US politics live: US president to address Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland

Appearance comes after chaotic week with mass layoffs of federal workers and Trump’s ire directed at Ukraine leader Kash Patel, the newly appointed FBI director, has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees from Washington to field offices across the US, the Associated Press reports, citing an individual familiar with the matter. … Read more

Former British PM reveals which Trump department is perfect ‘playbook’ for conservative revolution

EXCLUSIVE: Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss is ready to bring the “conservative revolution” home from the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, telling Fox News Digital her plan to “Make the West Great Again.” World leaders took center stage at CPAC this week, telling the crowd of American conservatives they’re ready to see President … Read more

Wisconsin Democratic governor proposes replacing ‘mother’ with ‘inseminated person’ in state law

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, is facing backlash for introducing a budget recommendation that changes the word “mother” to “inseminated person,” and “paternity” to “parentage” in certain parts of state law. The Evers administration’s budget recommendation for the 2025-2027 fiscal period advises several other gendered terms be changed, as well. References to “wife” or … Read more

All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogyny There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle. No 1: be young, blond and so obsessed with the president that even the Secret Service think it’s kinda weird. That strategy certainly seems to have worked … Read more

US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears

President’s anti-immigrant actions fuel a heartland battle between middle-ground Republicans and extremists From under the floorboards of a large, white building in Maysville, Kentucky, African American slaves making the arduous, secret escape from the south would hide one final time. Freedom, across the Ohio River to the north, was in clear sight. The Underground Railroad … Read more

Biden sent $2 billion to Stacey Abrams-linked group in green energy ‘scheme,’ EPA says

A climate group linked to high-profile Democrat Stacey Abrams was granted $2 billion by the Biden administration in a “scheme” of “wasteful” spending, the Trump administration’s leading environmental agency has revealed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently made a revelation that the Biden administration was allowing just eight entities to distribute $20 billion of taxpayer … Read more

‘He is delivering’: Trump’s first month flips script on radical Biden-Harris border policies

President Donald Trump unleashed an earthquake on the U.S. immigration system during his first full month in office, quickly overturning Biden-era policies and overhauling how authorities conduct enforcement in the interior and at the border. An order late Wednesday, which was implemented a day ahead of the administration’s one-month mark, directed all federal agencies to identify … Read more

‘Not American’: Dem governors lash out at Elon Musk’s ‘cruel’ DOGE efforts

Democrats proved on Thursday during a press conference about protecting Medicaid that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has become an inevitable policy discussion under President Donald Trump’s second term.   Ahead of the National Governors Association’s winter meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, Democratic and Republican governors huddled within their respective parties to strategize and … Read more