Ontario premier issues pause of advert criticizing Trump tariffs Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, said that he has spoken with Canadian prime minister Mark...
Read MoreOntario premier issues pause of advert criticizing Trump tariffs Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, said that he has spoken with Canadian prime minister Mark...
Read MoreDonald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard to Chicago, the White House confirmed on Saturday, even as a federal judge blocked his administration...
Read MoreA 10-year-old Minnesota girl has been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a month in detention in Dilley, Texas, school officials...
Read MoreIt has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie...
Read MoreConstruction crews have started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism...
Read More‘We can’t make everyone 100% happy,’ says Johnson as it remains unclear if he has the numbers to pass bill Speaker Mike Johnson has said...
Read MoreProtesters heckled federal law enforcement officials as they reportedly stopped dozens of cars at a checkpoint along a busy street in Washington DC on Wednesday...
Read MoreJudge 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...
Read MoreCBS News was dealing with internal and external uproar on Monday after it pulled at the last minute an investigation for its flagship 60 Minutes...
Read MoreAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe and of seeking to introduce an “age of authoritarianism”, as she...
Read MoreDonald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files after attempts to press two female members...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city...
Read MoreA spokesperson for JD Vance said he and his staff were unaware that the Secret Service decided earlier this month to ask military engineers to...
Read MoreDonald Trump has declined to definitively say he will not seek an unconstitutional third term as US president. “I would love to do it: I...
Read MoreMigrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates...
Read MoreDonald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday as the US president appears increasingly disheartened over his chances of fulfilling a campaign pledge...
Read MoreThe Democratic party is at a crossroads. It can continue to push policies that maintain a broken and rigged economic and political system and ignore...
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Read MoreJohnson 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...
Read MoreNetanyahu arrives at White House Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his scheduled talks with Donald Trump this evening. The Israeli prime...
Read MoreUS House member Ilhan Omar on Sunday defended the Somali community in her Minnesota congressional district, saying it was “completely disgusting” when Donald Trump recently...
Read MoreDonald Trump has launched “powerful and deadly” strikes on Christmas Day against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, weeks after the US president warned against any...
Read MoreDonald Trump has cancelled plans for a deployment of federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders...
Read MoreIn the opening weeks of Donald Trump’s second term, Gavin Newsom wagered that peacemaking was best: a tarmac greeting for Air Force One, an Oval...
Read MoreJohnson defends administration’s move to keep military paid during shutdown The House speaker has said that the Trump administration has “every right” to move around...
Read MoreRepublicans in Congress privately made fun of Donald Trump only to come around to support him when he won their party’s 2024 White House nomination,...
Read MoreNothing is going according to plan for the Trump administration. The big, beautiful bill, originally vaunted to save the US taxpayer at least $2tn, so...
Read MoreTrump goes after Zohran Mamdani Donald Trump has weighed in on Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, saying: “the Democrats have crossed the line”. He...
Read MoreMarines to deploy on LA streets within two days with authority to detain civilians US marines will join national guard troops on the streets of...
Read MoreThe Senate has confirmed 48 of Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of...
Read MoreDonald Trump has pardoned a woman who ended up imprisoned for fraud a second time after he afforded her clemency during his first presidency. Adriana...
Read MoreA day after Texas Democrat lawmakers fled the state in an effort to halt Republican efforts to redraw their congressional map, Donald Trump said that...
Read MoreThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and whether there’s a...
Read MoreCalifornia state supreme court rejects Republican effort to stop mid-decade redistricting On Wednesday night, the California state supreme court declined an emergency request by Republican...
Read MoreDanish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has said she believes Donald Trump still wants to own Greenland, despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it...
Read MoreIn the five months since Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the Oval Office in late February, Ukrainian officials have worked hard to repair...
Read MoreA video of a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors of the initial attack has said he would not...
Read MoreThe US is set to lose between $7bn and $14bn as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to the congressional budget office....
Read MoreThe former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioners and non-partisan economic groups have criticized Donald Trump’s shock firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not...
Read MoreUp to seven states will vote on abortion rights this year. But recent polling indicates that Democrats may not be able to count on the...
