5 h. ago Secret intelligence from controversial drug boat strikes 'reveals why all 11 onboard were killed' as Pete Hegseth makes first public remarks on operation

The attack was the Trump administration's first bombing in its two-month campaign in the Caribbean which has seen 14 boats blown up.

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14 h. ago Trump rages at Democrats ‘destroying’ Charlotte after another person is stabbed on light rail system

The Trump administration sent Border Patrol agents to the city last month

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18 h. ago National guard member wounded in DC attack is ‘slowly healing’, says West Virginia governor

Andrew Wolfe was shot in the head on 26 November, while Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuriesThe West Virginia national guard soldier who was wounded in the 26 November shooting that killed a colleague of his in Washington DC is “slowly healing”, according to West Virginia’s governor.Andrew Wolfe, 24, was shot alongside fellow West Virginia national guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, 20, while they patrolled the US capital as part of the Trump administration’s push to deploy military members on to the city’s streets. Beckstrom died of her injuries the day after she was shot while Wolfe was hospitalized in critical condition. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago EU says US ‘still our biggest ally’ despite release of policy paper supporting Europe’s far

The Trump administration released a policy paper on Friday that made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right partiesOvernight Russian missile and drone strikes left parts of Ukraine without power on Saturday morning, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Telegram.The strikes hit energy infrastructure in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, according to the ministry. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Stuck in a van while the president measures the Kennedy Center drapes: Inside Trump’s day of ego boosting as crises loom

Political trouble stalks his administration from multiple directions as the midterms approach, but Donald Trump just wants to dance. Andrew Feinberg reports on the president’s big day at the FIFA World Cup draw

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36 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter's war with Trump administration rolls on as White House trolls singer by using her in another post

After the disturbing Tiktok featuring her hit single Juno was used in a video celebrating recent arrests made by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken down.

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36 h. ago White House trolls Sabrina Carpenter with edited clip in immigration PSA video

The Donald Trump administration has used Sabrina Carpenter's Saturday Night Live appearance in a new immigration video, editing her words to say "illegal"

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38 h. ago Professor visiting Harvard arrested by ICE agrees to leave country

Carlos Portugal Gouvea, charged with firing a pellet gun on eve of Yom Kippur outside a synagogue, has said he was not aware of the holiday or that he was shooting next to oneUS immigration authorities arrested a visiting professor at Harvard law school after he was charged with discharging a pellet gun outside a Massachusetts synagogue the day before Yom Kippur, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday – and he agreed to leave the country.Carlos Portugal Gouvea, a Brazilian citizen, was arrested on Wednesday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after his temporary nonimmigrant visa was revoked by the state department following what the Trump administration labeled an “anti-semitic shooting incident” – a description at odds with how local authorities have described the case. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Kristi Noem blasted for wearing sombrero at Mexican restaurant despite her push for more deportations

Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has been accused of racially profiling Latinos as it carries out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign

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38 h. ago Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troops

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests

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39 h. ago A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats

The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels

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39 h. ago US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’

Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked federal agents following her to ‘leave me alone’A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.“I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman told the Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana on Thursday, a day after the video in question was taken and subsequently went viral online. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago US citizen chased by federal agents in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’

Home security videos shows Jacelynn Guzman, 23, telling masked officers following her to ‘leave me alone’A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.“I have no idea why they targeted me,” Jacelynn Guzman told the Guardian reporting partner WWL Louisiana on Thursday, a day after the video in question was taken and subsequently went viral online. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland

These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and moralityThe Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even that may be too generous a description.On Thursday, word came that the US military had launched yet another deadly strike on a small boat moving through international waters. This time the attack killed four people, bringing to at least 87 the number of people the US has killed in a series of 22 such strikes on what it says are drug boats – vessels carrying illicit narcotics in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnistGuardian newsroom: Year One of Trumpism: Is Britain Emulating the US? On Wednesday 21 January 2026, join Jonathan Freedland, Tania Branigan and Nick Lowles as they reflect on the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency – and to ask if Britain could be set on the same path. Book tickets h...

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43 h. ago Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to more than 30 countries

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43 h. ago Trump warns of threat to western ‘civilization’ from mass migration in new security plan: ‘Destabilizing population flows’

The Trump Administration’s national security plan blames migration into Europe for everything from censorship to low birthrates

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43 h. ago Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators

Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has moved to formalize a crackdown on the issuance of visas for people who it deems to have engaged in censoring the free speech of US citizens.The action, detailed in a state department memo sent to overseas missions this week, first reported by Reuters and then NPR, directs consular officials to deny visas to any applicant “responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the US”. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns

Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidanceThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s vaccine advisers voted on Friday morning to limit hepatitis vaccines in a major move signaling the Trump administration’s regressive approach to vaccines that have been given safely and effectively for decades.The panel of advisers to the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, decided to remove the well-established and far-reaching recommendation that all newborns in the US receive a hepatitis B vaccine. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’

Exclusive: Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ groupUS politics live – latest updatesThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, instructed law enforcement officials on Thursday to investigate antifa and other supposed domestic terror groups, and specifically directed them to search for “tax crimes” the groups may have committed, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian.The document signals how the Trump administration and Bondi are ramping up efforts to crack down on leftwing groups. Antifa, short for antifascist, is not a clearly defined organization, but rather a loose network of activists. Trump signed an executive order in September declaring it a domestic terrorism organization – something legal experts say he does not have the authority to do. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago How one Arkansas county helps ICE make hundreds of arrests and spreads fear among immigrants

Northwest Arkansas has emerged as a hot spot in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration

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