Texas House reconvenes, ready to pass GOP-drawn map The Texas house is starting up for legislative business again. The Republican majority is poised to pass...

The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part...

Trump will not recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case Trump’s allies have been pushing the president to name a special counsel in the Epstein case,...

Noem repeats that fatal shooting in Minneapolis was in response to an ‘act of domestic terrorism’ At today’s press conference, Kristi Noem repeated her claim...

Most of us are no longer free. People are aware of this condition to varying degrees. Some, nostalgic for the world that was, reject “unfreedom”...

A day after Texas Democrat lawmakers fled the state in an effort to halt Republican efforts to redraw their congressional map, Donald Trump said that...

President Trump received a trio of legal setbacks Friday related to the government shutdown and his attempts to tweak voting access in US elections. First,...

Brown University agrees to pay $50m to settle dispute with Trump administration Brown University announced on Wednesday it “reached a voluntary agreement with the federal...

Donald 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...

US to make several trade announcements in next 48 hours, treasury secretary says The United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48...

Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” over the Epstein files, while claiming that she and her husband are being forced to...

Peter Mandelson was not subject to in-depth security vetting prior to his appointment as ambassador to Washington, the government has said. The Cabinet Office conducted...

It would have taken a heart of stone to watch the death of the Trump-Musk bromance without laughing. Democrats passed the popcorn on Thursday night...

US government to shut down within hours if no funding deal agreed Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...

Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges According to Illinois’ lawsuit, Donald Trump is deploying the military to Illinois based on...

For about 2,000 students attending high school in Dayton, Ohio, there won’t be a bus in sight when they walk out the door for the...

Donald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for...

Former FBI director James Comey, after his indictment on criminal charges of false statements and obstruction, said he was innocent and that he had faith...

Signs show that Khamenei is ‘no longer with us’, says Netanyahu Netanyahu says airstrikes have destroyed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound and adds that “all indications...

Amir-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...

After last year’s election, when Republicans made significant inroads in the state, New Jersey voters will cast ballots in an off-year, unpredictable gubernatorial race that...

White 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...

The US supreme court on Monday appeared poised to back the Trump administration’s argument that the president should be able to fire independent board members...

House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose...

Gavin Newsom has stumbled upon the perfect slogan for his likely upcoming presidential campaign: “Strong and Wrong.” In a recent interview, California’s governor said Americans...

Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of the late progressive congressman Raúl Grijalva, won a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat left open when her...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria in a move that the White House says will help stabilise...

US treasury sanctions major Russian oil companies, calls for Russia to accept immediate ceasefire The Trump administration said on Wednesday it is “imposing further sanctions...

A federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which Donald Trump’s administration...

Trump says he will meet Putin again in Budapest after ‘productive’ call Donald Trump has said that his call with Vladimir Putin – which lasted...

Donald Trump said Friday he will direct all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE” all use of artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic. The US Department of...

Trump says he will meet Putin in Alaska next week Donald Trump said he plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday, 15 August....

It was quite a day in Davos. Donald Trump began his time at the World Economic Forum Wednesday with a rambling, racism-drenched speech in which...

David Hogg, the young vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee whose vow to unseat “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats roiled his party, said on Wednesday that he would...

In an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week signed a bill directing the justice department to release more files from the investigation into the convicted...

On Tuesday, Democrats won right, left and center. In purple Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, the staunchly anti-socialist former CIA official won handily over her Republican counterpart....

Schumer 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...

Trump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’ for the president Karoline Leavitt offers a limited preface to the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in...

Late-night hosts discussed the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the “spite” behind Donald Trump’s impending tariffs. Seth Meyers On Late Night, Seth Meyers spoke about...

The US’s largest public health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid, turn 60 years old on Wednesday – a birthday that will be celebrated only weeks...

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

It’s good to see the variety of entertainment available at the Royal Albert Hall expanding (More rice, bigger chairs and reinforced toilets: sumo wrestling comes...

There are many ways to characterize Proposition 50, the single ballot initiative that Californians will be voting on this election season. You could say it’s...

The surprise resignation of Marjorie Taylor Greene reverberated through Saturday, as figures from across the political spectrum gave responses ranging from criticism to acclaim, including...

Alex Padilla took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to deliver a deeply personal speech, formally entering into the congressional record his account of being...

The Senate “vote-a-rama” on the tax and spending bill, already a record for passing 45 consecutive votes, has now passed the 24-hour mark. CNN is...

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the...

Closing summary This concludes out live coverage of the second Trump administration for the wek, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...