Read MoreWhite House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
Read MoreA city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social...
Read MoreA federal court in Minneapolis is hearing arguments on Monday on whether the Trump administration’s deployment of 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota has crossed the...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has released solicitations for a grant program meant to stop gun violence in underserved communities. But this year, the non-profits the grant...
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel emerged as more popular than Donald Trump after a spat with the president’s administration temporarily left the talkshow host off the air in...
Read MoreThe New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on corruption charges involving a purported romance with her former bodyguard....
Read MoreUS supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting...
Read MoreAn Arizona Republican state representative who has expressed support for January 6 insurrectionists on Wednesday called for a Democratic congresswoman to be executed, as a...
Read MoreRepublicans and conservatives are campaigning to quickly build statues and other memorials across the United States for the slain rightwing activist Charlie Kirk in the...
Read MoreThe Missouri governor, Mike Kehoe, has moved to help the Republican party gain an additional seat in Congress, calling a special legislative session to redraw...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58m for security services to protect the members of the executive and judicial branches after...
Read MoreThree states have moved to deploy hundreds of members of their national guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to...
Read MoreFour days after JD Vance reportedly asked top Trump administration officials to come up with a new communications strategy for dealing with the scandal around...
Read MoreAt least 11 states and two territories are capitulating to a recent demand from the Trump administration to strip references to gender identity and the...
Read MoreThe Senate on Monday advanced a funding package that is expected to bring to a close the longest government shutdown in US history, after a...
Read MoreExecutives from five of the country’s largest health insurance companies appeared before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers examined why healthcare has become increasingly harder for...
Read MoreAfter days of deliberations that went late into the night on Tuesday, the Senate passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts megabill, taking the...
Read MoreSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of...
Read MoreProgressives in the UK and US are grappling with the same question. Why have rightwing populists become so much more successful at tapping into public...
Read MoreWhat to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests Rachel Leingang Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500...
Read MoreThe US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies...
Read MoreOn Thursday night, Stephen Colbert responded to White House adviser Paula White-Cain’s claims that Donald Trump is “the GOAT”, while Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers...
Read MoreFootage posted by US Southern Command and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, appears to show the US military intercepting a Venezuela-linked tanker in the...
Read MoreIn a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent in a Tennessee jail after his return from a Salvadorian...
Read MoreUtah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today that Tyler Robinson, 22, is the prime suspect in the murder of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was...
Read MoreThe White House will soon begin construction of a new $200m ballroom to be ready before Donald Trump’s term ends in early 2029. Press secretary...
Read MoreTrump 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...
Read MoreNewsom after judge ruling on national guard in LA: ‘Trump loses again’ California governor Gavin Newsom responded to his state’s federal court win that Trump’s...
Read MoreDonald Trump announced Friday that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally and previously fierce defender...
Read MoreIn an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week signed a bill directing the justice department to release more files from the investigation into the convicted...
Read MoreDonald Trump has proven himself to be an “unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president,” and his opposition must follow leaders who are ready to “fight fire with...
Read MoreJust 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....
Read MoreMissouri Republicans approved a new congressional map on Friday that adds an additional GOP-friendly seat in Congress, a boost to Donald Trump as he tries...
Read MoreDonald Trump announced on Saturday that he will raise US tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for an anti-tariff advertisement sponsored by the Ontario...
Read MoreHouse set to vote on release of Epstein documents after Trump U-turn Lauren Gambino In July, Democratic congressmen Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie turned...
Read MoreElon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little “efficiency” to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than...
Read MoreYa’akub Vijandre, a Muslim photojournalist, martial arts teacher and first responder who ICE detained in October for posting on social media, told the Guardian that...
Read MoreThe former US attorney general William Barr has repeated his finding that Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death in prison was “undoubtedly suicide” to a panel of...
Read MoreThe prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had...
Read MoreSenior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered that VA physicians and scientists not publish in medical journals or speak with the...
Read MoreIn June 2024, a divided US supreme court handed Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card. Across 43 pages, chief justice John Roberts demolished the long-held belief...
Read MoreHundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect...
Read MoreThe armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani...
