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Opmerkingen van de Chinese president werden gepubliceerd na een overleg van twee uur met Trump. Daarnaast bespreekt Stacey Abrams waarom het uithollen van de Voting Rights Act 'de belichaming van het kwaad' is.

De oorlog in Iran zal een lange schaduw over de gesprekken werpen. Daarnaast: de 100 beste romans aller tijden

De opmerkingen van de president volgden op verklaringen van Benjamin Netanyahu dat de oorlog 'niet voorbij is'. Daarnaast reizen Amerikaanse passagiers van het door het hantavirus getroffen cruiseschip naar Nebraska.

De lancering van 'Project Freedom' in de straat van Hormuz heeft de regio opnieuw op de rand van een grootschalige oorlog gebracht. Daarnaast: De electorale strijd voor het Congres

De post van de Amerikaanse president volgt op een reeks tegenstrijdige signalen, waaronder de zorg dat Teheran geen 'voldoende hoge prijs' had betaald. Daarnaast: zouden de klimaatbesprekingen in Santa Marta het startpunt kunnen zijn in de strijd om fossiele brandstoffen af te schaffen?

De Amerikaanse president heeft kritiek geuit op de Duitse kanselier, Friedrich Merz, en de mogelijkheid geopperd om Amerikaanse troepen uit Italië en Spanje terug te trekken. Daarnaast: 10 belangrijke lessen over het beëindigen van het fossiele brandstoffen-tijdperk

• Democraten komen binnen handbereik van een meerderheid in het Huis nadat kiezers in opstand kwamen tegen Republikeins gerrymandering • Schrijf u in voor de Breaking News US-e-mail om nieuwsbriefmeldingen in uw inbox te ontvangen • Maanden na de start van zijn tweede termijn wedde Donald Trump erop dat hij de historische trend kon doorbreken waarbij de regerende partij zetels verliest bij tussentijdse verkiezingen, mits door Republikeinen geleide staten de congreskaarten opnieuw zouden tekenen om Democraten uit hun ambt te verdrijven.

• Deze koerswijziging komt nadat Trump verklaarde dat het Amerikaanse leger 'klaarstond om te gaan'. Daarnaast keuren kiezers in Virginia nieuwe congresaromaatkeuren goed, wat een slag is voor de president.

De stopzetting van zeven weken strijd zal worden gevolgd door de eerste Israëlisch-Libanese top in decennia. Daarnaast: waarom zijn er zoveel onware beweringen dat enkele van de beroemdste scènes uit de cinema geïmproviseerd waren?

Een Pakistaanse functionaris zei dat hij verwacht dat de gesprekken snel zullen herstarten, maar het kan langer duren dan Trump suggereerde. Daarnaast: hoe stop je met catastroferen? Dit is wat experts zeggen

Teheran verklaarde dat deze stap een schending van het staakt-het-vuren zou zijn. Daarnaast werd Viktor Orbán weggestemd bij de Hongaarse verkiezingen, een klap voor het mondiale uiterst rechtse kamp.

Leger ingezet in de hoofdstad van Pakistan terwijl onderhandelingen op het punt staan te beginnen. Daarnaast plaatst Melania Trump een verbijsterend getimede ontkenning van banden met Jeffrey Epstein

De Amerikaanse president heeft gedreigd energiecentrales en bruggen te bombarderen tenzij Iran de Straat van Hormuz heropent. Daarnaast: de Amerikaanse oorsprong van het probleem met giftig afval in Mexico.

• Chuck Schumer beschuldigt de president ervan te ‘Cappen als een ontspoorde waanzinnige’ in een dreigement om de energiecentrales en bruggen van Iran te vernietigen. • Daarnaast praat Sean, de zoon van Audrey Hepburn, over haar films, huwelijken, goede werken en haar fascistische ouders. • Goedemorgen. Donald Trump heeft scherpe kritiek gekregen nadat hij gisteren in een met scheldwoorden doorspekte socialmediabericht dreigde de energiecentrales en bruggen van Iran weg te vagen.

Pam Bondi en Kristi Noem zijn de enige twee kabinetsleden die zijn ontslagen, ondanks een reeks schandalen waarbij mannelijke functionarissen betrokken zijn. Daarnaast: waarom New Yorkers gas inruilen voor inductiekookplaten

• Democraten bekritiseren de toespraak omdat deze weinig doet om 'de meest basisvragen' van het Amerikaanse volk te beantwoorden. • Daarnaast: hoe rapteksten werden gebruikt om een man ter dood te veroordelen.

• Sommige Europese landen hebben Israëlische en Amerikaanse vliegtuigen beletten om wapens via hun luchtruim te transporteren. • Daarnaast vertrekt woensdag een raket naar de maan, voor het eerst sinds 1972.

