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Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s attempts to shift blame for the shrinking US economy in the first quarter of 2025 Late-night hosts pondered a possible recession under Donald Trump, as the US economy contracted during the first quarter of 2025. Continue reading…

Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, to also be leaving role, outlets including CBS, Reuters and Politico say Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, will be leaving his role, according to reports. Multiple outlets, including CBS, Reuters, and Politico, have also reported that the national security adviser’s deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving his post. Continue […]

Administration launches investigations on basis of 1964 Civil Rights Act, which rightwing activists are fighting to weaken US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to exploit civil rights laws to target diversity and equity initiatives on US campuses by characterizing them as discriminatory. These efforts escalated this week when […]

Administration’s news ‘wire’ will promote press releases, posts by high-level officials and positive news about itself The Trump administration has unveiled a news-style website that publishes exclusively positive coverage of the president on official White House servers. White House Wire, published at the government domain WH.gov/wire, resembles the rightwing website the Drudge Report, with a […]

Education department says school program to improve Black academic performance violates 1964 Civil Rights Act US politics live – latest updates The US Department of Education has launched an investigation into Chicago public schools over allegations that a program aimed at improving academic outcomes among Black students violates federal law. The department has also warned […]

The US justice department says it did not fire a former pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, after she refused to recommend reinstating Mel Gibson’s gun rights. But Oyer tells Jonathan Freedland a different story, one she believes points to a wider crackdown by the Trump administration on the rule of law in America Archive: ABC News, […]

Immigrants report moldy food, used underwear and ‘pandemonium’ as Trump dramatically expands detention The US government has jailed hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons in a dramatic escalation of its detention practices, cutting people off from their attorneys and families and subjecting them to brutal conditions, according to accounts from behind bars. Since February, […]

Development may be indication China is softening on beginning negotiations over American 145% tariffs US politics live – latest updates The US has approached China seeking talks over Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media has said, potentially signalling Beijing’s openness to negotiations. “The US has proactively reached out […]

A community college program has been instrumental in helping Latinx students in the state access higher education, while educators fear they’ll become Trump’s next target Daniel is a high school senior in rural North Carolina. Soon, he’ll graduate with a high school diploma, an associate degree and a paralegal certification from a local community college. […]

More than 250 lawyers have left or been reassigned since January as critics fear ‘end of the division as we’ve known it’ More than 250 attorneys in the justice department’s civil rights division have either left, been reassigned, or accepted a buyout offer since January, according to an estimate provided to the Guardian by people […]

Countries from Canada to Japan must take steps to isolate the United States in world diplomacy Donald Trump and his political allies in Washington have undertaken far-sweeping actions to undermine the foundations of American democracy, while simultaneously pursuing policies that erode and disrupt eight decades of trust and cooperation with democratic allies in Europe, North […]

Decline in output and new orders allied with rising economic and trade uncertainties are prompting layoffs, survey finds Business live – latest updates Britain’s factories suffered a slump in export orders last month as Donald Trump’s globally unsettling tariff regime sent overseas demand for UK goods tumbling at the fastest pace in five years. Manufacturers […]

In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-ups As we pass the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s second term, it’s time to take note of a key element of how this administration governs: by mistake. I’m being serious. Have we ever seen […]

Executive order cites national security to strip bargaining rights from more than 1 million federal workers The Trump administration is seeking to strip collective bargaining rights from large swaths of federal employees in a test case union leaders argue is part of a broader attack on US labor unions that could land before the US […]

Trump and Musk have gut National Institutes of Health and experts are wary of private efforts’ ability to replicate public service The federal government has slashed research since Donald Trump took office – hacking away at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its grants, staff and long-held partnerships with academia. Now, some private companies […]

What has happened with 60 Minutes is a high-octane version of what’s happening everywhere in Trump 2.0 There have been so many red alerts for press freedom in the United States over the past few months that it can be hard to know which ones really matter. The one at CBS’s 60 Minutes really matters. […]

Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world – from ‘drill, baby, drill’ to mass firings 100 days of Trump: inside Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a “giant hoax” and repeatedly lauding […]

The once unsinkable ship of US higher education has hit an unthinkable iceberg American higher education is living its RMS Titanic moment. The multi-trillion-dollar United States academic-scientific complex, led by the richest and most highly coveted universities in history, remains the envy of the world. “American University Inc” is one of the US’s top exports […]

Tens of thousands expected at protests to take place in nearly 1,000 cities against Trump and his administration Protesters are expected to rally nationwide on 1 May with a focus on workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration. May Day, commemorated as international workers’ day, comes […]

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role One hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal […]