Trump threatens to declare a national emergency in Washington DC over Ice dispute Welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Donald Trump has threatened...

Obama spokesperson dismisses ‘bizarre allegations’ from Trump and Gabbard as ‘ridiculous’ In a statement sent to reporters on Tuesday, a spokesperson for former president Barack...

The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday barely an hour before Donald Trump’s deadline to obliterate Iran was set to expire,...

Donald Trump continued to face questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein as he landed in Scotland ahead of meeting British prime minister Keir Starmer...

To sceptics, Donald Trump’s war in Iran is a hubristic blunder that could spiral further out of control and bring catastrophe to the world. To...

The US supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal on Friday, in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president’s...

Two teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during...

As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor...

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...

Donald Trump suggested on a conservative podcast released on Monday that Republican state officials “take over” and “nationalize” elections in 15 states to protect the...

‘Your countries are going to hell’: recap of Donald Trump’s address to the UN general assembly In an address lasting almost an hour, more than...

White House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....

It was the week in which Republicans took a beating at the polls, the government shutdown became the longest in history, and 42 million people...

‘We will not be bullied’: House Democrats confirm FBI requests for interviews over video to troops Four Democratic members of the US House, who appeared...

Schumer: ‘House Republicans caved’ on DHS deal In response to the news that Republicans agreed to pass the bill to fund DHS, Chuck Schumer, the...

At least 15 people were taken into custody outside the Broadview Ice detention center in the Chicago area after heated confrontations between Illinois state police...

The Trump administration has sent more immigration agents to Minnesota, part of escalating attacks and rhetoric against the state and its immigrant populations in what...

‘They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing,’ Donald Trump said after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was breached on Tuesday. But the US...

He arrived in Alexandria exhausted and sick. It was early April, and Amilcar Lisser-Posadas – shackled at his hands and feet – had been transferred...

It might not have been at the same level as pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys, or January 6 US capitol attack participants – but the mayor of...

In a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations continue to displace hundreds of families in...

US House member Thomas Massie has called for the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick – a fellow Republican – to resign over his ties to late...

Donald Trump has reportedly given a secret directive to the Pentagon to use the military to target Latin-American drug cartels that his administration has designated...

Top Senate Democrat says he’s ‘deeply disturbed’ after seeing footage of strikes on suspected drug boats Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate armed...

Mahmoud Khalil – the Palestinian rights activist, Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident of the US who had been held by federal immigration authorities...

Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the president’s next head of homeland security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation...

Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, on Thursday, removing the nation’s chief law enforcement officer after months of mounting frustration over her...

Charlie Kirk’s widow says his campus tour will continue despite his death Johana Bhuiyan Erika Kirk, the widow of right wing activist and provocateur Charlie...

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has called Donald Trump a “stone cold liar”, condemned the federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “theater” and “madness”...

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...

Miami archbishop condemns Florida detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Florida’s most senior Catholic leader, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, has condemned the new immigration detention center...

Eric 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...

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...

The US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in...

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...

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...

Donald Trump is weighing up his options for responding to protests in Iran, including “very strong” military action, as deaths mount in a crackdown on...

Epstein survivors call out Trump’s justice department for ‘extreme redactions’ in latest file release Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse released a new...

The US Senate has opened debate on what Donald Trump calls his “big beautiful bill” as new analysis says changes made to it in the...

A US government order to make drastic cuts in commercial air traffic amid the government shutdown has taken effect, with major airports across the country...

In Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is required. Temporary shelters are scarce. Reconstruction materials are restricted...

Paul Ingrassia, Trump nominee to lead ethics office, withdraws after racist texts Paul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a government ethics office, just announced...

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...

Johnson dismisses efforts to check Trump’s military power against Iran House speaker Mike Johnson dismissed efforts by lawmakers to advance a measure to check Trump’s...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of “torture” and “enforced disappearance” to...

As officials continue to investigate the motives of Tyler Robinson – the 22-year-old accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk – many Republicans have been...

Charlie Kirk, the founder of the powerful rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot...

