The EU was weighing up retaliatory tariffs on American goods and even deploying its most serious economic sanctions against the US as European leaders lined...
Read MoreThe EU was weighing up retaliatory tariffs on American goods and even deploying its most serious economic sanctions against the US as European leaders lined...
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, announced Tuesday that the Trump administration has revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former national...
Read MoreI return to Europe from the US with a clear conclusion: American democrats (lowercase d) have 400 days to start saving US democracy. If next...
Read MoreA guest of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, was arrested by Capitol police during the State of the Union address. Omar had invited...
Read MoreUS Attorney to resign after Trump’s remarks calling for his removal over Letitia James investigation – reports US attorney Erik Siebert told employees on Friday...
Read MoreAfter a rollout trumpeted by US officials, the US- and Israeli-backed effort that claimed it would return large-scale food deliveries to Gaza was born an...
Read MoreKristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that the US wants a leader in Venezuela who will be “a partner that understands...
Read MoreA federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have permission to live and work...
Read MoreNew York’s lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, announces run against his boss, Kathy Hochul New York’s lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, announced on Monday that he is...
Read MoreA raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters, several of whom were arrested after scuffles...
Read MoreThe Texas house of representatives reconvened without the necessary number of lawmakers to conduct business on Friday, the deadline set by top state Republicans before...
Read MoreThe United States has had its fair share of political dynasties – The Bushs, the Cheneys, the Kennedys… but has Donald Trump been quietly moulding...
Read MoreThe US has built a portal that will allow Europeans to view blocked content including alleged hate speech and terrorism, according to Reuters. The portal,...
Read MoreThe stunning decision on Wednesday to suspend one of the United States’ most popular and influential late-night shows has come as Donald Trump and his...
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Read MoreThe US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said he met the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction, backtracking on his previous claims that...
Read MoreDuring a ceremony at the White House late last week honoring the US Naval Academy football team, Donald Trump gave a shoutout to the man...
Read MoreElizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders press incoming CBS owner on ‘side deal’ with Trump and cancelling Colbert Citing concerns over possible violations of bribery laws,...
Read MoreState 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...
Read MoreCharlie Kirk, the founder of rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot while speaking...
Read MoreThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown,...
Read MoreJohnson 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...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is embracing an intimidation strategy to silence critical media coverage. Here’s how it works: a federal agency launches a pretextual investigation into...
Read MoreThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men...
Read MoreKey takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu press conference And that’s it, the press conference is over. Trump said he wanted to move to the second phase of...
Read More‘We’re just gonna kill people’: Trump says he doesn’t need a declaration of war for strikes on suspected drug smugglers Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday...
Read MoreCuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...
Read MoreAfter a year in which US journalists faced a dramatic increase in violence from law enforcement, news organizations and advocacy groups have recently tried to...
Read MoreA US district judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore legal services for potentially thousands of migrant families after officials violated a historic settlement...
Read MoreExecutives from five of the country’s largest health insurance companies appeared before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers examined why healthcare has become increasingly harder for...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s appointment of Nick Adams, the “alpha male” Australian turned American internet provocateur as a new special presidential envoy on Tuesday, could give fuel...
Read MoreHe spent the twilight of his career denouncing Donald Trump as a threat to the republic he loved. But Dick Cheney arguably laid the foundations...
Read MoreThe Brazilian-born mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew – who was recently detained by US immigration authorities – has rejected the Trump...
Read MoreThey are more than a year away – a lifetime in today’s fast and furious political cycle. But one man is already paying attention, pulling...
Read MoreThe Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and...
Read MoreWhen I speak to Rebecca Solnit, she is beaming, and I can’t immediately figure out why. Her new book, The Beginning Comes After the End:...
Read MoreA Republican member of South Carolina’s state house whom prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of...
Read MoreWhen you think of the politician Donald Trump isn’t, when you think of the norm he broke, the archetype he shattered, you might well picture a man...
Read MoreWhite House says ‘diplomacy’ is ‘always’ top option for Trump on Iran When asked about the possibility of US strikes against Iran, Leavitt said that...
Read MoreTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state, preventing, at least for now, plans proposed by...
Read MoreUS 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...
Read MoreBritish journalist Sami Hamdi was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal immigration authorities at San Francisco international airport, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations...
Read MoreBotswana’s president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and...
