Staffing shortages at US airports are anticipated to cause further disruption to air travelers on Wednesday as effects from the US government shutdown, now in...
Read MoreStaffing shortages at US airports are anticipated to cause further disruption to air travelers on Wednesday as effects from the US government shutdown, now in...
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 MoreThe Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would no doubt have understood and even appreciated the latest attack by the Trump administration on climate researchers and their...
Read MoreDonald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project. The US transportation department...
Read MoreAs the Israel-Gaza war nears its two-year mark, and as images of starving people and utter devastation flood social media, cracks seem to be emerging...
Read MoreOpening summary US lawmakers have shared their concerns over escalating tensions between the US and Venezuela after US forces seized an oil tanker off the...
Read MoreDonald Trump has hailed a supreme court decision to limit federal judges’ powers to block his orders on a nationwide basis as a “monumental victory”...
Read MoreThe US supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal on Friday, in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president’s...
Read MoreTrump administration orders release of Epstein court documents The US Department of Justice asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in...
Read MoreThe US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, had lunch with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the disgraced financier’s private island, he said on Tuesday,...
Read MoreTrump says he wasn’t briefed on FBI raid on John Bolton’s home The president said he wasn’t briefed on the raid on John Bolton’s home,...
Read MoreSupreme court extends ruling that halts Snap benefits rollout across the US The supreme court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid...
Read MoreTrump asks for ‘prayers’ for Charlie Kirk after shooting at Utah university Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social about the shooting at Utah Valley...
Read MoreElon Musk has mocked Donald Trump’s claim that files related to the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are “a hoax”. “Wow, amazing that Epstein ‘killed...
Read MoreTom Homan, the White House border czar, said about 700 federal agents would leave Minnesota, a large drop in agents on the ground but still...
Read MoreYou wouldn’t be alone if you feel that the US more closely resembles North Korea these days – with giant images of the dear leader...
Read MoreThe US Department of Homeland Security has for the first time built a national citizenship database that combines information from immigration agencies and the social...
Read MoreMahmoud Khalil squinted in the afternoon sun as he walked away from the fences topped with razor wire, through two tall gates and out into...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Summary Closing summary Our live coverage is ending now. In the...
Read MoreHouse Democrats on Friday sent a letter to the attorneys representing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein requesting a copy of the so-called “birthday book” that...
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 MoreA group of New Yorkers has filed a lawsuit against the state’s board of elections alleging that its congressional map unconstitutionally dilutes the voting power...
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 MoreDonald Trump has ordered the deployment of the national guard to Portland, Oregon, authorizing “full force, if necessary”, ignoring calls from local and state officials...
Read MoreOutrage over Democrats’ video on illegal orders defies ‘common sense and basic morality’, Ron Paul says Ron Paul, the former Republican congressman and presidential candidate,...
Read MorePete Hegseth on Saturday doubled down on his defense of US military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, arguing that Donald Trump...
Read More“From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information,...
Read MoreDonald Trump signed his sweeping spending package into law on Friday during a Fourth of July picnic at the White House, significantly cutting back on...
Read MoreEight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday, clearing the way for their imminent...
Read MoreThe justices of the US supreme court – even its conservatives – have traditionally valued their institution’s own standing. John Roberts, the current US chief...
Read MoreBoulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...
Read MoreRepublican representative Lauren Boebert has fired back at Donald Trump for vetoing a bill that would have funded a drinking water project in her Colorado...
Read MoreTrump says US is ‘looking at land’ strikes in Venezuela after lethal strikes on boats Asked in the Oval Office if the US is considering...
Read MoreUS supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting...
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 MoreDonald Trump has said he regrets not getting the US national guard to seize voting machines after his 2020 election defeat ended his first presidency,...
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 MoreA critical US atmospheric data collection program will be halted by Monday, giving weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent...
Read MoreColbert calls suspension of Kimmel after threats from FCC chair a ‘blatant assault on the freedom of speech’ In his opening monologue on Thursday night,...
Read MoreA counseling program in Alabama for people with HIV, helping them get into treatment and housing. A training program in New Hampshire for first responders...
Read MoreFed working with White House to accommodate Trump’s visit The Federal Reserve is working with the White House to accommodate Donald Trump’s unexpected visit to...
Read MoreChris Wright, the US Department of Energy secretary, said on Sunday that the spike in energy prices would last weeks, at the worst, not months,...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Saturday evening hosted the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees in the Oval Office for a medal-presentation ceremony, celebrating country music singer George Strait,...
Read MoreDonald Trump changed the channel from Iran to the western hemisphere on Saturday, convening a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club...
Read MoreViolent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...
Read MoreJessica Plichta was arrested on 3 January after a live interview with a local news station about a Grand Rapids, Michigan, protest against the Trump...
Read MoreThe White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump’s recent “comprehensive executive physical” after the president admitted Sunday night he had “no idea” what...
Read MoreJohn Bolton indicted on charges of mishandling and transmitting classified information Hugo Lowell A federal grand jury has indicted John Bolton, the former national security...
Read MoreTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched...
Read MoreIllinois sues to block Trump from deploying national guard troops to Chicago Illinois has filed a lawsuit this morning seeking to block Donald Trump from...
Read MoreThe “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...
Read MoreDonald 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...
Read MoreSo to peace in our time. And why not? The Nobel committee is meeting in Oslo to divvy up its annual gongs and Donald Trump,...
Read MoreOregon’s governor calls on federal appeals court to stop Trump from deploying troops to Portland Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, just called on a federal appeals...
Read MoreDonald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is...
Read MoreThe Trump administration on Tuesday evening unexpectedly canceled up to $1.9bn in funding for substance use and mental health care, which providers say will immediately...
Read MoreElizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders press incoming CBS owner on ‘side deal’ with Trump and cancelling Colbert Citing concerns over possible violations of bribery laws,...
Read More‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,’ says Bill Clinton in opening statement on Epstein ties Former president Bill Clinton has delivered his opening...
Read MoreUtah officials have released the county dispatch audio on the moment police were alerted to the shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday. Kirk...
Read MoreTodd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said at a press conference that to protect victims the department ‘redacted every woman depicted in any image or...
Read MoreHouse Democrats share Trump ‘birthday note’ to Jeffrey Epstein Democrats on the House oversight committee have released a scanned copy of a “birthday note” that...
Read MoreNvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenues from chip sales in China, under an unprecedented arrangement to obtain...
Read MoreThe 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....
Read MoreDonald Trump’s advisers have for now abandoned an effort to find a new chief of staff to serve the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing senior...
Read MoreDonald Trump said on Tuesday that Republicans are entitled to the five more seats they could pick up if congressional maps proposed by Texas Republicans...
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s proposed cuts in federal funding for law enforcement and public health agencies could have a devastating impact on Alaska, which a Guardian...
Read MoreLate-night hosts recapped US attorney general Pam Bondi’s contentious congressional hearing as she faced tough questions over the justice department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein...
Read MoreDemocracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal. Before Donald Trump’s...
Read MoreDonald Trump has received rapturous acclaim from congressional Republicans as he touted a “brilliant” and “incredible” attack on Venezuela that led to the capture of...
Read MoreCalling Trump ‘heartless’, top Senate Democrat blames president for food aid cut off Democratic senator minority leader Chuck Schumer is laying into Donald Trump, after...
Read MoreAfter the joy, the trepidation. Or at least the preparation. Democrats, along with many others around the world, cheered this week’s wins in a clutch...
Read MoreUS senator Bernie Sanders amplified his recent criticism of artificial intelligence on Sunday, explicitly linking the financial ambition of “the richest people in the world”...
Read MoreAmericans across all 50 states began marching in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need. A state department spokesperson confirmed...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, possibly this year, in an attempt to revive the failed nuclear diplomacy...
Read MoreKey events 25m ago Latest headlines 54m ago Trump says he assumes Denmark weighed in on Greenland deal 2h ago Russia, which is still attacking...
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 MoreMore than 97% of immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago had no criminal conviction, according to federal court records. The...
Read MoreThe killing of Charlie Kirk has left the US and those who care about it on edge. The arrest of a suspect, Tyler Robinson, has...
Read MoreWhite House names deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill acting CDC director In the sudden absence of the usually ubiquitous Donald Trump, a Trump administration official...
Read MoreDonald Trump observed blithely last week that if his cherished tariff regime is struck down by the US supreme court, he may need to “unwind”...
Read MoreOn 25 February, in her opening remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing, Casey Means, Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, called on the US government...
