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US politics

  • The Speaker's Chair sits empty in the House Chambers

    Who has Trump invited to his address to Congress?

    Carefully curated guests will underscores administration’s hard line on transgender and immigration
  • FILES-CHINA-US-TARIFF-TRADE-DIPLOMACY<br>(FILES) This aerial picture shows containers at Qingdao port, in China's eastern Shandong province on February 17, 2025. Mounting trade wars between the United States and its largest economic partners deepened on March 4, 2025 as US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China kicked in, sparking swift retaliation from Beijing and Ottawa. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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    Trump to defend trade war in major address to Congress tonight, top adviser says – live

  • a woman wearing a black tank top looks ahead, smiling

    US justice department to review conviction of former election clerk

  • Senate Nomination Hearing Held For Linda McMahon To Be Secretary Of Education<br>WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. McMahon, the former head of World Wrestling Entertainment, is under fire as Trump has announced he plans to eliminate the Department of Education and pass its function to the states. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

    US Department of Education workers decry ‘final mission’ email as power grab

  • people leaving building

    Trump administration revises directive to fire probationary employees

  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on visit to a military training area

    Zelenskyy says he will work under Trump’s leadership as he proposes Ukraine peace plan

Opinion

  • Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 28 February 2025

    The Guardian view on the US suspension of military aid: Ukraine and Europe’s race against time

  • Paul Taylor

    Why this is no time for Zelenskyy to grovel to Trump

    Paul Taylor
  • container ship at port

    Tariffs can help US workers. But Trump’s doing them all wrong

    Dustin Guastella
  • President Trump Makes An Investment Announcement In The Roosevelt Room Of The White House<br>WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (L) takes a question from a reporter in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing facilities in the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    Yes, Trump is a hypocrite. But is pointing that out an effective attack?

    Jan-Werner Müller

In depth

  • a man in a suit gestures a hand as he speaks, a city backdrop behind him

    Stephen Colbert on Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: ‘Embarrassing, chilling and confusing’

    • a calf and cow moose walk along a river

      Federal layoffs hit the deep-red, rural US west: ‘Our public lands are under threat’

    • a prison

      How Texas’s bankruptcy courts are used to shield a prison healthcare provider

    • 97th Annual Academy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, California, USA - 02 Mar 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Salangsang/BEI/REX/Shutterstock (15168316iy) Actor in a Leading Role, Adrien Brody, The Brutalist, Actress in a Leading Role, Mikey Madison, Anora. Actress in a Supporting Role, Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez and Actor in a Supporting Role, Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain 97th Annual Academy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, California, USA - 02 Mar 2025

      And the loser is … politics: why was this year’s Oscars so reluctant?

    • a warehouse

      Midwestern cities fear fallout of Trump revoking Haitian residents’ status

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