Read MoreCalifornia state supreme court rejects Republican effort to stop mid-decade redistricting On Wednesday night, the California state supreme court declined an emergency request by Republican...
Read MoreOver 130,000 sign ‘Save Colbert’ petition ahead of NYC rally Over 130,000 people, including politicians and former late night staff, have signed a “Save Colbert”...
Read MoreSo it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump’s cabinet is bonkers. From that...
Read MoreShortly after 1pm on 4 March, in a crowded hearing room on Capitol Hill, Mildred Danis-Taylor and two of her daughters stood up from their...
Read MoreSpain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay condemn ‘dangerous precedent’ set by US attack on Venezuela Sam Jones The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...
Read MoreFor almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in Troy, a western Ohio town...
Read MoreThe Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accused Democrats of being “not serious” in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown, now on its fifth day...
Read MoreHave we ever seen a year in recent memory begin with as much deliberate turmoil as 2026 has? Less than two weeks into 2026, we...
Read MoreFBI director Kash Patel has denied swirling resignation rumors over reported unhappiness at a justice department decision to close the book on Jeffrey Epstein after...
Read MoreTrump says administration is ‘only’ going to make permanent cuts to ‘Democrat programs’ Trumps says that “we will be making cuts that are permanent and...
Read MoreBefore pleading “not guilty” at her first court hearing after she and her husband, Nicolás Maduro, were captured by US special forces, Cilia Flores made...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” that would settle the issue of Greenland after weeks of escalating threats has been met...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the US economy issued by Joe Biden, the White House said. The...
Read MoreA prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140m, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed on...
Read MoreTrump to address UN general assembly as US allies recognize Palestinian statehood Following the news that the Secret Service intercepted a threat to distrupt cellular...
Read MoreA US appeals court has let Donald Trump retain control over California’s national guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the...
Read MoreJacob Frey, the embattled mayor of Minneapolis, has warned fellow mayors that their city will be next in line to be targeted by federal immigration...
Read MoreJD Vance will reportedly host a meeting on Wednesday evening at his residence with a handful of senior Trump administration officials to discuss their strategy...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for...
Read MoreTrust-fund-Trump wants women to “tough it out” Donald Trump is a man with no medical training. However, that’s never stopped the very stable genius from...
Read More“It looks like it’s about $3.1bn – it went up a little bit or a lot,” said Donald Trump, handing Jerome Powell a piece of...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s announcement calling off trade talks with Canada over its digital tax – and that he would impose retaliatory tariffs – demonstrates, once again,...
Read MoreIn the early hours of 13 June, more than 200 Israeli fighter jets began pummeling Iran with bombs, lighting up the Tehran skyline and initiating...
Read MoreThe giant and catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the BP oil spill, didn’t reach Apalachicola Bay in 2010, but the threat of...
Read MoreA federal appeals court on Tuesday seemed ready to keep Donald Trump in control of California national guard troops after they were deployed following protests...
Read MoreBonnie Connery was horrified when she read the news about the death of ICE observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on 7 January. Within minutes,...
Read MoreMultiple agencies confirm reductions in force are under way The Guardian has independently confirmed that reductions in force (RIFs) are under way at the following...
Read MoreOn 24 January, Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents while he was helping another civilian in Minneapolis who had been knocked to the ground...
Read MoreTrump: nothing will be good enough for ‘lunatics’ requesting Epstein files US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had asked the justice department...
Read MoreDonald Trump has reversed course and is purportedly planning to host a bipartisan gathering of the top four US congressional leaders at the White House...
Read MoreUS intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard now backs Trump’s claim Iran could have nuclear weapon in ‘weeks’ Two hours after Donald Trump again said that she...
Read MoreKilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers reopen immigration proceedings to seek asylum Earlier today, Kilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers said their client wants to seek asylum in the...
Read MoreDonald Trump has announced plans for the US navy to build a new generation of warships – known as “Trump-class”. The ships will be bigger,...
Read MoreAs the lead singer of a Bruce Springsteen cover band, Brad Hobicorn had been looking forward to performing at Riv’s Toms River Hub in New...
Read MoreAn 82-year-old man in Pennsylvania was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to...
Read MoreTo many observers, Donald Trump’s open bellicosity – his threats to attack Greenland and Iran, and his recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro –...
