The new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over...
Read MoreThe new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over...
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives oversight committee on Tuesday released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
Read MoreDonald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in...
Read MoreRalph Abraham, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director, has stepped down, the agency said on Monday, announcing the exit of...
Read MoreA reclusive billionaire, anti-tax crusader and major financial backer of Donald Trump has been named as the anonymous private donor who gave $130m to the...
Read MoreFaced with high demand for GLP-1 drugs, some American cities and states that previously covered the cost of the weight-loss medication for low-income residents and...
Read MoreRepresentative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, said on Monday he would resign from Congress following multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that ended...
Read MoreHouse Democrats file six articles of impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth Yassamin Ansari, a Democratic congresswoman from Arizona, and colleagues including John Larson of...
Read MoreA Florida man was charged with making threats against Donald Trump, the Democratic representative Eric Swalwell and an unnamed individual who appeared to be Fed...
Read MoreThat was the moment he knew it was true love. Donald Trump turned to gaze at Vladimir Putin as the Russian president publicly endorsed his...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is...
Read MoreDonald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has quietly recalled nearly 30 ambassadors and other senior overseas diplomats as the Trump administration plans to promote appointees loyal to the...
Read More‘If this is how they respond to a senator with a question, imagine what they’re doing across the country,’ says Padilla Padilla goes on: If...
Read MoreA powerful bipartisan committee in the US Congress says it has begun an investigation into the involvement of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite business in providing...
Read MoreThere are a few reasons that Donald Trump – now self-anointed acting President of Venezuela, as well as the United States – might be so...
Read MoreWhen Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard. Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect...
Read MoreThe armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani...
Read MoreIt was a normal Tuesday morning for Mohamed when he left his San Diego, California, house for his daily exercise in mid-January. But as he...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring...
Read More* 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...
Read MoreIt is a world turned upside down. In his first year in office, Donald Trump has bullied Ukraine, bombed Iran and toppled the leader of...
Read MoreA key debate between candidates in New Jersey’s governor’s race descended into acrimony Sunday in a reflection of the tense national political climate over issues...
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 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 MoreGeothermal is one of the most promising clean energy sources in the US, providing 24/7 renewable power that could meet rising energy demand from AI...
Read MoreFurloughed government workers may not be entitled to back pay according to White House memo – reports Government workers who have been furloughed since the...
Read MoreThe indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a concerted effort by Donald Trump to “rewrite history” in his favor, a former...
Read MoreThe FBI reportedly recorded Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents who were posing as business contractors last year....
Read MoreThe response of Nigerians to the airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Sokoto state, north-western Nigeria are complicated. The rationale behind them has been...
Read MoreAt the White House on Friday, Donald Trump endorsed his vice-president’s baseless claim that Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman killed by an ICE agent in...
Read MoreRobert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $100m in new grants for a pilot program aimed at addressing homelessness and substance use recovery in eight...
Read MoreAs US regulators restrict Covid mRNA vaccines and as independent vaccine advisers re-examine the shots, scientists fear that an unlikely target could be next: cancer...
Read MoreDemonstrators clashed with federal immigration officials carrying out a raid on a farm in southern California, with authorities throwing what appeared to be smoke canisters...
Read MoreThe man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington DC the night before the 6 January 2021 deadly attack on the US Capitol by supporters...
Read MoreCory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right of action”, allowing people to sue pesticide makers such as Bayer and Syngenta,...
Read MoreThe Trump administration remains barred from deploying the national guard in Portland, Oregon, following a federal appeals court ruling. The ninth circuit court of appeals...
Read MoreUS health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr came under pointed bipartisan questioning at a three-hour Senate finance committee hearing on Thursday. As well as his...
Read MoreInvestigators are looking into anti-Trump sentiment as being a motive for the attacker who sought to breach the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC...
Read MoreOn 17 April, at a briefing on the Iran war, secretary of defense Pete Hegseth told reporters he had been “sitting in church with my...