Read MoreSenate agrees to automatically pass House bill requiring release of the Epstein files The Senate just agreed to a unanimous consent request from the Democratic...
Read MoreBlank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site,...
Read MorePrestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some...
Read MoreDonald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at...
Read MoreIn a recent Saturday Night Live episode, when asked about Minneapolis, one of the white hosts intones: “Well, the first word that comes to mind...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15%...
Read MoreRo Khanna says this ‘document dump does not comply with’ law to compel full release of Epstein files “The justice department’s document dump this afternoon...
Read MoreWhite House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
Read More“The current administration is waging a war on science,” warned Celine Gounder, a professor of medicine and an infectious disease expert at New York University...
Read MoreFed working with White House to accommodate Trump’s visit The Federal Reserve is working with the White House to accommodate Donald Trump’s unexpected visit to...
Read MoreSeveral US federal agencies on Tuesday began blaming Democrats for an impending government shutdown at midnight in a move that experts say appears to violate...
Read MoreTexas 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...
Read More1. Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation days before his death Less than two weeks before Epstein died in jail in 2019, the files show...
Read MoreThe Democratic former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said on Wednesday that press freedom is “under siege” in the United States after the Trump...
Read MoreIt’s just gone midday on Linea, one of the main roads through Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood, and Javier Peña and Ysil Ribas have been waiting since...
Read MoreDemocratic senator Mark Kelly has said he refuses to be intimidated after US president Donald Trump accused a group of Democrats of “seditious behaviour punishable...
Read MorePacing inside the Kremlin last weekend, as news feeds churned out minute-by-minute reports of Donald’s Trump’s Venezuelan coup, Vladimir Putin may have been wondering what...
Read MoreThe California governor, Gavin Newsom, and Fox News host Jesse Watters have locked into a political tit-for-tat after the network figure admitted to mistakenly claiming...
Read MoreNewsom calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps Lauren Gambino “Today is liberation day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom...
Read MoreWoody Allen has said he was impressed by the acting abilities of Donald Trump when he directed the now-president in the 1998 film Celebrity. Speaking...
Read MoreSenate fails to pass bill to keep essential federal workers and troops paid throughout government shutdown The Senate has failed to pass legislation that would...
Read MoreEric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House...
Read MoreThe New York Times columnist David Brooks appeared in multiple photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Thursday by the House...
Read MoreGood 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...
Read MoreIn south Minneapolis, a special education student logged on for their online class from the basement. They were hiding because immigration agents were banging at...
Read MoreA federal judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump illegally deployed the California national guard to suppress protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles and...
Read MoreA 24-year-old Honduran man died while trying to flee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Virginia, bringing the death toll among those trying to...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreTrump 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...
Read MoreTrump says that he will ‘take care of Chicago’, continues threats to deploy national guard Donald Trump continued his threats to send the national guard...
Read MoreTrump 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...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Monday that the United States had carried out a strike on a second Venezuelan boat and killed three alleged terrorists he...
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Read MoreShutdown enters day 23 as Senate Republicans push bill to fund troops The government shutdown entered its 23rd day, with little end in sight. On...
Read MoreDonald Trump had a warning for congressional Republicans on Wednesday: any of them who joined an effort to rescind his tariffs on Canada would “seriously...
Read MoreLast week, the office of management and budget (OMB) revealed plans to freeze all outside funding for National Institutes of Health research this fiscal year,...
Read MoreMore patients may die as a result of plans drawn up by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer Institute...
Read MoreA college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a...
Read MoreDemocratic lawmakers, led by the senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth and the representative Mike Quigley, are demanding answers about how Donald Trump’s immigration policies...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s administration has drafted a proposal to deploy 1,000 Louisiana national guard troops to conduct law enforcement operations in the state’s urban centers, the...
Read MoreIt’s all about oil. That was the reason Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader illegally abducted by US forces at the weekend, had given for Donald...
Read MoreTo win in 2028, Democrats need to win back a lot of working-class voters, including a lot of blue-collar Donald Trump voters. Doing so requires...
Read MoreOfficials believe suspect may have targeted NFL in Manhattan office shooting, mayor Eric Adams says The gunman who opened fire in a Manhattan office building...