Read MoreIran has described the latest round of indirect talks with the US as “more constructive” than the previous set earlier this month, and said agreement...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments after FCC chair threatens fines ABC bowed to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission on...
Read MoreImmigrants locked up in California’s newest federal detention center have described the facility as a “a torture chamber”, “a zoo” and “hell on earth”, saying...
Read MoreWhite House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
Read MoreThe occasion should have been marked by the joy of reaching the destination of US citizenship following the long odyssey of immigration. Instead, the ceremony...
Read MoreThe scale of last weekend’s “No Kings” protests is now becoming clearer, with one estimate suggesting that Saturday was among the biggest ever single-day protests...
Read MoreMonday It’s publication week for American Canto, the hastily turned around memoir by the former New York magazine journalist Olivia Nuzzi, who took on the...
Read MoreArrests begin in New Orleans immigration enforcement operation We’ve started to get pictures as arrests begin in the sweeping immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans,...
Read MoreA group of progressive politicians and advocates are reframing emissions-cutting measures as a form of economic populism as the Trump administration derides climate policy as...
Read MoreAs House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill...
Read MoreMarch 16, 2025 Yesterday, President Donald Trump reached back to 1798 for authority to expel five people he claims are members of a Venezuelan gang....
Read MoreThe US government has taken an unprecedented 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, according...
Read MoreAs authorities at the federal and state levels parse the details of the fatal shooting of far-right activist Charlie Kirk at a university in Utah,...
Read MoreI can’t believe that Elon Musk is leaving Doge, the government department he named after a tired and basic meme that most of the internet...
Read MoreRepublican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with...
Read MoreA January 6 defendant who urged fellow rioters to kill police officers should be fired from his job at the justice department, three senate Democrats...
Read MoreDonald Trump has slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil over what he called the “witch-hunt” against former president Jair Bolsonaro and demanded that it end...
Read MorePentagon officials told top lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Tuesday that the cost of the war against Iran has already exceeded $11.3bn in its...
Read MoreMore furloughs, more anxiety and more economic stress are bearing down on federal employees as the shutdown of the federal government continues into its fourth...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is seeking to finalize its overhaul of the federal government’s civil service system through a rule issued this week by the office...
Read MoreWhite House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
Read MoreGavin Newsom Gavin Newsom The term-limited governor has reprised his role as Democrats’ most visible Trump foil, setting off high-profile clashes with the president and...
Read More“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!” Paul Bremer, the US proconsul in Iraq, memorably declared at a press conference in Baghdad on 14 December 2003,...
Read More1. Andrew Cuomo sparred again with Zohran Mamdani The debate quickly turned combative, with Cuomo and Mamdani dominating much of the night with sharp exchanges...
Read MoreIn the run-up to last month’s mayoral election in Dayton, Ohio, candidate Shenise Turner-Sloss found herself up against it. Her opponent, mayor Jeffrey Mims, was...
Read MoreA person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday has...
Read More‘I don’t think this is the last shoe to drop,’ Trump’s FCC chair tells Fox In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, the chairman...
Read MoreAmerica’s main streets are a warzone. This should trouble every American, irrespective of their political leaning. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are near...
Read MoreDonald Trump signed a bill Wednesday directing the justice department to release files from the investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, surrendering in...
Read MoreTrump’s first-term labor statistics chief denounces ‘groundless firing’ of his successor Bill Beach, a former Heritage foundation economist who was picked by Donald Trump in...
Read MoreMahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian rights activist, freed from Ice detention on Friday, returned to Columbia University on Sunday to renew his commitment to the cause...
Read MoreBefore a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California’s national guard on the streets of Portland, Oregon, late on Sunday, the state’s...
Read MoreMillions of people are expected to protest against the Trump administration on Saturday at roughly 2,000 sites nationwide in a demonstration dubbed “No Kings”, planned...
Read MoreElon 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...
Read MoreUS federal regulators are trying to soften bank requirements, loosening the amount of capital US banks must have, in what would be some of the...
Read MoreAfter the joy, the trepidation. Or at least the preparation. Democrats, along with many others around the world, cheered this week’s wins in a clutch...
Read MoreJack Smith asserts that January 6 Capitol riot was principally the fault of Donald Trump Hugo Lowell Jack Smith said earlier that he opted not...
Read MoreThe University of Virginia (UVA) received “explicit” notification from the Trump administration that the school would endure cuts to university jobs, research funding and student...
