Politics

TSA lines stretch for hours as Trump deploys ICE agents to US airports

President claims immigration agents could help manage long lines as TSA agents go unpaid during partial shutdown

The Guardian view on France after Macron: local elections offer clues to seeing off the far-right threat

Victories in Paris and Marseille suggest a united left can reclaim centre-ground voters. But the end of Macronism is leaving a complex political landscape

French local election results give unexpected lift to centrist parties

Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally

Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts

New online accounts on Polymarket platform betting a total of $70,000 suggest ‘some degree of inside info’

Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict

What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit

The Guardian view on Trump’s Iran ‘talks’: a war, a pause – and a distraction

The US president claims progress in talks with Iran, but uncertainty persists. Meanwhile, Israel advances West Bank annexation under cover of a crisis