Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, is suspending his campaign following sexual assault allegations. Platner announced his decision in an 11-minute...

An anti-crime taskforce ordered by Donald Trump onto the streets of Memphis has been accused of targeting community observers with widespread intimidation including “immense force”....

On the website’s landing page, a photo of a heavily pregnant white woman is cropped below the head, so that she is faceless, anonymous, cradling...

Democrats called on Tuesday for a congressional briefing over a stunning charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited to a different plane than the...

Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American businessman who served a 20-month sentence for campaign contributions to Republican politicians, including Donald Trump, that secretly came from a...

On Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of America’s secretary of defense,...

The Trump administration is deliberately targeting children who came to the US unaccompanied by a parent or guardian as it pushes to quickly return them...

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

Donald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate voter identification at all US elections, with “no exceptions”. “Voter I.D. Must Be...

Donald Trump said on Friday morning that he had been informed that a suspect has been arrested for the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie...

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) to the US, ruling that her deportation...

Late-night hosts recapped US attorney general Pam Bondi’s contentious congressional hearing as she faced tough questions over the justice department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein...

The problem with a successful playbook is that you eventually keep doing the same thing mechanically. Fresh from intimidating ABC and CBS with meritless lawsuits,...

Elon Musk has mocked Donald Trump’s claim that files related to the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are “a hoax”. “Wow, amazing that Epstein ‘killed...

The US supreme court has given the Trump administration a green light to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, in a decision that fundamentally...

Kevin Warsh, the former Federal Reserve governor chosen by Donald Trump to lead the central bank, has submitted financial disclosures that suggest he holds assets...

Lander released from federal custody New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was just released from federal custody and was seen leaving the...

In fulfillment of clause 1 of section 3 in article II of the US constitution, Donald Trump duly gave Congress “Information of the State of...

Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused...

The Barack Obama presidential center opened in Chicago on Thursday after more than a decade in the making amid a musical fanfare and paeans to...

Democrats celebrate major redistricting win in Virginia Barack Obama has praised Virginia voters for backing the redrawn congressional maps that could give Democrats a significant...

Recovery from a recent surgery for colon cancer will not stop James Phipps, 75, from attending Saturday’s No Kings demonstration in Chicago, Illinois. “I have...

Donald Trump’s administration opposed efforts to expand the use of body cameras by immigration officers and sharply cut oversight staffing as it surged officers into...

In April 2025, less than three months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put...

Deal or no deal?Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day, on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 attack on...

Protesters outside a New Jersey migrant detention center where a hunger strike is under way alleged that US immigration agents deployed pepper spray and batons...

President Trump’s tariffs remain in place, at least for now, after an appeals court ruled that his administration can continue to collect import fees. The...

In just one week Venezuela’s president was kidnapped by the US, Donald Trump talked of needing Greenland, the UK and France agreed to deploy troops...

On 9 July, the body of Ann Widdecombe, an uncompromising, staunchly conservative former UK government minister turned TV personality and spokesperson for the radical-right Reform...

The US supreme court on Monday declined Donald Trump’s request to review a New York jury’s 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexually ​abusing...

Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to serve permanently as attorney general on Monday, lining up his former personal lawyer to be the country’s ⁠top ⁠law...

The New York City mayoral election may be remembered for the remarkable win of a young democratic socialist, but it was also marked by something...

Ward Sakeik, a stateless Palestinian woman who was detained in February on the way back from her honeymoon, was released from immigration detention after more...

The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his...

The devastation wrought by an earthquake is shaped by what happened before and after it as much as by the shock itself. The twin tremors...

Growing pressure on the Trump administration has prompted the US president to direct his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to seek the release of grand jury...

What sort of longshot candidate do we reckon is going to run for US president in 2028? The Rock? Kim Kardashian? Kermit the Frog? US...

Mass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on Democrat lawmakers to end a government shutdown. The White House...

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’s efforts to brand the US government with his name and image advanced on Friday when the White House unveiled new images of a...

The fracas over the Jeffrey Epstein files – and declining poll numbers on every issue that won Donald Trump the 2024 election – indicate cracks...

Erika Kirk – the widow of Charlie Kirk, the rightwing activist killed in Utah in September – has indicated she would be willing to support...

‘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...

As the November election approaches with control of the House and Senate on the line, the stakes are high. With so much riding on the...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won its first-ever Emmy on Sunday, less than two months after news of its cancellation elicited a gleeful reaction...

Supreme court extends ruling that halts Snap benefits rollout across the US The supreme court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid...