President also held on to record from his first term so sensitive only six people had access, says letter from leading Democrat on House judiciary committeeHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The White House says Donald Trump “did nothing wrong”, amid reports that he showed off a classified map on a 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club.Violence continued across much of the Middle East a day after Donald Trump said the US was in “very good” talks with Iran to end the war in the region soon. Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, while Israeli and US warplanes continued to carry out strikes across Tehran and on other targets in the Islamic Republic. More here.Democrats managed to flip a seat in the Florida state house in the district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Emily Gregory, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jon Maples, who had an endorsement from the US president, in the special election in Florida’s 87th state house district. The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday evening, with Gregory, a public health expert and small business owner, leading by more than 2 percentage points. More here.Donald Trump on Tuesday swore in Markwayne Mullin as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), while Senate Republicans unveiled a compromise that would restart funding to most of the agency but appears to exclude reforms to immigration enforcement Democrats have demanded. More here.Donald Trump has described voting by mail as “cheating” at an event in Memphis, Tennessee, just days after casting a mail‑in ballot himself. “Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all,” the US president said on Monday, in remarks to a roundtable on his administration’s crime taskforce. More here.Workers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are reeling from the White House’s deployment of immigration law enforcement into airports as TSA workers enter their sixth week without pay as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown continues. More than 400 TSA workers have quit since the shutdown began in February, with major US airports reporting high call-out rates among workers, leading to longer security wait times. More here.The California governor, Gavin Newsom, backtracked on earlier remarks likening Israel to an “apartheid state” in a new interview with Politico published on Tuesday. In the interview, the Democrat, who is widely expected to launch a presidential bid in 2028, said that when he used the term three weeks ago, he meant it to apply to Israel’s future should it continue on its present trajectory. More here. Continue reading...

Iran has dismissed the US president’s claim of talks, saying there had been none since Washington began bombing the country. Plus, how sleeping 11 minutes more can cut your risk of heart attackGood morning.Donald Trump said there have been talks between the US and Iran over the past day in which the two sides had “major points of agreement” – but Tehran denied the claim, saying there had been no talks since the US began bombing Iran 24 days ago. Continue reading...

Late-night hosts panned Trump’s joke about the 1941 attack, addressed new unredacted Epstein emails and talked popular puppy namesWith The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until at least 27 March, late-night hosts on Thursday discussed Donald Trump’s snafu while meeting Japan’s prime minister, his caginess over Iran, and new findings in the Epstein investigations. Continue reading...

The move would be a major escalation in the US-Israel war against Iran. Plus, FBI director admits to buying data tracking Americans’ locationsGood morning.Donald Trump threatened to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield after Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars field led Tehran to take revenge on energy facilities across the Middle East.What’s happening to oil and gas prices? Brent crude rose by 8% to $116 a barrel. European gas prices jumped, with the Dutch wholesale gas price up 24%.What do we know about the war’s economic cost? The war cost the US $12.7bn by day six – the total is likely to have now exceeded $18bn. Here’s a visualization of how that has been spent.Could US-Israeli attempts to take out Iranian leaders backfire? Some analysts think so. “It is not an approach that produces Jeffersonian democrats but hardened resistance fighters. It breeds more resistance,” said Sanam Vakil, an Iran expert at Chatham House.Follow our live coverage here.Who has spoken out? Labor rights activist and co-founder of the UFW Dolores Huerta, 95, released a statement on Wednesday saying: “I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here.” The report also includes the stories of two women, who were daughters of organizers in the movement, who said they were children when the grooming and abuse began. Continue reading...

Iran war has split some Maga conservatives from Trump and alienated young voters. What will it mean in the midterms?This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayThe American right wing has forgiven Donald Trump for his affairs, impeachments, mass deportations and the platforming of JD Vance.But having stuck with him through all that unpleasantness, it seems that we may have discovered the one thing that is capable of splitting some Maga conservatives from Trump: all it took was him starting a war in the Middle East. Continue reading...

Snub comes as Iran vows revenge for killing of Ali Larijani. Plus, judge orders reinstatement of Voice of America staffGood morning.Donald Trump has said the US does not need Nato after a number of the organization’s members rejected his call to send their warships to reopen the strait of Hormuz.How many people have been displaced in Iran? Up to 3.2 million people, according to the UN’s refugee agency. Here, Tehran residents speak about their daily life under bombardment.For the latest updates, follow our liveblog. Continue reading...

National power outage is making life extremely difficult and may force Havana into biggest economic reforms in 67 yearsJust a few hours after a nationwide electricity blackout struck Cuba, Donald Trump hinted at an even darker future for the island’s rulers.The country’s entire electricity system had collapsed on Monday afternoon, leaving about 10 million people without power. Emergency teams were still struggling to restore power when the US leader made his latest threat. Continue reading...

US president says it is ‘only appropriate’ for Europe to help, and warns failure to do so would be ‘very bad’ for Nato. Plus, meet the Americans withholding their federal income taxGood morning.Donald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on European allies to help protect the strait of Hormuz, warning that Nato faces a “very bad” future if its members fail to come to Washington’s aid.What did Trump say? The US president told the Financial Times in an interview: “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there. If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response, I think it will be very bad for the future of Nato.”Who else won? Here’s all the winners at the 98th Academy Awards.Who was remembered this year? This year’s Academy Awards featured an extended in memoriam section to honour the considerable number of Hollywood legends who have died over the past year. Diane Keaton, Robert Redford and Rob Reiner were remembered in standalone speeches, while Claudia Cardinale and Catherine O’Hara also had extended moments. James Van Der Beek and Brigitte Bardot were among stars who were snubbed from the tribute. Continue reading...

US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims ‘the economy is roaring back’US workers are still struggling with the cost of living despite Donald Trump’s campaign promises to fix the US affordability crisis.The Guardian spoke to workers as an exclusive poll showed cross-party concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of the US economy. Continue reading...