In February 2025, Robert F Kennedy Jr began his tenure as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with an unusual message for the federal department responsible for protecting p

The Torch Network today is perhaps the most “organized” of antifa organizations. The group is a renamed successor to Anti-Racist Action that initially began in 1987 as a group of punk anti-fascists wh

President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit the lowest point of his second presidential term, a new poll by ABC News, The Washington Post, and Ipsos shows. The poll, released on April 30, showed

Starting in 1964, officers from the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam — more commonly known by the abbreviation MAC-V — held daily press briefings at the Rex Hotel in Saigon. As the war dragged on

Donald Trump’s late-night and early-morning posting habit is now so prolific there were only five days in April when he could have had a full night’s sleep. An analysis by the Daily Beast has found t

It might be a bit too convenient, at this moment in history, to observe that failing tyrants, as they feel their power slipping away, start building grandiose monuments to themselves. But at least in

President Donald Trump is ready to take on his next renovation. The president is shutting down the busiest public golf course in Washington, D.C. on Sunday so that he can rip it up and turn it into w

In the wake of Donald Trump’s first electoral win in 2016, a friend of mine – a gay progressive who doesn’t follow politics too closely – told me, exasperatedly, “The Democrats should get rid of the E

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey goes beyond the Instagram post central to his case. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get un

Two-thirds of Americans say country is headed in the wrong direction: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll As the Iran war has pushed the global economy into an oil crisis and gas prices reach a four-

Updated May 3, 2026, 8:27 a.m. ET A few months ago, the prevailing thinking in Washington was that while Republicans could lose the House in the 2026 midterm elections, their Senate majority was secu

Maine just sent a blunt message to the Democratic Party’s national leaders. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was forced to abandon her U.S. Senate campaign on Thursday, unable to generate sufficient fundr

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding answers

The United States lost aerial equipment worth up to $2.8bn, according to a US-based think tank. Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting on March 26, the US secretary of defense boasted of US military

An influential government adviser close to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech executives, the Guardian can reveal. The No 10 business aide Varun Chandra disc

President Donald Trump, 79, is under fire from Republicans in Congress over his decision to yank 5,000 troops from military posts in Germany. Republican lawmakers said they were “very concerned” by t

Jewish people are living in fear – a fear that has been building for years but has become acute in recent weeks. It now seeps into every part of daily life: the school run, a walk down the high street

A Democratic-backed candidate has won a closely contested mayoral race in Pearland, Texas, a Republican-leaning suburb of Houston in Brazoria County that has consistently voted for President Donald Tr

As the Supreme Court was barreling toward the final weeks of its term last year, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to defend his colleagues from criticism that they were all too

It is afternoon rush hour on the M4 and drivers are yet again making slow progress around the city of Newport, often seen as the gateway to south Wales given its location between Cardiff and Bristol.

On the wide streets around Leeds’ Roundhay Park, Labour canvassers have built up a considerable step count just to walk between each of the stone-built mansions in one of the city’s most affluent subu

A Reform UK council has backed the release of wild beavers into the countryside, despite the party’s opposition to rewilding. The Reform-led Leicestershire county council has backed the release of th

Agricultural co-operatives could “unleash growth” in the UK and improve national food security in the face of crises such as the Middle East conflict by “improving the resilience of UK farms”, accordi

Labour’s deputy leader has warned there will be “no magic bullet” to solve Labour’s problems – or major challenges facing the country – as its MPs grapple with how to navigate the fallout out from the

Zack Polanski has said he would discourage pro-Palestine protesters from using the chant “globalise the intifada”, but the Green party leader warned against specifically outlawing the phrase or bannin

close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark Save Donald Trump’s former lawyer has called for the President to be removed from office because he has turned into a “madman”. Ty Cobb, who wor

Polanski stands by concerns over police response to Golders Green attack 15 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Richard Wheeler Political reporter Important that police "should not be ab

The federal government is undergoing an unprecedented presidential branding makeover, with Donald Trump’s name being added to everything from buildings and battleships to a drug website and a park pas

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New Jersey could join the crop of blue states currently considering new congressional maps in light of the US Supreme Court’s ruling that effectively vanquishes protections for racial minority distric

It is the lot of smaller parties that grow rapidly that they tend to endure something of a trial by the media in the UK. The attention from some of the newspapers and broadcasters to the Green party b

One Democratic lawmaker is committed to making Pete Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary untenable by exposing his “corruption” and “incompetence” to the point where President Donald Trump has to fir

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was reviewing a new offer from the Iranian regime to the end the war, but offered little optimism that the proposal would succeed. Subscribe to read this

This was an awful week. For years, we have been watching a slow chipping away of voting rights in our country. This is not only because of a conservative Supreme Court. It is part of a well-funded pl

Defense lawyers for the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last week say he’s being deprived of his dignity and res

PORTLAND, Maine — Before Graham Platner dove into the meat of his speech at the Maine Democratic Party Convention Saturday night, where he said it is “very odd but deeply humbling” to be the “presumpt