6 d. ago Deportations up, job growth down: Trump’s second term so far – in charts

Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity The Trump administration has had an unprecedented first year. The Guardian has been hard at work tracking the social and political ramifications of Donald Trump’s second term through words and pictures. But sometimes the story is best told through charts and graphs. Here are some of the vital data points that the Guardian has been tracking on immigration, the economy and public opinion.*** Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Starmer’s ‘keep calm’ Trump diplomacy bets on influence over popularity

Prime minister puts faith in ‘pragmatic’ solutions, while US president drops one diplomatic bomb after anotherIn his account of Tony Blair’s years in power, The New Machiavelli, Jonathan Powell sets out two opposing strategies for any British prime minister in dealing with their counterpart in the White House.The first, he says, is “cutting a bella figura” – parading for show – by openly criticising the US president, for which he gives the example of the French. The other, and the approach preferred by Powell, is to do diplomacy in private and build a close relationship, in the hope of having greater influence. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Unite or put the 'loony left' in government, warring Tories and Reform are told as poll shows Labour, Lib Dems and Greens could keep them from power

In a sign that voters could be beginning to tire of Reform, the party failed to rebound in a poll by YouGov despite high-profile defections designed to boost its credibility.

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1 week ago Majority of Americans call Trump’s first year back in office a ‘failure’ and say he is focusing on the wrong priorities

Latest polling makes dire reading for President Donald Trump as 55 percent of respondents say he has made economy worse, just one of many dire statistics revealed by the research

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3 w. ago Trump’s popularity with young men is collapsing due to ‘unnecessary wars,’ new poll shows

The poll found that voters wanted Trump to avoid ‘unnecessary wars’ weeks before he abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

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3 w. ago Democrats can win back the White House in 2028. Here’s how | Colin Seeberger

Democrats should go on the offense against Republicans, but they should also lay out a vision for renewing the promise of a middle-class life By January 2029, Donald Trump will be capping off a nearly 14-year stretch at the helm of American politics. While he will no longer serve as president of the United States, his shadow over the future of American politics will continue to loom large across both sides of the aisle. Following Trump’s popular-vote victory in the 2024 election, the Democratic party has been forced to wrestle with what went wrong and how they can regain the support of an American majority to win back the White House. To win back Americans’ trust, Democrats have to prioritize affordability, broaden their cultural appeal, and reconnect with disaffected voters beyond their base.Trump’s political success has long been defined by his willingness to take on elite institutions and buck convention, putting distance between himself and weaknesses in the Republican brand whi...

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3 w. ago Brits disapprove of Donald Trump's Venezuela raid, poll shows

A YouGov poll found 51 per cent of Britons disapprove of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a military operation.

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3 w. ago ‘Even turbulent ’70s were easier than today,’ warn business leaders as high street crisis bites

EVEN the 1970s were a better time to do business than today, bosses have warned. A poll by the Jobs Foundation found more entrepreneurs than not thought the period of industrial strife five decades ago was marginally better than the 2020s. Some 78 per cent of family business owners are pessimistic about the economy in...

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3 w. ago Marco Rubio on the rise as he wages 'Godfather' diplomacy for peace in Ukraine despite 'gift to the Russians'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's approval rating ticked up in a late December Daily Mail poll, making him President Donald Trump's most popular Cabinet member.

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last month Myanmar elections: voting begins under junta stranglehold with Aung San Suu Kyi banned

War with opposition groups means large areas are excluded from poll, while recent law prohibits criticising a process regarded internationally as a shamPolling stations have opened in some areas of conflict-racked Myanmar for an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule.The most popular party is banned from running in the election, and large areas of the country will be completely excluded because they are under the control of anti-junta groups or racked by fierce fighting. Continue reading...

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