
The Hill - 20 hours 36 min ago
President Trump on Wednesday morning will sign the Secure America Act, a GOP-led bill that funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through 2029. House Republicans passed the reconciliation package, a major victory for the Trump administration, on Tuesday. The nearly $70 billion bill, which advanced in the Senate on Friday after...

The Guardian - 20 hours 51 min ago
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally Every day it's more barriers': how the US is shutting out climate refugees Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown is largely targeting people from the countries most vulnerable to displacement from climate-driven disasters, a Guardian analysis shows. As the Trump administration pushes policies to boost planet-heating fossil fuels , millions of people are being forced to...

The Hill - 20 hours 51 min ago
The gambling business is familiar territory for Donald Trump and his family.

The Hill - 20 hours 54 min ago
President Trump on Wednesday morning warned Iran that it will not get away with attacks on U.S. allies Kuwait and Bahrain. "They've taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!" he posted on Truth Social. With gas prices stuck above $4...

The Hill - 21 hours 21 min ago
President Trump on Wednesday said Iran "will have to pay the price" for stalled peace negotiations and after the U.S. launched renewed strikes against Iran after a U.S. helicopter was shot down and Tehran retaliated. "Iran's Military is a complete and total mess," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Much of it, like their Navy and...

The Guardian - 21 hours 29 min ago
US launches strikes in retaliation for downing of US army helicopter, while White House source says deal could still be close The future of peace talks in the Middle East have been thrown into question after Iran's foreign ministry said it needed to "reassess" its participation, while Donald Trump said Iran would have to "pay the price" after the two countries traded fire overnight, drawing neighbouring states back into an on-and-off war that has consumed the region since late...

The Guardian - 21 hours 33 min ago
Democrats have rolled the dice in Maine as they pursue a post-Trump future. Will it work? It was over the moment he received the endorsement of Maine's most famous resident: Stephen King, the master of horror, who announced on Tuesday that he voted for Graham Platner . More than 100,000 Democrats in Maine agreed, making Platner, a marine veteran and oyster farmer, their nominee for the US Senate against Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November. Continue reading...

The Hill - 21 hours 54 min ago
President Trump late Tuesday shared a clip from the series "The West Wing" dismissing the concept of a "proportional response" after the U.S. launched a new round of strikes on Iran in retaliation for an attack on an Apache helicopter. The president first shared on Truth Social the statement issued by U.S. Central Command (Centcom)...

The Raw Story - 22 hours 17 min ago
President Donald Trump boasted that Iran has been "completely defeated" as the U.S. trades strikes with the Middle Eastern nation. U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday evening that it had conducted "self-defense strikes" in response to the downing of an Army helicopter the previous day, which prompted Trump to threaten a response, and he rejected Iran's claims that the strikes had disputed the diplomatic process by violating the ceasefire. "Iran's Military is a complete...

The Guardian - 23 hours 14 min ago
Marine veteran won 72% of the vote despite infidelity and abuse allegations that emerged during primary campaign Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary for Senate and called for supporters to "believe people can change" amid his controversial candidacy. Redemption is not just some simple or easy destination; it's a journey. I've made mistakes in my life, mistakes...

ABC News - 23 hours 17 min ago
Maine Sen. Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump...

Mother Jones - 23 hours 21 min ago
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn's newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Donald Trump's pathetic and sleazy effort to create […]...

Vox - 23 hours 21 min ago
Motorcycle taxi drivers ride past a burning barricade on a road blocked with stones to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. | Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images Comoros, an island nation of less than a million people, more than 3,000 miles away from Iran, might not seem to have much at stake, politically, from the current conflict in the Middle East. Donald Trump has never publicly mentioned it. It is neither an ally nor...

The Guardian - 23 hours 51 min ago
Lawmakers warn appointment of presidential loyalist will scuttle bipartisan agreement to renew Fisa surveillance law Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his controversial plan to install political loyalist Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, a move that has sparked bipartisan congressional backlash and imperiled the reauthorization of a powerful surveillance law set to expire at the end of this week. Trump's Tuesday evening announcement came after he met earlier in the day...