The FBI searched multiple properties on Thursday as it widened its investigation into a shooting in Washington on Wednesday, that has left one national guard...

A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed up the deportations of people his administration accuses...

Donald Trump has broken his silence on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, complaining that people who “innocently met” the convicted paedophile could have...

As Donald Trump menaces the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which funds a long list of progressive causes, Binaifer Nowrojee, the OSF president, says the global...

The bombshell announcement that the Trump administration no longer fully recommends a third of childhood vaccines means the US moved from leading globally on vaccination...

Trump faces criticism over to order to rebrand Pentagon as ‘Department of War’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics where...

Jamieson Greer, a US trade representative, said on Monday that Washington and Beijing have struck a framework agreement on transferring TikTok to US-controlled ownership. Speaking...

Almost a year after the 2024 election there are still some houses with “Harris” signs in their windows dotted around my liberal Philadelphia neighbourhood. The...

Trump: ‘No deal until there’s a deal’ David Smith That was quick. Donald Trump left more questions than answers as he fawned over Vladimir Putin...

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”...

The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful...

While it’s true no president or political leader has ever used social media quite as prolifically as Donald Trump, no recent secretary of defense has...

Abbas 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...

Anthony Weiner says politicians such as him and Donald Trump can survive scandals while qualified candidates like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton lose elections because...

Trump in situation room with Hegseth and Caine amid Iran attack on US bases – report Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine and Secretary Pete...

The CEOs of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport...

Trump goes after Zohran Mamdani Donald Trump has weighed in on Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, saying: “the Democrats have crossed the line”. He...

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, will face senators on Tuesday, as Donald Trump ramps up his crackdown on political opponents, Democratic-run cities and alleged...

Petition to trigger House vote on release of Epstein files reaches required total Shortly after Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of...

The measure of a political party’s failure lies not in how many agnostics and opponents it fails to convert, but in how many loyalists it...

Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenues from chip sales in China, under an unprecedented arrangement to obtain...

National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she had stripped security clearances from 37 current and former national security officials, including some who...

Closing summary This brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close. Thanks for reading, and here are some of the latest...

Kyrsten Sinema, a former US senator, admitted in court filings to having a “romantic and intimate” relationship with a married man who was a member...

The US government is on the brink of a shutdown after the Senate on Tuesday rejected competing plans to extend funding beyond midnight. Senate Democrats...

Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to...

Here’s a recap of where things stand so far The Texas house is getting down to legislative business today. The Republican majority is poised to...

Homosexuality is an illness that therapists can and should cure: that’s the rationale for “conversion therapy”, a practice promoted as a way to change an...

Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch will probably be part of a group of investors that will buy TikTok in the US, Donald Trump...

First, American forces would strike with poison gas munitions, seizing a strategically valuable port city. Soldiers would sever undersea cables, destroy bridges and rail lines...

Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. The mandatory...

Markwayne Mullin, the US homeland security secretary, used a visit to Asheville, North Carolina to call for a fundamental shift in the role of the...

Jeffries 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...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned...

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...

If one thing is more challenging to the rule of law than a genuine emergency, it is the invention of a phoney one. Since returning...

Donald Trump hand-delivered a personal letter from first lady Melania Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin raising the plight of Ukrainian and Russian children caught...

Senate Democrats on the finance committee called for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign as he began testifying before the committee and faced...

Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once...

The temperature hovered around zero degrees as news crews and mourners stopped by the site where another Minneapolis resident was shot and killed by federal...

Stanford University will cut $140m from its budget in the coming academic year, citing “consequences from federal policy changes” including “reductions in federal research support...

In the six months since Donald Trump took office, the US president has supercharged the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus – pushing immigration officials to arrest...

Following the fatal shooting earlier this month of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, his colleagues received reassurance that they continued to...

Rightwing activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University in Utah. Kirk was about 20 minutes into...

As Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, splurged more than $250m on Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election campaign, the US president commissioned his new ally to...

The FBI is investigating an apparent impersonator who pretended to be the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in texts and calls to her...

Key takeaways from Mike Johnson’s press conference Keen to put on a show of Republican unity and blame the Democrats for the ongoing Epstein furore,...

He was supposed to be touting the economy but could not resist taking aim at an old foe. “Which is better: Sleepy Joe or Crooked...

William H Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his...

The US supreme court on Wednesday appeared poised to protect birthright citizenship, the longstanding policy that babies born in the US are American citizens, in...

Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration, but just for the day. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump turned...