Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence who in 2019 was selling “No War With Iran” T-shirts, told the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday that...

Several universities have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to...

Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within...

Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions during a closed-door congressional deposition on Monday, prompting criticism from a House representative backing efforts to release Jeffrey Epstein...

Deke Dunne relocated to Washington DC from Wyoming in 2008 to pursue a career in politics. Though a progressive himself, he worked as a legislative...

Donald Trump announced a one-year cap that would limit credit card interest rates to 10% this week, in a move that has prompted mixed reaction...

Comey faces deadline to file legal motions to dismiss indictment against him Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

There is just one week to go until the winner of the World Cup is crowned, and it has been a memorable tournament, not least...

Large anti-authoritarian No Kings rallies took place across 50 states and 16 countries on Saturday, in the third such protest against the Trump administration. People...

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...

A US senator has condemned the Trump administration after she alleged that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “attack dog” mauled one of her constituents....

New poll shows Talarico, El-Sayed hold narrow edge in Texas, Michigan Senate races New polling shows that margins in Texas and Michigan’s key Senate races...

Good morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic...

United States Institute of Peace files emergency motion to block carving of Trump’s name on its facade While Donald Trump ponders demolishing the Kennedy Center...

A Republican senator has accused Donald Trump Jr of corruption and demanded a Senate investigation into revelations that a Russian oligarch bankrolled part of his...

With a lifetime of political memories stretching back to John F Kennedy’s assassination and the Black civil rights struggles of the 1960s, Cheryl Johnson had...

California governor Gavin Newsom is looking to thwart Donald Trump’s $1.776bn “anti-weaponization fund” by imposing a 100% tax on any payout received by state residents....

In August, Donald Trump started a campaign of aggression against Venezuela. The US president first launched airstrikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of...

Everyone who was in New York on 11 September 2001 has their 9/11 story. My husband and I were at JFK, boarding a plane to...

As our coverage of Charlie Kirk’s shooting continues, here’s where things stand for now The search for Kirk’s killer continues today. The Salt Lake City...

The world’s most followed TikToker, Khaby Lame, has left the US after being briefly detained by immigration agents for allegedly overstaying his visa. The Italian-Senegalese...

A pregnant physician who was denied a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the Trump administration alongside a group of leading doctors associations, charging that the administration...

Hegseth seems to distance himself from admiral who ordered strike to kill survivors of suspected drug boat Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, seemed to...

The men started showing up at around 6am in late December. In their cars, they circled the 161 Child Care facility in Columbus, before parking...

Xavier Becerra, the former Biden cabinet official whose California gubernatorial campaign survived a deeply underwhelming start, has advanced to the general election, in a stunning...

The Democratic party is in dire need of a mutiny. Top leaders at the party’s helm are unprepared to navigate the political sea change about...

As Democrats continue to sift through the wreckage of the 2024 election, one truth should be impossible to ignore: they are bleeding support among working-class...

They are both young, bald and fathers of four. They are also the brains behind Donald Trump. But while Stephen Miller is infamous as the...

A California man who was arrested at Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course ahead of a presidential visit is facing more charges, as authorities released...

Fears that it would take weeks or even months for flight schedules in the US to return to normal in the wake of the US...

A post-church downpour didn’t deter hundreds of people from showing up at Morgan’s Market on a recent Sunday afternoon to sign a petition aimed at...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you today. The bad news is, well, everything. As you may have noticed, the world...

Senate fails to pass bill to keep essential federal workers and troops paid throughout government shutdown The Senate has failed to pass legislation that would...

After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracy theories immediately...

US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard now backs Trump’s claim Iran could have nuclear weapon in ‘weeks’ Two hours after Donald Trump again said that she...

Republicans rejoiced when far more young voters than expected backed Donald Trump in 2024, with many of them moved by Trump’s grandiose promises, such as...

When we think of what governments do, we think of everything from building highways to waging war. What they also do is capture the world...

It 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...

The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring...

Indirect talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme ended on Friday with a broad agreement to maintain a diplomatic...

Donald Trump was described as “that dog that hasn’t barked” in an email by Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t tell Kristi Noem, who has a way of...

Donald Trump’s US state department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of...

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

Not long ago, it was common wisdom among social media influencers that they shouldn’t talk politics. There was a widespread belief among their crowd that...

Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a “major win” for the United States – even as it made significant...

After a year of effusive praise and expressions of love for each other, Elon Musk and Donald Trump exploded their political partnership in dramatic fashion...

Maine: ‘No official withdrawal notice has yet been received’ from Graham Platner The Maine department of the secretary of state has said that as of...

The Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even...

Donald Trump abruptly shelved plans to sign a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing on Wednesday, demanding Congress first approve his...

Todd Blanche, the acting US attorney general, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of...

The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with sex workers and will instead consider in a more...

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration’s termination of more than $1bn in research grants at the National Institutes of Health was...

When Donald Trump remained on stage, grinning in the sun as Chelsea lifted the Club World Cup trophy last month, it was all too easy...

Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman formally entered the race for mayor on Saturday, unveiling her campaign during a press conference. Representing areas that...

Donald Trump has found a new way to promise victory over Iran. After months of war have failed to force Iran’s capitulation or collapse, his...

The left would do well to revisit New York’s Democratic primaries two weeks ago – it was a sunnier news cycle, yes, but those races...

The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said he had apologised to the US president, Donald Trump, over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told the...

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about Donald Trump sued the justice department on Friday,...

Donald Trump said Friday he will direct all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE” all use of artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic. The US Department of...

Democrats on the House oversight committee walked out of a closed-door briefing from attorney general Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday, leaving...

For the past few months, I have been waging a cold war with a neighbour who constantly puts out their rubbish on the wrong day....

Donald Trump announced Thursday he will sign an order instructing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay Transportation Security Administration agents immediately. “I am...

Donald Trump’s Republican party is on course for a damaging rejection at the ballot box in November, according to a maverick US congressman ousted by...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Environmental group hails ‘landmark victory’ after Alligator Alcatraz closure ruling Environmental...

Sunday marked one year since Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, was arrested last year for his political advocacy. Below, he writes...

John F Kennedy’s sage words from his inaugural address are forever seared into America’s political consciousness: “Ask not what your country can do for you...

In an era of overlapping crises, corruption is no longer a side issue – it is a structural threat to achieving international equality and even...

Hakeem Jeffries invites Epstein survivor, family of Jesse Jackson to Trump’s State of the Union address Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House...

On the morning of 2 May, Florida teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two...

Donald Trump has declined to definitively say he will not seek an unconstitutional third term as US president. “I would love to do it: I...

Donald Trump has played down hopes that he will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, saying during a White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy that...

A special election for the successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district in Georgia on Tuesday will be a test of Donald Trump’s sway, and...

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...

Two Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel is acting on a systematic plan to destroy and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from...

Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its ⁠decision to close the Trump ⁠Organization’s bank accounts ​years ago, stating that it...

Two small scars on either side of his left thigh remind Mario Torres of the worst day he has had during the two-plus years he...

Markwayne Mullin defended his ability to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and expressed regrets for comments he made about a US citizen killed...

As the Israel-Gaza war nears its two-year mark, and as images of starving people and utter devastation flood social media, cracks seem to be emerging...

Hunter Demster Hunter Demster, a longstanding Memphis activist, is at the center of a network of residents intent on documenting the activities of the taskforce....

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Tyler Robinson appears in virtual court appearance Tyler Robinson is now appearing for his first, virtual court appearance from the Utah jail where he is...

Donald Trump has accused Iran of trying to stall on making a peace agreement by running down the clock before November’s US midterm elections in...

Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, warned on Sunday that he was about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for...

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

Fired fed governor’s lawyer argues that her removal does ‘irreparable harm’ Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, is arguing that her firing does “irreparable harm”. He says...

Donald 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...

Key moments from cordial Trump-Mamdani Oval Office news conference The surprisingly cordial Oval Office meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist mayor-elect of New York...

In 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...

Now in his fourth decade of spreading the word across most of the world’s continents about “Housing First”, an approach to helping homeless people that...

House Democrats on Wednesday demanded a briefing from the justice department on the removal of Gail Slater, who was forced to resign as head of...

This week, ICE’s detention of a five-year-old boy wearing a Spider Man backpack in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights quickly became a defining image...

Trump poised to send scores of federal agents to San Francisco Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...

On the campaign stage in South Carolina, Trump again calls for prosecution of Mary Peltola Speaking to a campaign audience in South Carolina, Donald Trump...

The White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president...

Little more than a year ago, Kristi Noem’s political prospects appeared to be in freefall. The then South Dakota governor was criss-crossing the country on...

A Chicago suburb has warned its residents that federal immigration agents may be present in the coming days as Donald Trump continues to threaten an...

In June 2025, Jody Walker stood in front of Ohio lawmakers at a senate finance committee meeting in Columbus. As the head of South Central...

The Trump administration on Monday announced it was slashing clean car rules that had been aimed at reducing planet-heating emissions and boosting electric vehicles. The...