Senate confirms Trump pick Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh – Trump’s top pick – as the new Federal Reserve chair in the most partisan vote ever for the role. Warsh takes … Read More
Trade, tech, and rare earths to dominate Trump’s China trip
More than a dozen executives from the world’s largest companies have joined US President Donald Trump on a high-stakes visit to China. The business delegation points to an agenda dominated … Read More
Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast
In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party lines Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has slammed Republican-led states’ efforts to … Read More
JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort
Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigated US politics live – latest updates JD Vance has threatened to “turn off” federal funding … Read More
Missouri man charged for posting bomb-making tutorials that aided New Orleans attack
Jordan Derrick charged in connection with deadly attack in the French Quarter on New Year’s Day 2025 US politics live – latest updates Federal authorities have filed charges against a … Read More
Senate rejects latest Democratic effort to end Iran war by wafer-thin margin
Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow Republicans Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favor The Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force … Read More
Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps
Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights Act The Republican governor of Georgia called a special session for next month to … Read More
Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched
Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herself An Alabama woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming … Read More
No, two French soldiers have not been killed in a Russian attack in Ukraine
Pro-Russian accounts are claiming that Sergeant Bin Chen and Corporal Axel Delplanque “vanished” in Odesa, Ukraine, during an underwater mission. While it is true that these two French service members … Read More
Keir Starmer ‘unpopular PM across the board’: Labour lacking ‘clear programme, coherent government’
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Quentin Peel, Associate Fellow with the Europe Programme at Chatham House and former Foreign Editor at the Financial Times. At the centre of his … Read More