Read MoreThe day so far Election day is happening. We’re bringing you the latest from some of the most pivotal contests, including the closely watched New...
Read MoreThe Democrats had a great day on Tuesday. It’s crucial that they hone their economic message for next year’s midterms to focus on affordability and...
Read MoreDonald Trump became the first sitting US president in nearly 50 years to attend a regular-season NFL game when he dropped in on the Detroit...
Read MoreThe Tuesday Group was feeling something familiar as its members milled around a bank of elevators in the bustling basement of a Senate office building:...
Read MoreTrump posts more tariff letters, with highest rate at 40% Donald Trump has posted more tariff letters addressing a number of countries on his Truth...
Read MoreHouse Democrats filed six articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, accusing the defense secretary of “high crimes and misdemeanors”, in reference to the...
Read MoreAfter a scramble in the Senate, Republicans voted on Saturday to advance Trump’s signature “big, beautiful” bill, with a 51-49 vote. Republicans had been divided...
Read MoreTrump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead...
Read MoreWearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be...
Read MoreA US army veteran who lived in the country for nearly 50 years – and earned a prestigious military citation for being wounded in combat...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the US, as Washington...
Read MoreAfter casting her vote for Donald Trump in 2024 in hopes that he would bring transparency around the Jeffrey Epstein case, Epstein survivor Jena Lisa...
Read MoreThe relationship between the richest man in the world and the most powerful one has spectacularly exploded, as Elon Musk publicly agreed Donald Trump should...
Read MoreAt the Purfeerst farm in southern Minnesota, the soybean harvest just wrapped up for the season. The silver grain bins are full of about 100,000...
Read MoreTourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. The mandatory...
Read MoreThe family of 18-year-old Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz was shocked when they found out that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) had discreetly moved him out of...
Read MoreAs top US health officials turn against some mRNA vaccines, experts fear for the country’s preparedness for the next pandemic and worry that other vaccines...
Read MoreThis week, the Trump administration took a key step towards opening new leases for oil and gas drilling across millions of acres in the Arctic...
Read MorePolice say video suggests ‘lone gunman’ shot two national guard members in Washington DC A review of video from the scene of the shooting of...
Read MoreA growing number of Congress members from both parties have called for Eric Swalwell, a Democratic US representative and candidate for California governor, to resign...
Read MoreLate-night hosts spoke about the controversial behavior of a small group of Democrats and Donald Trump’s continued destruction of the White House. Stephen Colbert On...
Read MoreOklahoma’s superintendent, who has attracted national attention as he sought to install religion and rightwing viewpoints in Oklahoma schools, will resign to run a conservative...
Read MoreJournalist 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...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who is now mayor of New York City, ran a campaign known for its soaring political rhetoric, its viral memes...
Read MoreCommunities are on edge as the long-discussed arrival of federal law enforcement and Ice agents to Chicago is reportedly set to begin in the coming...
Read MoreIn a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent in a Tennessee jail after his return from a Salvadorian...
Read MoreAs a real estate developer, Donald Trump built his empire on ostentatious displays of wealth, substantial tax breaks – and lots of free publicity. As...
Read MoreA new sign was spotted adorning the White House this week, prompting backlash from lawmakers who have noted that Donald Trump is quite literally gilding...
Read MoreA person of interest detained after a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine has been released after the investigation...
Read MoreThis year marked the start of LaMonica McIver’s first full term as a member of Congress. Rather than a year spent learning the ropes of...
Read MoreThe majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports. Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across...
Read MoreAgainst Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s objections, Donald Trump’s Pentagon has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to join his regime’s assault on Chicago communities. Trump...
Read MoreOver the past year, whistles have become a symbol of the collective resistance of ordinary people standing up to federal immigration enforcement. As the Trump...
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 MoreThe Trump administration wants to offer immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian. The memo, sent by the US...
