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US Congress

1 February 2025

  • Robert F Kennedy Jr at his Senate finance committee confirmation hearing on 29 January.

    Support letter for RFK Jr’s confirmation includes signatures of doctors with suspended or revoked licenses

  • the capitol building

    Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government

  • Andy Beckett

    In Trump’s fantasy politics, he can accomplish anything – but reality will prevail

    Andy Beckett
  • Senator Mark Warner questions Tulsi Gabbard at a confirmation hearing on 30 January.

    US politics live
    Democrat calls firing of FBI officials ‘deeply alarming’ as some federal websites appear to go dark – as it happened

31 January 2025

  • An FBI seal is displayed on a podium

    US politics live
    At least five senior FBI leaders reportedly demoted or moved as Trump’s nominee is grilled by senators – as it happened

    FBI personnel who were promoted by former director Christopher Wrap have been notified of their changing role, CNN reports

30 January 2025

  • a woman appears nervous sitting in front of a microphone

    Tulsi Gabbard grilled on Snowden, Assad and Putin in tense Senate hearing

  • Firefighters at night in orange glow

    Some US firefighters are paid as little as fast-food workers. Will Congress change that?

  • Man speaks into microphone

    RFK Jr dodges clear answers on vaccines as Senate grilling enters second day

  • Robert Reich

    Follow Robert Reich
    Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why?

    Robert Reich

  • How do Democrats harness #DarkWoke?

    Peter Rothpletz

  • US politics live
    Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center prompts outcry – as it happened

29 January 2025

  • People protest against a funding freeze of federal grants and loans following a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding near to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

    Why Trump’s order to freeze funding evokes the darkest days of Watergate

  • Donald Trump

    US politics live
    White House orders all federal staff to return to in-office work or resign – as it happened

28 January 2025

  • A general view of the US Capitol Building

    Man arrested near US Capitol allegedly intended to kill prominent Republicans

    Man found with knife and two molotov cocktails planned to kill Mike Johnson and Pete Hegseth, prosecutors say
  • man wearing glasses and blue suit gestures

    Bernie Sanders condemns Trump for federal loans and grants freeze: ‘He is not a king’

    Senator denounces order to pause all funding and says it’ll have ‘devastating impact’ on ‘most vulnerable people’ in US
  • Trump in Miami on Monday evening

    US politics live
    Trump signs orders to eliminate DEI from US military and reinstate troops who refused Covid vaccines – as it happened

    President signs series of orders on Monday evening including measure for Iron Dome-style missile defense system

24 January 2025

  • a man in a suit looks out from behind a microphone

    Revealed: Trump Pentagon nominee endorsed extremist Christian doctrine on podcast

    In newly uncovered recordings, Pete Hegseth rails against feminism, ‘critical race theory’, and even democracy itself

23 January 2025

  • US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials.

    US politics live with Chris Stein
    Letter to federal employees warns of ‘adverse consequences’ if they do not report disguised DEI efforts – as it happened

  • Crowds with signs at night

    Laken Riley Act passes US House, sending anti-immigrant bill to Trump

22 January 2025

  • a composite image showing Donald Trump and emissions rising from a smokestack at an oil refinery

    Explained: how Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil

    From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders
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