Trump makes misleading claims about crime in ‘red cities’ When asked if the president would consider sending National Guard troops to ‘red cities’ that are...

Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around...

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Oregon sues to block ‘illegal’ deployment of 200 national guard troops...

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...

Donald Trump said arrangements were under way for a face to face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to be followed by a trilateral...

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and New York Democratic congressman, said Donald Trump had “manufactured a crisis” to justify sending federalized national guard troops...

Trump’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...

Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, has announced she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping...

Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders...

The justice department subpoenaed several top officials in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of its investigation into whether Minneapolis officials have conspired to impede federal...

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...

The US Department of Justice said on Wednesday it had sent more than 20 subpoenas to clinics and doctors who offer gender-affirming care to minors....

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...

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...

I expected the EU to push back strongly against Donald Trump’s new national security strategy. Not only does it show contempt for the EU and...

US 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...

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will furlough nearly half of its employees – around 34,000 workers – due to the ongoing government shutdown,...

The release of a series of emails which suggest Donald Trump knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s conduct is arguably the most significant development in the saga...

‘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...

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by...

A US district judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding funds previously awarded to 14 states for electric vehicle charger infrastructure. Seattle-based judge Tana...

A Detroit police department decision to reverse course on firing two officers who allegedly violated local law by coordinating an arrest with federal immigration agents...

Unpaid forced leave and mass firings are hardly the first things to spring to mind as hallmarks of a golden age of the American worker....

House Democrats have published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among...

At the behest of Donald Trump, Texas Republicans are poised to redraw their state’s congressional map to try and gain as many as five congressional...

After two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump went on...

Trump says that he will ‘take care of Chicago’, continues threats to deploy national guard Donald Trump continued his threats to send the national guard...

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...

Naveed Shah, a veteran and activist who served as an enlisted public affairs specialist – an army journalist – uncharacteristically found himself searching for words...

Good morning. It looks like the bromance between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is over. Maybe for good. Last night an exasperated...

Trump hosts GOP senators in Rose Garden amid White House construction work Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

Trump arrives amid ear-splitting roar from crowd inside stadium Lauren Gambino at the State Farm stadium in Glendale, Arizona An ear-splitting roar just broke out...

After two decades of deferring to executive authority and eroding anti-bribery laws, the supreme court has suddenly limited presidential power in a way that could...

White House says no plans for Trump-Putin meeting in the immediate future There are no plans for Donald Trump to meet with Vladmir Putin “in...

Democrats have criticized the forcible removal of a senator who posed a question on Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown at a news conference as “violent”, “horrifying”...

For months, Ohio police officer Connor Grubb and his department attempted to hide his identity following an incident in which he shot and killed Ta’Kiya...

US supreme court rules fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits Oliver Milman Fossil fuel companies are able to challenge California’s ability to set stricter...

Lawmakers decry Trump’s pressure campaign on justice department to investigate political opponents As we reported over the weekend, the president has ramped up his demands...

Trump says ‘animal’ who shot national guard members ‘will pay a very steep price’ The president said today that the “animal” who shot two members...

Candidates for local office in Miami have been prepping mailers, gathering volunteers, raising money and hitting the street for the last year, with voters expecting...

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...

The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks...

Only two more Republicans needed to force House vote on Epstein files release, congressman says Democratic congressman Ro Khanna says the House will be compelled...

Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over...

The Trump administration said it would provide partial relief to recipients of food stamps on Monday as the federal government shutdown approached a record-breaking length....

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...

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...

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump, ending weeks of negotiations over the comprehensive legislation and putting...

The Pentagon has collected intelligence material that suggests Iran’s nuclear program was set back roughly one to two years as a result of the US...

Trump-Putin meeting is under way The summit between the two leaders and their respective cabinet officials began at 11.32am local time. Share Updated at 15.59 EDT...

All the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting...

As two masked men dragged her into an unmarked SUV, Andrea Velez tried to focus on details she might later remember – one man’s red...

A flight carrying immigrants deported from the US has landed in Eswatini, the homeland security department announced, in a move that follows the supreme court...

