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In today’s newsletter: Affordability issues, RFK Jr.’s raccoon “encounter” and more. The post The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: ‘Woe to those who manipulate religion for … military, economic and politi...
The president is pitching no taxes on tips and big refund checks as economic wins. But Las Vegas — ground zero for the working-class voters core to his MAGA base — is still waiting to feel it.
The president wants Jerome Powell out of the way. He’s making that outcome less and less likely by the day.
Additional reporting by Anna Rogers Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic system has become more entrenched and pervasive, revolvi...
Republican leaders kept defections to a minimum, signaling the party isn’t ready to publicly break with the White House on the war effort just yet.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’ most abnormally hot mont...
Wendy Sherman speaks during a meeting in Wellington, New Zealand in August 2022. | Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images American and Iranian negotiators are reportedly getting closer to a deal that would end ...
On January 13, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when ICE agents smashed the glass out of her car windows at a Minneapolis intersection, pulled her out of her car, hauled her down ...
Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support. The post The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sal...
Authorities have not speculated on a motive for the unsubstantiated threat, which comes amid tension between the Trump administration and the pope. The post Police investigating bomb threat at home of...
Calling the Pope “weak on crime” is an incredibly funny thing to say. But it is also particularly ironic coming from this president, especially this week. The post Trump shows he’s the one who is ‘we...
Israel’s continued bombing of its neighbor has been a major sticking point in America’s negotiations with Iran.
Amid the White House’s attacks on Pope Leo, the administration has canceled an $11 million contract it had with Catholic Charities. The post Trump administration’s depraved crusade against Catholic le...
The U.S. president and vice president have doubled down, as if in a political fight. But the pope and other Catholic leaders are responding in moral terms. The post Why Trump’s fight with Pope Leo is...
“Trump is just making it extremely difficult for Republicans to do well anywhere," a top pollster said.
The world soccer organization is joining groceries, utilities and landlords as targets for Democrats talking about the cost of living.
The post 3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town? appeared first on ProPublica.
In public remarks, the Biden-appointed justice laid out what she sees as the court’s misguided approach and how to fix it. The post Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her case against the shadow doc...
The Democratic billionaire is moving quickly to take advantage of a wide-open California governor’s race.
An airstrike is seen in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on April 16, 2026. | Adri Salido/Getty Images After six weeks of fighting, Israel and Lebanon appear to be on the verge of a ceasefire. President Donald ...
The president expects people to believe he “wasn’t that involved” in Hungary’s election. There’s a whole lot of evidence to the contrary. The post Trump denies involvement in Orbán’s failed re-electio...
From the White House ballroom to Greenland to oil drilling, the Republican administration has a “Trump card” it plays far too often. The post For Team Trump, ‘national security’ becomes the answer to ...
Epstein’s messages offer a rare window into how powerful figures viewed President Donald Trump’s Title IX regulation as leverage in defending against sexual harassment claims.
The hearing comes amid questions about the legality of Adams’ Charter Revision Commission — and the implications for Mayor Mamdani.
Late night hosts discussed Trump’s AI images, the closure of 7-Eleven stores and JD Vance’s advice to the PopeOn Wednesday night, late night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s fondness for religious AI im...
Trump's "supposed armed conflict with ‘narco-terrorists’ appears to be entirely make-believe,” said one expert.
The Trump administration’s move would mark the first step in transferring the student loan portfolio to Treasury and the latest action to dismantle the Education Department.
Democrats doubled or tripled up on their Republican opponents in first quarter fundraising — except where they have primaries.
A tenfold increase in the number of immigration detentions has compelled many workers to barely leave the farms where they work‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn da...
Pontiff denounces leaders who invoke religion to justify war, after US bishops offer him support after Vance remarksSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxPope Le...
Prosecutors say this is first criminal case against a federal agent involved in Trump’s immigration crackdownSign up for the Breaking News US emailAn ICE agent has been charged with assault for allege...
