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Biden poised to ‘repair’ judiciary after securing Senate majority

The Democrat-controlled Senate could help undo what Trump sowed during his own record-breaking pace of appointments

Republican says he ‘fears for the future’ if Trump is not charged over Jan 6 riot

Adam Kinzinger said in an interview the former president should be charged with conspiracy over the insurrection

Trump aide Hope Hicks texted ‘we look like domestic terrorists’ on January 6

Text exchange between then communications chief and fellow White House aide reportedly reveals exasperation at Capitol riot

Trump blaming abortion for midterms flop shows ‘ship is sinking’, insider says

Ex-president says ‘it wasn’t my fault’ Republicans fared poorly in 2022 but political wisdom of citing key rightwing issue questioned

Two years on from the Capitol riot: the toxic legacy of Trump’s big lie

Damned by the findings of the January 6 committee and sidelined by his ‘loyal’ mob, the former president now faces political irrelevance. But the lasting damage he has done is evident in a Congress that struggled to elect a speaker

World leaders condemn scenes as Bolsonaro supporters attack political buildings - live

Attack has been compared to 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump

Grand jury in Georgia’s Trump 2020 election investigation finishes work

Fulton county district attorney to decide on any indictments after special grand jury heard from dozens of witnesses over six months

Exclusive: more than 70 US and Brazilian lawmakers condemn Trump-Bolsonaro alliance

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar leads joint statement focused on Sunday’s riots in Brasília and January 6 insurrection

Colbert on Biden v Trump documents: ‘It’s comparing apples to orange-man’

Late-night hosts discuss the discovery of classified documents in one of Biden’s offices and McCarthy’s weak speakership

Robert Hur: special counsel in Biden documents case was Trump appointee

‘Well-informed, industrious’ lawyer, 50, was US attorney for Maryland before moving to private practice in 2021

Judge calls Trump’s attempt to dismiss E Jean Carroll rape lawsuit ‘absurd’

Ruling made in second case brought against former president by writer who alleges he sexually assaulted her in Bergdorf Goodman

Trump testified E Jean Carroll was ‘nut job’ who said she enjoyed being sexually assaulted

Lawyer for writer who accused him of rape asked if ex-president was admitting to it, unsealed testimony shows

Trump’s political fate may have been decided - by a Georgia grand jury

Panel that considered whether ex-president committed crimes in trying to overturn 2020 election defeat could recommend prosecution

Ex-Trump aide Sanders defends critical race theory ban as Arkansas governor

Sarah Sanders, a former Trump press secretary, says move is preventative and ‘to make sure we’re not indoctrinating our kids’

Republicans accuse Biden of hypocrisy over classified documents discoveries

House oversight chair requests Delaware visitor logs as Democrats stress difference from Trump classified records case

First Thing: US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?

Meta’s decision on Donald Trump is looming. Will he return to Facebook?

The ex-president was banned after the Capitol riots in 2021. Will his return rile social media’s ‘cauldron of extremism’?

Trump is trying to make a comeback. It’s not working

His ‘campaign event’ this week was a dud, his legal woes are growing and his cronies are viciously infighting

Matthew Modine: ‘It’s fascinating watching the sack of flesh I live in showing signs of wear’

The actor on painful memories, wanting to read Dante’s Inferno in Italian, and why Trump and Putin are the same person

Trump v Biden: how different are their policies on the US-Mexico border?

Biden’s immigration promises fall short as some of Trump’s policies remain in place – here’s what’s similar and what’s different

Proud Boys on defensive at sedition trial haunted by absent Trump

Five leaders of the far-right group on trial for their role in the January 6 attack have tried to turn attention to the ex-president

Mike Pompeo dismisses ‘faux outrage’ over murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Former Trump secretary of state claims US media depicted Washington Post columnist as ‘a Saudi Arabian Bob Woodward’

Trump’s golf course photo with Philadelphia mob boss raises questions

Spokesman won’t say if ex-president knows Joseph ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino, saying he ‘takes countless photos with people’

Trump’s Facebook and Instagram ban to be lifted, Meta announces

Ex-president to be allowed back ‘in coming weeks … with new guardrails in place’ after ban that followed January 6 attack

Wanda Sykes on Trump’s Facebook return: ‘Like letting Hannibal Lecter babysit your most delicious child’

Late-night hosts discuss Meta’s reinstatement of Donald Trump to Facebook and Instagram, and Jimmy Kimmel celebrates the 20th anniversary of his show.

Trump says he is ‘more angry’ than ever as he tries to revive White House bid

Speech to Republicans in New Hampshire as ex-president becomes first to hit the 2024 campaign trail

Ron DeSantis prepares for 2024 White House bid as Trump hits campaign trail

Moves spur Trump into attacking Florida governor during low key events over the weekend in Iowa and New Hampshire

Surprise New York grand jury reportedly to mull Trump hush money payments

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg to present evidence of $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016

Judge who told Pence not to overturn election predicts ‘beginning of end of Trump’

‘What Trump has done is quite arguably the worst crime against the US that a president could commit,’ says J Michael Luttig

Sarah Huckabee Sanders to give Republican State of the Union response

Former Trump press secretary turned Arkansas governor to share ‘the GOP’s optimistic vision for the future’ after Biden speech

Prosecutors likened Trump to mob boss and had to prove he wasn’t insane - book

Mark Pomerantz, who was on New York team investigating tax affairs, reportedly compares ex-president to John Gotti

Seth Meyers on Republican agenda: ‘It’s just about making the libs mad’

Late-night hosts discussed the ongoing rivalry between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis and how gas stoves continue to be a talking point

The race for the 2024 election is on. But who will take on Trump?

The ex-president is daring Republican challengers to make the first move – and some are preparing to attack

Trump documents: Congress offered briefing on records kept at Mar-a-Lago

Lawmakers may not be satisfied given subsequent discoveries involving Joe Biden and Mike Pence

Trump porn star payment a ‘zombie case’ that wouldn’t die, ex-prosecutor says in book

Mark Pomerantz writes of frustration of attempt to make hush money to Stormy Daniels a money-laundering case

FBI search of Pence’s Indiana residence finds new classified document

Lawyer for Trump’s former vice-president reportedly present for search, which followed discovery of documents there last month

Trump was issued subpoena for folder marked ‘Classified Evening Briefing’ discovered at Mar-a-Lago

Exclusive: Subpoena was issued last month after the folder was observed in Trump’s private quarters at the property

People vs Donald Trump review: Mark Pomerantz pummels Manhattan DA

Prosecutor who helped convict John Gotti thinks Alvin Bragg let Trump slip from the hook. His memoir proves controversial

Untouchable review: Trump as ‘lawless Houdini’ above US justice

Elie Honig offers a powerful indictment of the former president and those who have failed to bring him down

Republican senator Tim Scott preparing presidential run - report

Only Black Republican in Senate set to challenge Donald Trump for nomination, Wall Street Journal says

Georgia grand jury report on Trump election pressure to be partially released

Judge ruled certain sections will be made public this week, including one involving witnesses who may have lied under oath

Donald Trump ‘not above the law’, New York attorney general says

Letitia James celebrates appeals court ruling ordering ex-president to pay $110,000 fine for refusing to comply with subpoenas

Findings in Georgia Trump report could be enough to bring criminal charges

The partial release of the grand jury report signals the investigation already contains legitimate evidence of perjury

Larry Hogan: splitting anti-Trump vote ‘pretty good reason’ not to run in 2024

Former Maryland governor tells Meet the Press: ‘I care about making sure we have a future for the Republican party’

Election denier Kristina Karamo chosen to lead Michigan Republican party

Karamo lost secretary of state race in 2022 after mounting a campaign in support of Trump’s lie about electoral fraud

Trump claims he will ‘never call’ Ron DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’

Ex-president tests new nickname for Florida governor, chief rival in 2024 polls, by saying he would not use it

Trump’s environmental rollbacks in focus on visit to Ohio toxic train site

Former president criticizes Biden administration’s response to train derailment in East Palestine as he visits town

When it comes to immigration policy, Biden is increasingly Trump-like

Why is the Biden administration rolling out policies that are so unpopular with members of his own party?

Joe Biden nominates former Mastercard boss Ajay Banga to lead World Bank

US president puts forward choice to oversee new focus on climate crisis after resignation of Trump appointee David Malpass

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump in East Palestine: ‘A train wreck talking about a train wreck’

Late-night hosts discuss a visit to the toxic derailment site in Ohio, and eerie messages from Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot

Trump is taking advantage of the Ohio disaster in a way that’s eerily reminiscent of 2016

Conservative dog-whistling about how white people in red states are pariahs was a tactic that helped Trump win a presidential election

Stephen Colbert: Fox News ‘tossed aside any last scraps of journalistic integrity’

Late-night hosts discuss Pete Buttigieg’s visit to East Palestine, Ohio, a possible indictment of Trump in Georgia and Fox News’s latest invented controversy

Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin

Like all abusive men, dictators seek to control who can speak and which narratives are believed. The only difference is scale, says the US writer Rebecca Solnit

Dining across the divide US special: ‘She said there are no leaders in the Republican party, just idiots’

Neither of them likes Donald Trump, but would they agree on the economy, healthcare or immigration?

‘You’re not forgotten‘: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster

Fox News, Trump and JD Vance claim Biden overlooked East Palestine’s plight, citing residents’ whiteness as the reason

Dining across the divide US special: ‘I got the impression he felt all Democrats were horrible. He made us sound like Bond villains’

One votes Democrat and the other wants Donald Trump to win in 2024. Where does that leave them on immigration, abortion or Ukraine?

The Courage to be Free review: Ron DeSantis bows and scrapes to Trump

On the page, the Florida governor doesn’t show much courage about the man he must beat to be the Republican nominee

Trump officials complained about Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes to Disney - report

Ex-president became so incensed with late-night host’s jabs that two calls were made in 2018 to top executives at network owner

Ron DeSantis called a ‘tyrant’ as Trump supporters barred from book signing

Far-right activist Laura Loomer denounces Florida governor, who is expected to challenge ex-president for Republican nomination

Trump not entitled to immunity from civil suits over Capitol attack, says DoJ

Justice department said ex-president could be held liable for physical and psychological harm suffered during January 6

Singin’ the coups: Donald Trump releases single with January 6 prisoners

Former president drops charity song on streaming sites recorded with men imprisoned for their role in attack on US Capitol

Nikki Haley seeks support from Republicans ‘tired of losing’ at CPAC

Ex-UN ambassador and 2024 contender presents herself as face of ‘new generation’ in pitch to crowd still largely wed to Trump

All eyes on Trump as former president to address Maga Republicans at CPAC - live

Bolsonaro to speak and Trump to close rightwing political summit in Oxon Hill, Maryland – follow all the latest news

‘He’s gone full Trump’: Tories turn on Boris Johnson over Partygate

Senior MPs blast ex-PM’s ‘wicked’ claims after his backers level new accusations against Keir Starmer’s appointment of Sue Gray

Larry Hogan won’t run against Trump but warns party of ‘cult of personality’

Former Maryland governor says in op-ed he won’t be entering 2024 race and warns Republicans of putting Trump back in White House

John Oliver on Ron DeSantis: ‘A petty autocrat and a bully’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the political career of Ron DeSantis, Trump’s presumed rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

How Trump’s big lie played out on the CPAC stage

Most speakers focused on issues other than election integrity, but prominent election deniers were still given top billing

Seth Meyers on CPAC: ‘I’ve seen middle school dance recitals with a bigger audience’

Late-night hosts recap Donald Trump’s new campaign push, his nicknames for Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump Jr’s under-attended CPAC appearance

The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response - and handed Trump a victory

The failure of Pete Buttigieg, the US secretary of transportion, to appear for nearly three weeks recalls the incompetence of Fema during Hurricane Katrina

Army of pro-Trump bots attack 2024 rivals and manipulate information

Sprawling network of Twitter accounts post adoring words on the former president and ridicule his critics

Fox News hit with fresh federal election complaint over Trump camp collusion

Media Matters for America raised issue of Murdoch handing Jared Kushner confidential information about a Biden ad with the FEC

Larry Hogan doesn’t rule out third-party 2024 campaign in bid to stop Trump

Ex-governor pulls back from running for Republican nomination but says question of third-party run ‘keeps popping up’

What did Fox News really think of Trump and the 2020 election?

Revelations stem from evidence in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network

Stephen Colbert on Tucker Carlson: ‘Some people are just addicted to being dicks’

Late-night hosts discuss cherrypicked footage of January 6 ‘sightseers’, and Trump’s consideration of Kari Lake for VP

Michelle Obama says she sobbed ‘uncontrollably’ after Trump’s inauguration

Former first lady makes remark on The Light Podcast, her new venture, and notes the lack of diversity at the Capitol that day

Fox News faces ‘existential crisis’ over pushing of Trump’s 2020 election lie - live

Revelations emerge as Dominion Voting accuses network of amplifying debunked claims in $1.6bn lawsuit – follow all the latest news

Ron DeSantis visits Iowa as presidential bid speculation intensifies

Rightwing governor of Florida – and most likely rival to Trump for the 2024 nomination – promotes his book in the early voting state

Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape can be used in civil rape trial, judge rules

E Jean Carroll can use tape of former president boasting of touching women’s genitals without consent in New York trial

Michael Cohen to testify in Donald Trump hush-money investigation

His appearance comes as the inquiry into the $130,000 the former president paid to Stormy Daniels comes to an end

‘Lachlan’s in the mire’: Fox News case spells trouble for Murdoch heir

Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, who oversaw the network’s slavishly pro-Trump line, features prominently in evidence revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit

Colorado Republicans pick election denier as ‘wartime’ state party leader

Dave Williams backs Trump voter fraud lie and tried to insert ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ anti-Biden meme into his name on ballot

Trump should quit 2024 race if indicted in New York, Republican rival says

Ex-Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson: man facing charge over porn star payment should ‘respect institution of the presidency’

Is Fox News finally falling out of love with Trump? It’s complicated

Court revelations of the network’s private views about the former president suggest no love lost – but experts suggest each needs the other

Sunday with Judd Trump: ‘Most weeks my mum will bring a roast over for me’

The snooker star talks about getting up late, porridge for breakfast, practising each day and watching sport on TV

Trump/Steinbrenner: how the Yankees owner fired a president’s ego

Donald Trump is exiled in Florida but he was made in New York – in part by a friendship with a controversial baseball owner

Mike Pence: Donald Trump was wrong, history will hold him accountable

Former vice-president, speaking at annual Gridiron dinner, says it ‘mocks decency’ to portray Capitol attack as anything other than a ‘disgrace’

‘You can blame him’: Trump shifts responsibility for January 6 on Pence

Ex-president’s remarks come after his former vice-president said that history will hold Trump accountable for the violence

Trump says the Queen, Diana and Oprah Winfrey ‘kissed my ass’ in letters

Former president promotes book of correspondence with mournful claim that ‘only half’ of those included still like him

Ron DeSantis says US should not get ‘further entangled’ in Ukraine war

Florida governor’s remarks align with Trump’s view and are likely to shift sentiment in Republican party away from Ukraine support

Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors to discuss Trump role in payout

Adult film star was paid $130,000 in hush money to keep her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the ex-president under wraps

Trump would have believed aliens stole votes, key ally reportedly told jury

Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator, revealed the ex-president’s state of mind after 2020 loss to the Georgia grand jury

‘Vanity project’: Braverman under fire for taking only rightwing press to Rwanda

Home secretary’s trip to publicise refugee policy has been compared with Donald Trump’s news management

Trump in panic mode as he braces for likely charges in Stormy Daniels case

Manhattan district attorney expected to file criminal charges against ex-president for $130,000 payment to adult film star in 2016

Four Oath Keepers members convicted of obstruction in January 6 trial

The four were also convicted of conspiracy stemming from an insurrection at the Capitol in failed effort to keep Trump in office

Trump lawyer ordered to hand over notes in Mar-a-Lago documents inquiry

Major blow to ex-president as Evan Corcoran loses legal bid to avoid giving notes and audio transcripts to investigators

Police and pizza but no perp walk as New York waits for Trump indictment

A week that began with a bang fizzled out as grand jury unlikely to deliver verdict in hush money payment case until next week

Trump lawyer says ex-president based remarks about imminent arrest on ‘rumors’

Trump’s prediction last week was a bust, but Manhattan grand jury could reconvene on Monday with an arraignment by end of day

