In early August, dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Illinois, denying Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps projected to give the...

Deputy attorney general planning to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell ‘in coming days’ As the Republican party remains in a state of flux over the Jeffrey...

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released from US immigration detention, where he had been held for more than three months over his activism against...

Trump and Powell clash on camera over Federal Reserve renovation cost Donald Trump just attempted to ambush Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, during his...

Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister who has been leading the nuclear talks for the Iranian delegation, promised that Iran’s army would “teach aggressors the...

The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gasfield angered US allies in...

Pete Hegseth has used a press conference at the Pentagon to criticize journalists over their coverage of the war in Iran, at one point proposing...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Donald Trump has announced plans for the US navy to build a...

A federal judge in California sided with Anthropic in its case against the Department of Defense on Thursday, ordering a temporary pause on the government’s...

On a Friday night in late May, Wang Jian was getting ready to broadcast. It was pouring outside, and he was sitting in the garage...

Trump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead...

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...

Jimmy Kimmel talked about Pam Bondi and this week’s judiciary hearings as well as the latest climate-destroying victory for the Trump administration. The late-night host...

If you’ve been listening to the Trump administration this week, you would be forgiven for being confused about who started the war, why America got...

For Maurene Comey, abruptly fired as a US federal prosecutor without explanation, it may feel like a case of like father, like daughter. Comey was...

Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke in Davos on Thursday about the ‘board of peace’ plans for Gaza’s postwar redevelopment at an event on the...

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights, according...

Foreign investment into the US could be threatened by Donald Trump’s new “revenge” taxes, analysts have warned. A provision within the president’s One Big Beautiful...

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...

Jakub Krupa Here’s some more on Trump’s comments about Putin. Talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said: “That was a war that should...

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

As a big fan of citizen science, I have spent the past month conducting a very important experiment. While I am not quite as hardcore...

Donald Trump has dismissed speculation that he is in ill health, saying he was busy on the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting...

Tulsi Gabbard’s tumultuous 15-month tenure as the nation’s top intelligence official ended Friday, when she submitted her resignation as director of national intelligence. Gabbard was...

The far-right influencer and US Senate candidate Jake Lang has been arrested after recording himself damaging an anti-ICE sculpture at Minnesota’s capitol amid the Immigration...

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has reportedly stripped eight of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as the White House...

Ever since Donald Trump returned to power, pundits have struggled to find apt analogies for his style of governance. Some liken his loyalty demands, patronage...

The Indiana governor, Mike Braun, announced on Monday that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts in the state, the latest...

Gaby Hinsliff’s column on male bonds struck a chord (Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more...

Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he’s vowed to combat an orchestrated social media campaign of “vilification and demonization” that he says is responsible for...

The intensively discussed files related to the disgraced former financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein passed a significant milestone on Tuesday when Congress voted overwhelmingly...

The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it was cutting interest rates by a quarter point for the third time this year, as the...

While colleges and universities slow down during summer break, Ahniwake Rose is busy wondering what the fall semester will hold for the nation’s 37 tribal...

The federal prosecutor for the eastern district of Virginia resigned Friday under intense pressure from Donald Trump, after his office determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence...

Violent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conspiracy theorist and bigot who also happens to be a Republican congresswoman,...

House speaker Mike Johnson calls Musk ‘terribly wrong’ for slamming megabill Politico reports that House speaker Mike Johnson said Elon Musk is “terribly wrong” after...

The hardest day on the job for the White House press secretary for most of Barack Obama’s second term was right after Donald Trump was...

The US Senate opened debate on Donald Trump’s sprawling domestic policy legislation on Sunday, the package of tax cuts, increased spending on immigration enforcement, and...

An Ohio affiliate of Planned Parenthood said it will not accept Medicaid insurance because of uncertainty around a judge’s ruling ordering the Trump administration to...

Eli, a 16-year-old Los Angeles student, is spending his summer juggling an internship at a natural history museum, a research project, a physics class and...

New poll shows overwhelming majority of Americans opposed to military action in Venezuela A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that 70% of Americans are opposed...

The mayor of Chicago is planning to sign an executive order on Saturday outlining how the city will attempt to resist Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown,...

The Trump administration’s “Make America healthy again” (Maha) agenda appears to be stalled as two of the government’s most influential public health positions sit empty....

Trump dismisses US intelligence on Iran and misleads about his Iraq war stance During a 10 minute news conference with reporters on the tarmac, en...

Every Sunday, we’ll be bringing you some of the Guardian’s best stories from the week. Stories we loved, that made us feel happy, or sad,...

The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, announced on Monday he will introduce a resolution directing the Senate to take legal action against the justice department...

