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Maga moms, Trump babies and Erika Kirk: Republicans woo women in run-up to midterms
Erika Kirk – the widow of Charlie Kirk, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah" rel="nofollow">rightwing activist killed in Utah</a> in September – has indicated she would be willing to support J
Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files and his bust-up with Marjorie Taylor Greene
In an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/trump-sign-bill-epstein-files" rel="nofollow">signed a bill</a> directing the justice department to release more files from the investi
The Epstein files are back to haunt Trump
Just when Donald Trump thought he could celebrate the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/12/house-bill-government-shutdown-vote" rel="nofollow">end of the longest government shutdown</a> in US history, the Democrats had a
As Americans face going hungry, Trump builds a ballroom
The US government shutdown became the longest in history this week, crossing the 36-day mark. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/trump-partially-fund-food-stamps-snap" rel="nofollow">Food stamp benefits</a> have been d
Mamdani wins in New York and takes the fight to Trump
This time last year, no one had really heard of him. Now, Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim, millennial and person of south Asian heritage to run America’s largest city. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Ed Pilkington about Mamdani’s historic w
Why is Trump talking about nuclear weapons?
Less than an hour before Donald Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to discuss a deal that could end the trade war between the two superpowers, the US president posted on Truth Social that he had directed the Pentagon to match Russ
Is Trump preparing for civil war?
Millions of people across the US attended No Kings protests against Donald Trump last weekend. The president publicly denied he wanted to be a king, but he posted an AI-generated video of himself dressed as one, flying a fighter jet and dum
Donald Trump: King of the world?
Donald Trump has his hands in multiple pies around the world. Not satisfied with the Middle East, the president is attempting to end the war in Ukraine, influence elections in Argentina and manage conflict with Venezuela. This week, Jonatha
Gaza ceasefire plan: how much credit does Trump deserve?
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday night that Israel and Hamas had agreed the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/first-phase-of-ceasefire-deal-to-end-war-in-gaza-agreed-by-israel-and-hamas" rel="nofollow">f
When did the US supreme court become so ‘lawless’?
The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to the future of American society and democracy. Jonathan Freedland speaks to <a href="https://www.simonandschus
US government shutdown: now what?
After weeks of threats from both sides and negotiations that went nowhere, the US is once again experiencing a government shutdown. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Marianna Sotomayor, a congressional reporter at the Washington Post,
Why is the Trump administration obsessed with autism?
The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has long been consumed by the neurological condition autism – what causes it, and whether there’s a treatment. This week, Donald Trump took on the cause, making claims about acetaminophen, also
What does Donald Trump think free speech means?
This week, the US president has announced he is suing the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit" rel="nofollow">New York Times</a> for $15bn, and gloated that the late-night TV show <a href="h
Where does the US go after the Charlie Kirk shooting?
On Wednesday night, Charlie Kirk, an influential rightwing activist and Donald Trump ally, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-death-political-violence-aftermath" rel="nofollow">was shot dead</a> at a unive
Is Trump trying to rig the midterm elections?
Donald Trump wants to change the way Americans vote, promising to introduce measures such as mandatory voter ID and a ban on mail-in voting. But what is his motivation? And what might the consequences be? This week Jonathan Freedland speaks
Can the Democrats win by trolling Trump?
A fight over a redrawing of the congressional map in Texas united Democrats across the country. This week, we hear from the state representative Nicole Collier about why <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/texas-democra
The ‘Nerd Reich’: how tech billionaires infiltrated the White House
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the journalist Gil Duran about his upcoming book <a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/" rel="nofollow">The Nerd Reich</a>: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy
Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine?
Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth disc
Is Donald Trump too weak to be a strongman?
With a summit in Alaska and national guard troops in DC, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about the week that may dent the US president’s ‘strongman’ image
Trump, Sydney Sweeney and the ‘war on woke’
Donald Trump needed his Maga base to focus on something other than the Jeffrey Epstein files. Enter Sydney Sweeney and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/04/sydney-sweeney-political-moment-may-backfire" rel="nofollow"
Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode 3
In the final episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, <a href="https://time.com/author/eric-cortellessa/" rel="nofollow">Eric Cortellessa</a>, <a href="https://unherd.com/author/rosie-gray/" rel="nofollow">Rosie Gray</a> and <
How much longer can the Fed defy Trump?
Despite growing pressure to lower interest rates to appease the president, the Federal Reserve voted to leave them unchanged. This week Jonathan Freedland speaks to Heather Boushey, former chief economist to Joe Biden, about the latest tuss
Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode two
In the second episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, the reporters <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ashley-parker/" rel="nofollow">Ashley Parker</a>, <a href="https://unherd.com/author/rosie-gray/" rel="nofollow">
Murdoch v Trump: will the media tycoon be the president’s downfall?
Donald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the author of <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/davi
Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode one
In this first episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, author <a href="https://journalism.columbia.edu/directory/gwenda-linda-blair" rel="nofollow">Gwenda Blair</a>, and reporters <a href="https://unherd.com/author/rosie-gray/
Trump goes to war with Maga over Epstein files
Donald Trump really wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, but his Maga base, including some prominent commentators such as Laura Loomer, want his administration to ‘release the files’. Jonathan Freedland speaks to <a href="htt
Why is the media paying millions to Trump?
Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settled a lawsuit filed against it by Donald Trump for $16m last week. It came after Disney and Meta settled lawsuits with the president in similar ways. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Gua
The winners and losers of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Jonathan Freedland is joined by Eleanor Mueller of <a href="https://www.semafor.com/author/eleanor-mueller" rel="nofollow">Semafor</a> to look at the potential fallout from Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill – financially and politically
A socialist underdog makes history in New York
How did a political nobody, Zohran Mamdani, beat one of New York’s best-known establishment figures, Andrew Cuomo? Rachel Leingang speaks to Moira Donegan about how Democratic party leaders view the historic New York City mayoral primary re
Trump’s plan for Iran divides Republicans
What is Donald Trump’s plan for Iran? Is he about to break his campaign pledge for ‘no more wars’? And if he does, could this be the moment he loses some of his most loyal Maga supporters? The Guardian’s Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth disc