Read MoreNew York City’s mayoral race is heating up, with Zohran Mamdani, the young progressive who leapt ahead of establishment figures in the primary to win...
Read MoreA federal judge in California sided with Anthropic in its case against the Department of Defense on Thursday, ordering a temporary pause on the government’s...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has said the man suspected of killing Charlie Kirk comes “from a conservative family” but that “his ideology was very...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Monday released a series of memos that doubled down on his support of increased domestic fossil fuel production for purported “defense readiness”....
Read MoreA grassroots organization of health professionals have released a report outlining major health challenges in the US and calling for the removal of Robert F...
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 MoreFederal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around...
Read MoreArticle 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal...
Read MoreA federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving...
Read MoreBrash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth,...
Read MoreSenator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel...
Read MoreUK pharma sector awaits further details from Trump on tariff concessions from US Lisa O’Carroll Lisa O’Carroll is a senior Guardian correspondent covering trade. Deals...
Read MoreTrump administration to sue Gavin Newsom over California’s new redistricting maps The Trump administration is suing California governor Gavin Newsom after the state adopted new...
Read MoreAnother week, another freak weather phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. If it’s not the “weather bomb” of extreme wind and snow that Britain is...
Read MoreThe White House’s office of management and budget (OMB) is arguing that federal workers who are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown are not entitled...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City soon after midnight in a private ceremony in an abandoned beaux-arts subway station –...
Read MoreDonald Trump has comprehensively failed to meet a key election promise to slash Americans’ energy bills in half within the first year of his presidency,...
Read MoreMillions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize...
Read MoreTrump says he will sign order targeting mail-in ballots, voting machines ahead of 2026 elections Donald Trump said on Monday he would sign an executive...
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 MoreJD Vance met with Republican lawmakers in Indiana on Thursday to encourage them to redraw the state’s congressional map to be more favorable to the...
Read MoreDonald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the...
Read MoreSummary Donald Trump declined to deliver a message of national unity when he addressed tens of thousands of people gathered for the memorial to honor...
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding...
Read MoreArtificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. It will bring unimaginable changes to our economy, our politics, warfare, our emotional wellbeing, our environment, and...
Read MoreLast Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old American mother. Already, the federal investigation into the killing...
Read MoreRepublicans are insisting that Donald Trump is “desperate” to end the government shutdown, which has now entered its 33rd day. The comments by the Republican...
Read MoreLate-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...
Read MoreDeal 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...
Read MorePam Bondi posts footage of oil tanker seizure Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has released footage of the seizure of an oil tanker off...
Read MoreYou hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient...
Read MoreDonald Trump is not making America feel great again. Nine months into the second Trump administration, Americans are feeling pretty crummy. More than half –...
Read MoreTrump administration to meet with top US oil executives – report Following the capture, arrest and detention of Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is set...
Read MoreJoe 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...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Wednesday signed a trio of executive orders that he vowed would turn the United States into an “AI export powerhouse”, including a...
Read MoreDonald Trump pulled back from the brink on Greenland but not before causing untold damage to the Nato alliance. The US president’s sabre-rattling may also...
Read MoreTrumpism’s most revealing and defining moments – not its most important, nor cruelest, nor most dangerous, nor stupidest, but perhaps its most illuminating – came...
Read MoreThe circumstances of many of the record number of deaths in US immigration custody under the second Trump administration have left loved ones often searching...
Read MoreIt is the internet meme of the summer, sparking laughter and thousands of wry smiles at the pitfalls of a British summer holiday. But the...
Read MoreCBS News’ editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes episode on allegations investigating a notorious prison in El Salvador, arguing that...
Read MoreI’ve always wanted to visit the UK. This might sound absurd to you, considering I’m from California – home of sunshine, half-naked bodies and the...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s voracious desire for retribution has quickly evolved into a regular and predictable system. In the year since his election, the president’s rage and...
Read MorePart of Donald Trump’s pitch to voters was that, if he became president again, he would rein in government spending and not send US troops...
