Category: The Guardian

Is the mineral deal between Ukraine and the US a win-win? Andrew Roth reports After the heated exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in February, the prospect of a deal between the US and Ukraine was uncertain. “Every week, it feels like we get a new position from Donald Trump,” […]

Former vice-president says tariffs ‘not a win for the American people’ and predicts public pressure will grow Donald Trump’s tariffs policy will trigger a “price shock” and possible shortages, and lead to public pressure on him to change his approach, the former vice-president Mike Pence has said. In one of his most wide-ranging critiques yet […]

University told by education secretary Linda McMahon research grants and other aid ‘will not be provided’ The US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school accedes to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively […]

DHS claims participation in ‘self-deportation’ scheme may help legal re-entry later; administration says ‘no final decisions’ made on film tariffs – key US politics stories from Monday 5 May at a glance The Trump administration will offer undocumented immigrants $1,000 to leave the US as part of its latest crackdown on immigration, drawing criticism for […]

Lawsuit by Republican-led Missouri, Kansas and Idaho says FDA acted improperly by easing restrictions on abortion pill Donald Trump’s administration on Monday pushed forward in defending US rules easing access to the abortion drug mifepristone from a legal challenge that began during Democratic former president Joe Biden’s administration. The US Department of Justice in a […]

Chuck Schumer calls Federal Aviation Authority ‘a mess’ over days of problems at the major New Jersey airport One of America’s most important airports continued to be hit by delays and cancellations on Monday as the Senate’s top Democrat called for an investigation into the chaotic crisis. The problems at Newark, a busy airport in […]

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old post The race is officially on to become Donald Trump’s next national security adviser – but in this White House, the personalities and egos surrounding the president can matter far more than the titles they hold. Speaking […]

Smarsh, which runs app used by Trump’s former national security adviser, investigating ‘potential security incident’ The communications app used by Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, says it is temporarily suspending services following a reported hack that exposed some of its potentially sensitive messages. Oregon-based Smarsh, which runs the TeleMessage app, said in […]

Behind the slogans and tariffs lies a calculated strategy – fuelled by elite interests, eroding labour rights and stoking global recession The White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade without checking who’s inside the vehicle. Donald Trump’s early April trade decree has taken […]

Administration is ‘devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean energy’, says NY attorney general A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued on Monday in an attempt to block Donald Trump’s move to suspend leasing and permitting of new wind projects, saying it threatens to cripple the wind industry and a key source […]

DHS claims payment will be issued after individuals leave the US and it has been confirmed through their app US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has announced a new program offering a $1,000 payment to people in the US without immigration status as an incentive to return to their home country voluntarily. […]

Steven J Hatfill, who promoted the drug despite scant evidence of efficacy, becomes special adviser at HHS US politics live – latest updates A proponent of using the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 despite scant evidence of its efficacy has been named to a top pandemic prevention role at the Department of Health and Human […]

The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessor While Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any administration in American history”, last week’s economic news emphatically refutes that. Trump’s commerce department reported […]

The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services, critics say As Elon Musk steps back from his role heading the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), many experts on government operations complain that Doge has done nothing to improve the quality of services the government provides to […]

Layoffs and funding cuts to Fema and Noaa will hamstring emergency managers, warns professor Samantha Montano The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to disaster management will cost American lives, with hollowed-out agencies unable to accurately predict, prepare for or respond to extreme weather events, earthquakes and pandemics, a leading expert has warned. Samantha Montano, professor of […]

Comments from legal team and Trump administration officials could prevent Luigi Mangione from getting a fair trial During a 25 April proceeding in Luigi Mangione’s Manhattan federal court case for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson last year, the judge implored prosecutors to watch what they say – including top honchos of Donald Trump’s […]

The president’s protectivist trade vision is deeply flawed. But he has picked up on something Democrats are missing Trying to understand Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs based solely on economic theory won’t work. As the US president himself said: “Chronic trade deficits are no longer merely an economic problem, they’re a national emergency that threatens our […]

US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases […]

A banjo player and a Black Maga influencer, among others, now attend Trump administration press briefings A disgraced ultra-conservative banjo player ousted from his Grammy-winning band; a far-right conspiracy theorist with alleged ties to Russia; a TikTok creator known as “Maga Malfoy” for his resemblance to the Harry Potter character; and an extremist social media […]

Plan to reopen notorious but long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy Pelosi Donald Trump has said he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his […]