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In Arizona's sixth congressional district, Democrats are betting that nearly two decades of Marine service will help JoAnna Mendoza unseat Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani, a race that could help decide control of the US House in next month's midterm elections.
Elon Musk has contributed at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, bringing his total known federal political giving for the 2025-26 cycle to roughly $366 million and making him the biggest known donor of the 2026 midterm election, according to figures released by his representatives and reported by The New York Times. The largest share, $158 million, went to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 1,000 immigrants across metro Atlanta in a little-publicised 'shadow surge' that has disproportionately hit Gwinnett County, one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States and a potential deciding factor in the Senate race between Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins. The arrests, which began in August under the name Operation Safe Community, have intensified fears in immigrant communities weeks before the election.
Two years after Donald Trump made "mass deportations" the centerpiece of his campaign, the consequences of that pledge are reshaping the November midterm elections, with Republican candidates in Florida, Maine and Kansas publicly distancing themselves from the enforcement agenda. Trump has called the vote, which will decide control of both houses of Congress, a referendum on his presidency, but many voters appear set to make it a referendum on his deportation policies instead.
Federal agents searched the Washington home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of immigration fraud, prompting a furious response from Democratic leaders who accused the Trump administration of weaponizing law enforcement against a political opponent. President Donald Trump denied having any role in the search, while Omar vowed not to be silenced.
A new poll shows that about two-thirds of Americans oppose the construction of data centers in their communities, as local resistance to the facilities powering President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence ambitions intensifies ahead of the midterm elections. At least 15 states are now considering moratoriums on new data center development, reflecting bipartisan alignment against the hyperscale facilities built by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel imports, insisting he made the right choice for the American People as oil prices fell and a new Goldman Sachs analysis suggested the deal would provide minimal relief to record fuel costs.
Economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have warned the UK chancellor faces a £35bn funding gap, prompting speculation that tax rises will be needed in the upcoming Budget, according to reports in several Sunday papers.
A federal judge on Sunday night ordered the Trump administration to immediately stop airing government-funded advertisements that a coalition of advocacy groups calls political propaganda aimed at influencing the upcoming midterm election.
The federal government has formally warned social media platforms and media outlets to exercise caution over the planned livestream of a US military execution, as crossbench politicians call for urgent action to block the footage. The Pentagon confirmed last week that Nidal Malik Hasan, an army officer convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed by firing squad on December 3. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and One Nation Senator Barnaby Joyce have condemned the plan, while the government cautions broadcasters to act responsibly.
A 45-year-old grandfather shot and killed eight people inside a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday before taking his own life, authorities said. Most of the victims were relatives of the gunman, including a one-year-old girl and her pregnant mother. The shooter had shown no outward signs of violence, according to those who knew him.
Seven US senators from both parties said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's agreement to import Russian diesel violates US law and demanded the administration reverse course, the most forceful challenge yet to a deal the White House says will ease soaring fuel prices.
Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering removing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging improper conduct, including a potential quid pro quo. A senior U.S. official said Sunday that the pair are "extremely pissed off" and will likely decide this week after Monday's federal holiday.
Fifty-two maternity wards across the United States have closed since a federal bill overhauling Medicaid was announced in July 2025, and experts expect further closures as the changes take full effect in the new year. Analysis by the non-profit Protect Our Care found a further eight wards have announced upcoming closures, with hospitals in Virginia and Georgia citing the federal policy changes directly.
A Republican candidate for police chief in the small Louisiana village of Elizabeth is on course to be elected unopposed on 3 November despite two pending charges of child rape, after the only other candidate withdrew from the race after the deadline to replace him had passed.
The US Justice Department has announced it is investigating five television networks for potential violations of federal antitrust law after they suspended White House coverage last month in protest of the Trump administration's decision to revoke credentials from CNN, MS Now and Politico.
The US Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into five major television networks over their decision last month to halt coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House revoked the credentials of reporters from three news organisations. The probe examines whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News violated federal competition law by coordinating their boycott.
A 200-year-old cottonwood tree in Arizona, known as the 'grandmother' to locals and activists, has been pushed down by contractors building Donald Trump's border wall, ending a months-long protest in which land defenders occupied the tree's canopy. Over 80 federal agents swarmed the site at dawn on Monday, arresting protesters and removing the final occupant from a platform high in the branches before an excavator toppled the tree, according to witnesses and social media footage.
A 72-year-old Fresno man shot an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official early Friday after the official, who police described as intoxicated and agitated, allegedly assaulted the man and his daughter on their front lawn. The official, David Gonzalez, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the midsection and has been charged with multiple felonies, Fresno police said.
A Philadelphia police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded early Saturday morning after responding to a report of a man with a gun in West Philadelphia, according to authorities. The slain officer was identified as Shane Seiber, 40, a 10-year veteran of the department. The suspect is in custody.
Donald Trump on Saturday again called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to leave office, blaming him for continuing the war and for striking Russian diesel refineries, as the US president's deal to buy Russian diesel sends relations between Washington and Kyiv to a fresh low.
The New York Police Department has released surveillance footage related to a shooting incident involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, according to reports from multiple Australian news outlets.
The Trump administration has suspended eight technology companies from sponsoring foreign workers for green cards, prompting Vice President JD Vance to accuse Microsoft of replacing the 6,000 workers it laid off in 2025 with H-1B visa holders. Government data, however, shows that the two biggest H-1B sponsors, Amazon and Meta, were not on the suspension list.
Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, is facing backlash from within her own party after releasing a campaign ad in which she says she voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools and that boys should not play in girls' sports. The ad has drawn condemnation from two county Democratic parties in her north-west Ohio district, the head of the country's largest LGBTQ+ rights group, and a former intern, while Kaptur argues it was necessary to confront an issue her Republican opponent is sure to use against her.