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 MoreDavid Scott, a Georgia congressman and moderate Democrat representing Atlanta’s southern suburbs since 2003, has died at the age of 80. Scott’s health had been...
Read MoreNational intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard is facing growing questions about her handling of a report about an intercepted phone call between two members of foreign...
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives oversight committee on Tuesday released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
Read MoreMaybe she was born with it, maybe it’s Mar-a-Lago face Forget expensive moisturizers or designer clothes. Ladies, if you want a quick and easy glow-up,...
Read MoreOver the past six months, thousands of students have been walking out of their schools in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in...
Read MoreTwo US House Republicans are pushing the federal justice department to investigate the path to citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate favored to win...
Read MoreNear corn dog and cookie vendors, Ray Seeman was washing his hands on a sweltering day. He had come to the rally in a Maga...
Read MoreUS 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...
Read MoreTrump responds to Medvedev on countries readying to help Iran with nuclear weapons Donald Trump has responded to Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia...
Read MoreIn an incredibly polarised society, there are fewer and fewer things that seem to unite both sides of the aisle in the US political system....
Read MoreVenezuelans around the world celebrated after the US government captured and removed the president, Nicolás Maduro. Crowds of people gathered in countries including Argentina, Chile...
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump, said he would “rescue” protesters if Iranian authorities started shooting, Siavash Shirzad believed the US president. The 38-year-old father had seen protests...
Read MoreThe honeymoon between Donald Trump and Elon Musk appears to be over, after the tech billionaire announced his official exit from the White House to...
Read MoreTo many observers, both in the US and abroad, Donald Trump has been behaving strangely recently. Especially online. As a government shutdown loomed in the...
Read MoreAs the US reaches record-breaking rates of illness and hospitals scramble to care for flu patients, officials have stopped fully recommending the flu shot, casting...
Read MoreLast 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...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Environmental group hails ‘landmark victory’ after Alligator Alcatraz closure ruling Environmental...
Read MoreThe multiple firsts achieved by New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, have been well chronicled: he is the first Muslim to occupy that role, the...
Read MoreAir travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the US government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rolled out...
Read MoreLegally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local...
Read MoreFor two weeks at the end of August. “Alligator Alcatraz”, the harsh immigration jail in the Florida Everglades notorious for allegations of inhumane treatment and...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police...
Read MoreDC mayor Bowser hardens stance on Trump, calls deployment of national guard an ‘authoritarian push’ Muriel Bowser last night hardened her stance on Donald Trump...
Read MorePresident Donald Trump claimed a key victory in a US appeals court Monday as a divided three-judge panel decided he is allowed to deploy federal...
Read MoreLike hundreds of families across Lowndes County, Alabama, the McPhersons do not have access to proper sanitation – just a pipe carrying raw sewage a...
Read MoreThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who is now mayor of New York City, ran a campaign known for its soaring political rhetoric, its viral memes...
Read MoreA federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s request to immediately lift her order blocking the deployment of federalized national guard...
Read MoreEarly Tuesday morning, as parents went to drop off their young children at a bilingual childcare center in north-west Washington DC, they received a message...
Read MoreCalifornia can use a new congressional map that was approved by voters in November, the supreme court has ruled, handing Democrats a major victory in...
Read MoreVolodymyr Zelenskyy is replacing Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, who has been heavily criticised by leading Republicans, as part a diplomatic reshuffle designed to strengthen...
Read MoreOn a cloudy Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles central public library bustled with nearly 100 people making zines: small, DIY magazines made out of a...
Read MoreA year ago – just a year ago – the Kennedy Center in Washington DC was a world-class centre for the performing arts. It had...
Read MoreWhen Ghislaine Maxwell refused to testify before Congress last week, she nonetheless insisted on her willingness to help. Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey...
Read MoreWhite House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack ‘could be deported as early as tonight’ The White House is boasting on its official social...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s global tariffs face a crunch test in a federal appeals court on Thursday, just hours before the latest sweeping round of duties is...