Read MoreEurope’s relationship with the US is unmoored, but it has also lost its bearings with regard to China, caught by competing forces that pull and...
Read MoreThe federal prosecutor for the eastern district of Virginia resigned Friday under intense pressure from Donald Trump, after his office determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence...
Read MoreUS government shuts down as midnight deadline passes The US government has officially shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after congressional...
Read MoreDonald Trump had a warning for congressional Republicans on Wednesday: any of them who joined an effort to rescind his tariffs on Canada would “seriously...
Read MoreThe email landed in Lizzie Johnson’s in-tray in Ukraine just before 4pm local time. It came at a tough time for the reporter: Russia had...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic mayoral candidate, said on Monday evening he was willing to appear at a town hall hosted by a local...
Read MoreHarvard University said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s move to bar foreign nationals seeking to study at the Ivy League school from entering the United...
Read MoreJustice department to send federal monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey The justice department announced on Friday that it intends to send...
Read MoreDonald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the...
Read MoreHigh-stakes talks between the US and Iran over the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme ended on Thursday without a deal, as the White House weighs...
Read MoreOn a Friday night in late May, Wang Jian was getting ready to broadcast. It was pouring outside, and he was sitting in the garage...
Read MoreTrump nominates economist at the Heritage Foundation as the new BLS commissioner President Donald Trump announced he is nominating EJ Antoni, the chief economist at...
Read MoreJD Vance has said the US is “not at war” with Iran – but is with its nuclear weapons program, holding out a position that...
Read MoreMadison Sheahan, a Trump ally and the second-ranking official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said on Thursday she was ditching her leadership position to...
Read More‘Tariffs are taxes’: challenger to Trump’s tariffs speaks to supreme court Michael Sainato At the supreme court, Neal Katyal, the attorney arguing for private companies...
Read MoreWhite House: Tariffs to stay despite legal setback Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing...
Read MoreOnly two more Republicans needed to force House vote on Epstein files release, congressman says Democratic congressman Ro Khanna says the House will be compelled...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is planning to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to intensify its...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Tom Silverstone speaks to peaceful protesters and local residents in Washington DC, who express a mixture of anger, concern and curiosity over the...
Read MoreThe Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and...
Read MoreThe United States government is officially closed. Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money. Agencies and departments designed...
Read 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 MoreDonald Trump has denied the indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a campaign of retribution against his political opponents. The US...
Read MoreA US federal judge will issue an injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students. The university was in...
Read MoreThe US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has developed a go-to response when asked about something controversial Donald Trump or members of his administration said or...
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 More“Washington DC is considered a safe zone,” Donald Trump declared on Tuesday, veering off topic at the national Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White...
Read MoreElon Musk said, very loudly and very publicly, what is usually the quiet part of the role of money in US politics. “Without me, Trump...
Read MoreKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US...
Read MoreDonald Trump said arrangements were under way for a face to face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to be followed by a trilateral...
Read MoreDonald Trump has played down hopes that he will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, saying during a White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy that...
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell urges supreme court to overturn her conviction Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, has urged the supreme...
Read More‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,’ says Bill Clinton in opening statement on Epstein ties Former president Bill Clinton has delivered his opening...
Read MoreThe EU could “respond swiftly and decisively” against the “unjustified” US visa bans on five Europeans involved in combating online hate and disinformation, a European...
Read MoreDonald Trump on Friday morning launched a fresh defense of his conduct in the Jeffrey Epstein case after the scandal deepened on Thursday following a...
Read MoreA federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid...
Read MoreAs the US government shutdown stretched into its second day, Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the funding lapse as an “unprecedented opportunity” to further his...
Read MoreTrump falsely claims ‘total victory’ in New York case after fine thrown out, slams judge Donald Trump has hailed an appeals court’s decision to throw...
Read MoreJD Vance will reportedly host a meeting on Wednesday evening at his residence with a handful of senior Trump administration officials to discuss their strategy...
Read 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 MoreUS airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of...
Read MoreTrump asks for ‘prayers’ for Charlie Kirk after shooting at Utah university Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social about the shooting at Utah Valley...
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 MoreDemocracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal. Before Donald Trump’s...
Read MoreOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to use tariffs to revitalise American industry, bringing jobs home and helping to make America great again. But...
Read MoreWait, Donald Trump is naming a stadium after himself? That’s if a well-sourced report from ESPN is to be believed. The US president has apparently...
