Tim Kaine condemns secretary of state for admitting Afrikaners while cancelling refugee schemes for others Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, has defended the Trump administration’s controversial decision to admit 59 Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees after Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia, claimed they were getting preferential…
Space force officer will be in charge of the ‘Golden Dome’ defense system expected to cost almost $1tn over 20 years US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will appoint US space force Gen Michael Guetlein to oversee the “Golden Dome”…
President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed Donald Trump traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to insist that the fractious House Republican majority set aside their differences and pass his wide-ranging bill to enact his taxation and immigration priorities. In a…
Burgum defends Trump budget slashing green funds, saying AI and Iran pose bigger threats than warming The US has “plenty of time” to solve the climate crisis,” the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, told a House committee on Tuesday. The comment came on his first of two days of testimony to…
Move comes one week after Trump announced all US sanctions on Syria would be lifted The EU has agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria in a bid to help the war-torn country recover after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. After the decision by EU foreign ministers on…
After spending nearly $300m to help elect Trump last year, the tech billionaire says he has ‘done enough’ Elon Musk claimed on Tuesday that he would decrease the amount of money he spends on politics for the foreseeable future. If true, the reduction would represent a significant turnaround after the…
The administration’s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalities Last week, a federal judge blocked the justice department from canceling $3.2m in federal grants to the American Bar Association (ABA). The court agreed with the ABA’s claim that the…
Late-night hosts discuss CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book on Biden’s mental decline, and Trump attacks Taylor Swift on Truth Social Late-night hosts rip CNN for promoting a book on Joe Biden’s health and weigh in on Donald Trump attacking Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen. Continue reading…
Warren, Wyden and Sanders push for information to determine if media company violated federal bribery statute Democratic US senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, along with their liberal colleague Bernie Sanders, are pushing for information on Paramount’s efforts to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against CBS News’s 60…
Zachary Alam was imprisoned for role in Capitol attack and later pardoned, and now allegedly entered Virginia home and stole items A participant in the January 6 attack pardoned by Donald Trump was recently arrested for burglary and vandalism in Virginia in what is believed to be the first incidence…
Governor lobbied Trump in a series of phone calls, and will now allow new gas pipeline capacity to move forward US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has lifted a stop work order on a $5bn wind farm off the coast of New York after negotiations with the…
Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first term US politics live – latest updates The FBI director, Kash Patel, has scrapped a watchdog team set up to scrutinise a warrantless surveillance law he previously claimed was being abused to target…
With Democrats reeling after last election, Joan C Williams explains what has gone wrong and how to win over voters Donald Trump’s second election to the presidency sparked soul-searching among Democrats about why the party has continued to lose a range of traditional Democratic constituencies, especially voters without college degrees.…
Pizza-making contests and a ‘gold rush challenge’ are among possible events in a pitch the Trump administration is reportedly considering I guess Republicans really love game shows. Just a few days after Fox aired its “isn’t Trump wild” guessing game, What Did I Miss, it was revealed that the TV…
Father of president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was previously pardoned by Trump from tax evasion conviction US politics live – latest updates Charles Kushner, the father of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared, has secured US Senate confirmation to serve as the nation’s ambassador to France. The elder Kushner’s confirmation late Monday came…
Republicans love to make the most harmful laws sound sensible or even noble. This pretty-sounding package of tax breaks and spending cuts is just the latest example What’s big, beautiful and kept a lot of Republicans up late on Sunday night? There might be various responses to that question, but…
Agency has been significant target of Doge while nearly 69 million Americans receive benefits Retiree and disability beneficiaries are worried about delays in payments, processing and services amid cuts being made to the US’s social security system under the Trump administration. Angel Morgan, a 44-year-old disability benefits recipient in Nashville,…
Florida governor stands isolated from Trump and is feuding with Republicans at home – is he drifting to irrelevance? These are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of…
Between his tariffs and his regressive ‘big, beautiful bill’, the president is wreaking havoc – and he never learns With his usual threats, Donald Trump is trying to ward off the dire reality that he has created and is bearing down on him. He can clamp migrants in foreign gulags,…
Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025 At least 50 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador had entered the US legally, according to a review by the Cato…