Arizona’s attorney general is suing House speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election...

More details have emerged about the six American service members who were killed in an unmanned aircraft system attack in the Shuaiba port in Kuwait...

Global Times hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’ Chinese state media has reacted gleefully to the...

Trump says administration is ‘only’ going to make permanent cuts to ‘Democrat programs’ Trumps says that “we will be making cuts that are permanent and...

Perhaps the most revealing post-mortem on Republicans’ election night meltdown came from the vice-president, JD Vance. After a night that saw Democratic governors elected in...

The threat of a world war. Political assassinations. Federal raids on unsuspecting migrants. There seems to be no end to terrifying news these days. In...

NYU Langone Health, one of New York City’s major hospital networks, announced this week that it will shut down its gender‑affirming care program for minors,...

Trump heads to annual Nato summit as Rutte praises his ‘decisive action in Iran’ Trump left Washington DC this morning and is currently on his...

Afghan man moving to US seized by immigration agents after green card application appointment The Trump administration is continuing its deportations policy, which has been...

People with the power to change the direction of the Democratic party – the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) – met last...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments. Donald Trump hosted Zohran Mamdani,...

FBI says it has recovered weapon believed to have been used to kill Charlie Kirk Speaking to the press, Robert Coles, the Special Agent in...

Many communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, were reeling after federal Customs and Border Protection teams descended on the city at the weekend and arrested at...

Since returning to office, Donald Trump has issued more than 1,800 pardons – to financial fraudsters, drug kingpins, January 6 insurrectionists and others. Unfortunately, Trump’s...

The 72nd meeting of the Bilderberg group, the elite and secretive policy conference that is the longtime subject of endless conspiracy theories, was held at...

An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas – a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have...

Summary Donald Trump declined to deliver a message of national unity when he addressed tens of thousands of people gathered for the memorial to honor...

White House officials sought to rapidly distance Donald Trump and top officials from their initial portrayals of the man fatally shot by federal officials in...

An 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...

Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill has passed a procedural step in the US House of Representatives, paving the way for the possible passage of the...

Donald Trump’s followers, and the conspiracist influencers turned-government officials through whom he persuades them, have turned on the president and US attorney general after they...

Earlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature...

He eats biryani with his hands, references Bollywood, is an unapologetic Muslim and a progressive. He has also done something politically risky for a mainstream...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern...

When canvassers fan out across neighborhoods, they usually rely on sophisticated lists that will tell them things like a voter’s political party and how likely...

Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is...

The longest US government shutdown in history ended on Wednesday after more than 42 days, following the House of Representative’s passage of a bill negotiated...

“I’m a bit of an insomniac. So at almost 2am, I was awake, actually, and the first explosion, I swear I thought it was an...

When 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:...

‘It’s the opening of an opportunity,’ say Senate Democrats who broke ranks to end government shutdown The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks...

Against 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...

The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation”,...

Oil prices have again topped $100 a barrel as widespread Iranian attacks on energy facilities in the Middle East overshadowed a vast release of government...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and whether there’s a...

When Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence officials, outside experts and policymakers over...

The House oversight committee on Tuesday issued subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as several former attorneys general and directors of the FBI,...

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, said state Democratic lawmakers would move forward with a redistricting plan to counter the Republican-led map-drawing effort in Texas aimed at...

It has taken barely two weeks for Donald Trump to turn the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk to his political advantage, unleashing an unprecedented peacetime...

Bonnie Connery was horrified when she read the news about the death of ICE observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on 7 January. Within minutes,...

Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US...

Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the US economy issued by Joe Biden, the White House said. The...

Amid the Donald Trump administration’s heavy-handed review of Smithsonian museums, the Guardian has seen a document compiled by the White House that details examples of...

With quips, memes and jabs, Democrats cheered Donald Trump’s firing of attorney general Pam Bondi on Thursday, while the president’s Republican allies praised her relatively...

A man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to...

The White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night was upended by gunshots, prompting the immediate evacuation of Donald and Melania Trump. Hundreds of guest including...

Employees 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,...

Donald Trump is persistent. In his first term as president, he withdrew the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 6 July 2020, giving...

At Iowa rally, Trump uses antisemitic slur about bankers During a speech to supporters at the Iowa Fair Grounds, Donald Trump just used an antisemitic...