Read MoreDonald Trump will heap further pressure on the chief of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, on Thursday when the US president makes a visit to...
Read MoreDonald Trump has signed an executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria in a move that the White House says will help stabilise...
Read MoreBoston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back...
Read MoreThe killing of Charlie Kirk has prompted a crackdown by authorities on critical commentary, with numerous people losing their jobs over their reaction to the...
Read MoreThe death of Renee has ignited anger across the US, with more than a thousand protests held across the country in the wake of the...
Read MoreAs more health systems end gender-affirming care for patients amid a crackdown from the Trump administration, scientists and advocates say the science of sex and...
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers have passed a bill requiring schools to alert families and teachers when immigration enforcement authorities are on campuses as the Trump administration continues...
Read MoreA panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s...
Read MoreThe justices of the US supreme court – even its conservatives – have traditionally valued their institution’s own standing. John Roberts, the current US chief...
Read MoreDocuments show Jeffrey Epstein texted with House member during 2019 testimony from Michael Cohen – report Documents provided to Congress this week by the estate...
Read MoreThe US supreme court has allowed Alabama to go ahead with its seventh execution using the contested method of nitrogen gas, a form of suffocation...
Read MoreThe Department of Defense’s inspector general released the much-anticipated unclassified report on Thursday about Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of plans for military airstrikes in Yemen in...
Read MoreThe New York City mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Friday that he is going to stay in the fall’s highly anticipated mayoral race, just days...
Read MoreIt’s easy to get lost in the Sáttítla Highlands in remote north-eastern California. There are miles of rolling lava fields, untouched forest and obsidian mountains....
Read MoreAn 82-year-old man in Pennsylvania was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to...
Read MoreCongressional Republicans were largely silent on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Tuesday, even as Democrats sought to use the occasion to...
Read MoreJ Randy Taraborrelli has already written five books on the Kennedy family but his sixth, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, is his first that’s directly about...
Read MoreTop Senate Democrat says he expects justice department to respond to Epstein demand by 15 August At the Capitol, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is...
Read MoreThe word “Truth” was plastered all around the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning. At 9.30am, when the market opened, a small crowd stood...
Read MoreTrump issues tariff letters to six more countries But before he meets with west African leaders, Donald Trump is now announcing more trade notices to...
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 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 MoreDonald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the US to 15% on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff...
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 MoreTrump files lawsuit against BBC over edit of January 6 speech President Donald Trump officially filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC on Monday after...
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 MoreTrump doubles down on ‘Epstein hoax’ and says Republicans pursuing it are ‘stupid people’ The president then was asked what evidence he might have seen...
Read MoreThere are people who argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is not motivated by fears or imperial ambitions, but by other countries’ disrespect. Russia...
Read MoreLeavitt calls Trump-appointed judge ‘untethered in reality’ following national guard ruling Karoline Leavitt said that the ruling from Karin Immergut, a Trump-appointed federal judge, was...
Read MoreMarco Rubio impostor using AI to contact multiple senior officials – report An unknown fraudster has used artificial intelligence to impersonate the US secretary of...
Read More1. The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis...
Read More“There are two types of politician,” Tony Blair observed in 2012. “Reality creators and reality managers.” While postwar politics was generally a matter of steady...
Read MoreHouse oversight committee releases image of entire Epstein birthday album, with letter attributed to Trump The Republican-led House oversight committee has released digital images of...
Read MoreFired fed governor’s lawyer argues that her removal does ‘irreparable harm’ Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, is arguing that her firing does “irreparable harm”. He says...
Read MoreThe Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing...
Read MoreBrad Lander arrest ‘political intimidation’, says AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called the arrest of Brad Lander “political intimidation”. The Democratic congresswomen wrote on social media:...
Read MoreFor 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,...
Read MoreClosing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the week, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...
Read MoreTrump calls Musk’s new political party ‘ridiculous’ and says Tesla owner is ‘off the rails’ Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature More than 6,000 troops are poised to march near the National...
Read MoreIt has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie...
Read MoreThe justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury...
Read MoreFederal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the...
Read MoreIt was a feast fit for a king – and any billionaire willing to be his subject. From gold-rimmed plates on gold-patterned tablecloths decorated with...
Read MoreThe Department of Veterans Affairs has imposed new guidelines on VA hospitals nationwide that remove language that explicitly prohibited doctors from discriminating against patients based...
