Donald Trump’s policies have been a disaster for the nation’s farmers, so much so that a near electoral miracle may soon happen: Kansas, one of...

A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti...

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...

European Council pledges to back Ukraine in joint statement on Trump-Putin summit The European Council have released a joint statement by the French president, Emmanuel...

Epstein survivors accused Melania Trump of ‘shifting the burden’ after surprise statement Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Melania Trump has been...

Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US...

Former US senator Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of...

Two unvaccinated individuals have died of measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials announced on Tuesday. The deaths are the first in the state in 35...

In Newsom v Trump, federal judge declines California’s request for emergency order to limit Marines and National Guard A federal district court judge declined California’s...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Rachel Leingang A judge in Michigan dismissed the felony charges against...

Let’s play a fun game of Will This Get Me Deported? The first contestant is myself: a British-Palestinian green card holder in the US. I’ll...

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence has arrived at a moment of some embarrassment for the Republic. The United States of America, established...

The stats and polling all suggest one thing: the Republicans are set for a hammering in the midterms. Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating...

The European Commission is considering plans to delay parts of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, after intense pressure from businesses and Donald Trump’s administration. The...

Every time you think US politics could not possibly get any stupider, it does. Today’s instalment of “we live in hell, where politicians are passing...

What is the kindest way to kill? That’s the question being asked once more following Tennessee’s failed attempts to execute Christa Pike for the brutal...

Several leading news organizations with access to Pentagon briefings have formally said they will not agree to a new defense department policy that requires them...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern...

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her Cowboy Carter tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and...

The secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned this week after several controversies surrounding her brief tenure at the helm of the agency....

Alaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris, her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly...

Every day $1bn worth of goods crosses the river dividing Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, two largely blue-collar US and Canadian cities that have come...

The immigrant population of the United States, which has been growing for more than 50 years, has declined by more than a million people since...

Summary Donald Trump declined to deliver a message of national unity when he addressed tens of thousands of people gathered for the memorial to honor...

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...

Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be “the biggest oil deal in world history”....

The FBI executed a search warrant at the election office in Fulton county, Georgia, on Wednesday for records related to the 2020 election, according to...

Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola campaign claims An investigation has been launched in Alaska into whether Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for Senate should...

Donald 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...

Federal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with...

Mike Johnson not to seek minority leadership role, reports say Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, has said he is not planning to...

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 night of 29 May was sombre at 15 Mitsaki Street, a women’s shelter in the centre of Athens. Shoes, winter coats, shampoo bottles and...

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

A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Maya Yang The US Department of Homeland Security is now requiring...

Senate’s latest war powers resolution fails in 49-50 vote as some Republicans side with Democrats Meanwhile, the latest attempt by Congress to rein-in president Donald...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and whether there’s a...

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...

Obama campaigns in Georgia as Trump stumps in Ohio in dueling midterm rallies With midterm elections less than a week away, Donald Trump and Barack...

In the nine years that Gilah Mashaal has owned Needle & Skein, a yarn store in the suburbs of Minneapolis, she has tried to maintain...

Was it the blanket that did it? On Thursday, Donald Trump announced he fired Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, in a post on...

Most people in Brian Gavidia’s life haven’t seemed to notice that a year has passed since armed federal immigration agents descended on their city. In...

Donald Trump signed a new law this week that gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) roughly $70bn in additional funding, bankrolling his mass deportation...

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates...

Two years ago Democrats had one job: stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House. It was the only thing that mattered, but with...

The US and China have agreed to substantially lower tariffs on each other’s goods for 90 days after negotiations. Speaking in Geneva, the US treasury...

Missouri 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...

It would be fair to say that the Trump administration’s celebration of the United States’s 250th birthday has been unorthodox – involving, as it has,...

Vinay Prasad is returning to his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy and blood product regulation at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little...

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...

The Texas house of representatives reconvened without the necessary number of lawmakers to conduct business on Friday, the deadline set by top state Republicans before...

Mamdani celebrated with his mother, Mira Nair, his wife, Rama Duwaji, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian Share on Facebook Share...

Just 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....

In the fast-escalating national arms race over redistricting, Utah has emerged as an unexpected and potentially pivotal battleground. The campaign began in Texas, where Donald...

