News about the Donald Trump White House administration, including comment and features from the Guardian
August 2024
Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns
‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say
School food fights
Free meals v hungry children: is this the school lunch election?
Marcus Weaver-Hightower
Tim Walz made school meals free for all children in his state, while Project 2025 is gunning for programs that feed students in high-poverty schools
Observer book of the week
All in the Family by Fred Trump review – when dollars are thicker than blood
The nephew of former US president Donald Trump tries to set himself aside from his notorious clan in this history of the family, but their vicious and venal conduct is apparent at every turn
July 2024
Washington insiders simulated a second Trump presidency. Can a role-play save democracy?
In a DC-area hotel, Democrats and Republicans met to wargame five scenarios they say are ‘not unrealistic’
Bill Barr complicit in misleading voter fraud statement’s release – watchdog
Trump attorney general’s unusual actions ‘certainly not consistent’ with justice department policy, report finds
Labour’s new defence adviser Fiona Hill: from the White House to Whitehall
Peter Navarro defends himself in new book while still in prison
Donald Trump claims to ‘know nothing’ about Project 2025
June 2024
The Guardian view on the WikiLeaks plea deal: good for Julian Assange, not journalism
Ex-Trump security adviser backtracks on proposal to send all Marines to Asia
Both sides of gun issue seek to stir up US voters as NRA influence wanes
Trump win could see mass purge of state department, US diplomats fear
Trump’s Project 2025 plot would take ‘wrecking ball’ to US institutions, key Democrat warns
Full Story
US politics: the supreme court’s ethics problem — Full Story podcast
May 2024
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed
The Darkness Has Not Overcome: limp pro-Trump piety for a second coming
Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money
‘Madman in a circular room screaming’: ex-aide’s verdict on Trump in book
April 2024
Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity
Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, book says