“I feel so betrayed and so angry. This is not what I voted for.” “This cemented permanent deep state power.” “I’m concerned about being able...

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

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...

New Yorkers will find out the identity of their next mayor on Tuesday, in a race that will decide who will run, and defend, the...

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...

Hollywood’s home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and television production to $750m under a measure passed by the...

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on Tuesday on federal fraud charges, alleging it improperly paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing the...

Steve Bannon, the rightwing media host and ally of Donald Trump, appears likely to have his criminal conviction dismissed. The US supreme court filed a...

US airlines and government officials battled on Saturday to deal with stranded passengers and stricken employees after discount carrier Spirit Airlines abruptly ceased operations –...

Monarez and Houry say that future pandemics ‘keep them up at night’ When asked what keeps them “up at night” by Democratic senator John Hickenlooper,...

Gavin Newsom, the California governor, announced the appointment of two prominent scientists who left the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent months...

The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday barely an hour before Donald Trump’s deadline to obliterate Iran was set to expire,...

Donald Trump rarely has kind words for Democrats, especially those who stand in his way. But on Thursday the president offered something unfamiliar: a compliment....

Good morning. A federal trade court has ruled Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs regime illegal, a dramatic twist that could block the president’s controversial global trade...

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...

Multiple agencies confirm reductions in force are under way The Guardian has independently confirmed that reductions in force (RIFs) are under way at the following...

The supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South...

Representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, announced on Monday he was stepping down from Congress after acknowledging an extramarital affair with a staffer. Gonzales,...

A recent survey found that a whopping 40% of student loan borrowers say that their loans have negatively affected their ability to cover their basic...

The Department of Justice has issued two subpoenas to Letitia James, the New York attorney general who has been repeatedly criticized by Donald Trump, according...

US government layoffs ‘likely to be in the thousands’, says White House US government layoffs could be in the thousands, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt...

A public feud erupted between Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Thursday, with the president saying he was “very disappointed” by the former adviser’s opposition...

A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities....

United, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s directive that will see reductions in flights at...

Senator Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to stop arms sales to Israel Senator Bernie Sanders just spoke on the Senate floor in support of two resolutions...

White House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....

In the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, members of the George W Bush administration presented the case for war exhaustively, repeatedly, and in...

“There are two types of politician,” Tony Blair observed in 2012. “Reality creators and reality managers.” While postwar politics was generally a matter of steady...

Donald Trump, the oldest inaugurated president in US history, completed a physical exam on Tuesday at Walter Reed national military medical center, amid questions around...

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Donald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks...

Key events 25m ago Latest headlines 54m ago Trump says he assumes Denmark weighed in on Greenland deal 2h ago Russia, which is still attacking...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. One...

A teenage transgender athlete in California, who has been at the center of widespread political attacks by rightwing pundits and the Trump administration, won in...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal homeland security funding, including for disasters, for states that do not comply with...

A federal judge on Friday blocked the justice department from serving subpoenas to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in an inquiry purported to be about...

Investment in renewable energy has continued to increase around the world despite moves by Donald Trump’s White House to cancel and derail low-carbon projects. In...

James Comey pleads ‘not guilty’ at arraignment Former FBI director James Comey has pleaded ‘not guilty’ during his arraignment at a federal courthouse in Alexandria,...

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...

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Sunday that the US and China have finalized the details of a deal transferring TikTok’s US version to...

Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a once moderate Republican turned Trump loyalist, officially launched her bid for governor of South Carolina on Monday. Currently serving her third...

Newly uncovered photos and video footage published by CNN show more links between the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, including Epstein’s attendance at...

Trump faces criticism over to order to rebrand Pentagon as ‘Department of War’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics where...

Lawmakers decry Trump’s pressure campaign on justice department to investigate political opponents As we reported over the weekend, the president has ramped up his demands...

In the past few days, Donald Trump turned the US presidency into a tool for his personal glory and vengeance. On Saturday, he threatened to...

The Department of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has notified Columbia University’s accreditor of an alleged violation of federal anti-discrimination laws by the...

Johnson says he doesn’t know how much footage of strike on alleged drug-trafficking boat should be released While answering questions from reporters today, Mike Johnson...

At the behest of Donald Trump, Texas Republicans are poised to redraw their state’s congressional map to try and gain as many as five congressional...

The response of Nigerians to the airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Sokoto state, north-western Nigeria are complicated. The rationale behind them has been...

Donald Trump’s effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president’s attempt...

FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser The FBI raided the home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned critic John...

Hawaii, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, will see its regulations challenged before the supreme court on Tuesday. The...