Read MoreDonald Trump has responded to a recent podcast appearance by Robert De Niro, in which he called the president “an idiot”. Speaking on Monday’s episode...
Read MoreDonald Trump ratcheted up the uncertainty over how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland as he warned the Nato alliance on...
Read MoreDonald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz”, adding that Iran’s leadership was so hobbled by infighting...
Read MoreKaren Bass says Los Angeles being used as a ‘test case’ and ‘an experiment’ Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has accused the federal government of...
Read MoreDemocrats and civil rights groups have criticized Donald Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries as “reckless” and “racist”, with some warning the policy may be...
Read MoreFederal prosecutors on Wednesday said they had never presented the final version of the indictment filed against James Comey to a full federal grand jury,...
Read MoreWiles suggests real goal of Trump’s boat strikes is to topple Venezuela’s Maduro Wiles also said of Trump’s Venezuela strategy: He wants to keep on...
Read MoreOfficials believe suspect may have targeted NFL in Manhattan office shooting, mayor Eric Adams says The gunman who opened fire in a Manhattan office building...
Read MoreTrump announces 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea Donald Trump has released letters to the leaders of Japan and South Korea, announcing new 25% tariffs...
Read MoreFederal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s...
Read MoreDonald Trump hit out at Trevor Noah over a joke about the US president and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the 2026 Grammys. ‘I...
Read MoreThe US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is experiencing “severe” staff shortages at all its hospitals, with the number of shortages increasing by 50% this...
Read MoreJeffries holds the floor for six hours Jeffries is still speaking, passing the six-hour mark. The Democratic leader just indicated that he plans to keep...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally...
Read MoreThe president of El Salvador has denied claims that Kilmar Ábrego García was subjected to beatings and deprivation while he was held in the country...
Read MoreOrganizers challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map say they turned in enough signatures on Tuesday to block the map from going into effect and to force...
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 MoreFor Orlando Gutierrez in Kansas City, the thought of cancelling his community’s summer Colombian Independence Day festival first surfaced “the week after the inauguration” in...
Read MoreOn the first Tuesday of November, Americans will decide whether to keep Congress under Donald Trump’s control, or hand power to the Democrats. The first...
Read MoreAs top US health officials turn against some mRNA vaccines, experts fear for the country’s preparedness for the next pandemic and worry that other vaccines...
Read MoreMore than 3,100 anti-authoritarian protests are scheduled across the US and at least 15 other countries on Saturday. All these events will take place under...
Read More“Our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts.” These were the words of the senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway on NBC television’s Meet the...
Read MoreFox News used old video of Donald Trump in multiple reports on Saturday and Sunday, concealing from viewers that the commander-in-chief wore a golf hat...
Read MoreAn online fundraiser benefiting the family of Alex Pretti had raised nearly $700,000 by Sunday afternoon, a day after federal agents killed the US citizen...
Read MoreEmployees of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) own lucrative stock in companies that stand to directly benefit from their work gutting federal agencies,...
Read MoreThe day so far Revelations from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a series of remarkably unguarded interviews with Vanity Fair caused quite...
Read MoreMexico was rocked this week by a wave of brutal violence after the capture of the drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, AKA “El Mencho”,...
Read MoreAs our coverage of Charlie Kirk’s shooting continues, here’s where things stand for now The search for Kirk’s killer continues today. The Salt Lake City...
Read MoreIn a victory for everyday investors, arbitrators have awarded $3.8m to 13 Florida seniors who claimed a financial adviser squandered their retirement money by plowing...
Read MoreUS senator Bill Cassidy said on Sunday that “there’s a deal to be had” on tackling the rising cost of healthcare, suggesting he remained optimistic...
Read MoreStock markets slipped amid confusion as to when – and at what level – new US tariffs would be applied, as Donald Trump’s self-imposed 9...
