3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (957+ words) Budget cuts, loss of knowledgeable officials and diverted resources raise risk of another attack, experts warn The US faces growing challenges in countering international terrorism as resources are diverted to other threats, experienced security officials leave and “complacency” spreads, experts…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (442+ words) Amid unpopular Iran war and persistent inflation, governor says state has had its name since before US existed Democrats have hit back against Donald Trump’s suggestion that the state of New Mexico should be renamed “New America”, accusing the US…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (332+ words) Supreme court ruled in June against president’s earlier order to change citizenship rules for babies born in US A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship – the longstanding principle that all babies born in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran war Pete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon’s top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (486+ words) Anthropic ​argued designation as ‘supply chain risk’ could cost the company billions ‌of dollars in lost business ‌and reputational harm A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration All US immigrant visa applications have been paused by the Trump administration as the state department moves to tighten restrictions and limit…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (939+ words) The Guardian Trump’s new attorney general poses a huge threat to abortion rights A call revealing Todd Blanche’s plans to crack down on mifepristone lays bare the danger The abortion pill is a miracle. Mifepristone, then called RU-486, was synthesized…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1114+ words) Speculation about US president’s executive assistant sparks furious backlash from White House Wearing shoulder-length blonde hair, gold earrings and a red dress, cancer survivor Natalie Harp introduced herself to the 2020 Republican national convention as “a formerly forgotten American from California…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (697+ words) US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat says Donald Trump’s move to gut Washington’s 73-year-old military alliance with Seoul has been called “inane” and “shortsighted” as lawmakers…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (561+ words) President orders Pentagon to scale back ‘inappropriate and hostile’ exercises with South Korea Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. US president Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back “inappropriate and hostile” military drills with…...