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  • A woman wearing a Howard University sweatshirt and a woman holding American flags lean against a barricade, looking sad

    Gloom and pessimism take hold of Democrats as they prepare to elect party leader

    Questions about the viability of a female presidential candidate also rise after a crushing presidential defeat
  • people stand outside

    Line of fire: LA mayor Karen Bass faces scrutiny as historic blazes devour city

  • Dave Betras, in a shirt, tie and waistcoat, stands with his arms folded, looking grim, opposite a painting of a man in a hat looking down

    ‘There are a lot of bitter people here, I’m one of them’: rust belt voters on why they backed Trump again despite his broken promises

  • Silver washer and dryer in warehouse store

    Americans stocking up on foreign goods before Trump tariffs: ‘a sense of urgency’

  • graphic of Trump looking to the side and people smiling in a workplace

    How could Trump’s second term affect DEI initiatives in the US?

  • An old man gestures.

    Rudy Giuliani found to be in contempt of court again for 2020 election lies

Opinion

  • Moira Donegan

    Trump’s punishment for his crimes? None

    Moira Donegan
  • exterior of US supreme court building surrounded by trees

    Donald Trump’s conviction is the latest twist in the Maga story

    Lloyd Green
  • Jonathan Freedland

    Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Fiona Katauskas cartoon thumbnail – Divided States of Trumplandia

    How will President Trump put himself on the map?

In depth

  • people hold signs that read 'con man' 'fascist' and 'fraud'

    Trump supporters and protesters agree – sort of – on his sentencing: ‘the opposite of justice’

    • close-up of man wearing navy suit and patterned tie speaking behind microphone

      As wildfires devastate LA, Republicans point fingers at Democratic California leaders

    • Immigration passport control entry point queue for non US citizens at San Francisco airport California USA<br>CRWB9A Immigration passport control entry point queue for non US citizens at San Francisco airport California USA

      Trouble in Trumpworld over H-1B visas makes for strange bedfellows

    • a man in front of microphone as rows of people sitting look at him

      Joe Biden speaks for a vanishing age in eulogy praising Jimmy Carter’s decency

    • composite of two men in suits

      How worried should we be about RFK Jr as health secretary? Ask Florida

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