Mike Pence must testify before grand jury investigating January 6 - reports

A federal judge ruled the former vice-president must appear in the inquiry into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election

Angry Fox News chief said fact-checks of Trump’s election lies ‘bad for business’

Suzanne Scott wrote in December 2020 that on-air fact-checks ‘have to stop’, messages obtained from $1.6bn Dominion lawsuit reveal

Rupert Murdoch took direct role in Fox News 2020 election call, filings reveal

Messages newly released in Dominion Voting Systems defamation case show media mogul discussed when to call Trump’s defeat

Donald Trump vows to escalate attacks against Alvin Bragg - sources

The former president was stunned by the indictment at first, but after 24 hours he indicated he wanted to ‘rough ’em up’

Trump to address indictment in Mar-a-Lago speech following arraignment - live

Speech follows ex-president’s appearance in New York court – follow all the latest news

White House blames Trump for 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal chaos

Biden administration releases review saying president’s options were ‘severely constrained’ by decisions of predecessor

Texas federal judge suspends government approval of abortion pill

Trump-appointed judge rules in case arguing FDA exceeded its regulatory authority when it approved mifepristone in 2000

Trump reportedly seeks 2024 campaign role for far-right activist Laura Loomer

Ex-president has told aides to hire failed congressional candidate and anti-Muslim campaigner, New York Times reports

Same world, different planet: Trump’s arrest lays bare US polarization

Reactions to the former president’s court appearance on hush money charges were diametrically opposite depending on political persuasion

Vow of silence: why Biden is saying nothing about Trump’s indictment

Trump made history by becoming the first former US president to be criminally charged but his successor has studiously avoided the subject

The case(s) against Trump: New York charges only beginning of legal woes

Experts suggest the quantity and gravity of upcoming investigations could ultimately bury his electoral chances

Manhattan DA sues Republican Jim Jordan over Trump case interference

Alvin Bragg is suing to block the subpoena of a former prosecutor who led an inquiry into Donald Trump’s business practices

Trump back in New York to give deposition in business fraud lawsuit

The ex-president will be questioned in a $250m suit for allegedly inflating his assets to gain favorable loans and tax benefits

Judge rejects Trump request to delay rape trial over negative publicity

The court said that Trump himself ‘provoked’ some of the publicity and cannot claim prejudice to delay next week’s trial start

Top Trump adviser to be interviewed by special counsel prosecutors

Talks between Boris Epshteyn and DoJ prosecutors investigating Mar-a-Lago and January 6 cases represent possible peril for Trump

Judd Trump’s Crucible campaign ended by McGill as Kyren Wilson hits 147 break

Kyren Wilson snatched the first maximum 147 break of the 2023 World Snooker Championship in his victory over Ryan Day while Judd Trump was knocked out by Anthony McGill

Novelist Celeste Ng: ‘There was a period when I thought I’d never write again’

The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using Ulysses

‘Four-time loser’ Trump might not be nominee for 2024, Republican insists

Governor Chris Sununu says ‘we need a candidate that can win’ even as Trump dominates national primary polls

Mike Pence will enter presidential race ‘well before late June’ - if he does at all

Former vice-president, adrift of Trump and DeSantis in polls, makes less-than-bold presidential prediction to CBS

Mike Pence testifies to grand jury about Donald Trump and January 6

Former vice-president’s proximity to the ex-president during the Capitol attack makes him a key witness in the criminal inquiry

‘Cool time to be making shit’: why artist Illma Gore is optimistic about the rise of AI

She’s being sued by Marilyn Manson and is hated by Trump supporters but the Brisbane provocateur is focusing on the bright side

E Jean Carroll: ‘invincible old lady’ tells Trump rape trial of years of suffering

Jurors in the New York rape trial heard this week of how Trump’s alleged attack led to pain behind the public self

Biden v Trump: US is unenthused by likely rematch of two old white men

As Biden formally launches his 2024 bid and Trump chalks up endorsements polls show voters have little appetite for a replay

CNN’s planned town hall with Donald Trump faces pushback

The network and Trump had a difficult relationship when he was in office, but the event could goose both of their ratings

E Jean Carroll says she sued for rape on advice of Trump adviser’s husband

Writer tells New York jury George Conway, the husband of top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, encouraged her to take legal action

‘I believed it then and I believe it today’: last witness testifies in Trump civil rape trial

Carol Martin corroborates E Jean Carroll’s account of aftermath of alleged rape, and judge keeps door open to Trump appearance

Video of Trump confusing E Jean Carroll with ex-wife in deposition is released

Former president shown pointing to photograph of writer who accuses him of rape and saying ‘That’s my wife’

’Why didn’t you scream?’: Trump lawyer takes hostile approach to rape trial

Joe Tacopina’s outdated tactics have won freedom for accused killers and rapists, but will they work in E Jean Carroll case?

As 2024 elections near, US media grapples with how to cover Trump

CNN’s Wednesday town hall with the ex-president could be a warning bell for cable news to not repeat mistakes from 2016

Trump town hall live: former US president to face questions day after sexual abuse verdict - live

Republican voter event in New Hampshire comes after Trump is told to pay $5m in damages to E Jean Carroll

E Jean Carroll considering suing Trump for his remarks during CNN town hall

The disparaging comments came just a day after the ex-president was found liable for sexually abusing the writer

New Hampshire governor ‘embarrassed’ by crowd’s behavior at Trump town hall

Chris Sununu said the audience’s conduct ‘doesn’t shine a positive light’ on the state, which will hold the first Republican primary

There is a clear and present danger of a new Trump presidency. Democrats must act now to prevent it

Being found liable for sexual abuse hasn’t weakened the former president’s grip on his party, while the polls are getting bleaker for Biden, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Digested week: Trump and De Niro aren’t helping my coronation hangover

Elizabeth Holmes’ bizarre New York Times interview kicks off the comedown from royal festivities

DeSantis secures endorsements on visit to Iowa in preparation for likely 2024 bid

Florida governor lands in crucial early-voting state in Republican nomination process after weeks of lagging behind Trump

Title 42 migration restrictions have ended, but Biden’s new policy is tougher

President pledged as a candidate to dismantle Trump’s hardline immigration agenda but new rules are more restrictive

As Trump’s lies and scandals deepen, the GOP responds as usual - with silence

That Republican elders dare not alienate the ex-president’s fanbase shows how fully he has shaped the party in his image

Trump’s rape trial was triggering. But Carroll’s victory offered a glimmer of hope

The ex-president continues to gaslight and diminish his victims, and was given a platform by CNN. But we can ensure he isn’t elected again

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley downplays federal abortion ban

The former South Carolina governor – far behind Donald Trump in the polls – says nationwide ban is currently unviable

How Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse - podcast

Jonathan Freedland and Guardian US columnist Margaret Sullivan discuss how the media should now cover a 2024 presidential candidate who has been impeached twice, indicted by a federal court, and who was this week found to have sexually abused the advice columnist E Jean Carroll

What happens when leaders disregard the truth? Putin and Trump are about to find out

A novel approach to holding Russia accountable for atrocities in Ukraine could ensure that lies and mass murder do not go unpunished

CNN’s Trump debacle suggests TV media set to repeat mistakes of 2016

Network’s own reporters criticise decision to give ex-president platform in ‘town hall’ format that allowed him to spout freely

Trump rages after sexual abuse verdict but legal woes have only just begun

Investigations are mounting, making it harder for the former president to spin his troubles as persecution by liberal elites

Trump-Russia: what we know about the Durham investigation of an investigation

William Barr asked special counsel in 2019 to investigate the FBI investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia in 2016

FBI lacked evidence to investigate Trump over Russia links, key report finds

Agency ‘failed to uphold mission of strict fidelity’, special counsel John Durham concludes in investigation set up by Bill Barr

CNN host Christiane Amanpour rebukes network over Trump town hall

Influential anchor tells Columbia commencement address she had ‘very robust exchange of views’ with channel boss Chris Licht

Ron DeSantis expected to formally enter 2024 presidential race next week

Florida governor is seen as main challenger to Donald Trump for Republican nomination but is currently a distant second in polls

DeSantis says only he can beat Biden in 2024 presidential election

Florida governor, expected to announce run soon, tells fundraising event Trump does not have ‘serious chance’ of being elected

Ron DeSantis claims only ‘Biden and me’ have a winning chance in 2024 US presidential race, report says - live

Republican Florida governor reportedly dismissed Donald Trump’s chances as he gears up to announce his candidacy on Wednesday

‘Trump’s not a good sport’: Chris Cillizza on presidents at play

George HW Bush was the most sportsmanlike modern president but Gerald Ford was the best athlete, author says

Republican senator: Trump will lose 2024 presidential race if nominated

Bill Cassidy, one of the few Republicans to vote to impeach Trump in 2021, says 2022 midterms showed Trump’s weakness

‘The exact opposite of Donald Trump’: Republican senator Tim Scott’s vision for America

Can the politician’s Reagan-esque optimism and rightwing principles convince the GOP to pick its first Black presidential candidate?

Melissa McCarthy: ‘I spend a lot of my work shredding people’

Actor Melissa McCarthy on winding up Trump, using ‘humour as healthcare’ and why she’s had enough of Hollywood’s ‘screamers and egos’

Senior Tories say Trump-style takeover could precipitate party meltdown

Prominent members fear a tilt to the right could spell the end in the ‘blue wall’ heartlands

Ron DeSantis to launch presidential campaign on Twitter with Elon Musk

Rightwing Florida governor has maintained a consistent distant second place to Donald Trump

Goodbye to Succession, the defining show of the Trump era

As the finale looms, the darkly comedic drama about pettiness and politics stands as a brilliantly warped mirror of what Americans have suffered through since 2016

Boris Johnson tried to persuade Donald Trump to back Ukraine on US tour

Former PM has also been in Dallas, where he met the Republican governor of Texas and Las Vegas and made a lucrative speech

Trump workers at Mar-a-Lago moved boxes of papers day before FBI visit - report

Former president and aides also allegedly carried out ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers before receiving subpoena

Texas attorney general impeached by Republican-led House in historic vote

Ken Paxton drew support from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz prior to the vote

Ruby Wax says Donald Trump didn’t make a pass at her as she is ‘too clever’

Comedian tells Hay literary festival Trump found her ‘obnoxious’ when she interviewed him in 1996

Jesse Armstrong on the roots of Succession: ‘Would it have landed the same way without the mad bum-rush of Trump’s presidency?’

It has been the TV drama of our time – a brutal, hilarious unpicking of how power works. As the series comes to an end, its creator looks back at its origin and the unholy trinity of men who helped inspire Logan Roy

DeSantis’s limp start to 2024 race delights Trump but battle is not over

Florida governor enters the primary weakened after Twitter ‘DeSaster’ as wide field of candidates try to scrape ahead

DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic’ climate approach after campaign launch

Republican ‘trying to out-Trump Trump’ on climate, expert says, as governor says he rejects the ‘politicization of the weather’

Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in US if elected president

Governor makes remark to Fox News and predicts two White House terms should he defeat Trump for Republican nomination

Fox News to host Trump town hall in key test for beleaguered network

Network, facing second defamation lawsuit after paying $787m to settle with Dominion, to air Iowa event hosted by Sean Hannity

Trump election reframed TV version of The Handmaid’s Tale, says Atwood

Hugely successful adaptation of dystopian novel began airing three months after 2016 US presidential election

‘Trump Bucks’ websites taken down after buyers fall for fake currency

Victims of con invested thousands of dollars in fake bills plastered with Trump’s face they believed would make them rich

E Jean Carroll co-writes romance novel with ex-president’s niece Mary Trump

Novel, which law professor Jennifer Taub also worked on, will be released on Substack and have ‘erotic scenes’ but ‘no politics’

Don’t be fooled - Trump’s presidential run is gaining more and more momentum

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: Trump is leading the other Republican contenders, and Biden is far from safe

Trump-appointed judge says Tennessee anti-drag law is unconstitutional

Thomas Parker says law designed to place limit on drag shows would encourage ‘discriminatory enforcement’ in ruling

Trump lawyers demand judge in New York hush-money case step aside

Attorneys argue Juan Manuel Merchan should recuse himself due to conflict of interest from daughter’s work for leading Democrats

‘We will succeed’: Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive

Ukraine’s president hints at concern over a possible Trump return in 2024 in Wall Street Journal interview

Chris Christie just wants to ‘bludgeon’ Trump, Fox News’s Hannity complains

Sean Hannity says ex-New Jersey governor lacks ‘inspiring agenda’ as he prepares new presidential run

‘Roast and Ride’: Republican primary revs up with bikers, BBQs and a Trump-shaped hole

Aspirants including Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence rally the crowd but none mention the ex-president by name, giving the impression of a party in denial

Trump lawyers meet with DoJ to stave off indictment in Mar-a-Lago case

Ex-president’s lawyers complain about perceived misconduct in investigation into handling of documents and obstruction

Chris Christie, ex-New Jersey governor, launches 2024 presidential run

Pugilistic politician joins Republican primary with singular focus – to take the fight to Donald Trump

Trump’s lawyers told he is target in Mar-a-Lago documents investigation

Move dramatically raises stakes for former president as investigation appears to near its conclusion

Donald Trump charged with illegal retention of classified documents

The twice-impeached former president is being prosecuted for retaining national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort

The Observer view on Donald Trump’s indictment: it will also put Joe Biden on trial

The former president will try to turn a melodramatic televised court battle into a campaign rally

James Comey: ‘I’d like to take readers inside the White House’

The former FBI director, who was sacked by Donald Trump, on parallels between the ex-president and mafia bosses, why he would never run for office, and his new crime thriller

Fears that Republicans’ rhetoric after Trump indictment could spark violence

‘An eye for an eye’, said Arizona congressman, while another representative from Louisiana gave militaristic instructions

Trump offered ‘Food for everyone’ - but Miami restaurant patrons went hungry

The ex-president swept into the Cuban restaurant Versailles after his arraignment this week but left without picking up anyone’s tab

The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words

Editorial: Though extremist groups are under renewed pressure, the threat they pose has not disappeared

To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law

Both men sing from the Berlusconi songsheet, denouncing charges against them as partisan attacks while we pay the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Some Republicans denounce Trump over classified documents but question DoJ’s motives

Chris Christie calls ex-president a ‘petulant child’ while Mike Pence vows to ‘clean house’ at the justice department

Ellsberg and Trump both took classified documents. Their reasons couldn’t be more different

A great truth teller has left us. A liar whose mendacity has no equal remains for us to deal with

Can Boris Johnson emulate Donald Trump and make a comeback? No chance

Half of all Tory voters take a dim view of the former prime minister whereas the ex-president has a strong Republican support

Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi - but the damage they have caused lives on

Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention

Trump’s push for new sexual abuse trial is ‘magical thinking,’ E Jean Carroll says

The former US president asked for a new trial after the jury awarded Carroll $5m, saying the damages were excessive

Trump critic Will Hurd announces Republican run for president

Former CIA officer and Texas congressman pitches himself as moderate alternative to current crop of primary contenders

Pence tells Republicans to take hard line on abortion despite electoral liability

Former vice-president calls for federal 15-week ‘minimum’ ban in contrast to Trump who suggested issue cost party votes

Republicans’ enduring fealty to Trump on display at conference after his indictment

Ex-president lashes out at federal prosecutors and tells conservative audience that his two indictments are a ‘great badge of courage’

List of witnesses against Trump cannot be secret in documents case, judge rules

In her first pre-trial ruling, Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon rules against the government

Ron DeSantis accused of ‘stupid’ move with timing of New Hampshire event

2024 presidential hopeful schedules event in competition with Donald Trump speech to Republican women

Top Georgia official to meet special counsel investigators over Trump’s 2020 election plot - live

Brad Raffensperger to talk to Jack Smith’s team in Atlanta following their interviews with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani

How a 24-hour drag show predicted the past seven years in America

Just before Trump’s election, Taylor Mac staged a spectacular queer history of the US that was mysteriously prophetic about the culture wars that would follow

Experience: we got married while Donald Trump was arraigned next door

As the former US president faced criminal charges, we battled crowds to get to our ceremony on time

The Republican race for 2024: can anyone stop Trump?

