US politics

Article image
Trump acts to remove Federal Election Commission chair; government workers sue administration over USAid funding cuts – live
FEC chair Ellen Weintraub says Trump has sent her a letter telling her that she had been removed from the commission

Helen Sullivan (now); Robert Mackey, Alice Herman and Christy Cooney (earlier)

07, Feb, 2025 @2:30 AM

Article image
Trump to sanction international court – as it happened
Order says ICC issued ‘baseless’ arrest warrants targeting Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s ex-defense minister Yoav Gallant

Kate Lamb (now), Léonie Chao-Fong, Christy Cooney, Amy Sedghi, Martin Belam and Philip Wen (earlier)

07, Feb, 2025 @2:16 AM

Article image
Trump has thrown out the global economic playbook. It’s time for Australia to write its own rules | John Quiggin
We must ditch the illusion that the US will return to normal and instead become more self-reliant

John Quiggin

07, Feb, 2025 @1:04 AM

Article image
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
US president has been critical of court since it issued arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza

Harry Davies and Marina Dunbar

07, Feb, 2025 @12:56 AM

Article image
US Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead office of management and budget
Democrats vote unanimously against key architect of Project 2025 but lose in 53-47 vote after all-night debate

Alice Herman and Kira Lerner in Washington

07, Feb, 2025 @12:46 AM

Article image
Fema workers responding to LA fires reportedly told to say ‘alien’ instead of ‘immigrant’
Email shows Trump administration told officials to change vocabulary around gender and immigration immediately

Cecilia Nowell

07, Feb, 2025 @12:14 AM

Article image
Democrats call for investigation into potential security breaches by Elon Musk
Concerns that Musk and operatives have illegally accessed classified information as Republican support for Musk falls

Richard Luscombe

06, Feb, 2025 @8:42 PM

Article image
US state department fires security and personal services contractors
Directive says new contracts must be terminated immediately in response to Trump executive order

George Chidi

06, Feb, 2025 @8:04 PM

Article image
Aspiring autocrats are always more dangerous the second time they are in office | Jan-Werner Müeller
Just look at the chaos Trump is causing in the Department of Education to understand the nature of his second term

Jan-Werner Müller

06, Feb, 2025 @7:53 PM

Article image
DoJ sues Chicago claiming city impedes Trump’s immigration policies
Justice department also sues state of Illinois, seeking a court order sweeping aside sanctuary laws

Guardian staff and agency

06, Feb, 2025 @7:16 PM

Article image
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s buyout deadline for federal employees
Federal judge says freeze allows time for legal briefs to be filed before a hearing on Monday

Anna Betts

06, Feb, 2025 @6:53 PM

Article image
‘Really scary’: rightwing watchlist found of mostly Black federal health workers
Federal workers alarmed at Heritage Foundation-backed watchdog’s list of civil servants in health equity roles

Melissa Hellmann

06, Feb, 2025 @6:18 PM

1 / 3,150 pages