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  • Candidates Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra at the end of a debate in the primary race for governor of California

    Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate

    The candidates running to replace Gavin Newsom sparred over taxes, immigration and regulating AI
  • US defense secretary Pete Hegseth at the marine base in Quantico, Virginia.

    Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – as it happened

  • The Texas State Capitol dome rises above trees, with Austin's skyscrapers behind it at sunrise

    Man arrested over alleged plot to attack Texas state capitol

  • Kristi Noem testifies at a Senate hearing desk, her husband seated behind her

    Kristi Noem, former Trump homeland security chief, files for divorce

  • Pete Hegseth gestures on stage before a large flag screen, watched by silhouetted audience

    Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

Opinion

  • Sidney Blumenthal

    Ken Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    The Maga cult is finally crumbling

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • capitol building with people walking by

    How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms

    David Walbert
  • Moira Donegan

    Why has abortion faded from America’s national conversation?

    Moira Donegan

In depth

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers, 29 September 2026.

    Seth Meyers on Trump canceling $1bn in federal funds: ‘Is he adding a waterslide to the reflecting pool?’

  • Man tilts his head and looks away as his hand holds his chin

    ‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California red

  • A woman in a black headscarf scoops coffee beans into a bucket at Qahwah House

    ‘So much uncertainty’: Michigan’s Arab American businesses navigate Trump’s Canada trade war

  • Masked men in tactical gear lead a handcuffed man to a staircase

    From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivot

Video

  • With the incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, running neck-and-neck with Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, the Guardian's Tom Phillips explains the tactics being used by the Trump administration and what impact another Bolsonaro government could have on the region, and the world

    How Trump is meddling in Brazil's election – explainer

    Video3:43
  • The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump's ballroom, going for a drink with Nigel Farage, Taylor Swift’s wedding, and why she's feeling relaxed about the AI apocalypse

    Marina Hyde on Trump's home improvements, tech bros and Taylor Swift – video

    Video21:20
  • Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Shrai Popat about why Trump seems weaker these days, and why it could be dangerous to underestimate him

    Trump picked a fight with the media... and lost | Politics Weekly America

    Video27:15
  • CNN senior reporter Betsy Klein gained access to the White House on 24 September, hours after a federal judge ruled against Donald Trump's media ban. The ban had barred reporters from CNN, MS Now and Politico from accessing the White House

    CNN reporter arrives at White House after judge rules against Trump's media ban – video

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