
The Guardian - 5 hours 1 min ago
Trump's decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump is reportedly becoming increasingly frustrated as he weighs up whether to strike Iran . The president has been told any attack would not be "a singular, decisive blow" and could risk drawing the United States into a protracted war in the Middle East. Trump has declared that he can...

The Guardian - 5 hours 2 min ago
A 10% levy has been put in place, but the US leader has other economic bazookas' he can fire in his trade battle Trump's new 10% global tariff comes into effect Business live latest updates Donald Trump did not carry through his threat to introduce 15% tariffs overnight. However, he did impose 10% tariffs on imports into the US on Tuesday , and the threatened 15% may be the least of his trade partners' worries. pharma and active ingredients; processed critical minerals; commercial aircraft...

Chicago Tribune - 5 hours 12 min ago
President Donald Trump will use Tuesday's State of the Union to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to preserve widespread tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down and his ability to direct quick-hit military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela.

The Guardian - 5 hours 15 min ago
The US president will deliver his State of the Union address this evening here's what you need to know Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union in Washington on Tuesday, his second major address to Congress this term and the last before the 2026 midterms. It's also the first time Trump will be confronted with the supreme court justices since they ruled his tariffs illegal. Historically, the State of the Union is an opportunity for the president to lay out their agenda and talk about...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 20 min ago
Donald Trump's words have come back to haunt him as Jon Stewart ripped into the president for a claim he made last year. The president bragged about Iran's nuclear capabilities being "totally obliterated" in June 2025 but it seems the threat is still very real, Stewart said Monday. Steve Witkoff, the United States' Special Envoy to the Middle East, is now claiming Iran is just a week away from having "bomb-making capabilities," despite the strikes. The talk show host...

The Guardian - 5 hours 55 min ago
President has not yet made a final decision on any strikes as the US prepares for last-ditch' negotiations on Thursday. Plus, most US adults feel the country is moving in the wrong direction Good morning. Donald Trump's decision on whether to order airstrikes against Iran will depend partly on the judgment of Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about whether Tehran is stalling over a deal to relinquish its nuclear capacity, according to people familiar with the matter...

The Guardian - 6 hours 16 min ago
President says we have so much to talk about' as polls show decline in Americans' support for handling of key issues Donald Trump will deliver the annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening, where he is set to proclaim the success of his first year in office before an American public that polls show has soured on his handling of the issues they care about most. The speech to a joint session of Congress will be a key moment ahead of the November midterm elections, in which Trump's...

The Guardian - 6 hours 16 min ago
Trump doesn't deserve our attention. And we already know the state of the union it sucks I'm not going to watch the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. I urge you not to, either. I hope Neilsen (or whoever makes such estimates these days) will find that far fewer Americans watched Donald Trump's State of the Union than have watched any other State of the Union in recent memory. It will drive Trump crazy. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public...

Esquire - 6 hours 16 min ago
Donald Trump, of all people, is on the hunt for fraud. But only in states where an investigation serves his crooked agenda.

Huffington Post - 6 hours 26 min ago
The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper has its eye on the upcoming midterm elections.

BBC - 6 hours 37 min ago
Few of Donald Trump's speeches to Congress have had as much riding on them as the one on Tuesday night.

NBC News - 6 hours 46 min ago
More than a year since President Donald Trump flipped the traditionally Democratic Rio Grande Valley, his deportation agenda is running headlong into the region's workforce.

Fox News - 7 hours 16 min ago
Liberal media loses influence as President Donald Trump defeats press opponents through lawsuits and industry upheaval affecting major news organizations.

The Guardian - 7 hours 16 min ago
Elected officials visited Trump properties 145 times since his inauguration, records show Elected leaders from Israel to Iowa have visited Donald Trump's various properties 145 times since his inauguration last year, according to a new report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), a political watchdog group. Trump's luxury resorts have offered the chief executive an unusual political arena and a source of profit. A Guardian analysis of campaign finance records found...

The Guardian - 7 hours 16 min ago
Speech comes as midterms loom and opinion polls show more voters disapprove than approve of his performance The last time Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union address, it produced the memorable optics of Nancy Pelosi ripping up his speech after he finished talking. Pelosi's theatrical gesture at the end of the February 2020 address (his 2025 speech was technically a joint session of Congress, not a State of the Union) eloquently expressed the Democrats' contempt for Trump's rosy...

NBC News - 7 hours 16 min ago
President Donald Trump has spoken before Congress plenty of times.

UPI - 7 hours 26 min ago
Panama authorities have taken control of two ports operated by a subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, assets that came under scrutiny after President Donald Trump claimed that China exerted too much influence over them.

The Guardian - 8 hours 1 min ago
Leader says Vladimir Putin has not achieved his goals and visit by Trump might make clear who the aggressor is' Europe live latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Donald Trump to visit Kyiv, in a video address on the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion, and has said Ukraine will not betray its people in any negotiations with Russia. Zelenskyy said Putin had not achieved his original war goals or "broken the Ukrainian people". "He has not won...

Huffington Post - 8 hours 21 min ago
The president raised eyebrows with his "real polls" theory.

ABC News - 8 hours 29 min ago
The Supreme Court's stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump's most sweeping tariffs means he can't conjure up new import taxes on a whim anymore...

CNBC - 8 hours 39 min ago
U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs measures have thrust British businesses into fresh uncertainty.

The Guardian - 9 hours 4 min ago
US president had said he would raise levy to 15% after last week's supreme court ruling Business live latest updates Donald Trump's new global tariffs have taken effect at 10%, even though he had threatened a higher rate of 15% over the weekend, providing "some relief" for British businesses, according to a lobby group. After the US president suffered a defeat at the hands of the supreme court on Friday, which struck down his sweeping "liberation day" tariffs imposed last...

CNBC - 9 hours 47 min ago
European officials have reacted with disbelief to President Donald Trump's latest tariff policy, warning that trade deals could be at risk.

Huffington Post - 9 hours 53 min ago
A slew of artists -- including Sabrina Carpenter, ABBA and Celine Dion — have objected to Trump using their songs during his events for years.