DHS shutdown looms as negotiations on funding bill stall on Capitol Hill Lawmakers in the House and Senate left Washington on Thursday as the Department...

Weeks after justice department officials released more than 3m investigative documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, there have not been any arrests in the US, prompting...

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City soon after midnight in a private ceremony in an abandoned beaux-arts subway station –...

“Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It is the music of a people who will not be...

Americans across all 50 states began marching in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into...

After several months of heated arguments over whether the Democratic National Committee (DNC) should release its autopsy report on the 2024 election, the dispute has...

The president has now wrapped up his press conference, so here’s a recap of some the key points Trump is placing Washington DC police under...

If any demographic group was key to Donald Trump’s election victories in 2016 and 2024, it was white, blue-collar voters. But in perhaps perilous news...

The dress code for Lisa Copeland’s big night out: what would Melania wear? The 60-year-old real estate entrepreneur and nine other friends were headed to...

Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success...

Trump again defends decision to ‘send in the troops’ Donald Trump has again defended his decision to deploy the National Guard to LA, claiming if...

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...

When the Minnesota state legislature is not in session, Kaela Berg is working in the skies. Berg has spent the last six years doubling as...

Earlier this week, Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, was accused by a former partner of sexual assault. Platner denies the allegations,...

Maps can guide us home. They show us where we are, where we have been and where we might go. Electoral maps can do something...

Will he or won’t he? That’s the question many are asking regarding whether Donald Trump will join Israel’s attacks on Iran and take out one of...

‘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...

JD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash...

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it...

Trump administration files emergency request asking US supreme court to lift order blocking USPS from implementing mail-in voting restrictions As a federal judge is deciding...

The wife of an Irish man who has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for five months – despite having a valid...

Donald Trump is not generally noted as a student of history. Yet over the past year, his decisive reorientation of US foreign policy towards the...

Democrats on the House oversight committee walked out of a closed-door briefing from attorney general Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday, leaving...

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...

A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Ábrego García reveals that high-level justice department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a...

During a White House ceremony on 9 April 1963, then president John F Kennedy bestowed honorary citizenship on former prime minister Winston Churchill, remembering how...

The Texas legislature preliminarily approved a redrawn congressional map on Friday that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional seats,...

A federal court in Minneapolis is hearing arguments on Monday on whether the Trump administration’s deployment of 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota has crossed the...

Hello and Happy New Year. We have started 2026 with a geopolitical shock as the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and imprisoned him...

It is a world turned upside down. In his first year in office, Donald Trump has bullied Ukraine, bombed Iran and toppled the leader of...

Federal health officials are seeking to launch a “bold, edgy” public service campaign to warn Americans of the dangers of ultra-processed foods in social media,...

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has expressed a violent antipathy towards Iran for years in books, Fox News broadcasts, educational videos and a 2018...

As tanks rolled down Washington DC streets against the wishes of local leaders, mayors around the country planned for what they would do if the...

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...

Analysis: trickle release on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties Sam Levine The justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday...

A local government official in Iowa has said he would refuse to comply with orders from the Republican state governor to fly flags at half-staff...

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...

Supreme court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids The supreme court has again backed Donald Trump’s hardline approach toward immigration today, allowing federal agents to...

The US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit lower-court orders that have so far blocked his administration’s ban on birthright citizenship, in...

With Americans focused on Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, far too few Americans are focusing on another disastrous Trump idea: increasing the Pentagon’s...

Trump dismisses US intelligence on Iran and misleads about his Iraq war stance During a 10 minute news conference with reporters on the tarmac, en...

Fired CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at his old network of interfering with a broadcast segment looking at an immigration...

Federal appeals court rules that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal A US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s new tariffs...

Trump announces he will send national guard to Memphis, with Chicago ‘probably next’ Donald Trump announced he will deploy the national guard to Memphis during...

Hundreds of staff gathered outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday to support the public health leaders who resigned, or were fired by the...

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

Since January 6, roughly 2,000 ICE agents have been deployed to Minnesota under the pretext of responding to a fraud investigation. In practice, these largely...

Once unleashed, political violence comes for everyone. It doesn’t know what side of the aisle you’re on or what your ideology might be, who your...

The UK government believed an “unconventional presidential administration” required an “unconventional ambassador” when it appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, a cabinet minister has said....

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its website last month to reflect the belief of the US health secretary, Robert F...

Wednesday marked the sixth day that more than 300 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees were on a hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall...

A heated debate over criticism of Israel and the political influencer Hasan Piker’s role on the left has bitterly divided progressive and establishment Democrats in...