Despite being embroiled in several legal wrangles that could ultimately land him in jail, Donald Trump has a comfortable lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Joan E Greve reports

Trump says Putin is ‘somewhat weakened’ by aborted mutiny

In an interview with Reuters, the ex-president weighed in on the Ukraine-Russia war and China’s spy operation in Cuba

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss E Jean Carroll’s first defamation suit

Ex-president’s claims of absolute immunity and that statements were opinion were rejected; lawsuit scheduled for early next year

US set to rejoin Unesco after leaving during Trump presidency

Biden committed to rejoining body to ‘counter Chinese influence’ after Trump administration pulled out over ‘anti-Israeli bias’

Donald Trump was allegedly creepy about Ivanka - but will his fans care?

A new book by Miles Taylor, an ex-Trump official, claims the former president repeatedly sexualized his daughter

Scathing report on US withdrawal from Afghanistan blames Trump and Biden

State department’s findings also reflect poorly on Antony Blinken as it outlines the agency’s failure to expand crisis taskforce

DeSantis’s stalling campaign: how to lose friends and alienate people

Florida governor launched his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential pick as Trump’s main challenger but finds himself sinking in the polls

The Big Break: Ben Terris on his portrait of Washington after Trump

The Washington Post reporter discusses his tale of pollsters, chancers, gamblers and more in a capital rocked to its core

Unafraid review: Kari Lake as election denier, birther … and Trump VP?

The former TV host refuses to accept Arizona defeat, spews hate against LGBTQ+ Americans and idolizes the ex-president

Trump said president under indictment would create ‘constitutional crisis’

Former president made comments in 2016 days before election he won, and predicted Hillary Clinton would face criminal trial

Why was Trump hoarding classified government documents?

We don’t know the motive for the president’s retention of files at Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, but let’s not rule out stupidity

Chris Christie calls Trump-DeSantis nomination feud ‘a teenage food fight’

Former New Jersey governor speaks out after bizarre video from Florida’s governor and ‘juvenile’ nicknames from the ex-president

US investigators zone in on Trump election-plot lawyer John Eastman

Experts say Eastman, faces possible disbarment in California, under increasing scrutiny in federal and state inquiries

Jackson Bone: the Trump-linked US law firm engaged in anti-trans litigation

Former administration staffer Candice Jackson partnering with Lauren Adams Bone, legal director of ‘radical feminist’ group

Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in Mar-a-Lago documents case - live

Former US president’s ‘body man’ appears in Miami court on charges relating to classified documents found at resort

Trump valet pleads not guilty in classified documents investigation

Ex-president’s valet Walt Nauta arraigned in federal district court in Miami on charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice

Has Trump really turned on Kari Lake, one of his loudest cheerleaders?

Her biggest political accomplishment was losing Arizona’s gubernatorial race in 2022 – and now Trump and his team think she might be too thirsty for attention

With Trump in trouble, Republicans step up assault on DoJ and FBI

Critics say party that touted its law-and-order credentials now intent on wrecking institutions that get in Donald Trump’s way

Trump attacks ‘no personality’ DeSantis and repeats election lies in Nevada

Former president who dominates Republican primary finds receptive audience at Las Vegas rally

No Trade Is Free review: Trump’s man plots an unusually civil course

Robert Lighthizer, once US trade representative, is a rare aide of little interest to investigators. His readable book shows why

Ron DeSantis cannot ‘out-Trump Trump’ in primary, Ocasio-Cortez says

Democratic congresswoman says rightwing Florida governor, trailing Trump in the polls, has made ‘very large, critical errors’

Trump not entitled to immunity in Carroll defamation lawsuit, DoJ says

In reversal DoJ says presidency doesn’t shield Trump from writer’s lawsuit, paving way for possible trial in January

Georgia grand jury selected in Trump case over attempt to overturn 2020 defeat

Grand jury will decide later this summer whether the former president and his associates will face criminal charges

Trump documents trial judge sets first hearing; Georgia grand jury set to weigh 2020 election charges - live

Aileen Cannon sets 18 July for hearing as ex-US president asks for trial delay; grand jury to decide if Trump has case to answer on election interference

‘No basis’ to delay Trump classified documents trial, prosecutors say

Prosecution filing sharply rejects postponing trial until after 2024 election because of complexity of discovery and jury concerns

Republicans use defense spending to target abortion; Tucker Carlson hosts Trump-free presidential forum - live

Transgender care also targeted as House due to vote on spending; former Fox host’s forum with Republican presidential hopefuls happening without ex-president

Obscure Iowa non-profit paid for flyers claiming Trump is pro-LGBTQ+ rights

Group called Advancing Our Values registered as non-profit two weeks earlier but mailers ‘intended to be anti-Trump’, says expert

Jared Kushner appeared before grand jury about Trump’s efforts to overturn election

The son-in-law and former adviser to the ex-president testified that Trump seemed to believe that he had won the 2020 election

Obscure Iowa non-profit produces new flyer calling Trump ‘trailblazer for trans’

Second flyer sent to households in state by mysterious political group seeks to portray former president as LGBTQ+ advocate

In America’s ‘Voltage Valley’, hopes of car-making revival turn sour

EV manufacturer Lordstown Motors, lauded by Trump in 2020, has gone bankrupt – what now for the once-proud auto-making region?

Biden stability beats Trump volatility in 2024 match-up, experts suggest

Political scientists read the Republican runes and suggest Trump will win the nomination – but how would he fare in a 2020 rematch?

Donald Trump faces midnight deadline to decide whether to face grand jury

Three charges relating to the Capitol attack are reportedly being considered, among other legal challenges for the ex-president

Barbie v Oppenheimer: dolls trump nukes as blockbusters hit screens

Glasgow crowds root for Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum satire over Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb saga

Filthy Rich Politicians: journalist Matt K Lewis on Trump, ethics and money in Washington

New books discusses ‘disturbing’ discoveries about how politicos enrich themselves, from stocks to lobbying and book deals

US third-party group mulls 2024 ticket - but would it merely help Trump?

Anxious Democrats say centrist No Labels group – which could back Joe Manchin – would act as spoiler against Joe Biden

Struggling DeSantis and Pence attack criminal justice law they championed

Candidates for Republican nomination attack First Step Act enacted under Trump in attempt to look tough on crime

Blowback review: Miles Taylor on the dangers of a second Trump term

The aide who was Anonymous writes, under his own name, with an urgency the New York Times and others should note

Rudy Giuliani ally, pardoned by Trump, gives trove of papers to special counsel

NYPD’s ex-commissioner Bernie Kerik gave about 600MB of pdfs to Jack Smith, who is investigating Trump for the Capitol attack

Trump is gearing up for his ‘final battle’. So should we

Trump and the Republicans will lose this battle. Even if they win Republican primaries, they will lose the general election

Trump remains at the top as lineup for first Republican debate emerges - US politics live

Former US president appears to be far ahead of his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination as six hopefuls clear debate hurdle

Donald Trump’s popularity has fallen among Republican voters, poll suggests

Ex-president’s favorability has fallen 9 points to 66% with party supporters, while Republicans with a negative view rose to 32%

Romney urges Republican no-hopers to drop out to beat Trump in primary

Utah senator cites 90s comedy Dumb and Dumber to call on candidates to unite behind one challenger to avoid 2016 repeat

Georgia prosecutors eye criminal solicitation crimes in Trump inquiry

Exclusive: Fulton county DA has identified multiple state election crimes in the 2020 election investigation, sources say

Trump to return ancient Israeli artefacts held at Mar-a-Lago

Israel sent items including ancient coins and ceramic oil lamps in December 2019 for Hanukkah event at White House

Trump faces more charges in classified documents case as second aide named

Prosecutors bring additional charges against former president as Mar-a-Lago worker Carlos De Oliveira named as third defendant

Trump’s latest charges will only deepen his determination to win in 2024

Winning will be his best chance of staying out of jail, analysts say, and legal woes haven’t yet hurt his standing in the Republican race

‘A rerun of a soap opera’: top Republican urges party to reject Trump 2024 bid

New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu attacks ex-president and says his 2024 bid is a far cry from his victorious 2016 run

Finally, 30 months after leaving office in disgrace, Trump must face the music

The latest indictments – for trying to overturn the 2020 election – mean a reckoning for the man who led chants of ‘lock her up’

Trump arraignment key takeaways: four charges and a swift return date

The ex-president was hit with four felony counts over efforts to overturn the election, and another hearing is due later this month

Trump looked like ‘scared puppy’ on way to court, Nancy Pelosi says

Former speaker says she ‘didn’t see any bravado or confidence’ in comments likely to enrage Trump, a longtime Pelosi foe

John Bolton suggests US will leave Nato if ‘erratic’ Trump wins in 2024

Ex-national security adviser calls former boss ‘irrational’ and criticizes Republicans who support him on foreign policy

The Observer view on the latest charges against Donald Trump: America needs to see the ex-president brought to justice

The former Republican leader’s claims about the 2020 election have done great harm to US democracy. They must be exposed for the blatant lies they are

Pence would be ‘best witness’ in Trump election conspiracy trial, attorney says

John Lauro slams indictment as full of holes and says Mike Pence could help former boss fight off 2020 election conspiracy charges

Fulton county prosecutors could seek Trump 2020 election charges next week

District attorney Fani Willis had indicated to her staff they were sufficiently prepared to go to trial tomorrow

Trump requests to review classified documents ahead of trial at Mar-a-Lago

Trump’s lawyers asked for a secure facility to be reinstalled at the same Mar-a-Lago club where he hoarded classified documents

‘No Republican party’ in US today, says anti-Trump conservative judge

J Michael Luttig, who advised Mike Pence not to try to overturn 2020 election, says former president has destroyed GOP

Special counsel proposes January 2024 trial date in Trump election case

Filing sets aggressive timeline with 2 January 2024 trial date but ex-president’s lawyers are expected to seek delay

Inflammatory remarks could speed up 2020 election trial, judge warns Trump

Judge Tanya Chutkan rules ex-president free to share ‘non-sensitive materials’ but rejected majority of his other requests

Georgia DA summons former lawmaker and journalist in Trump election inquiry

Fani Willis’s office will have former lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan and journalist George Chidi testify before a grand jury

A tsunami of AI misinformation will shape next year’s knife-edge elections

If you thought social media had a hand in getting Trump elected, watch what happens when you throw AI into the mix

Trump running for 2024 ‘to stay out of jail’, Republican rival says

Will Hurd offers sharp rebuke of Trump’s conduct: ‘This is about a president trying to overturn an election and creating a conspiracy’

Meet the drag queen who hit No 1 on the Christian music charts - with help from a Trump ally

When an evangelical provocateur attacked Flamy Grant, he accidentally inspired a wave of support for the musician

Georgia indictment lays out Trump election plot in all its shocking detail

Charging document, staggering in its breadth and ambition of its charges, may represent greatest legal peril for ex-president to date

Governor Brian Kemp tells Trump Georgia’s 2020 election ‘was not stolen’

Republican says no one has produced evidence of fraud in court of law despite ex-president’s vow to present ‘irrefutable’ proof

Trump is undermining the entire US judicial system with another big lie

Trump’s second big lie is almost as dangerous to the future of American democracy as was his first

Names and addresses of Trump jurors in Georgia posted on rightwing websites

Georgia grand jury targeted after private information published online

Digested week: Rudy Giuliani still hoping for his Trump loyalty to pay

A Trump presidency is Giuliani’s final hope – or failing that, some payment for all his legal work at least

Georgia steps up investigation into threats against Trump grand jurors

Private information about members of grand jury that indicted former president has been published online

‘It baffles me’: what drew a mild lawyer with a liberal past into Trump’s election plot?

Kenneth Chesebro – low-profile, bright, seemingly decent – is not your average Trump guy. So how did he become the architect of the election subversion scandal?

‘America First 2.0’: Vivek Ramaswamy pitches to be Republicans’ next Trump

The candidate is emerging as a challenger – however slight – in a race still thoroughly dominated by the former president

Former top Trump aide says he was unaware of document declassification - report

Ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows’ admission could complicate the ex-president’s defense in his classified documents case

Chicago woman arrested over alleged threats to kill Trump and son Barron

Tracy Marie Fiorenza, 41, allegedly made first threat in email in May and allegedly sent another in June, officials say

Donald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday night

Exclusive: Trump had lawyers negotiate booking to take place during prime viewing hours to get maximum television ratings

Republican debate live: Trump a no-show as eight presidential hopefuls will compete for spotlight

Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson and Vivek Ramaswamy to appear as ex-US president skips debate

Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘My name is on a list’ of Trump vice-president picks

Far-right congresswoman from Georgia tells the Guardian she ‘would be honored’ if chosen for the role

Trump’s jail spectacle is historic, but it won’t harm him politically

The most significant events may be what happens far away from the Fulton county jail, as Trump continues to be the GOP frontrunner

Trump is turning his mugshot into a badge of honour - but will voters see it that way?

Inmate #P01135809 (also known as the ex-president) is using his mugshot as a marketing opportunity and seizing control of the narrative

Trump legal team claims trial dates ‘by design’ clash with election campaign

Alina Habba said trials’ schedules would cause them to overlap and clash with voting, preventing the ex-president from campaigning

Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules

Trump ally, 79, loses judgment after spreading baseless claims and case will now go to trial to determine amount in damages

Critics say Biden is old and tired. But so is his most likely opponent, Trump

The two men are almost the same age. Biden’s slight seniority is only an issue because there’s so little else to raise

Trump’s Truth Social platform faces uncertain future as key test looms

Former president’s social media platform is asking shareholders in Digital World for another year to complete merger

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to Georgia election racketeering charges

The former Trump lawyer also waived his right to appear at an arraignment set for 6 September

Top Democrat says ‘powerful argument’ 14th amendment disqualifies Trump

Tim Kaine says clause on ‘insurrection against the constitution’ could preclude ex-president from running in next year’s election

Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Georgia 2020 election indictment

Former Trump chief of staff joins 18 other co-defendants in pleading not guilty over illegal scheme to overturn election results

New York attorney general asks judge to sanction Trump over ‘frivolous’ arguments

Letitia James says Trump family is rehashing failed legal arguments in $250m civil suit over company’s business affairs

Biden government moves to call off oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Seven oil and gas leases canceled by interior department, which said sale during final days of Trump administration were flawed

Trump may seek to transfer Georgia 2020 election charges to federal court

Former president’s lawyer notifies judge in Fulton county that he ‘may seek removal of his prosecution’

US judge rejects Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia case to federal court

Ruling indicates similar bids by Donald Trump and others to move election racketeering case to more favorable venue will fail

Giuliani says Trump ‘really, really upset’ by conviction of ex-White House adviser

Trump ally describes ex-president’s reaction to news his former adviser Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress

‘We have to come to grips with history’: Robert P Jones on The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy

The US scholar finds the source of Trump’s racist appeal – and current culture wars over the teaching of the American past – in papal doctrine and deadly Christian certainties

Gavin Newson says Ron DeSantis is ‘fundamentally authoritarian’

California’s Democratic governor adds Donald Trump’s quest for vengeance poses greater threat to democracy in NBC interview

Ohio’s working class felt deserted by Democrats. Can Biden win them back?

