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Democrats had a chance to stop this crackdown on press freedom before it happened

From a crashing stock market to mass deportations, purges of the federal workforce and the occasional Melania Trump spotting, Alicja Hagopian and Alex Woodward explore the numbers behind the beginning of Trump’s second term

New York wants to be a leader in electrification. With an economy that's larger than Canada's and a relatively wealthy, relatively progressive population, you'd think the EV transition would come easy. There's certainly plenty of money behind it. But there's only one issue, one that sits at the center of…

Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending are costing the government in lost productivity and tax revenue, workforce and policy experts claim.

Plus: AEA deportations, Glenn Greenwald on civil liberties under Trump, and more...

‘Nobody has been harder … about Donald Trump than me,’ Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting Hitler

A Venezuelan food delivery driver was reportedly deported to El Salvador after mistakenly driving onto Canada's Ambassador Bridge in January.

President directs attorney general to investigate supposed foreign contributions, an unsubstantiated rightwing claim

After the apparent defanging of the once critical talkshow host, can the president get more stars onside? asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) announced Wednesday he won't seek re-election as long-time lawmakers exit the chamber and age discourse intensifies.

The GOP has tried to take down the State Department for decades