Read MoreLiberal justices dissent in latest major US supreme court decision Per my last post, the supreme court has ruled 6-3 in a decision could embolden...
Read MoreIs Donald Trump OK? Recently, he’s looked tired. His famous fake tan is a bit more sallow than usual and seems painted on more thickly...
Read MoreThe majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports. Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across...
Read MoreIn their quest to undo Donald Trump’s grip on voters, Democrats have staked their hopes on one word above all others: affordability. It has become...
Read MoreTrump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name...
Read MoreDonald Trump wants to change the way Americans vote, promising to introduce measures such as mandatory voter ID and a ban on mail-in voting. But...
Read MoreVeterans who helped the US’s Afghan allies find refuge in the US say they are outraged that a fellow veteran and advocate now faces federal...
Read MoreKelcy 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...
Read MoreTrump threatens to yank federal funds for New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral election In a Truth Social post, Trump called Mamdani the...
Read MoreA federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights...
Read MoreWhite House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack ‘could be deported as early as tonight’ The White House is boasting on its official social...
Read MoreThe day so far Election day is ongoing throughout the country. We’re bringing you the latest from some of the most pivotal contests, including the...
Read MoreThe former CNN anchor Don Lemon has warned the US must “keep fighting” for its right to a free press, calling it “the breath in...
Read MoreWashington was in a flurry late on Saturday as Donald Trump announced that the US had completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, directly...
Read MoreRepublicans are insisting that Donald Trump is “desperate” to end the government shutdown, which has now entered its 33rd day. The comments by the Republican...
Read MoreMore than 115 education scholars have condemned the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher...
Read MoreA federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump administration from deploying national guard troops to Chicago, Illinois, after the state became the...
Read MoreIt is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his administration’s pressure...
Read MoreFederal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the...
Read MoreEx-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge Good morning and welcome to our coverage of US politics with former...
Read MoreGood 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...
Read MoreAfter a rollout trumpeted by US officials, the US- and Israeli-backed effort that claimed it would return large-scale food deliveries to Gaza was born an...
Read MoreThe US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor...
Read MoreFootage posted by US Southern Command and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, appears to show the US military intercepting a Venezuela-linked tanker in the...
Read MoreDonald Trump hasn’t stopped joking about running again for the White House in 2028, even as he acknowledges it is “pretty clear” he is constitutionally...
Read MoreHouse Democrats release emails that allege Trump knew about Epstein’s crimes In a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee,...
Read MoreClosing summary Our live coverage is ending for the day. Thanks for reading along with us. Here is a summary of the key developments from...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the US diplomatic posture...
Read MoreElon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little “efficiency” to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than...
Read MoreDonald Trump has spoken about Jeffrey Epstein and his links to the president’s Mar-a-Lago club, saying that the late sex offender “stole” Virginia Giuffre and...
Read MoreUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were involved in a shooting in southern California on Thursday, prompting a federal investigation. The Department of Homeland...
Read MoreAmericans go to the polls, with elections in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California We are restarting our live coverage of US politics....
Read MoreThe leading US public health agency faced a number of top-level resignations on Wednesday after its director was ousted from her job, with one departing...
Read MoreThe House on Wednesday began voting on legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in US history, as Democrats voiced fury that the Senate-brokered...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence...
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Read MoreDozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists...
Read MoreViolent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...
Read MoreAbout 200 US marines arrived in Los Angeles on Friday morning and detained a man soon after in the first known detention by active-duty troops...
Read MoreIt is graduation season in the United States and with it a tradition of commencement speeches to departing college students, usually from high-profile figures who...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s call for Republicans to back the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, an abrupt reversal, is a rare instance of the president being...
Read MoreSummary That’s all for our live coverage for the day, thanks for following along. Some key stories from the day: Share Updated at 20.15 EST Key...
Read MoreHundreds of national guard troops remained in the Chicago area as city and Illinois officials awaited a judge’s decision to stop Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration...
Read MoreAl Sharpton calls his ‘mentor’ Jesse Jackson a ‘transformative leader who changed the world’ The civil rights campaigner, Al Sharpton, has paid tribute to his...
