Politics

Trump’s Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center

Lawyers are ordering staff to remove Trump from email signatures, letterhead, webpages, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, and more.

Sanctimonious Scott Pelley finds out no one is indispensable

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The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech

Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public data

The Guardian view on Trump’s omnipresence: commanding attention like a king

The president’s image and name are proliferating in Washington and beyond, overturning well-advised democratic taboos on glorifying sitting leaders

On the ground: Andy Burnham's bid to change Westminster

With three weeks to go until the Makerfield byelection where an Andy Burnham victory could change the direction of the Labour party, Pippa Crerar joins him on the campaign trail in Wigan and Leigh, speaking to voters on their doorsteps

Why is Andy Burnham talking about fixing England’s social care system?

Prospective MP and potential Labour leader has said tackling the issue is a priority. But why is the system in crisis and what can be done about it?

Business secretary attacks ‘entitlement’ of Starmer leadership rivals

Peter Kyle says British politics fails to reward political accomplishment and Labour risks aping Tory instability

Senate Republicans defeat early attempt to block Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Senate Republicans defeated language to block the creation of the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization” fund, but not without three defections from swing-state senators and hours of suspense on the chamber floor.

Ben Jennings on Elon Musk’s pervasive presence

Keir Starmer has criticised Musk, set to become the world’s first trillionaire, for trying to ‘whip up division’ in the UK following the murder of Henry Nowak

Former student arrested after man shot with crossbow at University of Surrey

Saudi national, 21, held on suspicion of attempted murder over incident at Manor Park student village in Guildford

Ayatollah says Iran has 'defeated' US as Trump, Rubio affirm he is 'involved'

In the months since Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei became the supreme leader following the assassination of his father, he has been characterized by the U.S. government as an ineffectual leader, and possibly even dead.

Jury awards $176m to family of two boys killed by LA socialite in high-speed crash

Rebecca Grossman and former MLB player Scott Erickson were found negligent in deaths of young brothers