Politics

No Way to Make a Deal

The agreement that Trump wants to strike with Iran keeps eluding him.

Mexican governor says she's "being persecuted" over case of 2 CIA agents killed in drug lab raid

The Mexican governor of Chihuahua said Wednesday she was "being persecuted" by the country's ruling party over the case of two U.S. officials who died in April during an unauthorized drug raid in her state.

Jill Biden says she was "frightened" by Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance, thought he was having a stroke

Former first lady Jill Biden said she was "frightened" by her husband Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance and thought he was having a stroke.

Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel

Exclusive: Vetting officials also flagged £1m loan when recommending he should be denied security clearance

Top US arts camp and boarding school to demolish Jeffrey Epstein lodge

Sex offender attended Interlochen camp in Michigan as teenager and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars

Five takeaways from Trump's 12th Cabinet meeting

President Donald Trump’s 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term took place at White House on Wednesday. The administration defended its immigration policy, including cracking down on illegal border crossings over the last 12 months, reducing fentanyl inflow from the southern border, and achieving a 50% drop in drug prices.

Chaos breaks out at New Jersey immigration detention center

Federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists amid detainees’ hunger and labor strike

‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail

A day after ICE officials pepper-spray senator, tensions ramp up outside facility on fifth day of hunger and labor strike

Abdul El Sayed 'struggles' with the Jewish state's right to exist

Abdul El Sayed, a progressive Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, told an audience that he “struggles” to answer questions about whether Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.

California veteran known for pro-Trump display outside his home dies after assault

Authorities have said they are still investigating motive of alleged attack on Kerry Sheron, 69, by Thomas Butler

What does China want? History shows the answer

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The Guardian view on Lebanon’s suffering: the ‘ceasefire’ didn’t stop Israeli attacks. Now they’re intensifying again

Civilians including children are among the thousands to have died in this war, yet the world is paying remarkably little attention