The state voted twice for Trump but although many in the party admit they got things wrong not everyone agrees on what

The Tories are mistaken if they believe that immigration is still their trump card

Deeply distrusted on the issue after 13 years of broken promises, there is now more risk to the party than reward in trying to exploit it as an electoral weapon

Trump asks judge to recuse herself in federal 2020 election subversion case

The recusal motion against US district judge Tanya Chutkan based on two public statements alone faces major legal hurdles

Appeals court shields Trump ally Scott Perry’s phone in 2020 election inquiry

Three-judge panel ruled some communications of the House Freedom Caucus leader were protected from legal proceedings

Georgia judge allows key pair be tried separately from Trump and 16 others

Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who requested speedy trial in election interference case, to be tried next month

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president

Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she ‘simply can’t support him’ again

America needs fresh leaders - Biden and Trump should both stand down

Any system of government that pits a vengeful crook against a fading old-timer is not working well

Donald Trump pleased at praise from Putin: ‘I like that he said that’

Former US president makes comment in interview with NBC after being told Putin approved of his stance on Russia invasion

Trump says Republicans ‘speak very inarticulately’ about abortion

Trump talks about democratic principles, ageing politicians and abortion rights in wide ranging NBC interview

Former aide says Trump wrote to-do lists on classified documents - report

Trump denies wrongdoing after ex-assistant reported he wrote tasks for her on back of sensitive materials during presidency

Trump official Jeffrey Clark attempts to move Georgia trial to federal court

Judge appears inclined to reject ex-DoJ official’s effort and throws out written testimony from Clark

Rupert Murdoch thought $787.5m Dominion suit would cost Fox $50m, Michael Wolff book says

Trump tell-all author returns with tale of Fox News strife which also includes prediction Ron DeSantis will be Republican nominee

Fake Trump electors case should stay in Fulton county court, prosecutors argue

Georgia attorneys said that merely performing a role in the presidential election did not make them federal officials

Rupert Murdoch jumps ship at Fox News just as it sails toward choppy waters

Murdoch leaves most-watched US rightwing network as more costly lawsuits are still pending and question of how to cover Trump remains

Rupert Murdoch’s toxic legacy? The powerful can now blame the world’s ills on ‘the elite’

Posing as a truth-telling outsider, the Fox mogul paved the way for Trump, the ‘alt right’ and even Russell Brand, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Rust Belt Union Blues: how Trump wooed workers away from the Democrats

From the parking lots of Pennsylvania steel country to the megachurches of Michigan, a new book traces a great political migration that has transformed the US electoral landscape

Poll showing Trump up 10 points over Biden for 2024 election criticized

A Washington Post-ABC poll showed results that diverge from most other surveys, and even the pollers made a caveat

Pete Buttigieg condemns Trump’s reported remarks about wounded veteran

Ex-president reportedly told Gen Mark Milley in 2019 that severely wounded soldier should be banned from public appearances

‘I like him even better now’: Trump’s true believers keep the faith

Millions of Democrats and independents view Trump’s four years in office as a disaster but for supporters it is his biggest asset

Cassidy Hutchinson left DC amid ‘security concerns’ after January 6 hearings

Former White House aide to Donald Trump tells CBS’s Sunday Morning she ‘could not go back to my apartment’

Top Trump aide burned so many papers wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says

Mark Meadows’ wife complained of cost of dry-cleaning to remove smell from suits, Cassidy Hutchison writes in new memoir

Federal judge declines to recuse herself from Trump election interference case

Tanya Chutkan rejected former president’s claims that her past comments raised doubts about her fairness

Texas Democrat asks witness how many times GOP said 'if' in Joe Biden allegations - video

During a hearing of the House Oversight Committee Crockett also accused GOP members of ignoring evidence against Donald Trump

Trump suing ex-MI6 officer who alleged he was ‘compromised’ by Russian security service

Christopher Steele’s dossier also alleged Putin ‘supported and directed’ plan to ‘cultivate’ Trump as a presidential candidate

Court rejects Trump effort to delay New York civil trial days after fraud ruling

Decision clears way for Judge Arthur Engoron to preside over trial in lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general

Digested week: even a dreary way to dump Trump is a dream

Plus, Dan Wootton and Lawrence Fox demand a dreadful choice, and why Dannii Minogue was always on Brand

Trump official Jeffrey Clark loses bid to move Georgia trial to federal court

Judge Steven Jones concluded Clark had been acting outside the scope of his duties and is not immune from state prosecution

Trump ally is first to plead guilty in Georgia elections case

Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall pleads guilty to five criminal counts and must testify against co-defendants

Trump calls for store robbers to be shot in speech to California Republicans

Former president and frontrunner for GOP nomination also warns ‘this country will die’ if Joe Biden wins election

Voter drive: Biden and Trump battle for blue-collar votes in auto heartland

It’s no coincidence the likely 2024 election rivals were both in Michigan wooing car workers – a key bloc in a key state

Fascism in America: a long history that predates Trump

A new book examines the history of far-right authoritarian US groups – and ways the public has chosen to look away

Enough review: Cassidy Hutchinson on Trump and the damage done

White House aide who became the lead January 6 witness offers a persuasive, dispiriting tale of political degradation

Billy Connolly’s most intimate interview yet (by his wife): ‘Comedians never used to worry about what was correct to say. You said it, and soon found out’

Only one person can get to the heart of who the Big Yin is – his partner and carer, psychotherapist Pamela Stephenson Connolly. He talks about how Parkinson’s has changed him, what he misses from being on tour, and living in a hotbed of Trump supporters in Florida

Prosecutors reiterate need for gag order against Trump in 2020 election case

Prosecutors asked the judge to restrict Trump’s ability to attack them and potential witnesses ahead of a hearing about the issue

Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law

Trump installed three conservative justices, tilting the court 6-3 to the right, which delivered significant victories for conservatives

‘Red Caesarism’ is rightwing code - and some Republicans are listening

Argument for a ‘red Caesar’ to rule US may seem esoteric but conservative thinktank behind idea has connections to Trump

How a ‘Trump train’ attack on a Biden bus foreshadowed January 6 - and echoed bloody history

Kamala Harris could have been on the bus Trump supporters threatened to run off the road in Texas, yet law enforcement barely responded. History shows the fruits of such inaction

Trump saves fireworks for outside court on first day of fraud trial

Trump was a quiet presence inside court, but outside he said ‘deranged’ judge overseeing case ‘should be out of office’

Trump allies offered plea agreements in Georgia election interference case

At least half of fake set of electors have already reached deals with district attorney’s office for immunity in exchange for assistance

Who is Matt Gaetz? The congressman who led the ouster of Kevin McCarthy

A Trump loyalist and legacy politician from Florida, Gaetz recently survived an inquiry by the House ethics committee

Donald Trump allegedly shared potentially sensitive information about US subs with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt

Pratt, a member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, allegedly shared submarine details with former Australian PMs and journalists, according to media reports

Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions committed while in office, lawyers argue

Lawyers say ‘allegedly improper’ behavior by president falls within ‘outer perimeter’ of duties and is protected from prosecution

Hillary Clinton says Trump supporters may need to be ‘deprogrammed’

In an interview on CNN the former senator and secretary of state also called the ex-president ‘an authoritarian populist’

Fraud or real estate? Five takeaways from week one of the Trump Organization trial

Former president treated court appearance as a campaign stop, despite facing a possible fine of $250m for boosting value of his assets

‘He loves this’: Trump takes 2024 campaign to the courtroom

Legal woes that would destroy most candidates have become a defining feature of his campaign – and some say it might work

Border walls and deportations: Biden’s migrant plans prompt outrage

The president decried Trump’s migration approach but a series of recent steps, critics say, are barely different from his predecessor

Collision of Power review: Marty Baron on Bezos, the Post and Trump

The great editor has tales to tell and a message to deliver: the US press must be ready to hold the line once again

‘An end of American democracy’: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s historic threat

The historian and Substack superstar says the US is in peril not seen since the civil war – and Joe Biden is its best defender

‘They didn’t stand up to Trump’: how the Republican party descended into disarray

The GOP was once feared for its ability to unite and win – but Kevin McCarthy’s demise shows a party deeply divided

The Republican party is at last paying the price of its Faustian pact with Trump

The ousting by extremists of House speaker Kevin McCarthy is a sign of the GOP’s willingness to test the limits of US democracy

Trump fraud trial: Allen Weisselberg grilled on financial report discrepancies

Prosecutors questioned former chief financial officer about the value of Trump’s triplex apartment in Trump Tower

Biden White House condemns Trump’s ‘dangerous’ Israel-Hamas remarks

2024 Republican frontrunner called Hezbollah militant group ‘very smart’, prompting a stern reaction from the White House

Trump-backed Republican Jeff Landry wins Louisiana governor’s race

Rightwing attorney general holds off crowded field and will replace Democrat John Bel Edwards, who has served two terms

‘I felt backstabbed’: Biden’s US-Mexico border wall plans elicit condemnation

Area residents thought their land was safe after Trump’s wall plans were foiled, only to discover Biden’s plans to build more

‘Our political situation is such a fragile thing’: Robert De Niro on fatherhood, family - and Trump

He’s one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – and one of its most private. At 80, he has become a father again, has just made another Scorsese film and is still outspoken about the dangers of Donald Trump

The Conspiracy to End America review: Trump and the fascist threat

Author Stuart Stevens ran Republican campaigns but joined the Lincoln Project. His second book delivers a chilling warning

Biden campaign joins Trump’s Truth Social platform: ‘Converts welcome!’

President’s re-election campaign joins rightwing social media platform ‘mostly because we thought it would be very funny’

Keep your voice down, judge warns Donald Trump at fraud trial

Arthur Engoron gives warning after ex-president conferred aloud in court and threw hands up in frustration as witness testified

Hearing sheds light on how Mar-a-Lago worker implicated Trump and valet

Details on how Yuscil Taveras became a cooperating witness against ex-president and Walt Nauta revealed for first time

Trump fake elector scheme: where do seven states’ investigations stand?

Several states are investigating the scheme created by Trump allies to cast fake electoral votes in 2020 election

‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president

With election Sunday, populist Javier Milei vows to abolish central bank, loosen gun laws, legalize sale of human organs

Mark Meadows reportedly testified to grand jury after receiving immunity

Trump’s former chief of staff gave evidence in special counsel investigation into effort to overturn 2020 election, ABC reports

Trump and his ex-fixer Michael Cohen have ‘heck of a reunion’ in court

Cohen – the New York fraud trial’s first star witness – outlines simple scheme designed to fool people about the size of Trump’s fortune

Mike Johnson’s speaker win reveals the iron grip Trump still has on Republicans

The previously little-known rightwinger from Louisiana shows all the hallmarks of the ex-president’s voice

Mike Johnson helped Trump on January 6 - now he’s a threat to democracy

Louisiana congressman known as ‘Maga Mike’, elected House speaker Wednesday, is staunch Trump supporter and election denier

Trump accused of witness threats after Meadows reportedly granted immunity

Special counsel says ex-president trying to send ‘threatening message to a foreseeable witness’ in election interference case

Mike Pence suspends campaign for Republican presidential nomination

The former vice-president to Donald Trump says that after prayer and deliberation he concludes ‘it is not my time’

‘Trial within a trial’: Trump’s strategy on verge of imploding

The ex-president faces two trials that will set the tone for the messy ones ahead: his New York fraud trial, and an unofficial trial in the court of public opinion

Mike Pence’s exit from White House bid is winnowing of crowded field, rivals say

Departure could help Republican candidates but DeSantis and Haley, as well as Ramaswamy and Christie, still hugely trail Trump

We can’t fight the Republican party’s ‘big lie’ with facts alone

Agreeing to Donald Trump’s claims about the ‘rigged’ 2020 election ensures your fealty by making you complicit

Enough review - inside story of the Trump White House by star witness at Capitol riot hearings

Whistleblower and former aide Cassidy Hutchinson dishes the dirt – from crockery-based temper tantrums to sexual harassment – on the former president and his cast of underlings

Romney: A Reckoning review: must-read on Mitt and the rise of Trump

McKay Coppins and his subject do not hold back in a biography with much to say about the collapse of Republican values

Kimmel on Pence’s failed 2024 bid: ‘His time was 1956, and he missed it’

Late-night hosts discuss the end of Mike Pence’s presidential campaign, Trump’s violation of another gag order and Mike Johnson’s biblical views

Arab American backing for Biden sinks over ‘rock-solid’ Israel support

Poll from AAI shows increase in discrimination against Arab Americans and increase in support for Donald Trump

Trump Jr distances himself from documents at center of fraud trial: ‘I don’t recall’

Donald Trump’s eldest son testifies in New York civil trial, claiming repeatedly: ‘I don’t recall’

Judge signals she could delay key dates in Trump’s classified documents trial

US district judge Aileen Cannon expressed concern current timetable would clash with Trump’s 2020 election subversion trial

Judge in fraud trial extends gag order to Trump’s legal team

Arthur Engoron forbids Trump’s lawyers from discussing ‘confidential communications’ between him and his staff

Blow to Ron DeSantis as more key Florida backers switch to Trump

Bad news for the Florida governor’s campaign – with his favorability falling throughout 2023 – as GOP debate scheduled for Wednesday

In a world on fire, Biden struggles to banish the curse of Trump

From Afghanistan and Ukraine to the Middle East, the US president faces the fallout from his predecessor’s foreign policy blunders

Can Nikki Haley be a history maker or just best of the rest in Trump’s party?

The former South Carolina governor is rising in the polls but despite executive and foreign policy experience she has a mountain to climb

Trump family on trial: five takeaways from a week in the New York fraud case

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr both testified in a trial featuring a copious paper trail, plenty of blame shifting and a gag order

Blumenthal: Democrats have ‘work cut out’ as Biden trails Trump in five swing states

New poll shows Biden ahead in Wisconsin, but Trump leading in Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan

With the US election a year away, most Americans don’t want Biden or Trump

Polls continue to show both presidential frontrunners ‘as tied as tied can be’, with third-party candidates tying for a distant third

Trump angry over trials but happy with attack and delay strategy, insiders say

Well-worn legal playbook in recent weeks has brought former president victories in court that have actually emboldened him

Speeches and grandstanding: Trump scores few if any legal points in court

Former president’s testimony was reminiscent of his rallies – and Judge Engoron was having none of it

Young people allege abuse at center run by Arkansas man pardoned by Trump

Former residents of Lord’s Ranch, run by Ted Suhl, convicted of bribery in 2016, say abuse was ‘systematic and widespread’

Anything but the fraud: ex-Trump aide focuses on ‘travesty’ courtroom sketch

Former press chief Kayleigh McEnany, now a Fox News host, upset by sketch of ex-president, found liable in New York civil case

Seth Meyers on Trump testifying: ‘Like trying to give medicine to a cat’

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s belligerent testimony at his New York civil fraud trial and a new poll that finds him leading Biden in key states

Beleaguered DeSantis falls further behind Trump in Florida, poll shows

University of North Florida study shows governor trailing Trump by 39 points, 60% to 21%, among Republican voters in his state

Swan on a lake: Ivanka Trump’s poise at trial differs from family but playbook is the same

Despite the control shown during her testimony, Trump was following the same script as her family: deny remembering anything

Minnesota supreme court rejects effort to keep Trump from 2024 primary ballot

Lawsuit claimed former president participated in January 6 insurrection and should be blocked from holding office again

Judge sets new deadlines that could delay Trump’s classified documents trial

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back several major deadlines for ex-president to file pre-trial motions in positive move for him

Donald Trump pushes for live broadcast of his trial over election subversion

Ex-president’s attorneys request live coverage of proceedings, but a rule prevents broadcasting of federal trials

‘A revenge term’: what would another four years of Trump look like?

Opinion polls show the twice impeached, quadruply indicted ex-president narrowly leading Biden – and experts say ‘it would be a disaster for America’

Trump can appear on Republican primary ballot in Michigan, judge rules

Setback for challengers who say Trump should be barred from presidential run under ‘insurrection’ clause of 14th amendment

New York judge suspends Trump gag order in fraud trial, citing free speech

Trial judge Arthur Engoron had imposed gag order last month after the former president maligned a court clerk

‘The echoes with Trump are obvious’: BBC series on Caesar casts light on similarities with modern populists

A new three-part docudrama will explore the rise and fall of the Roman general-turned-despot and his impact on history

Colorado judge says Trump ‘engaged in insurrection’ but keeps him on ballot

Group of state voters tried to disqualify ex-president from 2024 election for his conduct leading up to January 6 Capitol attack

Illinois governor ‘deeply concerned’ by Trump rhetoric reminiscent of Nazi era

JB Pritzker, who’s of Jewish descent, says Trump ‘is dangerous for our democracy’ and ‘dangerous for specific minority groups in US

‘America First’ Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene prints book in Canada

Book, MTG, by far-right Georgia congresswoman and leading supporter of Trump policies will be published in US on Tuesday

Trump interview an ‘insult to Hispanic community’, ex-Univision head says

Joaquin Blaya condemns recent interview on Spanish-speaking TV network as ‘propaganda’ while John Leguizamo calls for a boycott

Office of judge presiding over Trump’s New York trial bombarded with threats

Judge Arthur Engoron and his clerk have also received antisemitic abuse since a gag order imposed on the ex-president was lifted

What the Young Thug trial means for hip-hop, mafia laws and Donald Trump

The rapper has been charged under the same law as the ex-president in a case fueling debate over the use of lyrics in court

Trump called Iowa evangelicals ‘so-called Christians’ and ‘pieces of shit’, book says

Mockery over ‘Two Corinthians’ slip and endorsement battles in 2016 echo in 2024 race as Republican contenders seek first win

‘They feel they are being neglected’: why voters turned to ‘Dutch Trump’ Geert Wilders

In a pretty waterside town, residents applaud the veteran rightwinger’s stance on immigration, calling his success a ‘vote against the established order’

‘It has to be done’: can Reconstruction-era laws hold Trump and allies accountable?

