked to lead the Republican Florida governor’s Doge-style assault on local government spending, could not have...

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US President Donald Trump’s doctor said he was in “excellent health” but has advised him to lose weight, according to a memo released by the...

Questions over his friendship with convicted sex offender, Jeffery Epstein, continue to haunt Donald Trump, this time with the release of a birthday letter that...

During 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...

US senator Thom Tillis on Sunday criticized Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, for the president’s support of Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in the...

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...

Supreme court appears likely to rule in favor of states that ban transgender athletes in school sports After more than three hours of arguments, the...

Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area overwhelmingly approved two transit measures this week that advocates hope will save the region’s financially distressed public transit...

Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220m as settlement to Trump administration Columbia University announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with...

Over the last year and a half, the US has seen a historic drop in homicides. Researchers and reporters are still puzzling through the complex...

Artificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. It will bring unimaginable changes to our economy, our politics, warfare, our emotional wellbeing, our environment, and...

The FBI raided the home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic John Bolton early on Friday morning and later also turned up...

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...

Democrat Mary Peltola and incumbent Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate Hello and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. We...

A Texas-sized showdown is brewing deep in the heart of the largest red state in the US. As early voting begins on Tuesday for the...

Donald Trump on Thursday continued to brush off widespread backlash over a racist video posted to his social media account last week, and said no...

US ready to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine, Germany’s chancellor says The United States is ready to be part of security guarantees for...

Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities. The...