Any Lucia López Belloza will not be home for Christmas. The 19-year-old freshman was on a business scholarship at Babson College near Boston, when she...

Top figures and controversial policies from Donald Trump’s administration are being sharply satirized this year through Halloween displays across Washington DC. Among the most popular...

Trump and Starmer to meet in Scotland with trade deal on the agenda Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose...

The US supreme court declined on Friday to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs even...

‘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...

Demonstrators clashed with federal immigration officials carrying out a raid on a farm in southern California, with authorities throwing what appeared to be smoke canisters...

Trump meeting Russ Vought to discuss cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ and whether cuts will be permanent Donald Trump is up and truthing as the White House...

House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private island home released Democrats on the House oversight committee have this morning released never-before-seen images and video...

A lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil, the first noncitizen activist arrested in the Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech, called his client’s immigration proceedings “preordained and...

By now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance. It’s a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to...

Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the...

It was a warm morning in rural Virginia. I was cutting into a pile of downed logs – wild cherry, oak and black locust –...

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...

Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting...

Starships are meant to fly, but Nicki Minaj’s musical career is now doing a Maga-propelled nosedive. For the past few months, the rapper and former...

Donald Trump has downplayed concerns about US sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, saying the...

The man killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine on Monday has been identified as Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, an ICE spokesperson...

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...

An Ohio affiliate of Planned Parenthood said it will not accept Medicaid insurance because of uncertainty around a judge’s ruling ordering the Trump administration to...

Trump would ‘fire’ Howard Lutnick if he saw video of testimony, say oversight Democrats Following closed-door testimony from Howard Lutnick before the House oversight committee...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump’s legal woes mount as supreme court to rule on trade...

The suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the...

A trio of Senate Democrats is calling for the government to start refunding roughly $175bn in tariff revenues that the supreme court ruled were collected...

Michael Boren, the US undersecretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment who oversees the US Forest Service, reportedly pressed agency staff last month to...

‘A disgusting abomination’: Musk tears into Trump budget bill days after leaving White House Elon Musk has significantly upped the ante in his criticism of...

It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do...

It took only a few days for footage of a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati in July to catch the attention of some of the...

New poll shows overwhelming majority of Americans opposed to military action in Venezuela A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that 70% of Americans are opposed...

Trump says press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave role to spend more time with family Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, will leave her...

The civil rights campaigner has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination....

Leading US investors and private equity firms could step up their foray into UK new-build housing after Donald Trump’s move to ban institutional companies from...

Democrats think they can flip the Senate blue in November, and they’re hoping a group of interesting characters will help them do it. This week,...

Trump threatened to commit genocide and Iran came to the table. A little threat – plus the deaths of thousands of Iranians and 13 Americans,...

It was a fiercely contested election. Seven candidates, each bringing a unique set of skills and perspectives, battled to be the next mayor. Locals followed...

The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran have forced a reckoning that American political culture has been approaching for years, but has perhaps never had...

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...

The occasion should have been marked by the joy of reaching the destination of US citizenship following the long odyssey of immigration. Instead, the ceremony...

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the...

Trump would ‘fire’ Howard Lutnick if he saw video of testimony, say oversight Democrats Following closed-door testimony from Howard Lutnick before the House oversight committee...

Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settled a lawsuit filed against it by Donald Trump for $16m last week. It came after Disney...

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...

A retired member of the US navy who alleges to have lost thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog when the Donald Trump-freed George...

As a ceasefire was declared in the Middle East, Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to draw attention to the war in his own country, posting on social...

“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...

The Clinton-Epstein connection I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that, somewhere in a makeshift situation room in Mar-a-Lago, there’s a whiteboard with “very high IQ strategies...

Dozens of world leaders and national delegations will meet in Washington DC on Thursday for the inaugural meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, as...

Good morning. The man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one of them and her husband,...

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...

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...

The Trump administration has codified its efforts to strip some Americans of their US citizenship in a recently published justice department memo that directs attorneys...

Journalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media. Guevara...

‘I think what Trumpism is about, is an understanding that the system in America is not working for working-class people,” says Bernie Sanders, sat in...

Pam Bondi’s swift dismissal on Thursday underscores a reality that has met Trump loyalists from Jeff Sessions to Kristi Noem – no amount of loyalty...

Donald Trump has defended the state and federal response to deadly flooding in Texas, while administration officials continue to dodge questions about his plans to...

A federal judge ruled on Friday that officials at Florida’s state-run immigration jail, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”, must give attorneys better access to their detained clients....

Donald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American...

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world...

The justice department on Thursday joined a lawsuit brought by California Republicans to block the state’s new congressional map, escalating a legal battle over a...

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has filed a lawsuit claiming Donald Trump has no authority to fire her. The lawsuit – filed by Cook in...

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

Summary Thank you for following the Guardian’s US politics live blog today. Here are some of the standout moments of the day The US Department...

Trump says Noem doing a ‘very good job’ and won’t step down Asked whether Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem would step down, Trump replied that...

Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to...

I’m not a particularly religious person, even though everyone tells me how cool believing in God is now. Every so often, we get a new...

The tech, surveillance and private prison providers arming Donald Trump’s massive expansion and weaponization of immigration enforcement are running a victory lap after reporting their...

Supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett told House lawmakers that a sharp rise in threats against her and other justices is increasingly affecting her personal...

Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a...

The US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces...

The House speaker, Mike Johnson, and the minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. The...

Early Saturday morning, Minnesota woke to the news of two targeted attacks on its lawmakers. A gunman killed the top Democratic state legislator, Melissa Hortman,...

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...

The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will...

Arnold Schwarzenegger brags in his X profile that “I killed the Predator”, but even he was shocked when, as the freshly elected governor of California...

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...

Key US allies in Europe and beyond have ruled out sending warships to the strait of Hormuz, despite threats from Donald Trump that Nato faces...

Donald Trump boosted speculation over whether the US could become involved in Israel’s conflict with Tehran on Tuesday, warning Iran’s supreme leader that he was...

Leading Democrats quickly papered over whatever qualms they had about progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his win in the Michigan Senate primary was confirmed on...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: Two West Virginia national guard...

Mallory McMorrow, a Michigan Democrat, has dropped out of a contentious US Senate primary campaign, setting up a straight fight between the party’s progressive and...

A Republican-controlled US Senate committee voted to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the veteran public health official repeatedly pleaded the fifth...

In mid-July, Erik Clemson signed on to a Zoom call from Honolulu, Hawaii, energized by a mayoral candidate in a city far across the country,...

The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) is using artificial intelligence to create a “delete list” of federal regulations, according to a report, proposing to use...

Donald Trump has issued another verbal attack against Pope Leo, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for...

Landstuhl is a unique place: a small town in the south-west of Germany, it is also very American. There are American fast food joints, nail...

JD Vance, the vice-president, on Friday accused California governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used...

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...

The justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a...

The House ethics committee said on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation of Tony Gonzales, a Republican representative from Texas, over allegations that include...

Late-night hosts tore into Pete Hegseth’s Venezuelan boat blame game, Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting naps and the annual Spotify Wrapped lists. Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel...

Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy militarized immigration agents in US cities may finally be reaching a reckoning as he faces widespread opposition across the US,...

Two national guard members were shot near the White House in what officials described as a targeted attack, and the suspect was in custody after...

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...

Government shutdown enters day 14, as House speaker says it’s ‘barreling toward one of the longest on record’ The government shutdown enters its 14th day,...

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via...

The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor...

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top consumer watchdog has one gripe about New Yorkers – he would like them to complain more. “We get about...

Late last month, a Minnesota federal court judge, Patrick Schiltz, issued an opinion detailing hundreds of instances in which the Trump administration has failed to...

The US supreme court agreed on Tuesday to decide the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, setting up a major test of one of...

A day after the US supreme court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, has said federal prosecutors and...