Rarely used but relevant laws could be key to removing Trump from the ballot for his stoking of the January 6 Capitol attack

MTG review: far-right rabble rouser makes case to be Trump’s VP

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s book swims with venom, score-settling, fiction and self-absolution: a very Republican stew

Liz Truss backs Trump with call for Republican presidential victory

Short-lived PM does not mention overwhelming frontrunner by name but says ‘I hope a Republican will be returned in 2024’

Rightwing appeals court to consider Texas map in fresh threat to Voting Rights Act

Court largely appointed by Donald Trump agrees to review lower court ruling to strike down Galveston voting map

Kimmel on House Republicans: ‘These guys are so desperate to smear Biden’

Late-night hosts discuss efforts to impeach Biden and Trump’s strategic pivot to moderate on abortion rights

George Santos: a creature of Congress, dark money and limitless Republican hypocrisy

The New York fabulist faces expulsion but the fault for his rise lies with Trump, McCarthy, McConnell and the supreme court

US appeals court says Trump must face civil lawsuits over US Capitol attack

Ruling clears way for Trump to face lawsuits from police and lawmakers seeking to hold him responsible for violence

Georgia county to use program linked to election denier to flag ineligible voters

Controversial EagleAI program connected to Trump supporter uses public records to flag people who shouldn’t be on the rolls

Ron DeSantis to complete tour of Iowa counties as 2024 state caucuses loom

But frontrunner Trump’s shadow falls wide as former president rallies supporters just 100 miles away in Cedar Rapids

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory review: Trump and his evangelical believers

Tim Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost

‘Moderate’ or Roe v Wade killer: can Trump have it both ways on abortion?

The former president is proud of appointing the supreme court justices who overturned the right to abortion – now the issue is a vote loser for Republicans

‘Populism is all about hair’: what rightwing leaders are trying to tell us with their wild coiffures

From Boris Johnson to Javier Milei, Geert Wilders and Donald Trump, sporting a wild and woolly barnet spells virility, charisma and populist appeal

A second Trump term will be far more autocratic than the first. He’s telling us

Trump is broadcasting his plans in advance – and, if elected, he’ll claim he has a mandate to accrue power and exact retribution

Biden ‘not sure he’d be running’ in 2024 if Trump wasn’t: ‘We cannot let him win’

President spoke about risks Trump poses to democracy at event amid fears a second term would be far more autocratic

Blow to Biden as poll shows Trump in lead for 2024 presidential election

Trump ahead 47% to 43%, worrying some Democrats as others caution avoiding ‘mad poll disease’

Trump says he won’t return to witness stand in $250m New York fraud trial

Former president, who was expected to take the stand, announced on Truth Social on Sunday that he already testified to everything

Trump tests federal gag order with attack on Bill Barr: ‘He was a coward’

Audience at gala event included allies that Trump is expected to tap for top roles should he be re-elected next year

Javier Milei sworn in as president in ‘tipping point’ for Argentina

Radical libertarian likens his election to fall of Berlin Wall in inauguration speech with strong echoes of Trump’s 2017 address

Liz Cheney: Speaker Mike Johnson can’t be trusted to defend the constitution

Former congresswoman makes comments as she continues to warn of dangers that a second Trump presidency would present

What price will Rudy Giuliani pay for smearing Georgia election workers?

Trump’s 2020 lawyer will face mother and daughter at trial who claim he destroyed their lives and caused them emotional distress by maliciously accusing them of election fraud

McCarthy endorses Trump for president: ‘We’re very honest with each other’

Former House speaker, who has driven out by Trump loyalists, also expressed interest in joining his cabinet should Trump win

Oath and Honor review: Liz Cheney spells out the threat from Trump

The former congresswoman, a conservative Republican, was purged by her party. Her memoir makes chilling reading

Stefanik criticized for support of Trump after push against campus antisemitism

Representative celebrates UPenn president’s resignation as critics point to her support of Trump, who associates with antisemites

Special counsel asks US supreme court to rule on Trump’s claim of immunity

Prosecutors seek expedited decision on whether former president has immunity amid concern that appeals process could delay trial

Special counsel deals deft blow to Trump’s bid to delay federal trial

Trump would prefer the court to take up the case after the DC circuit rules – but he can’t oppose it and then make the same request later on

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s dictator comments: ‘He’s telling us exactly what he plans to do’

Hosts discuss Trump’s dictator comments to Hannity, Giuliani’s embarrassing court appearance and Santos’s Cameo career

Judge puts Trump’s 2020 election interference case on hold

Judge Tanya Chutkan agrees to pause proceedings while ex-president pursues claims he is immune from prosecution

The Guardian view on Cop28’s final text: saying the right thing - and not a moment too soon

Editorial: Looming over this year’s climate talks was the spectre of Donald Trump regaining the US presidency

Multimillion ruling against Giuliani shows cost of spreading election lies

As the 2024 election approaches, the $148m judgment against a key Trump ally sends a message that falsehoods have consequences

Binder of classified material on Russia reportedly went missing in final Trump days

US intelligence community alarmed by CNN and New York Times reports into disappearance of 2,700 pages of classified material

Rudy Giuliani defamation trial: former Trump lawyer told to pay $148m in damages - live

Washington DC court awards significant damages to former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148.1m in damages for lies about election workers

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, from Atlanta, received threats after Trump ally falsely accused them of trying to steal 2020 election

Appeals court skeptical of Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election case

Court expresses doubt ex-White House chief of staff was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat

Trump tells rally immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’

In New Hampshire former president doubles down on phrase widely condemned for echoing white supremacist rhetoric

A house divided: 2023 in US politics books, before Trump v Biden part II

The age of the Trump blockbuster may be past but the American political scene keeps producing good reads

‘He’s dog-whistling’: Trump denounced over anti-immigrant comment

Former president said undocumented immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ at political rally on Saturday

Republican royalty to liberal heroine: Liz Cheney finds an anti-Trump niche

The ex-congresswoman is unapologetically conservative, but her decision to put democracy before party has made her an unlikely heroine

Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’s bid to move Georgia elections case

Trump’s ex-White House chief of staff had tried to transfer his 2020 election interference case to federal court

Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election case by claiming political speech

Former president files motion to dismiss election interference case, contending indictment violates his first amendment rights

Trump’s ‘dehumanising and fascist rhetoric’ denounced by top progressive

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal decries ‘horrific’ language after ex-president says immigrants ‘poisoning the blood of our country’

Colorado supreme court disqualifies Trump from state’s 2024 ballot

State’s highest court declares former president ineligible for White House under the US constitution’s insurrection clause

Americans are hoping the courts will spare them an electoral reckoning with Trump

Colorado’s supreme court concluded the ex-president could not hold office. Alas, the US supreme court will likely not agree

Colorado’s ruling to disqualify Trump sets up a showdown at supreme court

The conservative-dominated court, to which Trump appointed three stringent rightwingers, will pitch into the partisan fight

Rudy Giuliani’s Chapter 11 filing lists debts totaling up to $500m

Mayor turned Trump lawyer turned debtor has extensive list of claimants clamoring for his assets, which he valued at $1m-$10m

The Guardian view on Trump’s legal woes in Colorado: he needs to be beaten politically

Editorial: A shock ruling by the state’s supreme court has barred him from its presidential ballot

Colbert on Trump: ‘If you try to destroy our democracy, you can’t come back and try again’

Late-night hosts respond to the Colorado supreme court’s decision to remove Trump from the ballot, citing the 14th amendment’s insurrection clause

US supreme court urged to make ‘immediate, definitive decision’ on Trump’s immunity

Jack Smith says court should make decision on whether former president is immune from criminal prosecution on federal charges

Supreme court declines to expedite decision on Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case

Decision gives Trump a crucial victory as he seeks to delay as much as possible his trial, currently scheduled for next March

Nikki Haley surges in poll to within four points of Republican leader Trump

The former South Carolina governor still trails the ex-president, but has made strides in polling ahead of the New Hampshire primary

Tough mouths, tears and ‘accordion hands’: a courtroom sketch artist’s banner year

Elizabeth Williams has been sketching since the 1980s – but with Trump, De Niro, Sheeran and Trump again, nothing quite compares to 2023

Underdog contender for Democratic nomination says Biden ‘cannot win’ against Trump

Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips says he’s running ‘to ensure that we do not torpedo the entire country’ by re-electing Trump

Nikki Haley as first female US president? Unlikely but not impossible

Republican candidate is catching up to Trump in the polls as business heavyweights have flocked to her

‘You better pray’: Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections

‘Patriot’ groups – which deny Trump’s 2020 defeat and are pressing for voting restrictions – are proliferating

‘Did you just hear John Roberts scream?’: US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election

Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray

Trump asks appeals court to throw out 2020 election subversion charges

Lawyers argue Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions taken while serving as president in latest battle with special counsel

A split in the Democratic party may help Republicans - and Trump - in 2024

Centrists are taking on progressives in upcoming House races, as some say they’re losing sight of the big picture

‘Four years of getting even’: voters in former Trump stronghold mixed on possible second term

Pennsylvanians largely downplayed his vow to be ‘dictator’ on day one of new term, while others are soured on 45th president

FBI investigating threats directed at Colorado supreme court justices after Trump ruling

Court voted 4-3 last week that ex-president was ineligible to run for White House again under US constitution’s insurrection clause

Protests, threats and swatting bring politics to homes of US public figures

Marjorie Taylor Greene said hoaxer tried to trigger police response while Colorado justices who ruled against Trump face threats

Michigan supreme court rules that Trump will stay on state ballot

Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attack

The Guardian view on a second Trump presidency: things could only get worse

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at the danger posed by the former president’s bid for reelection

Donald Trump: I didn’t bully my way into Home Alone 2 - they begged me for a cameo

Former US president denies director’s claims that he insisted on appearing in 1992 film in exchange for filming in his hotel

Biden mulls border crackdown in face of Trump’s migrant-bashing rhetoric

President faces pressure from Republican critics and Democratic allies as he struggles to address what both sides agree is a crisis

Michael Cohen accidentally gave his lawyer fake citations, court filing says

Former Trump lawyer says he used AI program Google Bard and blames his lawyer for not fact-checking him

Maine decision to bar Trump from ballot likely to go to US supreme court

Court faces pressure to rule on Maine and Colorado’s decisions preventing ex-president from appearing on presidential ballots

Trump’s removal from Maine ballot ‘opens Pandora’s box’, DeSantis says

Florida governor decries decision by Maine secretary of state to withdraw Trump’s name under insurrection clause of constitution

Prosecutors urge court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case

Special counsel Jack Smith says in filing that suggestion Trump cannot be held accountable for crimes ‘threatens the country’

Trump expected to challenge removal of name from states’ primary ballots

Maine and Colorado have said he is ineligible under the 14th amendment due to his actions during the January 6 Capitol attack

‘We’re not spoiling anything’: third-party group says it won’t boost Trump

Centrist No Labels says 2024 ticket could hurt Trump as much as Biden and rejects comparisons with Jill Stein and Ralph Nader

Crunch time: Biden enters new year facing political fight of his life

The president’s approval rating has sunk to 34% – can he stop Donald Trump from retaking the White House?

Former aides warn Trump re-election could ‘end US democracy as we know it’

Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson and Alyssa Farah Griffin insist Trump’s behavior would be worse if he wins second term

Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ruling on Trump’s 2024 eligibility, Raskin says

Democrat speaks on supreme court stepping in to adjudicate Maine and Colorado rulings that removed Trump from ballots

Maine secretary of state targeted in ‘swatting’ call after removing Trump from ballot

Shenna Bellows is latest politician to be victim of fake emergency call to police with the intent they will show up at a residence

Trump 2024 trials in limbo as supreme court becomes entangled

Potential trial delays mean the former president could spend less time in courtroom and more time on the campaign trail

Mainstream media is playing into Trump’s neo-fascist hands. I’m sticking with democracy and the Guardian

I trust the Guardian to illuminate what’s really happening as America faces an election in which one of the two likely candidates engaged in an attempted coup

Biden offers optimistic new year’s message as Trump lashes out

President touts US job gains and says his resolution is ‘to come back’ while ex-president repeats unproven election rigging claims

Trump gaining ground among Latino voters, poll shows

Ex-president ahead with 39% support among Latino voters surveyed, wiping out Biden’s lead among crucial voting bloc

Green Day changes lyric to hit out at Trump in New Year’s Eve performance

Band alters lyric from American Idiot to ‘I’m not a part of the Maga agenda’ during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve set

Sadiq Khan likens Tory rival Susan Hall to Donald Trump

Exclusive: London mayor says voting system changes could result in Hall starting series of hard-right victories in 2024

‘A formulaic game’: former officials say Trump’s attacks threaten rule of law

Ex-president has made increasingly conspiratorial and authoritarian broadsides against prosecutors pursuing him

Trump appeals ruling that would keep him off Maine 2024 primary ballot

Maine secretary of state had removed Trump from the ballot, saying the former president had violated the 14th amendment

More than a third of US adults say Biden’s 2020 victory was not legitimate

New poll finds just 62% believe Biden’s election win over Donald Trump was fair – down from 69% in December 2021

Fired-up Biden shows gloves are off in January 6 anniversary speech

In address near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, US president tore into Donald Trump like never before, including calling him a ‘loser’

Biden attacks Trump as grave threat to democracy in rousing 2024 speech

On eve of January 6 anniversary, US president condemns likely rival and warns voters ‘democracy is on the ballot’ in November

Trump tells Iowans to ‘get over’ school shooting at campaign event

Former president made the comment 36 hours after one student was killed and seven people wounded during the first day of school

Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes a splash in Arkansas - can she climb higher?

The Republican governor and ex-Trump press chief seems to be popular with voters in her state. Does a national run beckon?

Trump’s tale of business genius could meet sorry end in New York fraud trial

The ex-Apprentice host projected an image of success but the outcome of the case could be a death blow to his companies

Donald Trump did not sign Illinois pledge not to overthrow government

Former president sidestepped signing state’s loyalty oath, which opponents Nikki Haley and Chris Christie also have not signed

Sherrilyn Ifill on a Trump win: ‘We will cease to be a democracy’

The longtime civil rights lawyer on the 14th amendment, a new center for Howard University – and resisting

Trump avoids mention of US Capitol attack on 6 January anniversary

Three years after insurrection, Trump was in Newton, Iowa, currying support before the 15 January Republican caucus

‘It’s a live audition’: Trump surrogates swarm Iowa before caucuses

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz – even Roseanne Barr – stand in for ex-president as his challengers struggle in the polls

Judge in Trump election subversion case targeted by fake 911 ‘swatting’ call

Police called to Washington home of Tanya Chutkan on Sunday night after shooting reported – but no such incident took place

Biden assails Trump for trying to turn election ‘loss into a lie’

US president says 2024 a battle for truth over lies in Charleston speech interrupted by protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire

Trump’s electoral and judicial calendars collide - but it does him little harm

Legal woes that would have buried a candidate have become a feature of Trump’s 2024 run as other candidates hit campaign trail in Iowa

Capitol rioter falsely accused of being double agent sentenced to probation

Ray Epps was targeted by rightwing conspiracy theorists who accused him of helping incite attack to entrap Trump supporters

Republican Chris Christie suspends presidential bid

Former New Jersey governor, only Republican candidate willing to attack Donald Trump, failed to make significant impact on contest

Trump told European leaders that US ‘will never come to help you’

Then president told European commissioners in 2020 that ‘Nato is dead’ and the US would never defend Europe if it were attacked

E Jean Carroll lawyer warns Trump plans to turn damages trial into ‘circus’

Letter accuses ex-president of intending to ‘sow chaos’ next week, while Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400,000

Trump’s novel take on January 6: calling convicted rioters ‘hostages’

Attempt by far right, led by ex-president and Elise Stefanik, to whitewash political violence troubles onlookers in election year

‘It’s good to be an underdog’: DeSantis makes his pitch before Iowa caucuses

As the Florida governor tries to get Trump votes, Republicans worry he doesn’t have what it takes to beat Joe Biden in November

Trump: The Return? review - it makes me wonder if Trumpers have a point

Robert Moore’s documentary about the US possibly having a ‘president serving from prison’ is baffling – and he fails to learn why so many people see the appeal

