Chuck Schumer says president’s remarks are ‘outright threat’ as other leading Democrats warn ‘political violence has no place in America’President Donald Trump will meet with incoming New York mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday, the first in-person talks between political opposites who have clashed over everything from immigration to economic policy.A democratic socialist and little-known state […]

But Sunshine state Republicans might oppose drilling off state’s famous beaches that keep tourism dollars coming inThe Trump administration on Thursday announced new oil and gas drilling off California’s and Florida’s coasts, setting the stage for a political showdown – including with Sunshine state Republicans who have largely opposed petroleum development in the Gulf of […]

Activist detained by ICE condemns ‘smear and harassment campaign’ and demands release of key communicationsMahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist who participated in protests at Columbia University and was detained by Ice earlier this year, has filed a lawsuit demanding the Trump administration release its communications with anti-Palestinian groups he says contributed to his March arrest […]

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 […]