‘We made history’: Mamdani celebrates after shocking Cuomo in New York City mayoral primary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. We start...

The powerful Teamsters union is backing Republican candidates in the 2026 election cycle even after members have voted to support their Democrat opponents. The 1.3...

On the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the...

Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea Donald Trump has released letters to the leaders of Japan and South Korea, announcing new 25% tariffs...

Donald Trump’s administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and...

Initial takeaways of Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview transcripts The transcripts are more than 300 pages, but here it goes … Blanche said, on record, that their...

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...

Top Senate Republican says White House will have ‘something to say’ about Ingrassia nomination Addressing reporters after lunch in the Rose Garden, Senate majority leader...

Donald Trump’s victory in last November’s US presidential election presented Keir Starmer, Britain’s Labour prime minister, with a choice – and an opportunity. Either cosy...

As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products, rightwing organizations are...

Californians were frustrated and underwhelmed as they headed to the polls to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, where voters will eliminate all but...

Donald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court...

The Trump administration has ordered US consulates worldwide to conduct mandatory social media screening of every visa applicant seeking to travel to Harvard University, with...

Morally, the decision facing the European Council in Brussels this week has been a no-brainer. Russia invaded Ukraine illegally and unilaterally. Moscow shows no sign...

US prices continued to rise in July, according to key economic data released on Tuesday, as Donald Trump’s international tariffs shakeup started to impact consumer...

Two West Virginia national guard members were hospitalized in critical condition after they were shot near the White House in Washington. Local officials and federal...

Donald Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent the sex offender...

Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a law prohibiting local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, saying that white men...

Erez Reuveni, a former justice department attorney who was dismissed from his post, has provided text messages to the Senate judiciary committee supporting his whistleblower...

Perhaps the most revealing post-mortem on Republicans’ election night meltdown came from the vice-president, JD Vance. After a night that saw Democratic governors elected in...

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

Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it planned to revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status...

A US judge on Sunday ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to deport a group of nearly 700 unaccompanied Guatemalan...

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Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Republicans are entitled to the five more seats they could pick up if congressional maps proposed by Texas Republicans...

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...

ICC arrest warrant for Putin limits where any summit with Trump could take place The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Donald Trump could meet...

An attempt by the Trump administration to gain access to Arizona’s detailed voter records was thwarted by the courts on Tuesday, when a federal judge...

Trump repeats his false claim that Iran, which has no nuclear weapons, could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego Near the end of his speech...

The media pundits have written article after article desperately trying to understand why progressive candidates, despite being heavily outspent, keep defeating establishment Democrats in primaries...

Donald Trump’s acceptance of a two-week ceasefire in Iran has exposed fresh divisions in his Make America Great Again (Maga) movement, with some supporters expressing...

A group of Democrats accused by Donald Trump of “seditious behavior” have said that the US president is using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

Democrat 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...

If you paid attention during physics class you will remember the third law of ego-dynamics. Namely: when two egos of equal mass occupy the same...

Former inspector general calls for audit of Epstein files release to be conducted ‘without undue influence’ Mark Greenblatt, who was the inspector general for the...

The US secretary of state has confirmed Donald Trump’s announcement that all trade negotiations with Canada have been suspended. Marco Rubio spoke during a visit...

State department plans mass layoffs with cuts to nearly 1,800 staff Andrew Roth The US state department has announced that it plans to move forward...

Democratic US representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio sued Donald Trump on Monday to seek the removal of his name from the John F Kennedy Center...

In just seven extraordinary months, Donald Trump’s administration has left an unprecedented mark on the United States. From rewriting the rules of free trade to...

Pacing 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...

Late-night hosts dig into Donald Trump’s growing anxiety over the Jeffrey Epstein files and his beef with the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell. Stephen Colbert...

Bruise on Trump’s hand won’t go away, and neither will questions about his health A large bruise on the back on Donald Trump’s right hand,...

Gene Folkes, 62, based in Manhattan, was a contestant on season 10 of The Apprentice, which aired in 2010. A former air force recruiter until 1991,...

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...

Maryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible study with a group of Catholic women in Decatur, Georgia, in a space they try to keep...

The US House representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, admitted to having an affair with an aide who died by suicide last year. Gonzales...

‘I’m grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence,’ said the former FBI director after...

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...

When Katie Miller, the wife of Donald Trump’s powerful adviser Stephen Miller, interviewed Pete Hegseth on her podcast last week, she didn’t ask him about...

The scramble began in November as news broke that Donald Trump had been re-elected. Benjamin and Chrys Gorman had long said they would leave the...

A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies’ control over public communications...