Trump temper tantrum marks courtroom face-off with E Jean Carroll

Like an angry child the ex-president could not contain himself as he listened from feet away to the columnist’s testimony

Maine judge delays Trump ballot decision until US supreme court ruling

Judge says outcome of ex-president’s appeal depends on ruling by US supreme court on similar effort in Colorado

Judge hints that Trump’s election interference trial might be delayed

The case was automatically frozen after the ex-president appealed judge’s decision to reject his motion to toss criminal charges

Trump lawyers urge supreme court to reinstate him on Colorado ballot

Lawyers call on justices to reverse disqualification after Colorado barred him from primary ballot over January 6 insurrection

Boris Johnson says Trump back in White House is ‘what the world needs’

Ex-PM backs disgraced former US president ahead of election, saying he ‘won’t ditch the Ukrainians’

Roger Stone should be prosecuted, says Democrat he allegedly threatened to kill

Eric Swalwell calls for action against Trump ally apparently recorded saying congressman or colleague ‘has to die’

Fani Willis had travel paid for by special prosecutor in Trump case, filing shows

Records submitted in Nathan Wade divorce case show DA named as travel companion while Trump investigation was ongoing

Zelenskiy slams Trump’s rhetoric on stopping the war as ‘very dangerous’

Ukrainian president invited Trump to Ukraine but says if he returns to White House he could make unilateral concessions to Russia

Trump gains backing of Tim Scott as New Hampshire primary nears

Haley needs a strong showing after Trump’s Iowa victory, but ex-president is running strong after picking up new endorsement

Trump claims he prevented 'nuclear holocaust' in released deposition tapes - video

Trump claims there would have been a 'nuclear holocaust' during his presidency if he did not 'deal' with North Korea

Harris attacks Trump over Roe v Wade at first campaign rally with Biden

Vice-president appeared Tuesday in Virginia with president, who warned ‘Maga Republicans … are hellbent on going even further’

Liz Cheney: potential Trump running mate Elise Stefanik is ‘a total crackpot’

Comments made in response to Stefanik’s statement calling House January 6 committee ‘illegitimate and unconstitutional’

Trump predicts ‘big loss’ for Nikki Haley in New Hampshire primary

Voter turnout for the first 2024 primary contest in the nation expected to be high, with polls set to begin closing at 7pm ET

Ron DeSantis failed because Trump’s base wants the man himself, not an imitation

Despite DeSantis’s obvious flaws, he was promoted by conservative elites eager to create ‘Trumpism without Trump’

Court rejects Trump’s request to reconsider appeal against gag order in election interference case

Decision by US court of appeals to deny Trump a rehearing paves the way for potential final challenge to US supreme court

Tim Scott’s behaviour around Trump is ‘humiliating’, says the Rev Al Sharpton

‘It was humiliating to watch,’ civil rights leader tells MSNBC after senator appeared with ex-president in New Hampshire

Mitt Romney: Trump’s call to stonewall Democrats on immigration ‘appalling’

Utah senator accuses ex-president of exploiting issue for political gain by directing Republicans to block deal

Trump seeks to disqualify Fani Willis from prosecuting him in Georgia

Motion comes after Fulton county district attorney made remarks decrying allegations of affair with one of her deputies

Angry Trump fumes after $83.3m damages ruling in E Jean Carroll case

Former president calls verdict ‘absolutely ridiculous’ and accuses Biden of directing ‘witch-hunt’ against him and Republicans

Donald Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m in defamation trial

Ex-president vows to appeal against ruling, which comes less than a year after Carroll won $5m in sexual abuse and defamation trial

Tantrums and threats: key takeaways from Trump’s E Jean Carroll trial

The writer sued the ex-president for defamation after separate sexual assault and defamation trial in which she won $5m

Trump’s ‘achilles heel’? Haley’s refusal to drop out infuriates ex-president

A surprisingly disciplined campaign risks derailment as Trump lashes out at his former UN ambassador for staying in race

Europe is heading for perilous waters, and its leaders are dozing at the tiller

Inaction threatens the continent’s security over Trump, Ukraine, the rise of the far right and the crisis in the Middle East

Can Biden win back Iowa rural voters who shifted away from Democrats?

Trump shifted rural voters away from Democrats: ‘He’s made it acceptable to name call, to lie, to manipulate’

US historians sign brief to support Colorado’s removal of Trump from ballot

Twenty-five civil war and Reconstruction scholars support invoking 14th amendment to bar Trump from ballot over January 6

Georgia lawmakers advance bill that could punish Trump prosecutor

Bill to create panel with power to remove prosecutors accused of misconduct passes state house amid allegations against Fani Willis

Georgia’s Fulton county hacked, but DA says Trump election case is unaffected

Many county systems are inoperative, but the district attorney’s office says the racketeering case against the ex-president is secure

Arizona Republican says state lawmakers, not voters, should pick president

State senator Anthony Kern, who was a fake pro-Trump elector in 2020, says legislature should choose electors

‘Please let me get what I want’: how much power do artists have when politicians use their songs?

The Trump-Smiths feud is the latest episode in a story that re-emerges every four years: the war between musicians and politicians over campaign songs

Prosecutor in Trump racketeering case subpoenaed over alleged office affair

Trump’s co-defendants are seeking disqualification of Fani Willis for alleged affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade

Verdict in Trump’s New York fraud trial delayed until early to mid-February

Judge Arthur Engoron had aimed to deliver verdict on potential $370m fine in Trump Organization case by end of January

Senate to vote next week on bipartisan border bill, Schumer says

Top Senate Democrat gives timetable for vote on border security bill tied to Ukraine aid as Trump urges lawmakers to reject deal

Deny, attack, reverse - Trump has perfected the art of inverted victimhood

Trump tries to undermine allegations against him by attacking his accusers, sowing confusion and painting himself as a martyr

Trump political action committees spent over $50m last year on legal bills

Filings to Federal Election Commission show scale of legal fees former president, facing 91 criminal charges, has racked up

US judge delays Trump's federal 2020 election subversion trial

Judge Tanya Chutkan orders delay in former president’s trial, which was due to start in Washington on 4 March

E Jean Carroll lawyer says Trump used coded version of C-word against her

Roberta Kaplan says ex-president directed ‘See you next Tuesday’ remark at her after deposition in unrelated case at Mar-a-Lago

Despite low expected turnout in South Carolina primary, voters show up for Biden

After Biden urges turnout on X, voters cast ballots ‘to stop Trump’ and share thoughts on 2024 presidential election

‘Being mean will only rally her fans’: Taylor Swift is winning whether she backs Biden or thumps Trump

Republican obsession with the star’s possible endorsement of Joe Biden has taken hold of presidential race

Beware the side of the brain that plumps for Trump

Letters: Janet Dubé, Hazel Davies and Peter Emerson respond to a piece by George Monbiot on the psychology of voters’ support

Nikki Haley: Trump spends more time ‘ranting’ than fighting for American people

Ahead of South Carolina primary Republican candidate attacks Trump for being more concerned with himself than with the country

Haley loses, Biden wins: Nevada presidential primary election results in full

Joe Biden and Nikki Haley vie for the Democratic and Republican nominations while Donald Trump remains off ballot

Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal

Judge asks lawyers for details of potential agreement between ex-Trump executive and district attorney

House to vote on impeaching Biden’s homeland security secretary

Democrats denounce effort to remove Alejandro Mayorkas as partisan stunt to boost electoral prospects of Donald Trump

Judge rejects Trump’s mistrial motions in E Jean Carroll defamation case

Judge Lewis Kaplan, who ruled from the bench, reportedly said allowing for a mistrial ‘would have been entirely pointless’

Vladimir Putin meets Tucker Carlson for rare interview with western media

Russian president sits down with Trump-supporting rightwing commentator who frequently criticizes US support for Ukraine

Consequences weigh heavily for justices at Trump 14th amendment hearing

Uniformity of opinion raises the prospect of a rapid decision and it’s all but certain that court will overturn Colorado ruling

‘Two men three years apart’: Democrats highlight Trump’s mental lapses after Biden report

Trump faces less scrutiny over his age than his contemporary does. Biden’s challenge is to change that

Haley hopes to boost election bid with attacks on Trump’s and Biden’s ages

Candidate’s ailing campaign will use mobile billboard in her home state to highlight her opponents’ many verbal gaffes

AI firm considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections

Midjourney’s CEO David Holz says company close to ‘hammering’ images of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and others ‘for next 12 months’

Trump campaign sees boost after boost amid bad week for Biden

As Biden was hit by a brutal special counsel report, Trump seemed set for victory at the supreme court and his only serious Republican rival suffered humiliation

Trump asks US supreme court to keep election interference case frozen

Ex-president met deadline imposed by federal appeals case to keep the criminal case on hold as he prepares a last-ditch challenge

Joe Biden calls Trump’s Nato remarks ‘dumb’, ‘shameful’ and ‘dangerous’

Biden decries Trump’s comments on encouraging Russia to attack Nato allies as he gives speech to bolster support for Ukraine bill

Republicans’ topsy-turvy take on aid for Ukraine reveals party in thrall to Trump

Defense hawks such as Lindsey Graham who once demanded greater backing for Kyiv are now toeing the America First line

Trump endorses daughter-in-law for RNC role as he tightens grip on party

Former president endorses Lara Trump and other loyalists for leadership positions in Republican National Committee

Trump, the ‘law-and-order’ candidate, is an adjudicated fraudster

The ex-president was ordered to pay $355m and banned from leading a business in New York. He’s on the worst kind of roll

Trump Organization civil fraud trial: five key moments

The case ended with a $354.9m fine and a ban on running companies in New York – plus plenty of drama en route

After a bad legal week for Trump, even worse could be on the horizon

The ex-president is scrambling to come up with $450m after the judgment in his fraud trial as the next case looms

‘I refuse to quit’: defiant Nikki Haley vows to stay in race against Trump

‘I feel no need to kiss the ring,’ says Republican candidate as she turns up rhetorical heat ahead of South Carolina primary

Sneakerheads on Trump’s ‘Never Surrender’ gold shoe: ‘Tacky and very, very dumb’

The ex-president debuted the high-tops just after he was ordered to pay $355m in court

Trump penalties in New York fraud case formally set at more than $454m

Judgment will continue to accrue interest if ex-president fails to pay after attorney general says she will seize assets if necessary

Georgia prosecutor visited Fani Willis’ locality at least 35 times before hiring, cellphone records show

Documents raise more questions on Willis-Wade relationship, which Trump lawyers say is a conflict of interest in election case

South Carolina 2024 Republican primary: Trump aims for victory despite former governor Haley’s stand - live updates

Polls close at 7pm ET in South Carolina, where Donald Trump is expected to notch another primary victory despite Nikki Haley’s home-state advantage

‘My ultimate and absolute revenge’: Trump gives chilling CPAC speech on presidential agenda

Unbound and unhinged, ex-president vilifies immigrants before devolving into bizarre riffs, including calling himself a ‘total genius’

To Trump or not to Trump: Stefanik and Hutchinson offer contrasting Republican visions

At CPAC and the Principles First summit, the would-be Trump VP and the January 6 witness were stars of their shows

Year three of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may be Zelenskiy’s toughest yet

Political pressure at home, splintering international support and prospect of Trump’s re-election make for existential threats

Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’

Gretchen Whitmer responds to calls by some Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday

New York prosecutors request Trump gag order ahead of hush-money trial

Manhattan district attorney prosecutors seek tailored order against ex-president to protect trial witnesses and jurors’ identities

‘I don’t know’: Nikki Haley unsure Trump would follow constitution

Trump’s last remaining Republican primary challenger says ‘I don’t think there should ever be a president that’s above the law’

Donald Trump sweeps Michigan’s Republican party convention

Former president is poised to be awarded all 39 state delegates for November’s national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

US supreme court to issue ruling as Trump Colorado ballot case looms

Court did not specify what ruling, planned for Monday, will be issued, but decision to come a day before state’s primary election

Conservative-backed lawsuit takes aim at alleged diversity quotas in Hollywood

Lawsuit against CBS backed by former Trump adviser claims Seal Team writer was denied advancement due to network’s DEI policy

Trump says racist things about Black voters. Why are some defending him?

The former president’s bigotry isn’t a deterrent for a small sector of Black conservatives

Texts reveal Trump co-defendant Chesebro’s role in ‘fake electors’ plot

Scheme was critical part of anti-democratic effort to overturn 2020 election and is now at center of two criminal cases against Trump

Nikki Haley has one last card to play: will she eventually endorse Trump?

The question for the Trump campaign is how to get Haley onside and win back as many of her supporters as possible, as quickly as possible

Judge denies Trump request to delay $83.3m E Jean Carroll payment

Lewis Kaplan says former president must post acceptable bond during expected appeal against verdict in defamation case

‘Nothing redeemable in him’: Robert De Niro says he would never play Donald Trump

The actor also implored voters in the US to choose Biden in the upcoming presidential election

‘Like choosing between a hedgehog and a porcupine’: US braces for presidential election no one wants

Both candidates are disliked by a majority of Americans, and 45% believe a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch is bad for the country

House Republicans’ report contradicts witness account of Trump’s wheel-grab

Report includes White House employees’ January 6 testimonies that dispute former aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s

‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff

Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members

Donald Trump flip flops on TikTok, now rails against a ban

Ex-president’s newfound support comes after Joe Biden said he’d sign legislation that could ban the app in the US

Biden win of Democratic nomination sets stage for Trump rematch

President and ex-president capture nearly all votes in what had become token state primaries and in effect end primary season

TikTok may be on borrowed time in the US, but it still holds a Trump card

Despite Congress threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app, the service has unexpectedly been handed a presidential joker

Republican Bill Cassidy derides Trump and calls 2024 race ‘sorry state of affairs’

Louisiana senator expressed disapproval of the former president, saying: ‘Is this a person we want to have an office?’

Mike Pence ‘respects the right’ of fellow Republicans who plan to vote for Trump

Former vice-president said on Friday he would not endorse former president, but declined to rule out eventually voting for him

Donald Trump calls Kevin Rudd ‘nasty’ and says he ‘won’t be there long’ as Australia’s ambassador to US

In interview with Nigel Farage, Trump says ‘I hear he’s not the brightest bulb’ when asked about Rudd

New York attorney general could soon move to seize Trump’s property

Potential move could coincide with ex-president’s Monday deadline to find $454m bond needed to cover civil fraud judgment

Trump told Pence certifying election would be ‘political career killer’, valet says

Transcript cites testimony of presidential valet – and is released by House Republicans who say they’re ‘putting it all out there’

In defying Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu is exposing the limits of US power

The Israeli PM’s refusal to heed US demands on food aid for Gaza is morally indefensible, hurting the president – and boosting Trump, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

‘It’ll be bedlam’: how Trump is creating conditions for a post-election eruption

As the ex-president fans the flames of violence, experts and insiders say November will be a brutal test for American democracy

They fled Afghanistan after Biden’s withdrawal. Now in the US, they hope Trump wins

Recent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’

Eric Trump says $454m fine imposed on his father ‘doesn’t exist in this country’

New York attorney general, Letitia James, could begin to seize Donald Trump’s assets as soon as Tuesday morning

Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel axed by NBC after intense backlash

Severe criticism followed hiring as pundit of McDaniel, who headed Republican National Committee during Trump years

Al Sharpton: Trump’s $60 Bibles ‘a spit in the face of people that really believe’

The Rev Al Sharpton makes comment to MSNBC amid backlash over Republican’s latest moneymaking scheme

Prosecutors suggest Trump violated gag order by attacking judge’s daughter

Ex-president should be sanctioned for Truth Social post that criticized daughter of Juan Merchan, hush-money trial prosecutors say

Trump appeals ruling letting Fani Willis stay on election interference case

Attorneys for ex-president and eight co-defendants ask Georgia’s appellate court to remove Fulton county district attorney

Ex-Trump adviser says former president ‘hasn’t got the brains’ for dictatorship

Despite disparagement from John Bolton, critics maintain Trump is clear threat to democracy, given admiration for dictators

Trump campaign attacks Biden over recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility

White House says Republicans ‘seeking to divide country’ after objections to 31 March date that overlapped with Easter this year

Election of Donald Trump ‘could put world’s climate goals at risk’

Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policies

Ukraine war briefing: Nato foreign ministers to discuss proposal for €100bn fund for Ukraine

Nato plan seen as a way to ‘Trump-proof’ aid for Kyiv; Zelenskiy lowers conscription age to 25. What we know on day 770

Eyes on Wisconsin as battleground state one of four to hold presidential primary

Biden and Trump have clinched nominations, but results in New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut could hint at 2024 outcome

Trump tries to remove judge from New York hush-money trial for second time

Lawyers for ex-president ask Juan Merchan to recuse himself over alleged conflict of interest due to daughter’s work with Democrats

Donald Trump’s bid to delay hush-money trial denied by New York judge

Ex-president had requested case be pushed back till the supreme court reviews his claim to presidential immunity in a separate case

Christian nationalists embrace Trump as their savior - will they be his?