A deeply scarred country is caught in a war not of its making, seeking a solution which lies outside its handsThe 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon that Donald Trump announced on Thursday is desperately nee...
In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raidsSonia Sotomayor, a US supreme court justice, issued an apology on Wednesday fo...
The California Supreme Court ordered attorney and former law school dean John Eastman disbarred on Wednesday for his role aiding the Trump administration's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. He mu...
News of less violence is welcome, but with Israel promising to stay in Lebanon, we need to remember the Gaza “ceasefire” has meant continued genocide. The post Don’t Trust the Lebanon Ceasefire When I...
The labor secretary was already facing calls to resign. The new allegations likely make her political standing even shakier. The post Chavez-DeRemer’s controversies intensify, putting her future at t...
Stocks may be soaring again, but the war in Iran has started to pinch the finances of many Americans.
President Trump has lashed out at enemies, allies and even the pope, and made it harder for Republicans to keep the focus on economic issues in a midterm election year.
Washington and Tehran will have to make compromises and the current deadline must be extended. But with the will there’s clearly a way The failure of the Islamabad talks to end the US-Israel war on Ir...
After Georgia Fort and Don Lemon reported from a church whose pastor reportedly works for ICE, agents arrested Fort in front of her childrenWhen federal agents arrived at Georgia Fort’s front door to ...
US calls free-market capitalism ‘surest path to prosperity’ and seeks to forgo direct aid to developing countriesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Trump administration has moved to formally enlist ...
California supreme court upholds lower court decision as Eastman says he will appeal to US supreme courtJohn Eastman, a lawyer who played a key role in Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 elect...
Democratic lawmakers urged Republican leaders to postpone the confirmation hearing of Kevin WarshSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDemocrats have moved to st...
Guardian readers describe how their lives have been upended by cost hikes stemming from Trump’s Iran warWith the US and Israel’s war on Iran now in its seventh week, with a fragile ceasefire in place ...
No 10 says the government is working to ensure "anyone potentially abusing our immigration system is held accountable".
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, pushing back against the Trump administratio...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth quoted a violent and fictional Bible passage nearly word-for-word from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in his Wednesday night worship service at the Pentagon. In the...
Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic system has become more entrenched and pervasive, revolving around a small crew of tech titan...
Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of the American oligarchy. Since then, our oligarchic system has become more entrenched and pervasive, revolving around a small crew of tech titan...
The funds went to an organization that provides shelter and other resources to unaccompanied migrant children.
The legendary comic takes issue with what he calls the GOP’S “weaponization” of trans jokes, but he insists that any outrage over his jokes is unwarranted. The post Dave Chappelle calls out Republican...
Minnesota prosecutors have spent weeks investigating the conduct of immigration agents who took part in an immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
In a setback for federal efforts to thwart climate litigation, the judge ruled that the suit, which tried to block the state from suing oil companies, was too speculative.
A conservative court watcher explains why the president has failed to bend the judicial branch to his will.
Israeli prime minister says key demand is that Hezbollah must be dismantled; Lebanon’s PM Nawaf Salam welcomes ceasefire announced by Donald TrumpTrump announces 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after ‘exc...
Meenu Batra, the state’s only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu interpreter, says she was treated ‘like a criminal’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Texas c...
New York mayor Mamdani calls footage of arrest of wrongly identified suspect ‘extremely disturbing and unacceptable’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe New...
While Democrats touted their totals, they offer only a snapshot of overall fundraising, as campaigns had until the end of the day Wednesday to file with the Federal Election Commission.
Redistricting usually happens once a decade, but President Donald Trump sparked a mid-decade redistricting battle last year while calling on Texas Republicans to redraw their districts for partisan ad...
President Trump said he would balance the federal budget "overnight." In reality, debt is now approaching the highest level in U.S. history.
On Wednesday, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner apologized for using the r-word in an article in the Maine Monitor, saying that he is “sorry that I said it” and “I am endeavoring to imp...