Read MoreThe US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said that US-Iranian peace talks could resume in Islamabad over the next two days, and complimented the work of Pakistan’s army chief...
Read MoreA majority of Canadians hold unfavourable views towards the United States, their closest ally, as frustration over trade policy and threats to Canada’s sovereignty persist....
Read MoreThe Democrats had a great day on Tuesday. It’s crucial that they hone their economic message for next year’s midterms to focus on affordability and...
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 MoreWith no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain furloughed. Hundreds of thousands more are working without pay. They...
Read MoreSummary Closing summary Our live coverage is ending now. In the meantime, you can find all of our live US politics coverage here. Here is...
Read MoreOutside the White House cabinet room hangs a painting of Donald Trump flanked by Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, in front of a billowing American...
Read MoreSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has targeted Massachusetts as its next location to begin arresting and deporting immigrants, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to NBC...
Read MoreUS Customs and Border Protection implemented a rule this week that will require airlines to disregard “X” sex markers on passports and input an “M”...
Read MoreSenate Democrats on the finance committee called for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign as he began testifying before the committee and faced...
Read MoreIn his clearest attempt yet to “de‑escalate” tensions in Minneapolis, Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, announced on Wednesday that the administration will draw down...
Read MoreA growing number of federal agencies and staff are explicitly blaming Democrats for the current government shutdown. The political messaging by the agencies may be...
Read MoreTrump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama Donald Trump announced that US Space Command headquarters will officially move from Colorado to Huntsville,...
Read More“That’s the tactic they use,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island senator, pondering whether Donald Trump might attach his name to the John F Kennedy...
Read MoreSenate votes to end Trump’s global tariffs For a third time this week, a bipartisan group of Senators rallied to nullify the global “reciprocal” tariffs...
Read MoreIn a victory for everyday investors, arbitrators have awarded $3.8m to 13 Florida seniors who claimed a financial adviser squandered their retirement money by plowing...
Read MoreTrump in situation room with Hegseth and Caine amid Iran attack on US bases – report Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine and Secretary Pete...
Read MoreA day after Texas Democrat lawmakers fled the state in an effort to halt Republican efforts to redraw their congressional map, Donald Trump said that...
Read MoreWhen Senate Democrats decided in September to use the government funding bill to put up a fight over expiring healthcare subsides, it set the stage...
Read MoreTrump says anyone who protests at Saturday’s military parade ‘will be met with very heavy force’ Donald Trump warned people against protesting at this weekend’s...
Read MoreA recent survey found that a whopping 40% of student loan borrowers say that their loans have negatively affected their ability to cover their basic...
Read MoreIllustration: Mel Haasch/The Guardian For Erica L and her husband, in-vitro fertilization was the “nuclear option”. After two years of trying to conceive, Erica and...
Read MoreGavin Newsom, the California governor, announced the appointment of two prominent scientists who left the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent months...
Read MoreWhite House says it won’t ‘tolerate gaslighting’ from media following Trump’s pressure campaign on justice department Karoline Leavitt was resolute today when fielding questions from...
Read MoreWhite House officials and attorneys for Washington DC have agreed to scale back the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department. Under an agreement...
Read MoreA federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from diverting funds from a multibillion-dollar grant program designed to protect communities against natural disasters. US...
Read MoreThe Trump administration said refunds of tariffs struck down by the US supreme court “will take time”, according to court documents filed by the Department...
Read MoreNational intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she had stripped security clearances from 37 current and former national security officials, including some who...
Read MoreThe Democrats had a great day on Tuesday. It’s crucial that they hone their economic message for next year’s midterms to focus on affordability and...
Read MoreA staffer for Missouri Republican senator Eric Schmitt was previously fired from Ron DeSantis’s unsuccessful presidential campaign after making a video containing neo-Nazi imagery, and...
Read MoreMarjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by...
Read MoreSummary About 17 hours since voting began, the Senate hasn’t yet passed Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that would enact his domestic tax and spending...