Christians opposed to infidelity and immorality have embraced a thrice-married man who can’t name a single Bible verse

Trump isn’t doing anything new with his recent Truth Social windfall

The ex-president is now majority owner of an unpopular website worth billions – and the truth behind how that happened really isn’t all that impressive

Ukraine war briefing: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant targeted by drones for third day

Russia claims Ukraine is behind attack, which Kyiv denies; Cameron’s attempt to persuade Trump over aid for Ukraine appears to have failed. What we know on day 777

Cameron’s Mar-a-Lago lobbying may not be enough to reach the new Republican party

The UK foreign secretary’s Trump dinner appeared to fail to bring support for Ukraine, and his Washington meetings don’t look any more promising

Judge denies Trump’s third attempt this week to delay hush-money trial

Case on Monday will be first ever criminal trial of an ex-president as Trump’s lawyers fight to put it off and try to remove its judge

Trump boasts ‘We broke Roe v Wade’ as abortion dogs GOP election hopes

Republican presumptive nominee struggles to articulate position on divisive issue after meeting with House speaker

Kamala Harris blames Donald Trump for Arizona abortion-ban debacle in speech

‘They’ve turned the clock to the 1800s’, said the US vice-president as she excoriated ex-president as ‘architect of healthcare crisis’

Trump’s criminal trial for hush-money payments crawls to a start

Everything you need to know about the ex-president’s 34 felony charges for falsifying business records for his 2016 campaign

Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from the first day

Monday’s day in court indicated that jury selection could take weeks – and that Trump could yet be held in contempt

Trump on Trial: ‘We have our jury’

After hours of jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s first criminal case, presiding Judge Juan Merchan had good news

Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme

Along with 11 fake electors, seven allies of the ex-president including Mark Meadows and John Eastman were also charged

Trump on Trial: What we learned from David Pecker’s testimony

We’ve now finished our first week of testimony in former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial – and have one witness in the books.

A $9,000 fine and warning of jail time: Trump trial key takeaways, day nine

The judge fined ex-president maximum financial penalty for violating gag order and warned of ‘incarceratory punishment’

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer has the receipts

Trump’s trial got moving again with testimony from the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in hush-money negotiations

Trump reveals plans to surveil pregnant women and deport millions if re-elected

In sweeping interview with Time, ex-president says he would prosecute Bidens and fire any US attorney who disobeyed him

Activists march for immigrant rights in Wisconsin: ‘We’re making this country strong’

Focus of rally went beyond immigration, to fear of authoritarianism, as Trump held campaign event nearby

Trump’s jury hears audio proof he knew about the McDougal catch-and-kill

Prosecutors faced their first rough day in court on Thursday – but a bit of tape might have just turned everything around for them

Michael Cohen’s calls and more potential fines: Trump trial key takeaways, day 10

Keith Davidson, a lawyer who negotiated payments, testified in Trump’s criminal trial as prosecutors ask for $4,000 more for gag order violations

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s trial: ‘He lasts only a few furious minutes and then nods off’

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump falling asleep in court, and the Biden administration reclassifying marijuana

Trump’s closest staffer takes the stand - and tears up after damaging testimony

On Friday, Hicks took the witness stand to testify against her former boss

Hope Hicks and the ‘Melania’ defense: Trump trial key takeaways, day 11

Trump’s ex-communications chief denies that Michael Cohen acted alone in hush-money scheme but also helps ex-president

Will the US campus protests harm Biden - and benefit Trump?

Rightwing media have seized on campus protests to portray the president as weak. Will it have an impact in November?

Counter-protester appears to racially provoke US pro-Palestine rally - video

Counter-protesters waved American and Donald Trump flags towards the pro-Palestinian rally before students were evacuated

A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen: deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial

With the ex-president punished for violating a gag order, the third week of the hush-money trial resembled his fraud case

‘I can say things other people are afraid to’: Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump

At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House

Clyburn hits out at Trump over Gestapo comment: ‘Incredible but not surprising’

Democrat says country is going off track after Trump compares Biden administration to Germany’s fascist secret police

Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’

South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate says she made ‘a choice between [my children] and a dangerous animal’

What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next?

It’s six months until the US election. Do pollsters know where their candidates are?

Depending on the expert, either Biden or Trump is likely to pull ahead, but nothing about this election – especially events – is predictable

Paper trail and judge’s warning: Trump trial key takeaways, day 12

Prosecutors pressed witnesses on the alleged falsification of business records to cover up the payments to Stormy Daniels

Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’

Lawyers for former Trump attorney attempt to explain failure to meet accounting obligations in bankruptcy case

Stormy takes the stand as Trump’s Florida trial gets indefinitely delayed

The adult film actor Stormy Daniels offered the most lurid, explosive testimony so far in the trial against the former president

Trump has yet to decide his VP pick - and it’s turning into a pageant of its own

It’s less than six months until election day, and Donald Trump is choosing his running mate. It’s quite the spectacle

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump

Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president

Jimmy Kimmel on Stormy Daniels’s testimony: ‘Yes we do need to know the details’

Late-night hosts discuss former adult film star Stormy Daniels’s testimony in Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York

Georgia will allow Trump to challenge order keeping Fani Willis on election interference case

Appeals court said it would allow Trump to challenge decision not to disqualify Willis over relationship with her deputy

Biden to announce $3.3bn AI center during visit to battleground state Wisconsin - US politics live

President’s trip is his fourth visit to Wisconsin this year and contrasts with Donald Trump, who six years ago promised a Foxconn factory at the same location which never happened

Rudy Giuliani suspended by New York radio station over 2020 election lies

WABC owner says Trump ally received warnings not to discuss ‘election fallacies’ and that refusal to do so ‘left me no option’

Text messages with Enquirer editor: Trump trial key takeaways, day 15

Defense paints Trump as a distracted multitasker who signed papers without review as texts between Stormy Daniels’ ex-publicist and a former editor were shown

Coming soon to a Trump trial near you: Michael Cohen

The biggest news out of Trump’s trial today wasn’t anything said on the witness stand, but who will be on it next week

Court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan 6 committee subpoena - live

Former Trump chief strategist’s four-month prison term had been on hold while judges considered appeal

Stephen Colbert on Stormy Daniels testimony: ‘The jury got to see her spank him in real time’

Late-night hosts discuss Stormy Daniels’s second day on the witness stand at Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York

Stormy Daniels testimony was lurid and powerful - but Trump voters don’t care

New York trial heard salacious details about actor’s encounter with ex-president, but it ‘doesn’t move the needle’ with his supporters

Barron Trump will not be a delegate at Republican Nation Convention after all

His mother’s office said the 18-year-old high school senior had to decline the honor due to prior commitments

US campus protests give Trump a target for his violent rhetoric of vengeance

Tough-guy talk about ‘radical-left lunatics’ is an extreme spin on an old playbook but plays well with his Republican base

Say More review: Jen Psaki on Biden, Trump and how to make your point

White House press secretary turned MSNBC host offers advice, a little dish and barbed critiques of Republican predecessors

Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech

Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’

The Never Trump Republicans who can’t bring themselves to back Biden

Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Paul Ryan refuse to vote for the president despite calling Trump unfit – and their harshest critics are fellow Republicans

No Going Back: Kristi Noem and other Trump veepstakes also-rans

The South Dakota governor’s book will be remembered as an utter disaster. Other VP hopefuls’ tomes are merely dispiriting

Election deadline and ‘just do it’: Trump trial key takeaways, day 16

Michael Cohen testifies that Trump was intimately involved in hush-money deal and got real-time updates on Stormy Daniels

Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency

The Republican frontrunner has vowed to put an end to ‘horrible’ wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy

Cohen declines to bite at combative questions from Trump’s man Todd

Todd Blanche seemed to be looking for a ‘gotcha’ – instead there was laughter in the viewing room and one irked judge

Trump’s team tries to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility

The former attorney and fixer returned to the stand on Tuesday and offered more incriminating testimony about his ex-boss

Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, Mitt Romney says

Republican senator tells MSNBC that ‘frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president’

Michael Cohen receives a grilling: Trump trial key takeaways, day 18

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche yelled at witness as he attempted to paint the former fixer as a serial fabricator

Gaetz invokes Trump’s call to far-right Proud Boys at hush-money trial

Republican congressman travels to New York to support former president and says he is ‘standing back, and standing by’

Rudy Giuliani indicted for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme

Ex-New York mayor last of 17 defendants to be served in plot to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden in 2020

Trump trial judge rebuked for donations to Democrat-aligned groups in 2020

Ex-president’s legal team sure to make hay out of Juan Merchan’s $35 gift to Biden for President and anti-Republican groups

Marco Rubio says he would not accept 2024 election results ‘if it’s unfair’

Republican senator’s comments come as he is considered among Trump’s top candidates for vice-president

‘Don’t roll your eyes’ and entourage: Trump trial key takeaways, day 19

The ex-president walks into the courtroom with recognizable supporters as the defense’s witness prompts near-chaos

‘The people rest’ - and no Trump testimony

The former president’s hush-money trial in New York is nearing the end, and it’s now all but certain he won’t take the stand

Trump prosecutor Fani Willis survives Georgia primary election

Fulton county district attorney, overseeing election case against ex-president, to face Republican Courtney Kramer in November

‘Mr Trump, why won’t you testify?’: hush-money trial nears end with a fizzle, not a bang

Defense rests after calling two witnesses, and Donald Trump Jr attacks a question about why his father didn’t take the stand

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Arizona fake electors case

Former New York mayor one of 12 defendants charged with illegally trying to keep Trump in power after 2020 election defeat

Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election

The U-turn by the ex-president’s most enduring rival during the Republican primaries provoked a swift backlash

Trump lawyers seek to block US release of biopic The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi’s film, which shocked audiences at its world premiere at Cannes, depicts former president raping his first wife

Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman reverses course and backs Trump

Billionaire investor, who had turned his back on former president, says he will donate to Republican contender’s 2024 campaign

Biden campaign releases De Niro-voiced video ad warning Trump has ‘snapped’

In the ad, to be distributed across the US, De Niro says that Trump is ‘threatening to be a dictator, to terminate the constitution’

President warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy’

President entreats graduates at commencement to ‘hold fast’ to oath to US constitution in veiled reference to Trump’s threat to democracy

Judge in Mar-a-Lago case asked to curb Trump’s speech after false FBI claim

Prosecutors make request of Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, saying ex-president’s claims pose threat to law enforcement

Republican Tim Scott falsely claims Biden policy resegregates public schools

Possible Trump running mate makes extreme remark as former president steps up efforts to woo Black and minority voters

Biden honors troops on Memorial Day as Trump lashes out at his ‘human scum’ enemies

In divergent messages, president pays tribute to fallen heroes, while Trump fulminates on social media against opponents

Trump tells donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests if re-elected

Presumptive Republican nominee calls demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza part of a ‘radical revolution’

Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized ‘deadly force’ for Mar-a-Lago search

Claim rests on a misquoted section of FBI policy in a legal motion, and moreover, Trump was not in Florida during the search

Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, rejecting Trump and RFK Jr

Party members booed and jeered Trump on Saturday when he addressed them in a bid to win their support

Ten reasons to acquit: Trump trial key takeaways, closing arguments

Lawyer Todd Blanche’s argument for why jurors should find his client not guilty boiled down to a handful of principal lines

Trump judge in Mar-a-Lago case denies prosecutors’ request for gag order

Setback for special counsel Jack Smith as Aileen Cannon denies motion filed after Trump falsely claimed FBI was ready to kill him

Trump guilty on all counts - so what happens next?

On a historic night for American politics, Jonathan Freedland and Sam Levine look at what the verdict will mean – both for Trump himself, and for the election in November

Trump’s conviction on all 34 counts is a full-blown victory for DA Alvin Bragg

Prosecutors took a case that was about boring paper crimes and successfully turned it into one that was about something simple: lying

I had convinced myself Trump would never be convicted. I’m happy I was wrong

So rarely held to account, Trump has finally had a small taste of justice. This is a good day for American democracy

New Yorkers at courthouse cheer and groan at Trump trial verdict: ‘We got him’

A heavy sense of shock and relief appeared to hang in the air after Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of fraud

Hundreds of millions wiped from Trump fortune in wake of conviction

Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock finishes day down 5.3% on Wall Street, as ex-president’s stake falls from $6bn to $5.6bn

Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked: what he said and whether it’s true

The former president’s rambling tirade at Trump Tower contained a number of questionable assertions

Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump should be jailed after felony conviction

Ex-president should also be made ‘the volunteer punching bag at a women’s shelter’, says former actor, following guilty verdict

The Observer view on Donald Trump: utterly unfit for office, he should quit the race for the White House

Teflon Don has become Felon Don, but the US constitution has no objection to him holding the highest office

Minnesota Democrat Dean Phillips calls on New York governor to pardon Trump

US representative and failed contender for president says Kathy Hochul should grant pardon ‘for the good of the country’

Merrick Garland hits back at Trump and Republicans: ‘I will not be intimidated’

Attorney general defends stewardship of justice department and accuses Republican lawmakers of peddling conspiracy theories

Trump-appointed judges strike down fund for Black female entrepreneurs

In a 2-1 ruling, judges found grant program run by Black-woman owned venture capitalist firm ‘likely to violate’ Civil Rights Act

Biden calls Trump ‘reckless and dangerous’ over claims trial was rigged

President also likens his predecessor’s rejection of the court verdict against him to his refusal to accept he lost 2020 election

Nigel Farage, the man who wants to be the UK’s answer to Donald Trump

Populist politician who formed anti-EU pact with ruling Conservatives is back to engineer party’s demise

Elon Musk is cosying up to Donald Trump. Haven’t we suffered enough?

While their huge egos have rubbed each other the wrong way in the past, they may have found common ground, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s gun license to be revoked following conviction, media reports say

New York City police department to revoke Trump’s license after suspending permit to carry a concealed weapon in April 2023

Putin says Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as leading democracy

Russia expert warned Putin would see verdict as chance to undermine US’s global influence and boost his own standing

‘Rigged’: Trump attacks judge and courts in first post-conviction rally

Ex-president in Arizona warns appeal courts to ‘step up and straighten things out’ and insists he committed no crimes

Trump ally Steve Bannon told to begin four-month contempt sentence by 1 July

Rightwing podcaster ordered by judge to surrender to authorities following conviction for contempt of Congress

Revealed: Trump ally Kari Lake gave speech in front of Confederate flag

Video shows Arizona Senate candidate repeating election-fraud claims at event with Confederate flag behind her

Biden: D-day heroes would ask US to stand up to aggression ‘abroad and at home’

US president urges today’s Americans to defend democracy, with apparent reference to Putin and Trump

Stephen Colbert on D-day vets: ‘An incredible service to their nation - they made Joe Biden look young’

Late-night hosts discuss Joe Biden visiting Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-day and Republicans’ response to Trump’s felony conviction

Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

The former president is likely to turn Merchan into public enemy number one in front of his supporters, sources say

Rushing to McDonald’s, sneaking into Trump Tower: the desperate struggle to find a public toilet in New York

The city has one bathroom for every 8,000 residents – and they’re ancient and disgusting. Can anything be done?

