As scepticism grows over Joe Biden’s mental and physical health during his presidency, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Bakari Sellers, a political commentator and former Democratic state lawmaker, about what the party needs to do to regain trust after the fallout from the 2024 election Archive: ABC News, CBS News, Face…
Detained Palestinian activist granted contact by judge who blocked Trump administration’s efforts to separate family Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and detained Palestinian activist, was finally allowed to hold his infant son for the first time Thursday – one month after he was born – thanks to a federal…
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem accuses Harvard of ‘fostering violence’ on its campus. Key US politics stories from Thursday 22 May 2025 Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students The Trump administration escalated its feud with Harvard on Thursday, halting the university’s ability to enrol international students and…
Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Flores Settlement Agreement limits how long children can be detained and requires they be provided with food, water and clean clothes The Trump administration is trying to end a cornerstone immigration policy that requires the government to provide basic rights and protections to child immigrants in its custody. The protections,…
Report ignores common dangers to children, focuses on Kennedy’s favored topics – and will be forcefully opposed Donald Trump’s health secretary and long-time vaccine skeptic, Robert F Kennedy Jr, presented a highly anticipated report on children’s health this week. The “Maha commission” report, referring to the “Make America healthy again”…
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has said it is halting Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and has ordered existing international students at the university to transfer or lose their legal…
Advocates say families with children among those detained in LA, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Texas Federal authorities have arrested people at US immigration courts from New York to Arizona to Washington state in what appears to be a coordinated operation, as the Trump administration ramps up the president’s…
Slight drop in hate groups does not signify declining influence, Southern Poverty Law Center report says The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government extremist groups in the US has dropped not because of their declining influence, but because many of their proponents feel their beliefs have become normalized in…
All the key points laid out in US president’s House-approved sweeping bill as it awaits Senate consideration The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which will enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities. The legislation will now be considered in the Senate, where…
Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccines A new report led by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lays out a dark vision of American children’s health and calls for agencies to examine vaccines, ultra-processed foods, environmental chemicals, lack…
The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievances The most telling moment of Donald Trump’s meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa was not the cynical screening of footage promoting false claims of “white genocide” in South Africa. It was when a reporter asked the US…
US attorney general says Chicago-based suspect believed to have acted alone in killing of couple at Jewish museum US politics live – latest updates Authorities on Thursday were investigating a brazen attack that killed two young Israeli embassy staff members outside an event at the Jewish museum in downtown Washington…
Large-scale systems are crumbling, yet daily life continues. The Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help when dysfunction is the status quo In January, the comedian Ashley Bez posted an Instagram video of herself, trying to describe a heavy mood in the air. “How come everything feels all …?” she says,…
The ‘big, beautiful’ measure going through Congress would cut health, food and education benefits – and offer a huge boost to the richest With Donald Trump pushing hard to give big tax cuts to the rich and do huge favors for crypto billionaires, it was jarring to see a photo…
Tax relief contained within One Big Beautiful Bill Act would expire when president leaves office – what happens then? Congressional Republicans passed a massive spending bill on Thursday morning that, for some taxpayers, may deliver the “golden age” Donald Trump has promised – but only while he is president. The…
Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debt The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda on Thursday and saddle the country with…
Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate seeks to move ahead with plan to revoke key environmental rule California has long been one of the nation’s pre-eminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the…
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more…