Read MoreBillionaires raised fortunes against him. The president threatened to strip his citizenship. Mainstream synagogues slandered him as the spawn of Osama Bin Laden and Chairman...
Read MoreTrump issues tariff letters to six more countries But before he meets with west African leaders, Donald Trump is now announcing more trade notices to...
Read MoreAs Musk rallies voters to ‘kill the bill’, Trump aide says president is committed to passing it Donald Trump remains committed to passing his spending...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy leaned heavily on two sources of grievance among the Maga base. The first was the rising cost of living, propelled...
Read MoreDonald Trump has declined to definitively say he will not seek an unconstitutional third term as US president. “I would love to do it: I...
Read MoreAt 6.15am, Jac Kovarik revs up their SUV and snakes through the iced-over streets of south Minneapolis, eyes scanning for federal immigration agents. The neighborhood...
Read MoreThe news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the...
Read MoreHawaii, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, will see its regulations challenged before the supreme court on Tuesday. The...
Read MoreTop Republicans are portraying Donald Trump as a “big-hearted president” who is desperate to reopen the US government, even as he delays food assistance funding...
Read MoreWhen Senate Democrats decided in September to use the government funding bill to put up a fight over expiring healthcare subsides, it set the stage...
Read More1. US is in Venezuela for the long haul When asked how long he would be “running Venezuela”, Trump said it would be “much longer”...
Read MoreImmigrants locked up in California’s newest federal detention center have described the facility as a “a torture chamber”, “a zoo” and “hell on earth”, saying...
Read MoreDonald Trump has canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protestors...
Read MoreSenate kicks off vote-a-rama on ‘big, beautiful bill’ as GOP scrambles to meet 4 July deadline The Senate resumed its final debate on the “big,...
Read MoreNew York governor calls for national assault weapons ban after Manhattan office shooting New York governor Kathy Hochul is calling for Congress to pass a...
Read MoreWealthy Americans are leading the charge in applications for New Zealand’s “golden visas” after rules on applying were relaxed. New Zealand’s coalition government in February...
Read MoreThe Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if the president decides negotiations to end the government shutdown are “absolutely going nowhere,” a...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally...
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Read More“Daddy’s home.” So said a social media post from the White House, accompanied by a video featuring the song Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) by Usher...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s advisers have for now abandoned an effort to find a new chief of staff to serve the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing senior...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s actions and incendiary remarks in the first year of his second presidential term have left many women, people of color and their allies...
Read MoreTrump and Starmer to meet in Scotland with trade deal on the agenda Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose...
Read MoreDonald Trump has told Iranians to keep protesting and said help was on the way, in the clearest sign yet that the US president may...
Read MoreMarines to deploy on LA streets within two days with authority to detain civilians US marines will join national guard troops on the streets of...
Read MoreDonald Trump promised to slash US electricity bills, but they have increased by 11% since he retook the White House, new data shows. Democratic lawmakers...
Read MoreAs public outrage grows over the killing of two protesters by Donald Trump’s deportation agents in Minneapolis, the White House is going into damage-control mode....
Read MoreThe United Nations and its agencies have long struggled with funding shortfalls. Now an entrenched problem is becoming an acute crisis in the shadow of...
Read MoreWorkers at the US Department of Energy say cuts and deregulations are undermining the ability for the department to function and will result in significant...
Read MoreThe federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted...
Read MoreA federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy leaned heavily on two sources of grievance among the Maga base. The first was the rising cost of living, propelled...
Read MoreUS Attorney to resign after Trump’s remarks calling for his removal over Letitia James investigation – reports US attorney Erik Siebert told employees on Friday...
Read MoreThe declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza in October brought initial relief to its inhabitants. Yet officials there said Israeli strikes killed 33 people, including...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Friday sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey...
Read MoreJudge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreThe closely watched New York mayoral and governor’s races appear to be forming into shapes that will bring little comfort to centrist Democrats, with elections...
Read MorePolice in southern California arrested a man suspected of posing as a federal immigration officer this week, the latest in a series of such arrests,...