Read MoreTodd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said at a press conference that to protect victims the department ‘redacted every woman depicted in any image or...
Read MoreNorthwestern University has agreed to pay $75m to the US government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and...
Read MoreSuspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted ‘Zionist group’ – AP The FBI have said the man charged in...
Read MoreIn June 2024, a divided US supreme court handed Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card. Across 43 pages, chief justice John Roberts demolished the long-held belief...
Read MoreSummer temperatures are rising and the US is bracing for another hot, dry and hectic wildfire season. But with the promise of extreme conditions in...
Read MoreA panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s...
Read MoreUS Catholic bishops condemn Trump administration’s immigration enforcement Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing...
Read MoreProsecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the...
Read MoreIn the lead-up to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the city deployed 30 police officers on horseback to rid downtown of unhoused people and,...
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers,...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not...
Read MoreTop Senate Democrat says he expects justice department to respond to Epstein demand by 15 August At the Capitol, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is...
Read MoreTrump’s ‘exciting announcement’ will be related to the Pentagon, White House says Donald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the...
Read MoreYou don’t need a doctor to tell you America’s healthcare system is broken, but I’ll tell you anyway. Having led two public health departments, I’ve...
Read MorePete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary It’s just past 11.30pm in New York and 12.30am...
Read MoreA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration...
Read MoreUS Democrats on Sunday pushed the Trump administration to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat incapacitated in the Caribbean, continuing...
Read MoreProtests have been taking place across the US following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking part...
Read MoreDonald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk, his once trusted adviser with whom the president had a spectacular public falling out, at a memorial event...
Read MoreA teenage transgender athlete in California, who has been at the center of widespread political attacks by rightwing pundits and the Trump administration, won in...
Read MoreThe number of people eating at restaurants in Washington DC has plummeted since Donald Trump deployed federal troops to the city, according to data, as...
Read MoreEach day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia. The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the...
Read MoreLast week, as growing protests in Iran were met with violent crackdowns, Donald Trump issued a threat to the country’s leadership: “You’d better not start...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A delegation of US lawmakers met with Chinese defence minister Dong...
Read MoreThe family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently...
Read MoreSenator Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to stop arms sales to Israel Senator Bernie Sanders just spoke on the Senate floor in support of two resolutions...
Read MoreA federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have permission to live and work...
Read MoreReporting on a corrupt president made the Washington Post a global sensation with Watergate – and the masthead became a byword for fearless reporting. But...
Read MoreGermán Pineda, 32, just wanted to go home. After his arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June, Pineda, a Honduran immigrant, spent four...
Read MoreCuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...
Read MoreNewsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ California governor Gavin Newsom has delivered a blistering address against the Trump administration, warning democracy is “under assault before...
Read MoreClosing summary This is the end of our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day, but we will be back on Tuesday....
Read MoreNational guard troops arrive in LA National guard troops have arrived in Los Angeles, according to footage broadcast by news network ABC7. The video showed...
Read MoreWould you like to buy a crumbling shack for $2m dollars? Well then, you’re in luck, because that just about sums up the state of...
Read MoreDonald Trump has told the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze funds for major infrastructure projects in New York and New Jersey...
Read MoreA city councilmember in Florida is facing backlash from national Indian American organizations, members of Congress, and local residents after posting a series of social...
Read MoreThe top House Republican said he won’t negotiate with Senate Democrats as the government shutdown dragged into its 14th day on Tuesday, while defending the...
Read MoreAt this difficult moment in American history, it’s imperative that we have the courage to be honest with ourselves. The United States, once the envy...
Read MoreIt’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for...
Read More“He’s the driving force. I don’t think Trump would have gone in and captured Nicolás Maduro if it hadn’t been for Marco Rubio pushing him...
Read MoreA man approached Ilhan Omar, a US representative, during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, sprayed an unidentified liquid in her direction and shouted at...
Read MoreTrump 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...
Read MoreLess than an hour before Donald Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to discuss a deal that could end the trade war between the...
Read MoreA Democratic senator has sounded the alarm about her own party’s failings, urging colleagues to “slaughter some sacred cows” if they want to combat Donald...
Read MoreBoulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...
Read MoreBonnie Connery was horrified when she read the news about the death of ICE observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on 7 January. Within minutes,...
