White House seeks to enshrine cuts Musk-led agency flagged, $8.3bn from state and USAID and $1.1bn from media The Trump administration formally asked Congress to rescind $9.4bn in already approved funding from foreign aid and public broadcasters including NPR and PBS on Tuesday, seeking to enshrine spending cuts identified by…
A new biography digs into the life of William F Buckley Jr. Its author thinks the rightwing intellectual has some lessons for the left Back when the “public intellectual” was still a thriving species in America, the conservative writer William F Buckley Jr was one of the most famous –…
A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous president It’s hard to keep track of all the temper tantrums that Donald Trump has had because he’s so ticked off that one judge after another has ruled…
We have a duty to call out antisemitism when we see it. We also have an equal duty to remember that Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are also being targeted This must stop. Two incidents of political violence, both targeting groups of Jewish people, are two incidents too many. Less than…
Congressional Integrity Project calls Wednesday hearing led by Greene ‘political theater’ and exercise in hypocrisy The far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has assembled a “rogues’ gallery of extremists, conspiracy theorists and C-team political operatives” to promote Donald Trump’s crackdown on non-government organisations (NGOs), a congressional watchdog has claimed. The House…
Eight were arrested at Moral Monday, an effort to stop a bill they say will slash vital healthcare for lower income people A police officer’s sense of timing seemed to illuminate the Rev William Barber’s moral mission with startling clarity. During a prayer vigil on Monday in the Capitol rotunda,…
Billionaire tech entrepreneur, who recently left the Trump administration, calls president’s tax and spending bill an ‘abomination’ Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the coming hours. We start with news that…
As Trump press secretary says BBC takes ‘word of Hamas with total truth’, corporation accuses Karoline Leavitt of political point scoring Middle East crisis – live updates The BBC has defended its reporting on the war in Gaza and accused the White House of misrepresenting its journalism after Donald Trump’s…
Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admit We need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of the office has much to…
The senator and twice Democratic presidential hopeful is on tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to build a new progressive movement. He reveals why he thinks Republicans are scared to speak up and what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024 ‘I think what Trumpism is about, is an understanding that…
Musk’s outburst may embolden some Republican senators to reject Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance Days after officially exiting the White House, Elon Musk has grown increasingly critical of President Donald Trump’s signature tax bill, describing it as a “disgusting abomination”.…
After national outcry, Trump officials reverses decision to end humanitarian parole for four-year-old and family The Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving ongoing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry. Deysi Vargas, her husband and…
Those hoping to study in US are in limbo or looking elsewhere after president’s targeting of foreign students For weeks, Subash Devatwal’s phone has not stopped ringing. Some of the calls have been from distressed students, at other times it is their panicked parents, but all have the same question…
Ruling in Washington comes despite executive order signed by Donald Trump that targeted funding for such care A US judge on Tuesday ruled the US Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to…
Republican extremist says she would have voted against tax and spending bill if she knew about AI language US politics live – latest updates Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has drawn widespread criticism from Democratic colleagues for admitting that not only did she not read Donald Trump’s tax and spending…
Abortion rights supporters say scaling back the Biden administration’s guidance will endanger pregnant patients’ lives US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded Biden-era guidance clarifying that hospitals in states with abortion bans cannot turn away pregnant patients who are in the midst of medical emergencies…
The former head of Doge said the ‘outrageous’ tax bill will cause the deficit to grow to $2.5tn US politics live – latest updates Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has opened a new rift with Donald Trump by denouncing the US president’s tax and spending bill as a “disgusting…
As Trump edges toward tougher rhetoric on Putin, Graham steps up with a sanctions bill that could reshape GOP foreign policy Has Lindsey Graham been playing the long game with Donald Trump? Graham, who has calibrated his pro-Ukraine support since the inauguration to stay in the US president’s orbit, has…
Greg Rosen, who is moving into the private sector, said the pardons send ‘a terrible message to the American people’ US politics live – latest updates A federal prosecutor who helped lead the US Department of Justice’s investigation into the January 6 attack on Congress has resigned – and, in…
Ras Baraka was arrested for trespassing last month while trying to visit center with Democratic Congress members US politics live – latest updates Newark’s mayor, Ras Baraka, sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge – which was later dropped – at a…