Election News and Coverage

Donald Trump is expected to announce the framework of a trade agreement with the UK after teasing a major announcement with a “big and highly respected, country.” The specifics of any agreement were not immediately clear and there was no comment from the White House or the British embassy in Washington on whether an actual…

Speaking at a security conference on Wednesday, the US vice-president, JD Vance, said of fruitless efforts to end the war in Ukraine: “Right now, the Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much.” Asked about the…

A graduate student at Columbia Journalism School, Sharla Steinman, reports on Twitter/X that at least 50 people have been arrested for taking part in the brief occupation of Butler library on campus. Five minutes ago, another student at the journalism school, Somaiyah Hafeez, shared video of more than a dozen protesters, handcuffed with zip ties,…

Donald Trump has tapped Dr Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, as nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. The US president said in a social media post on Wednesday that Means has “impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials” –…

The Trump administration is reportedly eyeing dozens of grants across the National Park Service for termination, according to reporting from the New York Times, one of several moves destabilizing the US’s investment in public lands. According to the newspaper, staff members at Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” have created a spreadsheet of federal…

JD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries. Speaking at a security conference of senior military and diplomatic leaders in Washington, the US vice-president said that the…

Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear. Critics are outraged, if not surprised.…

Tanya Stanton felt a sense of relief when she heard last week that the Trump administration seems to have reversed course on eliminating the Head Start early education program. She directs early learning programs at You Thrive, a Florida non-profit that provides Head Start services to approximately 1,100 children in the central part of the…

Late-night hosts dug into the chaos at Newark airport leading to a cascade of cancellations, Donald Trump’s alleged Hollywood tariffs and the visit of the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to the White House. Stephen Colbert On Tuesday’s Late Show, Stephen Colbert looked into the cascade of delays at Newark airport this week, causing the…

Demonstrations against Donald Trump Trump are getting larger and louder. Good. This is absolutely essential. But at some point we’ll need to demonstrate not just against the president but also for the United States we want. Trump’s regressive populism – cruel, bigoted, tyrannical – must be met by a bold progressive populism that strengthens democracy…