A federal judge in California has ruled that the way President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles this summer was illegal. The ruling comes as Trump seeks to use National Guard troops in order to crack down on crime in other U……

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy troops to Baltimore, escalating a clash with Maryland Governor Wes Moore after the Democrat invited him to join a “safety walk” in the city. “If Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Ne……

An appeals court has thrown out a $500m (£372m) penalty that President Donald Trump was ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud trial last year. Judge Arthur Engoron had ordered Trump to pay the fee for massively inflating the value of the Trump ……

The top US health agency has permanently fired 600 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a union representing the workers. Many of the staff were already on paid administrative leave as a part of mass layo……

An employee at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been arrested for throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent deployed to Washington DC as part of President Donald Trump’s vow to crackdown on crime. Sean Charles Dunn, who had worked ……

The Trump administration has significantly rewritten and downscaled the US government’s annual report on global human rights abuses. The state department document, previously seen as the most comprehensive study of its kind by any government……

US National Guard troops have begun appearing on the streets of Washington DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the troops to the city and took control of its police force as he argued violent crime was out of control. Armoured vehicles……

A second person has died after an explosion tore through a Pennsylvania steel plant on Monday, local officials have confirmed. The body was discovered after a search operation which stretched into the evening at the US Steel Clairton site outside……

Dozens of Texas Democrats have secretly left the state in a dramatic effort to stop Republicans from holding a vote that could determine the balance of power in the US Congress. Republican Governor Greg Abbot has issued orders that they be arreste……

US President Donald Trump has presented a new, shorter deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire over the war in Ukraine of “ten or 12 days” from Monday. President Trump said there was “no reason” in waiting any longer a……

US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed order had kept the FBI documents, totallin……

Three officers have died in an explosion at a law enforcement training facility in east Los Angeles, officials say. The blast occurred at around 07:30 local time (15:30 BST) on Friday at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility, which houses……

The European Union (EU) and Mexico have expressed disappointment at US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 30% tariffs on their imports from 1 August. Mexico criticised what it called Trump’s “unfair deal” and insiste……

Deadly storms over the 4 July holiday ravaged Texas’ Hill Country with several months’ worth of rain in a few hours, leaving behind mangled trees, swaths of deep mud and heartbreak over hundreds lost or missing. They also renewed focus……

US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit “immediately”, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell. “‘Too Late’ should resign immediately!!!”, Trump said in a post……

The White House said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “caved” to pressure from President Donald Trump in rescinding a tax on big US technology firms. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday Canada had ……

US President Donald Trump took a gamble by inserting the US into the worsening conflict between Israel and Iran, but it may have paid off – at least for now. Trump announced on Monday evening that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire ……

Donald Trump, the president who returned to the White House in January promising to be a “peacemaker”, has taken a dramatic step to insert the US into the fraught conflict between Iran and Israel. Far from bringing peace to the Middle ……

TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year. “President Trump will sign an additional Execu……

Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US in a coordinated event titled “No Kings”. The demonstrations were held to counter a rare military parade hosted by Trump in Washington DC, and c……