The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to expand a controversial exemption so that some of the world's most toxic chemicals could be added directly to food as ingredients without a safety review, according to public health advocates alarmed by the plan.
Lawyers for a New York City man shot by a U.S. immigration officer while his young son sat in the back seat alleged in a federal court filing Wednesday that the agent never identified himself before smashing the car window and opening fire, directly contradicting the Department of Homeland Security's version of events. The man, Oscar Belgal, 28, was struck in the neck and remains detained.
A BBC report says public executions are returning to the United States nearly a century after the practice was abandoned. The report revisits the last high-profile public hanging, that of Rainey Bethea before an estimated 20,000 people in Owensboro, Kentucky, in August 1936, and the reform backlash it triggered.
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is still deciding whether to livestream the execution of former army psychologist Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in a 2009 military base shooting, as bipartisan criticism mounts over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's proposal.
A widely condemned trial that would expose newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B is reportedly still being pushed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the agency's directors office asking the budget office in late September to set aside $1.6 million to fund it. The trial was suspended in January after international outcry over its unethical design.
A US federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration's Justice Department unlawfully sought state voter rolls to cross-check against a federal immigration database and identify voters it considered ineligible, in another setback to the president's efforts to expand federal oversight of elections ahead of the November 3 midterms.
A Democratic congressional candidate has accused the New York Police Department of violating the spirit of the city's sanctuary laws during protests following the shooting of a man by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, as federal officials defended the operation that left a 28-year-old Dominican man wounded and in custody.
President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, ending her week-long tenure after a turbulent debut marked by questions over her legal credentials and a confusing exchange about the bar exam. Trump told reporters he had suggested Zacharia reconsider the role, saying she did not need the job, and White House officials confirmed she is transitioning out and will leave in the coming days.
President Donald Trump has formally created a 'committee of inquiry' to investigate allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook made false statements concerning mortgage instruments, the White House announced Friday, marking a new escalation in Trump's ongoing efforts to remove the Biden appointee from the central bank's board.
US Vice-President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, saying he does not know if it will happen and that he will not watch. The United Nations has condemned the proposal as 'abhorrent', warning that broadcasting the killing would breach the absolute prohibition of torture.
Elderly Americans stand to lose an average of $2,152 in annual Social Security benefits, an 8.6% reduction by 2034, if the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies continue, according to a new report commissioned by America's Voice and conducted by Economic Insights and Research Consulting. The study, shared exclusively with the Guardian, projects economic fallout from the abrupt departure of 1.2 million foreign-born workers over the past two years.
Hurricane Isaias could be the first major test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ability to deploy a large surge workforce after sweeping cuts and restructuring under the Trump administration, emergency management experts say. Gulf state officials have declared states of emergency in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, while Fema says it is pre-positioning supplies and personnel.
Leading New York Democrats expressed anger and demanded curbs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, a day after a federal officer shot Oscar Belgal, 28, in his car in the Bronx while his five-year-old son sat in the back seat. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the incident "unconscionable" and said he would ask President Donald Trump to end all ICE enforcement actions in the city. Governor Kathy Hochul said she had spoken to Trump and urged the release of body-camera footage.
US President Donald Trump has awarded the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Michael Dell and Satya Nadella, in a ceremony that underscored the close ties between his administration and Silicon Valley. The honours were presented on Thursday, hours after the Trump administration announced it was suspending Microsoft and other tech companies from the H-1B visa system over alleged fraud.
A soldier who survived the 2009 Fort Hood shooting has said the firing squad execution of the gunman is "befitting", but questioned the Pentagon's plan to livestream it, as the US prepares for its first Army firing squad execution since 1945.
President Donald Trump has reversed the Pentagon's plan to livestream the December 3 execution of convicted mass shooter Nidal Hasan, saying the event will not be streamed despite earlier support. The decision comes after widespread condemnation from US lawmakers and the United Nations, who argued livestreaming a firing squad execution would amount to torture and violate international law.
The US Justice Department's civil rights division is seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter. The potential charges involve lying to Congress.
The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft, Adobe and several other major technology companies from a US program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency, accusing the firms of fraud. Vice President JD Vance announced the move on Thursday, alongside a separate investigation into nine universities over their use of international student programs.
A lawyer for CNN, MS Now and Politico told a federal judge on Thursday that President Donald Trump's own recent interview made clear he banned the three news organizations from the White House because of their critical coverage, a direct violation of First Amendment precedent. The comments came during a hearing where a Trump-appointed judge extended a temporary order requiring the White House to lift the ban until at least Tuesday.
President Donald Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, sending oil prices lower on Friday and lifting bitcoin above $82,000. But uncertainty persists as Iranian media reported “massive explosions” in the Strait of Hormuz, and diplomats continue to haggle over a broader ceasefire deal.
US President Donald Trump has proposed creating a presidential retreat similar to Camp David at his Florida golf club, with the club covering construction costs as a 'gift' to Americans and providing free memberships to future presidents and accommodations to visiting foreign dignitaries.
The Democratic National Committee and the democracy watchdog group Common Cause have filed separate lawsuits against President Donald Trump over a publicly funded television advertising campaign, alleging the ads misappropriate taxpayer money for political propaganda in violation of federal law.
Donald Trump's campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, was repeatedly interrupted by protesters on Wednesday, as the US president urged voters to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in a race that polls show is unexpectedly competitive.
Patricia Krenwinkel, a former follower of cult leader Charles Manson, was granted parole on Tuesday after nearly six decades in prison for her role in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. This is the third time California's parole board has approved her release, but Governor Gavin Newsom has reversed both previous grants, and advocates are urging him to let this ruling stand.