Read MoreThe “time has come” for the Working Families party, the progressive third party’s national director said after a year of big wins and a growing...
Read MoreDowning Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on...
Read MoreDonald Trump has cleared the way for Nvidia to begin selling its powerful AI computer chips to China, marking a win for the chip maker...
Read MoreTrump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead...
Read MoreUS Catholic bishops condemn Trump administration’s immigration enforcement Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing...
Read MoreSenate votes to end Trump’s global tariffs For a third time this week, a bipartisan group of Senators rallied to nullify the global “reciprocal” tariffs...
Read MoreTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state, preventing, at least for now, plans proposed by...
Read MoreJustice department to send federal monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey The justice department announced on Friday that it intends to send...
Read MoreThe Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a...
Read MoreDays after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat....
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature How does Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza stands out from...
Read MoreThe mezzanine floor of the Tampa Convention Center buzzes chaotically with rightwing chatter: conspiracy theories, grievance politics and Christian nationalism. Look in any direction and...
Read MorePete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump...
Read MoreThe White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that...
Read MoreLindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump...
Read MoreTrump administration officials have defended carrying out a follow-up strike on a drug boat that killed survivors on 2 September by arguing that its objective...
Read MoreIn the early hours of 13 June, more than 200 Israeli fighter jets began pummeling Iran with bombs, lighting up the Tehran skyline and initiating...
Read MoreThe day so far Election day is ongoing throughout the country. We’re bringing you the latest from some of the most pivotal contests, including the...
Read MoreIn an Arizona town where farmers have long wrested a living off the arid land, reports that a former prison complex may be turned into...
Read MoreThe morning after Zohran Mamdani’s startling mayoral victory in New York, the most arresting visual image was not of the mayor-elect celebrating in an applause-filled...
Read MoreDonald Trump says he considers Sean ‘“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called...
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Read MoreIlhan Omar says ICE agents pulled her son over Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born Minnesota...
Read MoreAmericans have long glorified their constitution and the rule of law. But Donald Trump’s volatile and vindictive presidency has increasingly replaced that philosophy with something...
Read MoreSenate Republicans shot down a Democratic-led attempt to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits on Monday during the government shutdown – a move...
Read MoreConstruction crews have started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism...
Read MoreThe man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington DC the night before the 6 January 2021 deadly attack on the US Capitol by supporters...
Read MoreHegseth 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...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence...
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump, said he would “rescue” protesters if Iranian authorities started shooting, Siavash Shirzad believed the US president. The 38-year-old father had seen protests...
Read MoreMuhammad Akbar Ali, a 21-year-old recent college graduate, won a runoff election for a state house seat in Atlanta’s suburbs earlier this month, becoming the...
Read MoreTexas house passes partisan Republican congressional map after weeks of protest The Texas state house – which has a significant Republican majority – has approved a...
Read MoreThe 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,...
Read MoreBoulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...
Read MoreClosing summary This concludes out live coverage of the second Trump administration for the wek, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...
Read MoreThe family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently...
Read MoreDemocrat Abigail Spanberger faced off against Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, in the only public debate in that state’s governor’s race on Thursday, days after...
Read MoreSummer temperatures are rising and the US is bracing for another hot, dry and hectic wildfire season. But with the promise of extreme conditions in...
Read MoreRecovery from a recent surgery for colon cancer will not stop James Phipps, 75, from attending Saturday’s No Kings demonstration in Chicago, Illinois. “I have...
Read MoreAbout 200 US marines arrived in Los Angeles on Friday morning and detained a man soon after in the first known detention by active-duty troops...
Read MorePrestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some...
Read MoreThe US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, had lunch with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the disgraced financier’s private island, he said on Tuesday,...
Read MoreThe justice department has sued the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary city immigration policies, making it the latest locality to face legal threats as...
Read MoreThe Senate on Tuesday gave swift approval to legislation that will force the release of investigative files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, following...
Read MoreRepublican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a congressional special election in the western Nashville suburbs, which was being closely watched for signs...
Read MoreAn 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...
Read MoreThe word “Truth” was plastered all around the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning. At 9.30am, when the market opened, a small crowd stood...