Ice says it arrested 11 Iranian nationals Federal immigration agents arrested 11 Iranian nationals during and after the weekend, authorities said on Tuesday. All were...

Nancy Mace’s former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina...

Anil Menon has voted in the US midterm elections by casting an electronic ballot from the International Space Station. He said he filled out the...

Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, beat Haley Stevens to win the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan. El-Sayed will now face Republican Mike Rogers...

As Donald Trump deploys more troops to fight protesters in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the...

The terms of a purported 60-day deal to negotiate peace in the Iran war have trapped the Trump administration between mounting economic costs ahead of...

Trump’s ‘antifa roundtable’ airs grievances of partisan conservative influencers So far, all of the fact witnesses contributing testimony at the White House “antifa roundtable” hosted...

Trump threatens Iran with further attacks if Hormuz does not reopen within 48 hours Donald Trump has posted this on Truth Social in the past...

Top House Democrats split on Tuesday over a proposal to block aid for Israel’s military, with two of the party’s highest-ranking lawmakers saying they will...

Saturday saw the greatest number of protests in US history, when more than 8 million people at 3,300 No Kings events took to the streets...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump, who is definitely...

Johanna Park might just be an ambassador for Gwinnett county, Georgia, one of the 10 most ethnically diverse counties in the United States. Park owns...

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

Summary Thanks for reading the US politics live blog. We’re pausing the blog for now, and here is a look back at our top stories:...

IDF tells residents of southern suburbs of Beirut to flee after announcing continued combat and ground operations The Israeli military told people in the southern...

This story was originally published by the Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. As Philadelphia’s district...

Charlie Kirk directed most of his rhetoric at the US political scene, but he also strayed into foreign affairs, drawing both favourable and critical comparisons...

Columbia University announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220m, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat...

On Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108bn takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant that owns Hollywood movie studios, along with CNN, HBO...

Donald Trump convened congressional leaders and cabinet secretaries at the White House on Thursday to make the case for passage of his marquee tax-and-spending bill,...

Today’s recap Talks over ending the record-breaking partial government shutdown remain at an impasse, as congress is on its scheduled two-week recess. TSA employees began...

‘You might say, we’re ending the war on warriors,’ says Pete Hegseth in speech to military leaders Hegseth is speaking now. He says his speech...

The United States has had its fair share of political dynasties – the Bushes, the Clintons, the Kennedys … but has Donald Trump been quietly...

The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful...

As the US prepares to celebrate 250 years since its founding, Kai Wright sits down with Eddie Glaude Jr, a Princeton University professor, to talk...

Senate Republicans have released a new immigration enforcement funding package that includes a proposed $1bn that could go to security measures related to the $400m...

If, as expected, Andy Burnham becomes the British prime minister later this month, one of his first telephone calls is likely to be with Donald...

Donald Trump’s wishful thinking, as much as Benjamin Netanyahu’s persuasion, was responsible for their illegal war on Iran. The US president wanted regime change, the...

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...

Abortion has faded from the headlines since the Dobbs decision of 2022, and Republicans like it that way. In the immediate aftermath of the supreme...

On a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed...

More than a year after the election that handed Donald Trump a decisive comeback victory, the Democratic party has still not released its postmortem analysis. But...

Democratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump’s mail-in voting order Two dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a fresh...

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging companies and institutions to cut ties with Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers after documents released...

Twenty-two young Americans have filed a new lawsuit against the Trump administration over its anti-environment executive orders. By intentionally boosting oil and gas production and...

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

Lawsuit from Democratic-led ⁠states and voting rights groups can proceed over Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting A federal judge in Boston ruled that...

Federal agents can resume sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles after the US supreme court lifted an order barring the Donald Trump administration from stopping...

Texas Democrats who left state in protest can ‘stay out long enough to stop this deal’, says O’Rourke Former Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke, who has...

Gas prices are soaring because of blockages in the strait of Hormuz as part of the unauthorized war in Iran. There’s a highly consequential meeting...

When Donald Trump’s Department of Justice requested the release of grand jury transcripts in criminal proceedings against sex-traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the move...

Zattura Sims-El sorts through her utility bills in Baltimore, Maryland, on 13 January 2025. Before she sat down to speak with the Guardian, Zattura Sims-El...

The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to...

A federal magistrate judge declined to sign off on charges against Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, in connection with a protest at a Minnesota...