America has had its fair share of political dynasties – the Bushes, the Cheneys, the Kennedys – but has Donald Trump been quietly moulding his...

West Virginia is to deploy 300 to 400 national guard troops to Washington DC at the request of the Trump administration, the state’s governor said...

Nithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles city council member, has advanced to the November runoff for LA mayor. She will face incumbent mayor Karen Bass,...

Want to hear a cute little story about JD Vance and a Dutch baby? Don’t worry, he didn’t deport it, he cooked one for breakfast....

Almost half of EU citizens regard Donald Trump as an enemy of Europe, a new survey across nine countries revealed last week. The poll, conducted...

Justice department meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell set for today A senior justice department official is expected to meet today with Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee, Florida,...

Eric Adams, possible resident of New Jersey and mayor of New York City, is a man of many talents. He is the city’s “most famous...

Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, with health insurance premiums about to spike dramatically for over 20 million Americans,...

A federal judge has reversed a freeze put on funds by Donald Trump for $16bn in enhanced rail links connecting New York and New Jersey...

The road to four struggling rural hospitals now hosts a political message: “If this hospital closes, blame Trump.” In a series of black-and-yellow billboards erected...

Trump says he broke with Epstein for hiring away young women from Mar-a-Lago and ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One...

The 72nd meeting of the Bilderberg group, the elite and secretive policy conference that is the longtime subject of endless conspiracy theories, was held at...

Senate again fails to pass DHS funding bill as shutdown nears a month The Senate again failed to pass a funding bill to reopen the...

Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian US,...

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...

For Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire Goldsmith family was a gateway to elite society and he wanted to be in their circle. The disgraced financier, who...

Newsom 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...

A Guatemalan man has become the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Fort Bliss army base...

Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, signed a new gerrymandered congressional district map into law Monday that gives Republicans an electoral advantage in four additional races...

A few days before Christmas in Pérez Zeledón, a city in Costa Rica, Greidy Mata stared at two photographs of her late brother. In one...

Lebanon was an afterthought when Israel and the US were bombing Iran, and remained one when they stopped. It still appears to be one even...

Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

What is happening in Charlotte? North Carolina’s largest city is reeling from a series of immigration raids that have arrested more than 100 people, leading...

The international criminal court on Wednesday condemned the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global...

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, American political life has taken on a familiar rhythm. Each week brings another court ruling framed as...

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...

Person allegedly killed during ICE operation in Maine One person was reportedly shot and killed during an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine, according to the...

The US supreme court sided with Donald Trump on Monday in his effort to crack down on mail-in voting, though it remains unclear if his...

Federal regulators have been urged to stop the broadcast of White House advertisements promoting Donald Trump that critics say amount to government propaganda and violate...

US president Donald Trump suggested that TV networks which cover him ‘negatively’ could be punished by the government, after celebrating ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy...

Standing before The Spirit of Detroit, a landmark bronze statue in the city’s downtown, in the early hours of a Wednesday morning, Abdul El-Sayed channelled...

Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections Paul Ingrassia has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week. Ingrassia, currently a...

Jerome Powell said on Sunday that the Department of Justice had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over Congressional testimony...

Donald Trump claimed he had found a way to pay US military troops despite the federal government shutdown, saying he had instructed his defence secretary,...

A visit to downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, hours after Donald Trump falsely declared the city “war ravaged” to justify the deployment of federal troops,...

Democrats hit back at Trump floating changing name of New Mexico Democrats are starting to hit back against Donald Trump for his recent social media...

Philip Glass, the celebrated US composer, has withdrawn the world premiere of his latest symphony at Washington DC’s John F Kennedy Center in protest of...

FCC commissioner accuses CBS of ‘corporate capitulation’ in Colbert row Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will...

Debates on the left are typically framed as a division between moderates and progressives, with the two sides wrestling over how best to form a...

It’s not straightforward, trying to assess a book written by someone whose stature and reputation loom large over the text. I have not read any...

The second Trump administration has been worse than Canada’s worst nightmare. The largest military force in the history of the world, across a largely undefended...

Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among...

The Trump administration will slash routine vaccine recommendations during childhood from 17 to 11 jabs – the biggest change to vaccines yet under the purview...

Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging top aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline”. The investigation will build on...

Opening Summary Videos emerged on Wednesday of a previous confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal agents, 11 days before the ICU nurse was fatally shot...

Kim Xavier, a senior associate at CoveyLaw, an immigration law firm based in New York, has spent much of the last year bracing herself for...

It should surprise no one that former cast members from reality shows that ran for more than 15 seasons are running out of new material....

Thousands of people streamed on to the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally on Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One...