Read MoreChris Tackett started tracking extremism in Texas politics about a decade ago, whenever his schedule as a Little League coach and school board member would...
Read MoreThe top drug regulator in the US signaled on Tuesday he may retire weeks after accepting the position, adding to upheaval in the highest ranks...
Read MoreThe No Kings alliance, the left-leaning groups behind the mass days of protest last Saturday and in June, is building a nationwide rapid response network...
Read MoreWith a president who has called climate change a “hoax”, refused to send a delegation to international climate talks, and packed the federal government with...
Read MoreAn 82-year-old man in Pennsylvania was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to...
Read MoreLawmakers 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...
Read MoreAgainst Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s objections, Donald Trump’s Pentagon has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to join his regime’s assault on Chicago communities. Trump...
Read MoreNewsom formally requests Trump administration rescind ‘unlawful’ deployment of national guard California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said he has made a formal request to the Trump...
Read MoreBrown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration that will reinstate nearly $50m in research funding and close several federal investigations into the...
Read MoreDonald Trump made a series of false and baseless claims in Pennsylvania on Tuesday during a speech that was billed as an address on affordability,...
Read MoreSenate Republicans are racing to meet Donald Trump’s self-imposed 4 July deadline to pass the president’s massive tax-and-spending “one big, beautiful bill”. In a marathon...
Read MoreNigel Farage has appeared before a US congressional hearing on censorship. In an opening statement, the Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin accused the British politician of...
Read MoreOn a recent morning Eric Taylor, city manager for a small Georgia town of about 5,000 residents called Social Circle, was contacted by a staffer...
Read MoreTexas national guard troops have arrived in the Chicago area, marking an escalation of Donald Trump’s crackdown on the city. Chicago has already seen a...
Read MoreWhat we know so far Here is a summary of what we know and the developments so far: Kirk, a 31-year-old influential ally of President...
Read MoreGood morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic...
Read MoreIt might be most generous to characterize the behavior of major US media organizations since 2024 as negotiating between competing incentives. On the one hand,...
Read MoreClosing summary This brings our real-time chronicle of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will be back at it on...
Read MoreJournalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media. Guevara...
Read MoreWhen it comes to the rise of autocracy in America, Justice Potter Stewart’s famous pronouncement on pornography might be particularly appropriate at the moment: “I...
Read MoreAs the Trump administration insists it is serious about negotiating an end to the government shutdown, a pair of racist deepfake videos mocking Democratic leaders...
Read MoreUS government shuts down as midnight deadline passes The US government has officially shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after congressional...
Read MoreThe failure of this week’s peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of standoffs on...
Read MoreAs Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali...
Read MoreA Florida man who was convicted then pardoned by Donald Trump after he grabbed then House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and posed for photographs with...
Read MoreThe people of New York have spoken. Despite all the odds, a 34-year-old Muslim Democratic socialist has been elected to lead the largest city in...
Read MoreA federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Ábrego García on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after...
Read MoreThe nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal...
Read MoreSo to peace in our time. And why not? The Nobel committee is meeting in Oslo to divvy up its annual gongs and Donald Trump,...
Read MoreRetired brigadier general Shawn Harris had been all geared up for a campaign to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene next November, and then the far-right representative...
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles to London, Istanbul to Warsaw, cities are making rightwing populists angry. Their liberal elites, immigrants, net zero policies, leftwing activists, globalised businesses,...
Read MoreA rioter who was pardoned by Donald Trump for the felony he was convicted of in the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January...
Read MoreA group of men removed from the US to Djibouti, in east Africa, are stranded in a converted shipping container together with the US Immigration...
Read MoreRepublican representative Lauren Boebert has fired back at Donald Trump for vetoing a bill that would have funded a drinking water project in her Colorado...
Read MoreSupreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s mass federal layoffs The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass...
Read MoreA Tennessee judge on Sunday ordered the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while...
Read MoreA federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti...
Read MoreThe FBI director, Kash Patel, has a lot on his plate just now. There’s the shooting death of the armed man who entered Donald Trump’s
The FBI director, Kash Patel, has a lot on his plate just now. There’s the shooting death of the armed man who entered Donald Trump’s