DNC targets Trump campaign rally with ‘convicted white-collar crook’ billboard

Democrats call Trump ‘unfit to serve’ on the advertisement in Las Vegas, where he’s due to speak on Sunday

Trump to hold Las Vegas rally in burning heat with extra medics and water

Temperatures may exceed 100F in battleground state Nevada at ex-president’s second rally since conviction

Kristi Noem says Trump should pick a woman as his running mate

South Dakota governor, once a top possible Trump VP pick, makes remarks amid reports his shortlist is nearly all men

Kamala Harris on Trump’s conviction: ‘Cheaters don’t like getting caught’

Vice-president says Trump thinking he ‘is above the law’ should be disqualifying for Republican would-be president

Republicans leap on Hunter Biden trial after week of revealing testimony

The federal trial of the president’s son undermines Trump’s claim of a weaponized DoJ, but the right aims to make hay regardless

Shaken and stirred: Trump’s golf course liquor licenses at risk after conviction

New Jersey attorney general looks into whether Trump is ineligible to hold licenses at three of his golf courses in state

Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’ despite rally attendees wilting in extreme heat

Supporters hospitalized following rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix, where temperatures have broken records

Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Trump to Jesus at Las Vegas rally

Republican extremist tells crowd ‘The man that I worship is also a convicted felon’

Trump to face probation interview in hush-money case - live

Donald Trump will hold a virtual interview with New York probation officials alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche

Biden supporters mostly back him in 2024 election because they oppose Trump, poll finds

Poll comes as the Biden campaign has ramped up its rhetoric in attacking Trump directly in recent weeks

Donald Trump fundraiser in London ‘already has $2m’ day before event

Reception and dinner with Donald Trump Jr will be hosted by actor Holly Valance and attended by Nigel Farage

Potential VP pick says he was vetted on questions that would disqualify Trump

JD Vance reveals he was asked whether he had committed a crime or had lied, prompting amusement on social media

Jon Stewart on corporate Pride ‘pandering’: ‘Stop. We don’t need any of this’

Late-night hosts discuss corporations’ values during Pride month, Trump’s probation hearing and his Las Vegas rally where temperatures soared over 100F

Rudy Giuliani says he’s ‘very, very proud’ of actions after taking Arizona mug shot

Former Trump attorney denies having regrets about his role trying to overturn the 2020 election result

Trump’s ‘Project 2025’ plot would take ‘wrecking ball’ to US institutions, key Democrat warns

Jared Huffman sounds alarm over extremist manifesto for second Trump term produced by Heritage Foundation

Claims of rigged system by convict Trump and allies ‘threaten rule of law’

Ex-prosecutors and historians warn that Republicans’ parroting of ex-president’s wild allegations of political bias could erode trust and lead to violence

Immigration rights groups sue Biden administration over asylum directive

Advocates say president’s directive restricting asylum claims differs little from Trump move blocked by courts

Hunter Biden conviction could boost father against Trump, experts suggest

Analysts say guilty verdict undermines Trump’s claim that a weaponised justice department is unfairly pursuing him

Drill, baby, drill … if you haven’t passed out from heatstroke

Temperatures keep going up, Hunter Biden is convicted and Trump ponders shark attack vs electrocution as he awaits sentencing

Trump was hoping for a slam dunk. But Hunter Biden’s trial has only highlighted his father Joe’s dignity

A lie is a lie, but the president’s support of his son - and of the legal system - has been moving to see, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Jimmy Kimmel on Hunter Biden’s conviction: ‘Only 31 felonies away from being the Republican candidate for president’

Late-night hosts discuss Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying on a gun application, Donald Trump’s parole interview and Samuel Alito’s far-right sympathies.

Pelosi condemns Trump’s Capitol visit: ‘Returning to the scene of the crime’

Former House speaker says ex-president has ‘cemented his legacy of shame’ over January 6 attack, prompting bizarre riposte from Trump

Former White House staffer says Trump called for leaker to be executed

Trump’s demand that 2020 leaker be punished with death raises questions about retribution if he is re-elected

Biden wishes Trump a happy 78th birthday as campaign goes into offense over age

Dogged by age issue, president, 81, is now highlighting Trump’s many peculiarities, from hair style to Bible sales

Muted mics, no props: CNN details rules for first Biden and Trump debate

Network says no studio audience in Atlanta and moderators ‘will use all tools at disposal to ensure a civilized discussion’

Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test

Gaffe came as 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate sought to bolster his support among Black and Latino voters in Michigan

French farce is back with a bang as Paris descends into comic election mayhem

Emmanuel Macron’s gamble has set off a political comedy of errors that has almost put BoJo and Trump in a less-incompetent light

Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser admits child sexual abuse

Robert Morris, of Gateway church in Dallas, accused of sexual abuse of girl in 1980s, beginning when she was 12

Former Trump national security adviser urges resumption of nuclear testing

Robert O’Brien says US should abandon moratorium but experts say proposal would hasten global nuclear arms race

Pastor and ex-Trump adviser resigns after admitting to child sexual abuse

Robert Morris resigns from Texas church after admitting to sexually abusing girl in the 1980s, starting when she was 12

The question isn’t whether Trump or Biden is declining faster: it’s why the US is faced with this choice

Both men have behaved in ways that might give even the most cautious observer pause, says Emma Brockes

Tense wait in tight Virginia primary for House Republican who crossed Trump

Incumbent Bob Good, chair of far-right Freedom Caucus, appeals for patience as votes counted in congressional race

Winklevoss twins donate $1m each to Trump as champion of cryptocurrency

Crypto tycoons claim Biden has ‘openly declared war against crypto’ in lengthy critique of administration policy

Judge in Trump classified documents case reportedly refused to step aside

Aileen Cannon was urged by senior jurists to recuse herself over perception of bias towards Trump, report says

Trump announces Teamsters union chief to speak at Republican convention

Sean O’Brien accepts invitation as union says its message ‘needs to be heard by as wide an audience as possible’

Judge dismisses fake electors charges against Trump allies in Nevada

Six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Trump the winner in 2020

In Trump we trust: religious right on crusade to make their man president

America’s evangelicals sense a chance to impose a radical agenda and resist what they see as a tide of liberal secularism

No props, no notes, no audience - but Trump-Biden debate will have ad breaks

After chaos in 2020, the switch from non-partisan overseer to commercial TV has some critics fearing a slippery slope

Ex-Trump security adviser backtracks on proposal to send all Marines to Asia

Robert O’Brien explains his outline to sever US-China economic ties would only be to send in ‘fighting force’

Trump freewheels towards debate as Biden rehearses at Camp David

Political surrogates hit Sunday talkshows as candidates take different approaches before next week’s face-off

New York judge partially lifts Trump’s gag order in hush-money case

Trump is now free to talk about Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen ahead of the first presidential debate of 2024

Prosecutors reject Trump’s bid to toss documents case due to ‘haphazard storage’

Newly revealed photos show Trump’s ‘cluttered’ collection of personal keepsakes mixed with classified documents

US presidential debate live updates: Trump and Biden face off in Atlanta

Trump and Biden will meet in Atlanta tonight for the first presidential debate at 9:00 pm ET. Hosted by CNN, the first of two scheduled debates will last 90 minutes

Trump claims ‘big victory’ over Biden despite lying in debate

Former president claims ‘no amount of rest or rigging could help’ Biden during victory lap at Virginia rally

America’s big problem is not Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Trump

The presidential debate was further proof of the fragility of the country’s constitution. Radical reform is crucial, whoever wins in November

Lindsey Graham warns ‘accountability coming to Biden’ if Trump wins

Republican senator warns of retribution: ‘Pandora’s box opened by the Democrats is going to be applied’

Kamala Harris: insiders rally behind VP to replace Biden as Democratic nominee

After president’s poor debate performance, pundits point to polls saying Harris would do better in a race against Trump

The week that changed the US election: Trump’s immunity as as Biden falls flat on his face

Plus: Wisconsin, lies and poor Rudy Giuliani – and a calamitous debate performance by Joe Biden

Joe Biden tells radio show he ‘screwed up’ in debate but vows to stay in race

President gives interviews with stations in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as polls show him trailing Trump by six points

Trump calls Biden ‘broken-down’ and claims he quit 2024 race in leaked video

Clip obtained by Daily Beast shows ex-president sitting in golf cart, holding cash, as he discusses presidential debate

Medieval LOLs to Miss Me? Your favourite podcasts of 2024 so far

Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen’s cheeky and irreverent chats, the hilarious truth about the Middle Ages and just how Donald Trump was prosecuted … here are Guardian readers’ top listens of the year to date

Trump and Project 2025 are attacking the Department of Education. How might they reshape US schools?

The rightwing manifesto proposes hobbling it, but the ex-president wants to abolish the department completely

Trump would be free to obstruct justice in second term after immunity ruling

Supreme court decision means Trump could freely abuse “core” presidential functions without accountability

I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything

A Putin-friendly president would pose a grave danger to Europe. Like it or not, this calls for greater defence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Donald Trump attempting to claim to ‘know nothing’ about Project 2025

Critics point out political roadmap for a potential second term created by ‘more than 20 officials Trump appointed’

Warning signs: a history of Joe Biden’s verbal slips

Signs were hiding in plain sight well before the US presidential debate against Donald Trump

Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling

Filing asks Aileen Cannon to take scalpel to any charges considered ‘official’ acts that could not be prosecuted

Intra-Maga row for Missouri’s attorney general seat reveals exaggerated résumé

Trump lawyer Will Scarf’s claims of prosecuting violent criminals conflicts with his record of mundane actions

In a fragile and dangerous era, strengthening ties with Europe is Britain’s most urgent challenge

Keir Starmer inherits a foreign policy in-tray that includes two wars and the possible return of Trump

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

Democrats in disarray as Trump immunity ruling raises stakes

With democracy at a moment of maximum peril, millions were pinning their hopes on the Democratic party as a last wall of defence – but the debate changed that

We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025

The presumptive Republican nominee has promised to give rightwing evangelical Christians what they want – and more

Stormy Daniels gets more than $900K from GoFundMe after alleged threats

Daniels says Trump supporters have inundated her with threats to rape and murder her daughter and other family

Lindsey Graham calls for physical and cognitive tests for Biden and Trump

South Carolina senator says evaluations should be part of presidential nominee process to ensure they’re ‘capable’

Democrat Adam Schiff says Biden has to win ‘overwhelmingly’ or ‘pass the torch’

Prominent House Democrat says Vice-President Harris could beat Trump as President campaigns in Pennsylvania

Outrage after Biden administration reinstates ‘barbaric’ Trump-era hunting rules

Rules allow hunting practices that target bears and wolves, including pups or cubs, on federal land in Alaska

Peter Navarro defends himself in new book while still in prison

The New Maga Deal full of errors and omissions from former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress

What would a Harris candidacy mean for the elusive independent woman voter?

Polling shows critical group unenthused about Biden and Trump – and moved by economy over abortion

Biden suffered less polling damage than expected after debate against Trump

Polls indicate Biden is trailing Trump, but opinions may not have shifted radically, while Kamala Harris shows mixed results

Nikki Haley releases delegates and urges them to support Trump at convention

Move goes toward solidifying Republican support around the party’s presumptive nominee

Rudy Giuliani is treating his bankruptcy case like a ‘joke,’ creditors say

Filing opposes Trump ally’s attempt to change his chapter 11 bankruptcy into a chapter seven liquidation of assets

Keir Starmer to ‘wait until US election to name new ambassador’

Exclusive: PM wants to see whether Trump or Biden win before making pick, sources say, after considering Miliband and Mandelson

Democrat calls for congressional leaders to denounce Trump loyalist’s ‘target list’

Jamie Raskin says report on Ivan Raiklin, who calls himself Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’, is ‘deadly serious’

Biden to speak at Nato summit in high-stakes press conference

All eyes on US president this evening as he takes questions in a critical test after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump nearly two weeks ago

Don Jr to introduce Trump’s vice-president pick at Republican convention

Don Jr’s involvement is the strongest indication to date that Senator JD Vance will be the vice-presidential pick

Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

‘Guardrails’ that previously existed removed as Meta says voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees

Republican senator Susan Collins says she will not vote for Trump

Moderate conservative from Maine says she wanted Nikki Haley to win and will write her name on November ballot

Donald Trump is ‘fine’ after being rushed off stage at rally amid possible gunshots - latest updates

Former US president’s spokesman confirms Trump is okay and being checked by medics; Secret Service agents rushed him off stage at rally in Pennsylvania

JD Vance: why Trump picked the Ohio senator to be his VP candidate

The Hillbilly Elegy author once called Trump an ‘idiot’, and now the two are running mates – here’s what to know

Trump’s former rivals to stage show of unity as Haley, DeSantis and Rubio expected to address Republican national convention - live

One-time Republican presidential hopefuls scheduled to take to Milwaukee stage tonight

JD Vance to make first speech as Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick - live

Ohio senator will take center stage at the Republican national convention around 9.30pm CT

Trump meets with Secret Service chief ahead of speech at Republican convention - live

Donald Trump is set to accept the Republican party’s nomination tonight; meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi reportedly says Biden may soon bow to pressure to leave race

Trump’s return to rally stage met with prayers, excitement and confusion over JD Vance

Supporters crowd Michigan arena to see first rally after assassination attempt and meet VP pick: ‘I had to Wikipedia him’

Trump attacks Biden and Harris in first rally since assassination attempt

In first rally with running mate JD Vance, ex-president jibes at leadership chaos within Democratic party

Joe Biden has given America a fighting chance to defeat Donald Trump

Biden has chosen to preserve the prospect of a Democratic victory in November even at the expense of his own ego

Who will replace Joe Biden as Democratic nominee? Here are six possibilities

Biden has announced he’s dropping out of the 2024 US presidential race and supporting Kamala Harris. Here’s who else might run against Trump

Kamala Harris vows US ‘not going back’ to ‘chaos’ of Trump years in rally speech

Vice-president speaks in battleground state Wisconsin day after securing enough delegates to win nomination

Tesla earnings nearly halved as price cuts put pressure on profits

Sales rise 2% to $25.5bn in the latest quarter but profits drop, as Elon Musk plans to donate tens of millions to Trump

Bannon border-wall fraud trial to begin in December after contempt term ends

Trump ally, in prison for defying congressional subpoena, accused of conning donors who gave money for border wall

Judge declines to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit against ABC News

Case, brought after host George Stephanopoulos said Trump had been ‘found liable for rape’, allowed to proceed

Kamala Harris switch scrambles Republicans as Trump resorts to insults

A week ago, former president was riding high, but now he faces vibrant, younger rival who hit the ground running

Biden calls for supreme court changes and decries Trump immunity ruling

President calls immunity principle ‘dangerous’ in Austin speech, and proposes code of conduct and term limits

A Storm Foretold review - a terrifying glimpse into Trump’s time in the White House

This extraordinary film spends three years on the trail of Donald Trump’s political adviser Roger Stone. It’s a shocking tale of the ex-president’s inadequacies

Trump says running mates have ‘virtually no impact’ in apparent JD Vance snub

Trump says ‘you’re voting for the president … you’re voting for me’ when asked about vice-presidential pick

Incredulous laughter, audible gasps: Trump’s performance at Black journalists’ panel left him exposed

The former president snapped and snarled through his interview – and looked for all the world like an old crank

Trump repeats lies and attacks Kamala Harris’s racial identity at panel of Black journalists

Chaotic event hosted by National Association of Black Journalists saw Trump lie about abortion and immigration

Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump

A Washington Post report details that an Egypt-linked group withdrew funds days before Trump’s inauguration

Trump 2020 election interference case resumes after immunity decision

Case, paused after supreme court ruling, returns to judge Tanya Chutkan, who will decide how she intends to proceed

Donald Trump ‘doing great’ after assassination attempt, says son Eric

Businessman calls father ‘best president’ US has ever seen during visit to Trump International golf resort in Scotland

Silicon Valley’s Trump supporters are dicing with the death of democracy

In 2016, some said comparisons between the rises of Trump and Hitler were misguided. But as tech’s titans donate millions, worrying new parallels emerge

Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on

Man who killed activists in 2020 questioned Trump’s gun rights bona fides before backing down in face of hate tweets

Donald Trump agrees to debate Kamala Harris on Fox News

Ex-president has agreed to debate on Republican-friendly network – but it’s unclear if Harris has signed on

Trump ally calls GOP attack on Harris’s racial identity a ‘phony controversy’

Florida representative Byron Donalds spars with ABC host over Republicans’ questioning of vice-president’s heritage

Trump calls union leader who endorsed Kamala Harris ‘a stupid person’

Ex-president says members of United Auto Workers, which endorsed Harris, will vote for him despite Shawn Fain

Trump exploits the end of the American dream

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Stephen Reicher exploring the former president’s support base

ABC host reportedly received death threats after Trump interview

Rachel Scott’s piercing interview at National Association of Black Journalists event left former president fuming

Judge rejects Trump effort to dismiss 2020 federal election subversion case