Trial for New Jersey senator will start Monday as he insists he’s innocent of 16 felony charges, including bribery and extortion The criminal corruption trial of Democratic US senator Bob Men...
Democrat warns Hamas could become stronger if Israel wages all-out Rafah assault, while Blinken offers more measured comments Politicians in the US on Sunday stepped up their denunciation of Is...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/12/us-politicians-criticize-israel-gaza-war
Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Paul Ryan refuse to vote for the president despite calling Trump unfit – and their harshest critics are fellow Republicans They have broken with Donald Trump. T...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/12/never-trump-republicans-biden
Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an ‘invasion’ regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/12/wisconsin-immigration-election-trump-biden
Tough-guy talk about ‘radical-left lunatics’ is an extreme spin on an old playbook but plays well with his Republican base Donald Trump delights in railing against his enemies, and when pro...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/11/us-campus-protests-donald-trump
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on Bannon’s case, you can read our full report: Court upholds Steve Bannon’s January 6 contempt of Congress conviction JOE BIDEN and DONALD TRU...
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United Democracy Project backing Sarah Elfreth, even with Harry Dunn, former US capitol officer, as fellow Democrat in House race A pro-Israel lobby group has dropped millions into a Maryland c...
The Israeli leader is dragging out the war and undermining a ceasefire for political reasons. Can Biden toughen up? On Monday, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians in the city of Rafah to...
Far-right congresswoman booed on House floor before chamber votes 359-43 to kill proposal to remove Johnson from post The House easily quashed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolutio...
Administrators from New York City, Maryland and California disavow accusations of tolerating hate on their campuses Some of America’s top school districts rebuffed charges of failing to count...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/education-antisemitism-house-hearing
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here: US signals to Israel more arms shipments could be paused over Rafah offensive Analysis: Biden seeks to pull rank in US-Israe...
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It’s less than six months until election day, and Donald Trump is choosing his running mate. It’s quite the spectacle SIGN UP FOR THE STAKES: A FREE NEWSLETTER ON THE 2024 US PRESIDENTIAL ELE...
Freddie O’Connell is leading his progressive city in a heavily Republican state with equanimity and a spirit of cooperation Tennessee’s legislative session concluded in late April with some...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/nashville-mayor-freddie-oconnell-interview
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest report here: Biden warns against ‘surge of antisemitism’ at Holocaust event JOE BIDEN is condemning the “ferocious surge of antisemi...
This blog is now closed. You can follow the latest updates on the Israel-Gaza war in our standalone blog here: Israel-Gaza war – live updates THE TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ is no stranger to scr...
Independent senator, 82, stresses need to improve healthcare and protect abortion rights – and condemns ‘extremist’ Netanyahu Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent senator and former ca...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/bernie-sanders-reelection-senate
Republicans accuse president of weak response, but prominent Democrats claim he ‘has been very strong from the beginning’ Some Democrats rallied to the defense of Joe Biden on Sunday as th...
Democrat says country is going off track after Trump compares Biden administration to Germany’s fascist secret police The senior congressional Democrat James Clyburn has responded to remarks ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/05/james-clyburn-trump-gestapo-comment
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next? Americans are bracing for a rare presidential rematch between the two oldest c...
From an absurd Senate where California and Wyoming are equal, to Republican voter suppression, Ari Berman covers it all Ari Berman’s new book is a rich history of America’s ambivalent attit...