Karoline Leavitt says president ‘calls out fake news when he sees it’ after remark to reporter draws severe condemnationThe White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the president “calls out fake news when he sees it and gets […]

After Trump logged on and chose violence, Democratic leaders condemned his ‘disgusting and dangerous death threats’ – key US politics stories from 19 NovemberDonald Trump called for the arrest of a group of Democratic lawmakers he accused of engaging in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH”.The president’s remarks, issued on his Truth Social platform on Thursday […]

Karoline Leavitt says Trump doesn’t want to execute Democrats after president’s earlier social post suggesting their behavior is ‘punishable by DEATH’Democrats condemn Trump after he says they should be punished ‘by death’ over video postWhite House press secretary defends Trump’s ‘piggy’ insultTrump news at a glance: president says Democrats should be arrested for ‘seditious behavior’, […]

Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the ‘vaccine safety’ webpageA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has been changed to reflect the belief of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, that there is a link between vaccines and autism, a view flatly contradicted by experts […]

Biden and Bush were in attendance for Republican’s service, along with all other living former vice-presidentsDonald Trump and JD Vance have been snubbed, by not being invited to former vice-president Dick Cheney’s funeral, taking place on Thursday, according to a White House official familiar with the matter.Cheney, the former US vice-president to George W Bush […]

Donald Trump and JD Vance reportedly not invited to the former vice-president’s funeral; Clintons and Obamas notably absent from the eventDonald Trump and JD Vance snubbed for Dick Cheney’s funeralThe Trump administration presented a new plan to roll back regulations in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Wednesday, a move experts fear will accelerate the […]

The plan, which is likely to be viewed as ‘surrender’ by Kyiv, is facing pushback from the EU. Plus, Trump signs bill to compel release of more Epstein documentsDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine […]

As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his […]

Top Democrat on Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of the new White House ballroom.Warren – who is the top […]