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    Trump tells US government to override California water policies if necessary

    Executive order comes two days after visit to LA, which has been devastated by wildfires that burned over 35,000 acres
  • man wearing glasses and navy suit gestures while standing behind microphone

    Colombia rejects US military flights with deportees and sets off feud with Trump

  • crowd of people hold signs in protest

    Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’

  • Palestinians unload bags of flour donated by USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, at a depot in the West Bank village of Anin near Jenin, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rely on food aid from different organizations including the United Nations and USAID. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

    Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze

  • Donald Trump speaks in a doorway as reporters stand in a semi-circle with microphones and smartphones

    Donald Trump and Keir Starmer agree to meet ‘soon’ in 45-minute phone call

  • FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns in Pittsburgh<br>FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a campaign rally by Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

    Republican concerned for Pompeo after Trump pulls security detail amid Iran threats

  • Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

  • Trump’s anti-DEI order yanks air force videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female pilots

  • The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film

  • JD Vance defends Trump’s January 6 pardons as Graham says it could spur more violence

  • What we know so far about Trump’s orders on diversity, equity and inclusion

  • From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump’s climate policies are driven by fixations

  • Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?

  • Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything

Opinion

  • Melania Trump watches the indoor inauguration parade at the Capital One Arena on 20 January 2024.

    ‘You want to see my eyes, you pay extra.’ The Secret Diary of Melania Trump

    Catherine Bennett
    The first first lady to come back as a brand has launched her own meme coin
  • Illustration of a collage of TV screens showing aspects of the news from the first days of Trump's second term

    The Donald and Elon Show is an unholy mess

    Stewart Lee
    Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
    • Ella Baron on Donald Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ+ rights – cartoon

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      Ella Baron on Donald Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ+ rights

    • Donald Trump<br>President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

      What is Trump’s game with TikTok?

      Lloyd Green
    • Man in suit sits at desk, reaching for black folder someone is handing to him

      After his executive order on sex, is Trump legally the first female president?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Sir Ed Davey delivers a speech regarding British leadership on trade and defense ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's second term inauguration

      Will the return of King Maga to the White House mean a Trumpification of British politics?

      Andrew Rawnsley

US sports

  • Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt (29) struggles for yardage during the first half of the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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    AFC championship game: Buffalo Bills v Kansas City Chiefs – live

  • AJ Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles catches a touchdown against Mike Sainristil of the Washington Commanders.

    NFC championship game: Washington Commanders 23-55 Philadelphia Eagles – as it happened

  • NFC Championship Game: Washington Commanders v Philadelphia Eagles<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 26: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates a touchdown run alongside teammate A.J. Brown #11 while playing the Washington Commanders during the third quarter in the NFC Championship Game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 26, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

    NFC championship game: Eagles overpower sloppy Commanders to reach Super Bowl

  • Dan Snyder,Joe Theismann<br>FILE - Washington Commanders' Dan Snyder poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. A group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson has an agreement in principle to buy the NFL's Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder for a North American professional sports team record $6 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday, April 13, 2023, because the deal had not been announced. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

    Washington Commanders’ success reportedly ‘killing’ former owner Dan Snyder

US politics

  • Gold and blue Ice badge on man's jeans, next to gun

    Democratic lawmakers devising legal obstacles to fight anti-immigration push

  • Musk gestures inside Capital One arena on Trump's inauguration day in Washington<br>Elon Musk gestures at the podium inside the Capital One arena on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar

    Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence with his ‘Nazi salute’

  • a man in a suit looks out from behind a microphone

    ‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies

  • Trump holds up an executive order pardoning people convicted of the January 6 US Capitol attack.

    Another convicted January 6 US Capitol attacker rejects Trump’s pardon

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US business

  • Gantry cranes and shipping containers at a port

    ‘We just can’t take the hit’: businesses worldwide brace as Trump threatens tariffs

  • Two airplanes, with hills in background

    At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC

    • Workers in red boiler suits at the Shell energy and chemical park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

      The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits

    • Donald Trump speaks at Davos

      ‘They need a reset’: gloom in Davos as Trump boom leaves Europe behind

    • a man looking at the camera

      PR giant Edelman sounds alarm over ‘descent into grievance’ in Davos – but whose fault is that?

      Adam Lowenstein

Pictures & video

  • Palestinians and Jordanians reject Donald Trump's call to displace Palestinians in Gaza – video

  • The US president says he wants residents to move to neighbouring countries and that he has resumed shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel

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    Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we clean out that whole thing' – audio

    The US president says he wants residents to move to neighbouring countries and that he has resumed shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel
  • Nick Brown, the Washington state attorney general, spoke outside after a federal judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship

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    Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship temporarily blocked – video

    Nick Brown, the Washington state attorney general, spoke outside after a federal judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship

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