
The Hill - 22 hours 33 min ago
Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) are pressing the Trump administration to preserve all records related to the 2026 midterm election amid concerns that President Trump may attempt to tamper with voting results. The Democrats are warning of consequences ahead of November and...

The Independent - 22 hours 40 min ago
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and the nation's capital is undergoing significant changes under President Donald Trump...

The Hill - 22 hours 46 min ago
President Trump will headline the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington on Friday afternoon. The annual "Road to Majority" event comes as the Trump administration grapples with fallout from the Iran war, rising affordability concerns ahead of the midterms and as Democrats find an opportunity to bring abortion issues back to the spotlight four...

The Independent - 22 hours 49 min ago
President Donald Trump's pledge already dismissed by Tehran, which has accused U.S. of exporting only genetically-modified soybeans, broken promises and trash talks'...

The Guardian - 22 hours 50 min ago
Bolton to plead guilty charges that he unlawfully retained sensitive national security information in agreement that includes $2.25m fine Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. John Bolton , former national security adviser to Donald Trump , is expected to plead guilty on Friday to charges that he unlawfully retained sensitive national security information. Continue reading...

The Hill - 23 hours 14 min ago
President Trump on Thursday reacted to a string of victories from progressive candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), a democratic socialist, saying "the communists" were "making their move" after two incumbent lawmakers lost their Democratic primaries. "The Communists are finally making their move. I've been waiting and preparing for this for...

The Hill - 23 hours 54 min ago
In today's issue: Trump's victories at the Supreme Court Hard-liners pause House business Ship hit in Strait of Hormuz U.S. assisting Venezuela earthquake recovery President Trump is notching significant wins with the Supreme Court, demonstrating just how consequential it was that he was able to appoint three justices during his first term. Those same...

The Guardian - 23 hours 58 min ago
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long The decades-long prison sentences for a group of Texas activists convicted of terrorism and other charges in connection to a Fourth of July protest last year has caused widespread alarm, given their unusually punitive length and for the apparent harsh criminalization of protest activity under Donald Trump 's justice department. Eight people who participated in a protest at the Prairieland...

The Guardian - 23 hours 58 min ago
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC will have to be drained again. Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the failure to keep the water 'American flag blue'. But what if this small body of water is proof that the president can't outrun the truth? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Arwa Mahdawi about why this project, which has cost the taxpayer millions of dollars, is proving to be such an embarrassing failure for a man obsessed with image Continue reading...

The Guardian - 23 hours 58 min ago
Recent rulings have bolstered president's pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disaster In the US supreme court, it seems Donald Trump has found loyalists in his crusade against immigration and immigrants. In a pair of rulings Thursday, the court allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections that have granted people from Haiti and Syria the right to live and work legally in the US for more than a decade, and cleared way for the government to turn...

Vox - 23 hours 58 min ago
President Donald Trump on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. | Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images In the almost year and a half since returning to the presidency, Donald Trump has found plenty of ways to enrich himself and his family and friends. But one scheme in particular, a cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial, is the gift that just keeps on giving. Trump, along with his real-estate-buddy-turned-diplomat Steve Witkoff and both his and Witkoff's...