Read MoreDonald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial. The US president envision the planned...
Read MoreAt Iowa rally, Trump uses antisemitic slur about bankers During a speech to supporters at the Iowa Fair Grounds, Donald Trump just used an antisemitic...
Read MoreTop US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer insisted on Sunday that the Trump administration was set to persist with its tariffs policy, two days after the...
Read MorePlus ça change. At the turn of the millennium, Australia was in the throes of “one of its periodic bouts of angst over its place...
Read MoreDuring Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that his words, were to be “taken seriously, not literally”. Experience suggests that formula puts the cart...
Read MoreUS House Republicans advance Trump tax-cut bill opening way for debate The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut...
Read MoreUtah officials show new video of suspect fleeing roof after shooting At a news conference, Beau Mason, the head of Utah’s department of public safety,...
Read MoreForeign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange...
Read MoreIf you’ve been listening to the Trump administration this week, you would be forgiven for being confused about who started the war, why America got...
Read MoreThe White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump’s recent “comprehensive executive physical” after the president admitted Sunday night he had “no idea” what...
Read MoreDemocratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate...
Read MoreThe US news cycle remained fixed on Donald Trump’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota on Monday as outrage and calls for accountability mount following the fatal...
Read MoreDonald Trump was booed and cheered at the US Open during the national anthem before Sunday’s men’s final. When stadium monitors showed him saluting as...
Read MoreNew York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, accusing the defense department...
Read MoreSome current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) staff are celebrating the Thursday firing of homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, who they say has...
Read MoreThe words of Blaise Ingoglia, the Ron DeSantis loyalist handpicked to lead the Republican Florida governor’s Doge-style assault on local government spending, could not have...
Read MoreUS citizens are free once more to buy some of the country’s most deadly firearms and gun accessories, after relentless lobbying by the gun industry...
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers on Friday approved a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark healthcare expansion for low-income adult immigrants without...
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 MoreDonald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK – until the US is allowed...
Read MoreA federal prosecutor who helped lead the US Department of Justice’s investigation into the January 6 attack on Congress has resigned – and, in a...
Read MoreIn October 2002, George W Bush laid out his case for taking the US to war against Iraq in a half-hour speech televised around the...
Read MoreThe US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its...
Read MoreTrump 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...
Read MoreThe Department of Homeland Security conducted raids on multiple locations across Los Angeles on Friday, clashing with the crowds of people who gathered to protest....
Read MoreNothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple...
Read MoreOregon lawmakers demand ICE leave Portland after shooting Federal, state and local lawmakers representing Portland have issued statements condemning the shooting of two people by...
Read MoreDonald Trump has said he did not know a raid by the FBI on the home of his former adviser turned critic, John Bolton, was...
Read MoreGOP’s House-passed funding bill fails again in the Senate Earlier this afternoon, the Senate failed to advance Republicans’ stopgap funding bill once again in a...
Read MoreAt Iowa rally, Trump uses antisemitic slur about bankers During a speech to supporters at the Iowa Fair Grounds, Donald Trump just used an antisemitic...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s mass pardoning of those convicted in connection to the January 6 insurrection raised eyebrows last year, but more recently his pardons have appeared...
Read MoreLast week, during his State of the Union address on Tuesday and again on Friday, just before launching Operation Epic Fear, Donald Trump laid out...
Read MoreWealthy Americans are leading the charge in applications for New Zealand’s “golden visas” after rules on applying were relaxed. New Zealand’s coalition government in February...
Read MorePeter Mandelson was in his element. Lounging on a sofa one June evening at Butterworth’s, a bistro serving as the gastronomical centre of the Maga...
Read MoreSenate Republicans are racing to meet Donald Trump’s self-imposed 4 July deadline to pass the president’s massive tax-and-spending “one big, beautiful bill”. In a marathon...
Read MoreFormer United States President Joe Biden took the stage at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago to deliver remarks honoring the...
Read MoreDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the...
Read MoreThe tech, surveillance and private prison providers arming Donald Trump’s massive expansion and weaponization of immigration enforcement are running a victory lap after reporting their...
Read MoreThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown,...
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and Donald Trump had a ‘productive’ meeting in the Oval Office. The president repeatedly stepped in to...
