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    Trump to Canada’s Mark Carney: you are uninvited to my ‘board of peace’ – as it happened

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    This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘board of peace’ takes shapeThe committee is taking a recess for members to vote on the House floor. A reminder that today we’re expecting a vote on Department of Homeland Security funding bill that dozens of Democrats have vowed to vote against.The top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, Jamie Raskin, praised Jack Smith’s handling of his investigations into the president. Raskin also noted the persistent denigration by Donald Trump as Smith conducted the probes. Continue reading… More

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      US health insurance executives testify before Congress about increasing costs of healthcare

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      CEO of UnitedHealth Group said his company will return profits earned from Affordable Care Act plans to customersExecutives from five of the country’s largest health insurance companies appeared before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers examined why healthcare has become increasingly harder for Americans to afford.In one effort to address the affordability crisis, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Stephen Hemsley, announced that the nation’s largest insurance company will rebate profits made this year from its Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans to customers, while adding it was a relatively small participant in the ACA individual market. Continue reading… More

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      How Trump has tried to undermine the powers of Congress: ‘Violation of norms’

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      In his second term, Trump has taken aim at and circumvented the legislative branch – from mass firings to tariffsFrigid January weather prompted Donald Trump’s second inauguration to be held in the rotunda of the US Capitol, an iconic room ringed by busts of former presidents that lies at the heart of Congress.Almost immediately after departing the Capitol, Trump took aim at the legislative branch, moving to siphon from lawmakers the powers to control spending, agencies and declaring war, and take them for himself, experts say. Continue reading… More

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      Rashida Tlaib on fighting billionaire oligarchs: ‘The American people overwhelmingly want to tax the rich’

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      The Democratic representative plans to introduce a bill halting subsidies and tax advantages for the super-richThey had the best seats in the house. When Donald Trump was sworn in as US president a year ago this week, tech titans Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg were sitting closer than even some of his cabinet picks, living symbols of the US’s new gilded age.“It was so gross,” Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic representative from Michigan, recalled in a phone interview. “It was like a reunion of all the billionaires. Some of them didn’t even like each other, but boy, did they come together for Trump.” Continue reading… More

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      Trump news at a glance: president vows to help ‘Iranian Patriots’ in latest signal of military action against Tehran

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      Administration issues warning to US citizens: ‘Leave Iran now’ – key US politics stories from 13 January at a glanceDonald Trump has told Iranians to keep protesting and said help was on the way, in the clearest sign yet that the US president may be preparing for military action against Tehran.“Iranian Patriots, keep protesting – take over your institutions!!! … help is on its way,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday. He added that he had cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials until the “senseless killing” of protesters stopped. Continue reading… More

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      US ‘not at war’ in Venezuela, Johnson says after briefing with top officials

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      Speaker says Trump not looking to take control militarily as Democrats say briefing raises more questions than answersThe United States is “not at war” in Venezuela, the Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson said on Monday, despite the weekend raid Donald Trump ordered to capture president Nicolás Maduro and announcement that the US would now “run” the country.The surprise incursion came after months of mounting US pressure on Venezuela, which has included a blockade of some oil shipments and airstrikes on vessels off its shores that have killed at least 110 people. Continue reading… More