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The Obama video should take a toll on the president’s political career – but of course it won’t

A Republican congressman stirred a row after warning that Texans should not visit shopping centres and feel like they are in Pakistan, with social media saying the comments were made in order to appease his wife, who is of Indian origin.

A Mexican immigrant who suffered a broken skull last month in Minnesota says he was beaten by immigration officers in an unprovoked attack

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a challenging reelection bid as she continues to suffer fallout from last year’s devastating wildfire

Democrats outraged and Republicans mostly silent after president shared racist video of former president and first lady

President Trump refused to apologise for a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes, which he posted and then deleted. He claimed he hadn't seen the offensive content and blamed a staffer, despite acknowledging he watched part of it. The White House initially defended the post before stating a staffer…

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey

"I definitely think this points to progressive anti-establishment energy," one centrist Democrat acknowledged.

California governor accused the administration of trying to ‘distract’ from Trump posting a racist video of the Obamas