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Why do people believe the Trump assassination attempts are fake?
A 31-year-old man has been charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, after a thwarted attack at Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner. Immediately after this, conspiracy theories spread online that the assassination attem
The Trump purge: is the FBI’s Kash Patel next?
Three cabinet secretaries have left – or been pushed out – of the US administration since the start of March. Recent reporting suggests more could soon find themselves on the chopping block. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the MS NOW White Hou
Is blasphemy the last straw for Trump’s Maga base?
No matter how much Donald Trump outrages his opponents, nothing ever seems to stick. But what about his own base? With controversies surrounding the Epstein files, his war on Iran, and now a ‘blasphemous’ post depicting the president as Jes
Could Trump be forced out of office?
This week, despite securing a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/08/trump-iran-ceasefire-maga" rel="nofollow">temporary ceasefire</a> with Iran, there were calls from both the left and the right to invoke the 25th amendme
How Trump, Musk and Doge shattered the US government
In the end, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, sort of just … fizzled out. So did Musk save the taxpayer any money? What happened the people who lost their jobs in the mass bureaucratic culling? What services were aff
Is Trump losing it? (the war of course)
Donald Trump says the US has won its war with Iran. Iranian officials responded to this by mocking him. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about analysis suggesting Trump is losing his touch when it come
Off Duty: The Crime, episode I
This is episode one of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/series/blackbox" rel="nofollow">Off Duty</a>, a new Guardian Investigates podcast series by Melissa Segura. On the evening of 29 December 2011, the police officer Clifto
What’s really behind Trump’s latest tantrums over Iran?
Donald Trump has told his Nato allies: ‘We don’t need you.’ He also threatened to ‘massively blow up’ the world’s largest gasfield, despite Americans already having to deal with higher prices. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Kamala
Could the US military turn on Trump?
Since coming back into office, Donald Trump has sent troops to Venezuela, Iran and US cities. He has threatened to deploy them to Greenland in order to get what he wants. But what do the people who serve think of their commander-in-chief? I
Was Trump ever in control of the Iran war?
If you’ve been listening to the Trump administration this week, you would be forgiven for being confused about who started the war, why America got involved and what the end game is. <br> <br> This week, the foreign policy expert Ali Vaez t
‘Peacemaker’ Trump starts a war with Iran
The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Why did Trump decide (again) to attack Iran during negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republ
‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is widely regarded as one of the Democratic party’s leading contenders for the 2028 presidential election. He has also published a new book, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmrDFOMJV4" rel
The ‘golden age of America’? Trump delivers the State of the Union address
Donald Trump made history again on Tuesday evening, delivering the longest State of the Union address on record. But while the president declared the ‘golden age of America’, many Democrats boycotted the event, telling the country Republica
Jesse Jackson’s political legacy in the Trump era
On Tuesday, we learned that the US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 84. Tributes flooded in from political figures across the aisle for the Baptist minister who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. T
Trump dismantles the arts and tries to rewrite history
When Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, he vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in America. From the Kennedy Center to the Smithsonian museums and the Stonewall national monument, the Trump administration has imposed its values on Amer
Epstein files: why is Trump defending the Clintons?
After months of negotiations, threats and refusals, Bill and Hillary Clinton have finally agreed to testify in front of Congress as part of a Republican-led investigation into the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Jonathan Freed
Is Trump’s ICE dream over?
After weeks of federal insurgency, Minnesota fought back, and it seems Donald Trump has lost faith in the people running his ICE operation in the state. So where does this leave Trump’s ‘ICE patriots’? How do Republicans unite over immigrat
ICE shootings, tariffs and Greenland: why we’re experiencing ‘Trump exhaustion syndrome’
At the beginning of Donald Trump’s trip to Davos, the US president’s plans for Greenland were vague, and a worry to European leaders. By the end of the day, military force was off the table and threats of tariffs dropped. This is just one e
Is Trump regretting his battle with the Fed?
Last week, Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/jerome-powell-fed-chair-trump" rel="nofollow">chair of the Federal Reserve</a> – and longtime foe of Donald
Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now
If it’s not threats of military action against <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/trump-colombia-invasion-petro" rel="nofollow">Colombia</a> and Cuba, or talk of taking <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan
Trump captures Maduro and vows to ‘run’ Venezuela
Early on Saturday morning, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Hours later, they were indicted on drug and weapons offences in New York. Later on Saturday,
Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode three
Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, so we’re replaying a special series made during the summer, all about the Trump family and whether the president is planning to pass on the political bato
Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two
Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, so we’re replaying a special series made during the summer, all about the Trump family and whether the president is planning to pass on the political bato
Revisited: Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode one
Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, so we’re replaying a special series made during the summer, all about the Trump family and whether the president is planning to pass on the political bato
A Christmas message
Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, but will be back with a new episode in the new year
Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?
The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up examples of decisions made over the last 12 months which, they say, amount to corruption
The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one
The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message. They could exit the medical system and take back their power. By free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a
The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe
This week, Donald Trump described Europe as ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ and warned of ‘civilisational collapse’ on the continent due to immigration. His administration also published its blueprint for national security, which suggests that democr
“This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, are under scrutiny over military strikes on suspected drug boats from Venezue
Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’?
A law has come into effect in Texas that will allow individuals in the state to sue abortion pill providers in other states. Proponents say it is a way to enforce abortion restrictions in Texas. Opponents worry about the methods complainant