Late-night hosts took aim at JD Vance over his unusual birthday demand and Donald Trump over his disastrous tariffs. Stephen Colbert On The Late Show,...

Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits The Trump administration has said in a court filing that it plans to...

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

Since he reclaimed the White House, Donald Trump loves being compared with a monarch with unprecedented powers. “LONG LIVE THE KING!” Trump said on social...

Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country...

Late-night hosts unpacked the Trump administration’s continued attempts to distract from and underplay the Epstein files. Jimmy Kimmel It took barely a glance at Donald...

Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, began the first edition of her YouTube show with a vow to unmask “the evil-doers” attempting to bring down...

The abandoned homes and razed lots along the meandering Troublesome Creek in rural eastern Kentucky is a constant reminder of the 2022 catastrophic floods that...

Trump 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...

When Max Miller ran for Congress in 2022, the Trump loyalist and former aide was unequivocal: inflation and the economy were “the top issue” for...

Pope Leo has reiterated his disapproval of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, saying foreigners in the US are being treated in an “extremely disrespectful way”. Leo,...

The growth in global demand for “green” office buildings has slowed after Donald Trump’s assault on environmental protection policies caused a slump in interest in...

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

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded US Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched teargas at a crowd of demonstrators –...

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

A federal judge on Friday blocked the justice department from serving subpoenas to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in an inquiry purported to be about...

Kelly Loeffler, the new administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), announced recently that the agency charged with supporting the businesses that are the backbone...

Violent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...

Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating Tammy Bruce, the state department spokesperson, as the next US deputy representative to the United Nations, which...

A federal judge has reversed a freeze put on funds by Donald Trump for $16bn in enhanced rail links connecting New York and New Jersey...

American politicians reacted to the news of the US bombing of nuclear targets in Iran with a mix of cheering support and instant condemnation, reflecting...

Columbia University has agreed to adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism as it pursues an agreement with the Trump aimed at restoring $400m in federal...

Police say video suggests ‘lone gunman’ shot two national guard members in Washington DC A review of video from the scene of the shooting of...

The Florida legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that Donald...

The Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised on Saturday to fight a Trump administration order halting work on a nearly complete wind farm...

Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by...

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

Discussions are reportedly under way within Donald Trump’s administration about the US possibly granting asylum to Jewish people from the UK, according to the Telegraph,...

Zohran Mamdani vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city...

At a press conference, the US president, Donald Trump, addressed his latest deadline for Tehran to reach a deal (8pm ET on Tuesday), adding: “The...

The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal...

Trump’s ‘antifa roundtable’ airs grievances of partisan conservative influencers So far, all of the fact witnesses contributing testimony at the White House “antifa roundtable” hosted...

It is time to unfurl the “Mission Accomplished” banner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Paramount Global, the parent of CBS Television, has agreed to...

Independent and organic farmers say chaos created by the Trump administration’s cuts has hurt their businesses, even as the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy...

Stephen Miller insists the East Wing of the White House ‘is not part of The White House’ In an appearance on Fox News on Friday,...

Bondi says she is ‘thrilled’ about new private sector role following firing as attorney general In a statement on social media, Pam Bondi said that...

For political connoisseurs of a certain vintage, it feels like deja vu all over again. To anyone who witnessed Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s,...

Prior to his landslide election victory in 2010, which was to lead to 16 unbroken years in power, Viktor Orbán would tell supporters: “We have...

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...

Donald 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...

The US supreme court will hear a hugely consequential case on Wednesday that will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil...

The scientist responsible for overseeing the CDC team that collects data on Covid and RSV hospitalizations resigned on Monday. Dr Fiona Havers told colleagues in...

Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of as much as 40% for 14 countries have drawn muted responses from the hardest hit Asian countries who are...

Thelma and Willie Perryman spend most days out front of their family trailer in rural Alabama, shooting the breeze while enjoying the birdsong – and...

The surgeon general from the first Trump administration on Saturday said that the US president should “absolutely” fire health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr over...

So to peace in our time. And why not? The Nobel committee is meeting in Oslo to divvy up its annual gongs and Donald Trump,...

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...

A scrapbook for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday released on Monday contains a photo of him holding a novelty check bearing Donald Trump’s signature, along with...

Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat Speaking to reporters on Air Force One yesterday, the president defended Hegseth, saying he believed his...

A US appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and...

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States a second time from what is essentially the beacon of global culture and heritage – Unesco –...