‘Tariffs are taxes’: challenger to Trump’s tariffs speaks to supreme court Michael Sainato At the supreme court, Neal Katyal, the attorney arguing for private companies...

White House: Tariffs to stay despite legal setback Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing...

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...

The Trump administration is planning to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to intensify its...

The Guardian’s Tom Silverstone speaks to peaceful protesters and local residents in Washington DC, who express a mixture of anger, concern and curiosity over the...

The Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and...

The United States government is officially closed. Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money. Agencies and departments designed...

When Ghislaine Maxwell refused to testify before Congress last week, she nonetheless insisted on her willingness to help. Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey...

Donald Trump has denied the indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a campaign of retribution against his political opponents. The US...

A US federal judge will issue an injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students. The university was in...

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has developed a go-to response when asked about something controversial Donald Trump or members of his administration said or...

Donald Trump’s global tariffs face a crunch test in a federal appeals court on Thursday, just hours before the latest sweeping round of duties is...

“Washington DC is considered a safe zone,” Donald Trump declared on Tuesday, veering off topic at the national Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White...

Elon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics. “Without me, Trump...

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US...

Donald Trump said arrangements were under way for a face to face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to be followed by a trilateral...

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...

Ghislaine Maxwell urges supreme court to overturn her conviction Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, has urged the supreme...

‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,’ says Bill Clinton in opening statement on Epstein ties Former president Bill Clinton has delivered his opening...

The EU could “respond swiftly and decisively” against the “unjustified” US visa bans on five Europeans involved in combating online hate and disinformation, a European...

Donald Trump on Friday morning launched a fresh defense of his conduct in the Jeffrey Epstein case after the scandal deepened on Thursday following a...

A federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid...

As the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his...

Trump falsely claims ‘total victory’ in New York case after fine thrown out, slams judge Donald Trump has hailed an appeals court’s decision to throw...

JD Vance will reportedly host a meeting on Wednesday evening at his residence with a handful of senior Trump administration officials to discuss their strategy...

Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. The mandatory...

US airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of...

Trump asks for ‘prayers’ for Charlie Kirk after shooting at Utah university Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social about the shooting at Utah Valley...

Venezuelans around the world celebrated after the US government captured and removed the president, Nicolás Maduro. Crowds of people gathered in countries including Argentina, Chile...

Democracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal. Before Donald Trump’s...

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to use tariffs to revitalise American industry, bringing jobs home and helping to make America great again. But...

Wait, Donald Trump is naming a stadium after himself? That’s if a well-sourced report from ESPN is to be believed. The US president has apparently...

Donald Trump will heap further pressure on the chief of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, on Thursday when the US president makes a visit to...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria in a move that the White House says will help stabilise...

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

The killing of Charlie Kirk has prompted a crackdown by authorities on critical commentary, with numerous people losing their jobs over their reaction to the...

The death of Renee has ignited anger across the US, with more than a thousand protests held across the country in the wake of the...

As more health systems end gender-affirming care for patients amid a crackdown from the Trump administration, scientists and advocates say the science of sex and...

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...

A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s...

The justices of the US supreme court – even its conservatives – have traditionally valued their institution’s own standing. John Roberts, the current US chief...

Documents show Jeffrey Epstein texted with House member during 2019 testimony from Michael Cohen – report Documents provided to Congress this week by the estate...

The US supreme court has allowed Alabama to go ahead with its seventh execution using the contested method of nitrogen gas, a form of suffocation...

The Department of Defense’s inspector general released the much-anticipated unclassified report on Thursday about Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of plans for military airstrikes in Yemen in...

The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Friday that he is going to stay in the fall’s highly anticipated mayoral race, just days...

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....

An 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...

Congressional Republicans were largely silent on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Tuesday, even as Democrats sought to use the occasion to...

J Randy Taraborrelli has already written five books on the Kennedy family but his sixth, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, is his first that’s directly about...

Top Senate Democrat says he expects justice department to respond to Epstein demand by 15 August At the Capitol, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is...

The 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...

Trump issues tariff letters to six more countries But before he meets with west African leaders, Donald Trump is now announcing more trade notices to...

Last Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old American mother. Already, the federal investigation into the killing...

The White House’s office of management and budget (OMB) is arguing that federal workers who are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown are not entitled...

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Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the US to 15% on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff...

Two US House Republicans are pushing the federal justice department to investigate the path to citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate favored to win...

Trump files lawsuit against BBC over edit of January 6 speech President Donald Trump officially filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC on Monday after...

Senator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel...

Trump doubles down on ‘Epstein hoax’ and says Republicans pursuing it are ‘stupid people’ The president then was asked what evidence he might have seen...

There are people who argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is not motivated by fears or imperial ambitions, but by other countries’ disrespect. Russia...

Leavitt calls Trump-appointed judge ‘untethered in reality’ following national guard ruling Karoline Leavitt said that the ruling from Karin Immergut, a Trump-appointed federal judge, was...

Marco Rubio impostor using AI to contact multiple senior officials – report An unknown fraudster has used artificial intelligence to impersonate the US secretary of...

1. The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis...

“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...

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

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...

The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing...

Brad Lander arrest ‘political intimidation’, says AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called the arrest of Brad Lander “political intimidation”. The Democratic congresswomen wrote on social media:...

For political connoisseurs of a certain vintage, it feels like deja vu all over again. To anyone who witnessed Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s,...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the week, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...

Trump calls Musk’s new political party ‘ridiculous’ and says Tesla owner is ‘off the rails’ Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature More than 6,000 troops are poised to march near the National...

It has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie...

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...

Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the...

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs has imposed new guidelines on VA hospitals nationwide that remove language that explicitly prohibited doctors from discriminating against patients based...

Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial. The US president envision the planned...

At Iowa rally, Trump uses antisemitic slur about bankers During a speech to supporters at the Iowa Fair Grounds, Donald Trump just used an antisemitic...

Top US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer insisted on Sunday that the Trump administration was set to persist with its tariffs policy, two days after the...

Plus ça change. At the turn of the millennium, Australia was in the throes of “one of its periodic bouts of angst over its place...

During Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that his words, were to be “taken seriously, not literally”. Experience suggests that formula puts the cart...

US House Republicans advance Trump tax-cut bill opening way for debate The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut...

Utah officials show new video of suspect fleeing roof after shooting At a news conference, Beau Mason, the head of Utah’s department of public safety,...

Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange...

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...

The White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump’s recent “comprehensive executive physical” after the president admitted Sunday night he had “no idea” what...

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate...

The US news cycle remained fixed on Donald Trump’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota on Monday as outrage and calls for accountability mount following the fatal...

Donald Trump was booed and cheered at the US Open during the national anthem before Sunday’s men’s final. When stadium monitors showed him saluting as...

New York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, accusing the defense department...

Some current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) staff are celebrating the Thursday firing of homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, who they say has...

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...

US citizens are free once more to buy some of the country’s most deadly firearms and gun accessories, after relentless lobbying by the gun industry...

California lawmakers on Friday approved a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark healthcare expansion for low-income adult immigrants without...

Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in...

Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK – until the US is allowed...

A federal prosecutor who helped lead the US Department of Justice’s investigation into the January 6 attack on Congress has resigned – and, in a...