Read MoreHistorian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to...
Read MoreScott Bessent has gained a reputation as one of Donald Trump’s suavest enablers but his dismissal of Denmark as “irrelevant” is likely to earn him...
Read MoreWe shouldn’t beat around the bush: Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s military attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression. There is no lawful...
Read MoreDarren McKinney, the field operations director of lowernine.org, takes a break during a shift repairing a neighbor’s home in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward on...
Read MoreJoe Biden has said ‘these are dark days’ in the US, and accused the Trump administration of ‘doing its best to dismantle the constitution’ with...
Read MoreThe US has said it will designate a putative Venezuelan drug cartel allegedly led by Nicolás Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization, as the Trump...
Read MoreEarlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature...
Read MoreTrump warns Iran ‘bad things’ will happen if they fail to make a ‘meaningful’ deal, and appears to set 10-day deadline for US military action...
Read MoreThe Trump administration has promised tens of thousands of federal agents carrying out his immigration crackdown that they will be paid during the government shutdown,...
Read MoreAn immigration judge in Baltimore has denied Kilmar Ábrego García’s bid for asylum on Thursday, but he has 30 days to appeal. Ábrego’s case has...
Read MoreElon Musk formally exited his role in the Trump administration on Wednesday night, ending a contentious and generally unpopular run as a senior adviser to...
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 MoreOn 2 September, the US government released grainy footage of a fishing boat ploughing through the waters of the Caribbean sea. Suddenly, after a flash...
Read MoreAs 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...
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Read MoreDozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood. The...
Read MoreMiller calls RFK Jr a ‘crown jewel’ of Trump administration When speaking about the ongoing turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Miller says,...
Read MoreSummary We’re wrapping up our live coverage of US politics for the day. Here are the latest developments: The US military said it conducted a...
Read MoreLorenda Lewis is so tired she can barely keep her head straight. Surrounded by her six young children at a cafe in Dearborn, Michigan, she...
Read MoreDespite growing pressure to lower interest rates to appease the president, the Federal Reserve voted to leave them unchanged. This week Jonathan Freedland speaks to...
Read MoreA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin...
Read MoreThe council of American-Islamic relations (Cair) has accused the Trump administration of a “blatant affront to free speech” after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist,...
Read MoreThe television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led...
Read MorePaul Ingrassia, Trump nominee to lead ethics office, withdraws after racist texts Paul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a government ethics office, just announced...
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 MoreThroughout Bad Bunny’s mesmerizing performance during the Super Bowl, the word “America” kept expanding, like an accordion, stretching out to embrace people of all nationalities....
Read MoreHollywood’s home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and television production to $750m under a measure passed by the...
Read MoreDonald Trump claimed he had found a way to pay US military troops despite the federal government shutdown, saying he had instructed his defence secretary,...
Read MoreThe justice department has sued the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary city immigration policies, making it the latest locality to face legal threats as...
Read MoreA judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from federalizing or deploying the national guard in Illinois after Donald Trump ordered hundreds of troops to...
Read MoreThe 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....
Read MoreTrump says Democrats released Epstein emails to ‘deflect’ from performance during government shutdown In a post on Truth Social, the president has addressed the batch...
Read More‘Music to my ears’: Trump welcomes Senate passage of ‘big, beautiful bill’ Donald Trump said the Senate’s passage of his tax and spending bill was...
Read MoreA federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say...
Read MoreThe US government has taken an unprecedented 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, according...
Read MoreOne day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,”...
Read MoreA federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights...
Read MoreKey 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...
Read MoreOn Sunday the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is set to be hailed by Donald Trump as a martyr of the Make America Great Again...
Read MoreA tranche of documents released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday revealed that Jeffrey Epstein’s staff kept him apprised of Donald Trump’s air travel...
Read MoreThe US has backed down in its tariff war with China. Thanks to Donald Trump’s egotistical diplomacy, rare earths can again flow one way, soya...
Read MoreTrump police takeover will create ‘immediate, devastating, and irreparable harm’ for DC, federal lawsuit says According to the federal lawsuit filed by the DC government...
Read MoreFed working with White House to accommodate Trump’s visit The Federal Reserve is working with the White House to accommodate Donald Trump’s unexpected visit to...
Read MoreIt is a well-known adage in politics that success has many parents, but failure is an orphan. Except when Donald Trump is involved, in which...
