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Campaigns are embracing influencers, but internet stardom doesn't always win votes

Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2026. **Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP** Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP However, with Trump not on the ballot this fall, campaigns are looking for ways

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’

Donald Trump, just as the country was making consistent progress in the fight against fentanyl. Despite declaring fentanyl a “[weapon of mass destruction](/news/2025/12/15/trump-signs-executive-order-labeling-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction)”, the Trump administration has slashed hundreds of millions of dollars

Trump calls Iran’s leadership ‘fractured’. Is it, and who’s in charge?

Donald Trump has described the Iranian leadership as “seriously fractured” as he announced an extension to a [ceasefire](/news/liveblog/2026/4/22/iran-war-live-trump-says-ceasefire-extended-as-talks-with-tehran-in-limbo). Trump said on Tuesday that the ceasefire would be extended to allow more time for negotiations

How a CEO and Trump donor is weaponizing tariffs against his rivals

opinion](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2026/03/31/kitchen-countertop-politics-00851435). Both sides in this bitter trade dispute are claiming that they're the ones *really* looking out for everyday Americans — more than their business profits. Each side has enlisted other

Iran offers Hormuz deal without nuclear talks, as it seeks broader buy-in

Donald Trump will accept the Iranian proposal to push back nuclear negotiations. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Trump said Iran already knew what was required. “They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, there

Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president

current. At least 1 in 4 of the news stories posted were more than 10 days old at the time he posted them (the dates of some TV news clips could not be easily verified

With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?

Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) repeatedly swore he would never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”. Now, with a two-week

King's 'high stakes' visit with Trump will be toughest test yet of his reign

Donald Trump, who recently faced criticism for appearing to depict himself in an AI image as Jesus, in a biblical-style robe with light pouring from his palms. The president said he had intended

Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission

Donald Trump at an event in California in September 2019. Photograph: Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The civil rights division is now “nothing more than a shadow of its former self”, said Kristen