Read MoreOn the morning of 2 May, Florida teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two...
Read MoreThe Democratic former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said on Wednesday that press freedom is “under siege” in the United States after the Trump...
Read MoreAs two masked men dragged her into an unmarked SUV, Andrea Velez tried to focus on details she might later remember – one man’s red...
Read MoreDonald Trump is a despot and the US is a democracy. These things can be true simultaneously but not indefinitely. There is now deadlock in...
Read MoreAfter days of deliberations that went late into the night on Tuesday, the Senate passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts megabill, taking the...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his administration’s pressure...
Read MoreDonald Trump is alone. That’s different from the United States being alone. We – that is, the vast majority of Americans who were against Trump’s...
Read MoreThe Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries – an effort that comes after the supreme court struck...
Read MoreDanish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has said she believes Donald Trump still wants to own Greenland, despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it...
Read MoreTexas Democrats are fleeing the state to prevent a vote on Monday that could see five new Republican-leaning seats created in the House of Representatives....
Read MoreTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state, preventing, at least for now, plans proposed by...
Read MoreSenate kicks off vote-a-rama on ‘big, beautiful bill’ as GOP scrambles to meet 4 July deadline The Senate resumed its final debate on the “big,...
Read MoreKey events 2h ago Federal officers use gas against protesters outside Ice facility 2h ago Closing summary 3h ago San Francisco marchers surpass June crowds...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature What to know about the US House vote on releasing the...
Read MoreThe US justice department said on Wednesday that it has been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more...
Read MoreWe are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have been in my lifetime, since the end...
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of Donald Trump’s...
Read MoreOn an early fall day, toddlers played at Westwood Academy, a highly rated Denver childcare center serving children aged six weeks to five years. The...
Read MoreAfghan immigrants and advocates across the United States are pushing back firmly against the Trump administration’s most recent crackdown on legal immigration, saying the American...
Read MoreAuthorities in Michigan are investigating after multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, police said on Saturday. The Michigan state police said...
Read MoreGraphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously...
Read MoreI am lead counsel in the challenge to Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. As I and my team help the ACLU legal director, Cecillia...
Read MoreThe veteran civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, made history when he stood for the White House in 1984 and 1988....
Read MoreSunday was International Women’s Day, which you’ll know because every company you’ve ever shopped with will have emailed you, taking this fine opportunity to suggest...
Read MoreHegseth orders US Navy secretary to investigate Arizona senator Mark Kelly for ‘potentially unlawful comments’ in video Donald Trump’s defense secretary, the former Fox News...
Read MoreSpring cleaning has begun at the White House. Donald Trump on Thursday fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the...
Read MorePressure mounted on Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday to fully investigate the previous day’s killing by federal immigration officers of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in...
Read MoreClosing summary This brings our real-time chronicle of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will be back at it on...
Read MoreDonald Trump fired Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, late on Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior envoy are heading to Egypt to begin ceasefire negotiations, the White House has said, as the Israeli prime minister,...
Read MoreThe United States government is officially closed. Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money. Agencies and departments designed...
Read MoreDemocrats’ resolve cracked this week, when a splinter group in the Senate joined with the GOP to craft a compromise bill that reauthorizes government funding...
Read MoreIt was famously something that Tony Blair did not do with George W Bush, or at least not something to which the then British prime...
Read MoreDoctors have found a bullet fragment lodged perilously close to the carotid artery in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who narrowly survived the mass...
Read MoreJD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including...
Read MoreSummary of the day so far Thousands of people have begun demonstrating across the US as part of the “No Kings” protests. Millions are expected...
Read MoreUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy on Tuesday as he returned home from school and transported him and his father...
Read MoreDonald Trump renewed his push Monday for the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access, after threatening on Sunday not to sign any bills...
Read MorePrestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some...
Read MoreWhen dozens of protesters interrupted a church service in St Paul, Minnesota, earlier this year, it revived a fierce yet enduring debate about whether places...
Read MoreBarack Obama has said the US is in the middle of a “tug of war” between two visions of the future, criticising progressives for becoming...
Read MoreAfter the joy, the trepidation. Or at least the preparation. Democrats, along with many others around the world, cheered this week’s wins in a clutch...
Read MoreCuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...
Read MoreTrump says ‘animal’ who shot national guard members ‘will pay a very steep price’ The president said today that the “animal” who shot two members...