If Zohran Mamdani had not intended it as a campaigning opportunity, he probably wouldn’t have worn a full suit – the universal candidate’s uniform. But...

Starmer and Trump sign ‘tech prosperity deal’ At one point Trump seemed to be referencing a script, but now he is just rambling about what...

Joe Biden repeatedly said that Donald Trump was an existential threat. Yet the former US president clung on to his party’s nomination when he ought...

Vance reposts new footage from perspective of ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good Vice-president JD Vance has reposted video footage that is...

Sunday 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...

Miller again vows to ‘dismantle and destroy’ what he calls ‘domestic terror movement’ in wake of Kirk’s death Rachel Leingang Vance is now talking with...

As mass protests erupted over the past week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Nicole Good, thousands of Americans hoisted signs and...

The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a $901bn bill setting policy for the Pentagon, sending the big piece of legislation to the...

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...

Trump administration officials sparked a massive protest on Sunday in a Boston suburb after immigration agents detained a high school student on his way to...

‘I don’t like you either. And I probably never will,” the US president, Donald Trump, tells Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd at the White House cabinet...

A federal judge on Friday morning issued a temporary restraining order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Ábrego García just hours before he was...

Top Navy admiral briefs lawmakers on ‘double-tap’ strike on suspected drug boats Adm Frank “Mitch” Bradley arrived on Capitol Hill earlier today to discuss the...

Last 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...

Last week, during an Oval Office interview with Reuters, Donald Trump touted his accomplishments and suggested that they were so great that “we shouldn’t even...

Donald Trump has asked a US court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the president’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street...

The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in...

* Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sued California over state policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ school sports, alleging that their participation violates...

The Democratic National Committee’s decision to block the release of its own autopsy report on the 2024 election is stunning but not surprising. Averse to...

Hegseth seems to distance himself from admiral who ordered strike to kill survivors of suspected drug boat Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, seemed to...

The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a...

The supreme court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around...

In 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population...

President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal homeland security funding, including for disasters, for states that do not comply with...

Donald Trump and JD Vance have been snubbed, by not being invited to former vice-president Dick Cheney’s funeral, taking place on Thursday, according to a...

The attack on Venezuela and the seizure of its president was a shocking enough start to 2026, but it was only the next day, when...

The Smithsonian will include Donald Trump’s two impeachments in an updated presentation “in the coming weeks” after references to them were removed, the museum said...

The New York Times columnist David Brooks appeared in multiple photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Thursday by the House...

Newsom calls for a special election to introduce new US House maps Lauren Gambino “Today is liberation day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom...

The Trump administration will eliminate all USAID (United States Agency for International Development) overseas positions worldwide by 30 September in a dramatic restructuring of remaining...

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...

Late-night hosts covered alarming new comments by Donald Trump as well as his outburst at a heckler in Michigan. Jimmy Kimmel On Jimmy Kimmel Live!...

The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted...

They also spent plenty of time seeking to reprimand each other by passing censures, as the House’s formal mechanism for discipline is known. A search...

Donald Trump has told G7 leaders gathered for its summit in Canada that removing Russia from the former G8 was a mistake, and is lobbying...

The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said....

More than three dozen Democratic senators have begun an independent inquiry into the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following a huge change in how the...

European stock markets have edged higher and cryptocurrencies rebounded amid signs that a new front in the US-China trade war may not be a severe...

Trump casts doubt on commitment to defending Nato partners Before landing in Amsterdam, Donald Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president apparently...

JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including...

Summary That’s all for our live coverage for the day, thanks for following along. Some key stories from the day: Share Updated at 20.15 EST Key...

Trump calls Senate bill a ‘very big victory’ in Arlington cemetery remarks The president has congratulated House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John...

A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s ‘No Kings’ protest has died, Utah police said on Sunday afternoon. The man, Arthur...

Americans have long glorified their constitution and the rule of law. But Donald Trump’s volatile and vindictive presidency has increasingly replaced that philosophy with something...

Want 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....