Category: The Guardian

White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings The Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply levels to ensure communities around the country don’t run out of water. The United States […]

Mike Waltz, ousted national security adviser at heart of earlier chat group fiasco, pictured using third-party clone Photographs taken at Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting this week have revealed that top White House officials are now communicating using an even less secure version of the Signal messaging app than was at the center of a huge […]

Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back off Higher education is under attack from the person who inhabits the White House. Universities are being threatened with an array of punishments, including the cutoff of their federal […]

Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions ‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment Donald Trump’s ambitions for the US to “drill, baby, drill” for more fossil fuels have ironically been hampered by the economic chaos unleashed by his own […]

Despite plunging opinion polls, for those attending a campaign-style rally in Michigan the president is delivering In Trump they trust. While pundits and protesters have called it 100 days of hell, talk to Donald Trump’s most faithful supporters and you will hear them use words such as “amazing”, “fantastic” and “ecstatic” about his presidency. The […]

Walking through the US’s deindustrialized zones is a bit like walking through Dresden after 1945. We can rebuild better than before A poll from the conservative Cato Institute recently went viral. It found that 80% of Americans think the country would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing. At the same time, only […]

DNC to campaign against Trump’s ‘one, beautiful bill’ to reduce public spending by at least $1.5tn to pay for tax cuts Democrats plan to put the squeeze on four of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress as the GOP gears up to pass a massive bill that may slash the social safety net to pay […]

Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency When Donald Trump chose a Project 2025 author to lead a key federal agency that would carry out the underpinnings of the conservative […]

President says neither NPR nor PBS ‘presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events’ Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the news outlets of being biased. NPR and PBS are only partly funded by the US taxpayer and rely heavily on private […]

To mark his 100th day in office, Donald Trump sat down with the Time journalist Eric Cortellessa, who here speaks to Jonathan Freedland about what he learned from his hour-long interview with the US president. This milestone is significant not only for Trump but also for the American public, as the first 100 days of […]

Marco Rubio becomes the first person since Henry Kissinger to hold the national security adviser and secretary of state positions at the same time Secretary of state Marco Rubio – ridiculed as “Little Marco” by Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican primaries – has become one of the most powerful players in the president’s cabinet. […]

Secretary of state will take on dual role as national security adviser – and just like half a century ago, times are turbulent Marco Rubio, you have come a long way. From being ridiculed as “Little Marco” by Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican primaries, the former Florida senator now stands – on paper, at […]

Justice department calls on court to hold judge’s order against ending temporary protected status for 300,000 The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Thursday to intervene and assist in its attempt to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants in the US, a move that would clear the way […]

DoJ says Clean Air Act creates program to oversee air pollution and ‘displaces’ states’ ability to regulate it The US justice department on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by the climate crisis, claiming the state actions conflict with federal government authority […]

Ruling only applies in southern Texas district, yet is the most powerful rebuke to Trump’s use of 18th-century law The 18th-century Alien Enemies Act does not authorize Donald Trump to deport Venezuelan immigrants alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday. The ruling from US […]

US president expected to draw some protesters despite enjoying deep well of support in heavily Republican state Donald Trump will travel to heavily Republican Alabama on Thursday to speak to graduating students at the University of Alabama, where he is expected to draw some protesters despite enjoying a deep well of support in the state. […]

Trump said consumer electronics will be exempted from his soaring tariffs on China but it is unclear for how long Investors have their eyes on Apple as it prepares to report financial results of the second quarter of the fiscal year on Thursday. The tech giant has been working to calm nervous analysts after Donald […]

Trump 100 days: tariffs, egg prices, Ice arrests and approval rating – in charts Trump 100 days: inside Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency Donald Trump signed 141 executive orders since returning to the presidency in January, including enacting steep tariffs, ending birthright citizenship, curbing DEI and “gender radicalism” in the military, and pardoning […]

Wife of man unlawfully sent to El Salvador filed protection petition in 2020 after domestic violence allegations The legal team behind Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man unlawfully deported to El Salvador, is demanding that the Trump administration “bring him back and give him a full and fair trial” as the administration releases new domestic […]

In ‘comprehensive’ 409-page report, department claims medical care should be avoided though harms are ‘sparse’ The federal health department released what it described as a “comprehensive review” of pediatric gender dysphoria – advocating for therapy instead of medical care for youth whose gender identity does not match their assigned sex. The 409-page report claimed that […]