Read MoreUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to open a new call center to help law enforcement agencies track down unaccompanied migrant children. According to...
Read MoreIce says it arrested 11 Iranian nationals Federal immigration agents arrested 11 Iranian nationals during and after the weekend, authorities said on Tuesday. All were...
Read MoreIn cities and towns across the US, murals, statues and performances brought a focal point to collective action Continue reading…source
Read MoreRecently demoted border patrol official Gregory Bovino reportedly made mocking and sarcastic remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota’s US attorney, Daniel Rosen, during a...
Read MoreThe astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above...
Read MoreDonald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland but said the US would not use force to seize it during a rambling, invective-laden...
Read MoreThe US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its...
Read MoreRightwing activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University in Utah. Kirk was about 20 minutes into...
Read MoreUtah governor says authorities have ‘a person of interest in custody’ The governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said at a news conference on the...
Read MoreIn Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is required. Temporary shelters are scarce. Reconstruction materials are restricted...
Read MoreEight states asked a US judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order to stop a $3.5bn merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna....
Read MoreThe FBI director, Kash Patel, has a lot on his plate just now. There’s the shooting death of the armed man who entered Donald Trump’s...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s long public campaign to get someone in his administration to bring criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director he fired in...
Read MoreOn the morning of Columbia University’s commencement last week, an intergenerational group of Jewish alumni gathered in the rain outside the Manhattan campus’s heavily policed...
Read MoreA 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer says she is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to...
Read MoreFor years she was one of Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers. Marjorie Taylor Greene trafficked in racist statements, indicated support for executing Democrats and...
Read MoreRepublicans have unveiled a new congressional map in Texas that would allow the party to pick up as many as five additional congressional seats, an...
Read MoreThe television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led...
Read MoreMost Americans ignore the country’s dietary guidelines, but millions will be directly affected by upcoming changes to these recommendations. On 6 January, after months of...
Read MoreUS airlines canceled 1,460 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) order to reduce air traffic because of the government...
Read MoreDonald Trump hosted an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk on Friday to mark the end of the tech billionaire’s tenure as a special...
Read MoreAfter deploying the national guard to the streets of the American capital, Donald Trump is now eyeing longer-term powers over authorities, saying on Wednesday that...
Read MoreThe EU was weighing up retaliatory tariffs on American goods and even deploying its most serious economic sanctions against the US as European leaders lined...
Read MoreDemocrats must not let Jeffrey Epstein die. They must highlight how this saga exposes the president for who he has always been. In the decade...
Read MoreCharlie Kirk, the founder of the powerful rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot...
Read MoreGood morning. Another week, another tirade against the UK from Donald Trump. The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has further inflamed tensions in the special relationship,...
Read MoreDemocrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ Democrats have responded to the news earlier that the FBI has...
Read MoreFor almost as long as she’s been a mother, Sara Laughlin has known where she could turn for help in Troy, a western Ohio town...
Read MoreThe Minnesota attorney general, Keith Ellison, announced a lawsuit on Monday against the federal government, seeking to end the surge of ICE agents in the...
Read MoreThe US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gasfield angered US allies in...
Read MoreSenate Republicans are racing to meet Donald Trump’s self-imposed 4 July deadline to pass the president’s massive tax-and-spending “one big, beautiful bill”. In a marathon...
Read MoreA federal judge ruled on Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must release a Minneapolis man and asylum seeker who has been unlawfully detained...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary We are wrapping up our live coverage of the...
Read MoreTwo teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during...
Read MoreTrump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so...
Read MoreThe White House has chosen a deputy of Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve as the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control...
Read MoreThe supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South...
Read MoreKey events 2h ago Federal officers use gas against protesters outside Ice facility 2h ago Closing summary 3h ago San Francisco marchers surpass June crowds...
Read MorePetition to trigger House vote on release of Epstein files reaches required total Shortly after Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of...
Read MoreAbbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister who has been leading the nuclear talks for the Iranian delegation, promised that Iran’s army would “teach aggressors the...
Read MoreIn the run-up to last month’s mayoral election in Dayton, Ohio, candidate Shenise Turner-Sloss found herself up against it. Her opponent, mayor Jeffrey Mims, was...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s war on the truth has taken many forms – spreading thousands of falsehoods, insulting journalists and suing news organizations. It’s clear he desperately...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has promised tens of thousands of federal agents carrying out his immigration crackdown that they will be paid during the government shutdown,...