Read MoreThe University of Michigan regent Jordan Acker, who helped lead the university’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian students, appears to have made obscene sexual comments about a...
Read MoreA federal court has ruled that Donald Trump’s proclamation of an “invasion” at the US-Mexico border is unlawful, saying that the president had exceeded his...
Read MoreDonald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 5% tariff on Mexico if it does not immediately provide additional water to help US farmers, accusing...
Read MoreThe Trump administration will block organizations that receive US foreign aid from subsidizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and what the administration calls “gender...
Read MoreMany of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria...
Read MoreDHS formally announces New Orleans immigration operation The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it had started its immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans today....
Read MoreVirginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The...
Read MoreRepublican and Democratic senators Lindsey Graham and Mark Kelly have dug their heels in over the government shutdown – which is now approaching two weeks,...
Read MoreCongresswoman Nancy Mace, a once moderate Republican turned Trump loyalist, officially launched her bid for governor of South Carolina on Monday. Currently serving her third...
Read MoreA couple of weekends ago, as dusk was falling over the Escandón neighbourhood of Mexico City, Abel Ortiz was startled by the sound of two...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said his administration is planning to produce a list on Friday of “Democrat programs” that will be closed as a result of...
Read MoreRaskin says Trump’s threat to withhold back pay from federal workers after shutdown is illegal Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who represents many federal...
Read MoreThe killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week has triggered a wave of political disquiet in Washington, with some House Democrats fearing a...
Read MoreHundreds of national guard troops remained in the Chicago area as city and Illinois officials awaited a judge’s decision to stop Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration...
Read MoreThe rustle of a notepad. The click of a pen lid. On a floral-patterned sofa sits Dustin Hoffman with long hair, big collar and a...
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 MoreEuropean leaders have made fresh efforts to pin down Donald Trump on the level of support he is willing to give Ukraine to push back...
Read MoreDonald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports...
Read MoreDonald Trump alleged “triple sabotage” at the United Nations, after the US president was plagued by a series of unfortunate events surrounding his address to...
Read MoreSchumer rejects Trump’s claim that bipartisan shutdown negotiations are under way Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with Democrats...
Read MoreA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding and threatening hefty fines against the University of California amid the administration’s attempts...
Read MoreRepublicans pile pressure on Thune to alter rules for Trump’s voter ID bill Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Republican Senate majority...
Read MoreMaga stalwarts break with Trump as he threatens to eradicate a ‘whole civilization’ Donald Trump’s threat to eradicate a “whole civilization” if Iran refuses a...
Read MoreThe immigrant population of the United States, which has been growing for more than 50 years, has declined by more than a million people since...
Read MoreA dispute over the dismissal of Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has intensified, with her attorneys asserting...
Read MoreResistance is growing to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, with the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, signing an executive order to counter the president’s move. The...
Read MoreAfter Donald Trump ordered the firing of a federal government official in charge of labor statistics, experts and opposition politicians have expressed alarm that the...
Read MoreDoJ racing to redact documents ahead of deadline to release Epstein files – report Congress has mandated that the Trump administration release a trove of...
Read MoreNew York City has awoken to a ‘political earthquake’ as progressive residents celebrated the victory of the 33-year-old politician over his political establishment rival Andrew...
Read MoreGovernment accountability organization accuses agriculture secretary of unlawfully refusing to use emergency fund created to prevent food stampt disruptions during shutdowns A government accountability organization...
Read MoreThe furore over Donald Trump’s ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued on Friday as new revelations about the pair’s relationship threatened to...
Read MoreWhen are we going to get the message? I joked a few months back that, when it comes to Donald Trump, Europe needs to learn...
Read MoreThe price of Brent oil soared above $126 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest level since 2022, after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of...
Read MoreThe Republican-controlled Texas house on Wednesday approved a redrawn congressional map requested by Donald Trump and fiercely opposed by Democrats, who led a weeks-long protest...