When we first began to chronicle the rise of the American oligarchy, Donald Trump was a private citizen, the future of the internet was the Metaverse, and Elon Musk was—well, if we’re being honest, he...
Directing the DOJ is "what being the commander in chief is about,” said interim Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Doctors delayed care for Hayam El Gamal, who is in federal detention, her lawyer said. A scan later showed a mass and fluid on her heart, court records state.
In a cloud forest village, a network of residents, foreigners and pacifist Quakers offered a precarious yet vital sanctuary for families expelled by the U.S. government.
A federal judge wrote that an exception he made for work on security features did not cover most of the construction on the larger ballroom project Trump has proposed.
These digital security organizers bring the fight for online privacy to dance parties, wine meetups and reading groupsImani Thompson shows up at Wonderville Bar in Brooklyn looking ready for a DJ set,...
US Commission of Fine Arts reviews plan while judge lets below-ground work at White House ballroom site proceedDonald Trump’s design for the triumphal arch he wants built at an entrance to the nation’...
As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial interventionPeople often criticise the Democrats for being overly cautious and never ...
Jay Bryant negotiating plea deal in New York death of Run-DMC star, over which one conviction has been overturnedOne of the three men charged in the killing of Jam Master Jay plans to plead guilty, co...
There will be flight cancellations ‘soon’ if oil supplies are not restored in coming weeks, says head of IEABusiness live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesEurope has only six weeks of ...
(Play It Again Sam)Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano and military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous returnEven by the standards...
James Earl Jones theatre, New YorkThere’s a strong emotional pull to this fact-based story of injustice, but on stage it’s all a little too polite to truly soarIf the meat and potatoes of Death of a S...
Israel has agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, part of a complex web of Mideast negotiations, from Iran to Gaza.
Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump.
In his first appearance this year, the health secretary is taking questions on his record on health, including his controversial moves on vaccines.
In the final hours of President Biden's term, an anonymous prediction market trader placed lucrative bets on who would be pardoned even as the odds were nearly zero.
The leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed on a 10-day ceasefire in Israel's fight against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to President Trump.
The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime.
In the third part of an undercover investigation, the BBC reveals how rules aimed at protecting abuse victims are being exploited.
The president also invited the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House for what he said would be "the first meaningful talks" between the countries since 1983.
The 250-foot-tall arch would be built on federal land on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. It's one of several projects Trump is pursuing to leave a lasting footprint on Washington, including a ...
The meeting comes as President Donald Trump announced the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak later on Thursday about halting the fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbol...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touted public support for the war during remarks at the Pentagon on Thursday, contrasting that with what he said was an overly critical press.
The president is on a losing streak, and even some of his aides are dismayed by his choices.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would overhaul a preventive medicine team that risks making screenings more difficult. “[The US Preventive Services Task Force] has been lackadaisical an...
Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires, says Kelly Hayes.
Dr. Frank Langdon of HBO’s The Pitt treats a patient in the second season, the finale of which airs on Thursday. | Courtesy of HBO Alcohol use in the United States has reached historic lows. That’s ...
As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard.
Trump’s weaves and fights come at an increasingly inconvenient time for a party clinging to razor-thin margins in Congress.
Trump supporters clash with police as they attempt to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. | Brent Stirton/Getty Images This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay ...
Vance was heckled by a protester who said: “Jesus Christ does not support genocide.”
The articles of impeachment cite the “unauthorized war against Iran” and many other grievances.
DHS accused of false and misleading statements about Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez who was shot in faceFederal officials have arrested a California man who was shot by US Immigration and Customs Enfor...
The ACLU told a judge that guards were obstructing her March order to provide phone access in the jail.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders "scratch-pa...
The vote failed despite Trump’s threat to Iran last week that “a whole civilization will die.”
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the AmericasThe critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than...