Read MoreThe White House has announced that it will release $5.5bn in frozen education funds back to US states. That announcement came on Friday after Donald...
Read MoreWant 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....
Read MoreTop Senate Republican says White House will have ‘something to say’ about Ingrassia nomination Addressing reporters after lunch in the Rose Garden, Senate majority leader...
Read MoreNew York City voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched mayoral elections in the city’s history. Vying...
Read MoreNigel Farage has appeared before a US congressional hearing on censorship. In an opening statement, the Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin accused the British politician of...
Read MoreIt is one of Donald Trump’s unique talents that he reveals the absurd obsolescence of long-held traditions. In presidential election years, his screaming bloviations on...
Read MoreLate-night hosts tore into Donald Trump’s intimidation tactics at the supreme court hearing on birthright citizenship and another judge’s order to halt construction of his...
Read MoreIllinois sues to block Trump from deploying national guard troops to Chicago Illinois has filed a lawsuit this morning seeking to block Donald Trump from...
Read MoreConstruction crews have started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and...
Read MoreDonald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by...
Read MoreIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest...
Read MoreIt is the most traditional of assets for any ambitious young male politician: a fashionably dressed, beautiful young wife. But as with everything else about...
Read MoreJohn Bolton pleads not guilty John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to charges of mishandling classified information. Reuters is reporting that Bolton, the former national...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need. A state department spokesperson confirmed...
Read MoreTexas Democrats returned to their state on Monday as California lawmakers kicked off a rapid push for voters to approve a new congressional map that...
Read MoreThe Democratic senator Ruben Gallego has proposed that, should Donald Trump try to sabotage the midterm elections, Americans should respond with a general strike that...
Read MoreIt has not been a brilliant weekend for Donald Trump. On Sunday administration officials fanned out on US political shows to defend the president’s policies...
Read MoreTrump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreNancy Pelosi, the outgoing congresswoman and former House speaker, has conceded that she may not see a woman be elected US president in her lifetime....
Read MoreAmir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that the Islamic republic’s nuclear enrichment “will never stop” because it is permitted for...
Read MoreSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would...
Read More‘I think I’ve had at least seven books that have been banned in the United States,” says Ibram X Kendi, in a tone that carries...
Read MoreThe director of the National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet, has resigned just two weeks after Donald Trump attempted to fire her and accused her of...
Read MoreThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights, according...
Read MoreThe US Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a...
Read MoreRepublican senator John Cornyn and Democratic congressman Greg Casar of Texas squabbled outside Austin’s international airport on Monday over funding for the Department of Homeland...
Read MoreClosing summary This brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will return on Friday morning. Here...
Read MoreA federal magistrate judge has ruled that the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters the night before the January...
Read MoreShockingly, inexplicably, Donald Trump keeps finding new places to put his face. Also, his name. Or initials. Or one of those drawings of a turkey...
Read MoreDonald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled on...
Read MoreGuardian Australia’s daily news podcast examines the US president’s moves to build a US$300m ballroom at the same time as a government shutdown leaves millions...
Read MoreUS federal law enforcement officers on Saturday fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis, the second such killing in less than three weeks. The killing...
Read MoreThe Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements...
Read MoreIf posts coming from the White House were to be believed, the US-Israel war on Iran looks something like scenes from Top Gun, Braveheart and...
Read MoreThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to permit the deployment of national guard troops to Illinois, as the president pushes to...
Read MoreAfghan man moving to US seized by immigration agents after green card application appointment The Trump administration is continuing its deportations policy, which has been...
Read MoreThe US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspended the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs that give approved participants a fast-track through bag...
Read MoreTwo children – a nine-year old boy and his six-year old sister – are playing at “house”, pretending to be their father and mother. Absorbed...
Read MoreNew York City’s three mayoral candidates, Independent Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, faced off in the first general election debate in...
Read MoreOntario premier issues pause of advert criticizing Trump tariffs Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, said that he has spoken with Canadian prime minister Mark...
Read MoreEpstein survivors accused Melania Trump of ‘shifting the burden’ after surprise statement Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Melania Trump has been...
Read MoreAs scientists confirmed that March was the United States’ most abnormally hot month in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and...
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of Donald Trump’s
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of Donald Trump’s