Read MoreNot a day goes by without some news about billionaires throwing their weight around to bend the system in their favor or about politicians giving...
Read MoreAdvocacy group urges court to uphold birthright citizenship With the supreme court set to decide the legality of Trump’s order to heavily restrict birthright citizenship,...
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 MoreIce chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
Read MoreFederal agents clashed with demonstrators in Los Angeles on Sunday as police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse massive crowds of people protesting against...
Read MoreAn Indiana Republican lawmaker whose child has Down syndrome has promised to oppose efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map to favor his party after...
Read MoreFor more than six months, Donald Trump and his justice department have insisted they would get to the bottom of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, but nine...
Read MoreWhite House ups federal law enforcement at tourist hot spots in Washington, DC Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom...
Read MoreUS defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration...
Read MoreDonald Trump has vowed that he will not sign any other legislation until Republicans’ massive voting bill, the Save America act, is passed. The bill...
Read MoreAs tanks and soldiers parade through the streets of Washington on Saturday, millions of people around the country are expected to turn out in their...
Read MoreA few days before Christmas in Pérez Zeledón, a city in Costa Rica, Greidy Mata stared at two photographs of her late brother. In one...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s evident panic over his intimate relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is a case study in damage control gone haywire. If he is trying to...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among...
Read MoreRepublican US senator Steve Daines of Montana dropped his bid for re-election to a third term Wednesday. Daines withdrew his name just minutes before the...
Read MoreKevin McCarthy says Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for Republicans Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy has said Majorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt...
Read MoreThe first time a woman I’ll call Shoshana went toBrandi Carlile’s music festival, she arrived alone. She had just been through another unsuccessful round of...
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 MoreA Chinese company executive has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking in chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl, the US justice department has...
Read MoreMamdani celebrated with his mother, Mira Nair, his wife, Rama Duwaji, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian Share on Facebook Share...
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump said he was sending the national guard to Portland, Oregon, to protect immigration officers, local residents immediately responded with characteristic sarcasm. Mocking...
Read MoreA generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older attendees and their political heirs at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in...
Read MoreDC mayor Bowser hardens stance on Trump, calls deployment of national guard an ‘authoritarian push’ Muriel Bowser last night hardened her stance on Donald Trump...
Read MoreDonald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once again. It...
Read More‘Call them out, call their employer’: Vance urges people to go hard against anyone ‘justifying or celebrating’ Kirk’s killing Rachel Leingang To close out as...
Read MoreThe first step toward ending the US government shutdown has been made after a handful of Democrats and dozens of Republicans voted to advance legislation...
Read MoreThe man who shot Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton in 1981 has said it was “spooky” for him to learn of Saturday’s shooting at...
Read MoreHating legal constraints, Donald Trump has repeatedly taken unilateral actions for which he had zero legal authority unless he found some national emergency to declare....
Read MoreDonald Trump’s nomination of Republican senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the president’s next head of homeland security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation...
Read MoreDavid Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents, Republican and Democrat, in a career spanning decades in government, academia and...
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 MoreLiberal politicians outside the US have watched Zohran Mamdani’s election win as New York mayor with interest, with some saying it offers lessons in how...
Read MoreAt a press conference, the US president, Donald Trump, addressed his latest deadline for Tehran to reach a deal (8pm ET on Tuesday), adding: “The...
Read MoreThe US has flown five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to the small, African country of Eswatini – an absolute monarchy with...
Read MoreIt is inevitable that too much will be laid on Zohran Mamdani’s head. So large is the vacuum on the left of politics that his...
Read MoreRudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump, has settled a long-running defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over lies...
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 MoreA federal prosecutor leading the investigation into former CIA director John Brennan is no longer working on the case after expressing reservations about it, according...
Read MoreIt was the hottest day of the year so far when the central air conditioning started blowing hot air in the mobile home where Richard...
Read MoreHillary Clinton to testify in US House panel’s Epstein probe Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Former US secretary of state Hillary...
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