The U.S. Department of Education said a California policy allowing school districts to keep students' gender transition from their parents violates federal law.

After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual failed

For most politicians and journalists, the answer to nearly every question is to look up. Not at the moon, the stars or even the chimney tops, but at their leaders: the people who sit atop institutions, wield power and set the line that others follow. The top of the totem pole is the sole focal point, and the stories that count usually come from the heights of power.

Bend your neck back far enough and Davos becomes not a talking shop in a Swiss ski resort, but a gathering of world leaders; Keir Starmer flying into Beijing is a summit of great powers; even who should be the MP for Gorton and Denton is really all about the Labour leadership. For this piece, the Guardian’s research librarians counted how many times the words “leader” or “leadership” appeared across the British press. Over the past week alone, the rough total stands at 2,000. A third of those stories concern one man: Donald Trump.

Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist

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Trump’s special envoy to Greenland argues that the U.S. needs Greenland to defend it, American allies and American security.

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After saying the US would attack if protesters were harmed, the president appears now to be tying the threat of airstrikes to Iran’s nuclear programme

Donald Trump has warned that Iran must come to the table to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programme or face the possibility of airstrikes and regime change, capping off a month of bellicose posturing and whiplash inducing u-turns from the US president.

The US president’s demands threaten to open a new chapter in America’s long and tumultuous relationship with Iran, which in just over a decade has seen rapprochement, broken deals, targeted assassinations and unprecedented airstrikes.

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F.B.I. agents searched a Fulton County, Ga., election center for ballots from 2020, escalating an investigation of a heavily Democratic jurisdiction the president has criticized over his defeat.

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The president and the top Senate Democrat were discussing an agreement to split off homeland security funding from a broader spending package and negotiate new limits on immigration agents.

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Chagos Islands talks between UK and U.S. reopened after President Donald Trump called the Mauritius deal an "act of great stupidity" as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says discussions have resumed.

President Donald Trump nominated Colin McDonald as assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement in a newly created DOJ division.

President Donald Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham and others to team up to introduce new legislation ending sanctuary city policies nationwide, targeting 12 states with potential punishment.

Barack Obama's 2010 speech defending deportations gained over 30 million views as commentators debate President Donald Trump's ICE raids and immigration enforcement policies.

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said President Donald Trump warned him not to run for president after an attempted arson attack on Shapiro's mansion last year.

Kid Rock testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on ticket price gouging, saying fans are forced into expensive resale markets because the law falls short.

Rep. Ilhan Omar blames President Trump for a chemical spray attack, saying the president is "obsessed" with her as death threats surge after his return to office.

Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.

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An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation’s political fabric.

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The Trump administration has not yet released the count, which could complicate its plans for tough new policies.

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As a legal battle continues over the fate of New York City’s toll program, a judge appeared skeptical of the federal government’s arguments, but did not issue a ruling.

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Melania Trump reveals her son Barron Trump played a key role in the 2024 re-election campaign while previewing her new documentary, "Melania."

Steven McBee said on the "Like a Farmer" podcast that his family was "targeted" by federal prosecutors and seeks a presidential pardon for his father's crop insurance fraud conviction.

New Fox News poll finds 59% view ICE as "too aggressive," up 10 points since July. Even Trump voters are increasingly critical of their enforcement tactics.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is prepared to use force to ensure that Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez cooperates with the U.S., while hoping that self-interest will motivate her to advance key American objectives. Read More

Politically pointed and heavy on his Jewish faith, the book already has Democrats talking.

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President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.

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