Read MoreKey events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza aid ‘death trap’ Peter...
Read MoreThe John F Kennedy Center, a world-class venue for the performing arts in Washington DC, will halt entertainment events for two years starting on 4...
Read MoreNothing is going according to plan for the Trump administration. The big, beautiful bill, originally vaunted to save the US taxpayer at least $2tn, so...
Read MoreTrump and RFK Jr to hold press conference We’re currently waiting for Donald Trump to begin speaking at a White House press conference where he’ll...
Read MoreA US government order to make drastic cuts in commercial air traffic amid the government shutdown has taken effect, with major airports across the country...
Read MoreThe UK government has dropped its insistence that Apple allows law enforcement officials “backdoor” access to US customer data, Donald Trump’s spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard,...
Read MoreIf he wins his fall election, Zohran Mamdani would order New York’s police department to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in the event that the Israeli prime...
Read MoreThe next general election will be no ordinary democratic contest. Not the usual swing of the pendulum this way or that. It will be a...
Read MoreDemocrat Abigail Spanberger faced off against Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, in the only public debate in that state’s governor’s race on Thursday, days after...
Read MoreIn 2011, Donald Trump published a book with the self-help guru Robert Kiyosaki titled Midas Touch. It’s a typical self-empowerment manual in which the pair...
Read MoreJonathan Mahler didn’t plan to publish his new book about New York City from 1986 to 1990, tumultuous years culminating in a historic mayoral election,...
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 MoreTrump says FBI should investigate ‘the Jeffrey Epstein hoax’ as a criminal conspiracy against him In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network...
Read MoreJD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash...
Read MoreUtah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today that Tyler Robinson, 22, is the prime suspect in the murder of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was...
Read MoreTrump offers wildly false claim about job numbers released before 2024 election to defend firing of labor statistics chief Speaking to reporters on Friday, Donald...
Read MoreThe family of a Costa Rican man who was deported from the United States in a vegetative state and died shortly after arriving back in...
Read MoreCDC director Susan Monarez was fired after resisting changes to vaccine policy that were advanced by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and that she...
Read MoreFernando Viera Reyes, 50, suing over allegations of inhumane conditions at an ICE facility Fernando Viera Reyes fled to the US from El Salvador during...
Read MoreTwo national guard members were shot near the White House in what officials described as a targeted attack, and the suspect was in custody after...
Read MoreDonald Trump looked out across the White House ballroom at his audience of wealthy donors and business figures – people who had given millions of...
Read MoreDonald Trump has told the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze funds for major infrastructure projects in New York and New Jersey...
Read MoreAmericans 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...
Read MoreFor the first time since 2018, the sale of cannabis seeds in the US will be restricted due to a last-minute provision in the spending...
Read MoreIn 2017, watching a two-hour Bastille Day procession, Donald Trump told the French president that we’d have one too, only better. That time, the grown-ups...
Read More1. Trump’s threats to New York City loomed large The Republican president’s threats to New York City dominated plenty of conversation during the debate. In...
Read MoreA federal judge on Tuesday blocked plans by the Trump administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to hundreds of South...
Read MoreTop Senate Republican says White House will have ‘something to say’ about Ingrassia nomination Addressing reporters after lunch in the Rose Garden, Senate majority leader...
Read MoreAfter a rollout trumpeted by US officials, the US- and Israeli-backed effort that claimed it would return large-scale food deliveries to Gaza was born an...
Read MoreWith Los Angeles convulsed by confrontation between pro-migrant protesters and military units dispatched by Donald Trump, no figure apart from the president has loomed larger...
Read MoreVinay Prasad is returning to his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy and blood product regulation at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little...
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Dodgers lost on Thursday, 5-3, to the San Diego Padres. A mostly unremarkable game livened up by a hit batsman that led...
Read MoreTwo federal courts reviewed the government’s evidence against journalist Don Lemon and declined to approve his arrest last week. But nevertheless, the attorney general, Pam...
Read MoreJD Vance went into confessional mode. “I was telling somebody backstage that I always felt a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public,” he...
Read MoreThe poignancy of the anonymous author’s article describing life in Tehran is almost too much to bear (‘Don’t die’: the two words that sum up
The poignancy of the anonymous author’s article describing life in Tehran is almost too much to bear (‘Don’t die’: the two words that sum up