Johnson to quell internal House Republican revolt over Senate changes to Trump’s tax bill Lauren Gambino US House Republicans were set to vote on Donald...

The 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...

Stanford University will cut $140m from its budget in the coming academic year, citing “consequences from federal policy changes” including “reductions in federal research support...

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...

Boulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...

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...

The Wisconsin judge convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers has resigned. Hannah Dugan was convicted on 19 December and faced calls...

White House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack ‘could be deported as early as tonight’ The White House is boasting on its official social...

The polls did not look good for New York progressives this winter when the Working Families party began making its endorsements for city elections. An...

CDC immunization director cites ‘ongoing weaponization of public health’ for resignation – report “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because...

The airport in Las Vegas last Friday afternoon was what you might expect for a WrestleMania weekend. Packed terminal. Delays stacking up. Nobody going anywhere....

Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about why Tulsi Gabbard, the president’s director of national intelligence, was “lurking” in Fulton county on Wednesday while FBI agents...

A second jazz band has pulled out of performing at the controversially renamed “Trump-Kennedy” center in Washington DC, giving just two days’ notice before their...

An aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is “distressed” by the US...

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...

Paul Dans, one of the main forces behind the conservative blueprint Project 2025, will run against Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina Republican primary next...

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...

Maga stalwarts break with Trump as he threatens to eradicate a ‘whole civilization’ Donald Trump’s threat to eradicate a “whole civilization” if Iran refuses a...

The notion of virtue-signalling – the act of performing progressive stances that don’t cost you anything in order to burnish your own moral credentials –...

A law has come into effect in Texas that will allow individuals in the state to sue abortion pill providers in other states. Proponents say...

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal...

Laura Friedman’s love affair with film started young, staying up late to watch old Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney flicks. “It definitely gave me big...

A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the US Capitol on...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Nick Robins-Early Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple...

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The first step toward ending the US government shutdown has been made after a handful of Democrats and dozens of Republicans voted to advance legislation...

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...

Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander who has become the public face of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is being swapped out for the border...

Two decades ago, Sara Carlson, then a mother of three, was newly single because of a traumatic event, and the US’s food stamp program, now...

The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected...

“We’re backing him 100%, we think he’s done a fantastic job. Like us, he inherited a mess.” Donald Trump gave his enthusiastic endorsement to Javier...

Britain’s attorney general has warned ministers that getting involved in Israel’s war against Iran could be illegal beyond offering defensive support, it has emerged. Richard...

It appears Donald Trump is following through on his threats to reduce US military presence in Europe. The Pentagon announced on Friday that 5,000 troops...

On 25 February, in her opening remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing, Casey Means, Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, called on the US government...

The furore over Donald Trump’s ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued on Friday as new revelations about the pair’s relationship threatened to...

A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled...

Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend,...

Tensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with...

In 2017, watching a two-hour Bastille Day procession, Donald Trump told the French president that we’d have one too, only better. That time, the grown-ups...

Earlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature...

Fresh from toppling the president of Venezuela and taking control of the world’s largest oil reserves, the Trump administration’s top diplomat arrived at the Munich...

DoJ racing to redact documents ahead of deadline to release Epstein files – report Congress has mandated that the Trump administration release a trove of...

On Tuesday, Democrats won right, left and center. In purple Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, the staunchly anti-socialist former CIA official won handily over her Republican counterpart....

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In the emotionally and politically charged days since the killing of Charlie Kirk, the conservative youth activist who was a close ally of Donald Trump,...

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...

You report that Donald Trump claims that the only thing limiting his power as commander-in-chief is his “own morality” (‘I don’t need international law’: Trump...

Trump refuses to answer ‘stupid question’ from Fox News about Russia helping Iran target Americans At the end of his White House roundtable on college...

On an early fall day, toddlers played at Westwood Academy, a highly rated Denver childcare center serving children aged six weeks to five years. The...

Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in their testing of nuclear weapons, specifically citing Russia and China. In...

Attorney general vows to appeal dismissal of criminal cases against ex-FBI director Comey and NY attorney general James Good morning, and welcome to our live...

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...