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      Trump 2.0 is proving a challenge for Hollywood – just look at this deeply silly new thriller | Emma Brockes

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      Anniversary depicts a rightwing takeover of the US inspired by a book of essays. But it’s fuzzy on the bits in betweenAs we all know from history and the current news cycle, autocracy is bad. But it can also be boring. For every explosive confrontation in Minneapolis, there is a quieter, less tangible threat in the form of Kash Patel’s FBI seizing voting records from Fulton county, Georgia – a state Donald Trump lost by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020 – or the steady implementation of 900-page manifesto by the influential rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation, neither of which lend themselves to blockbuster treatment. And so we have a problem: how to animate the quiet part of what’s happening in the US to reflect a dangerous but tedious reality – namely, that this thing ends not with a bang, but a combination of voter manipulation and federal electoral interference that undermines faith in the democratic process.I bring this up after a week of watching popular movies that resonate in Trump’s US, most of which go heavy on the firefights and light on the details of how we arrive at them. The latest, Anniversary, which launched this week on Netflix – a streamer increasingly uninterested in the subtleties of any situation, let alone this one – depicts a US in which an evil rightwing genius in the shape of a beautiful young woman talks the country into ditching democracy via the medium of (I love this detail; the sheer optimism of it) a stirring book of essays. Continue reading… More

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      Renee Good’s brothers call violent ICE operations ‘beyond explanation’ – video

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      Two brothers of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman who was shot and killed in January by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, have described the impact on their family to a panel of Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill.The forum, consisting of Democrats from the US House and Senate, listened to testimony from people who have been affected by the way agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have used forceCongressional Democrats vow justice for US citizens harmed by immigration agents: ‘You deserve peace’ Continue reading… More

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      I knew Trump would target Minnesota. I didn’t expect this level of violence | Rachel Leingang

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      I’m reporting on a political retribution campaign, disguised as immigration enforcement, in the community where I liveI knew they would come here.If you’re a president hell-bent on retreading 2020 and retaliating against your enemies, the midwestern state that started the George Floyd protests, with a generous social safety net and diverse population, governed by a vice-presidential candidate you vehemently hate, is a certain target. Continue reading… More

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      On a street in Minneapolis, two versions of masculinity clashed. One anchored in fear, the other in care | Alexander Hurst

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      Alex Pretti had courage and empathy. This, not Maga’s conception of male power, is what we must teach young menThe first thing that grabbed me about the Rapture’s 2011 song It Takes Time to be a Man was the warbly, analogue fuzz of its recurring guitar and piano riff. Once that drew me in, what kept me listening were the lyrics’ hard-marriage of masculinity and empathy. In the final verse, Luke Jenner tells us that: “Well there’s room in your heart now / for excellence to take a stand / And there’s tears that need shedding / it’s all part of the plan”. For the past year, rightwing voices have waged war on empathy. According to Elon Musk, empathy is “the fundamental weakness of western civilisation”. Others go further, calling it “toxic”, “suicidal” and even “sinful”. Certainly, the macho wing of the Maga right sees no place for it amid its (mis)appropriation of medieval history and imagery that is visible everywhere from the face paint and horned headdress of the “QAnon shaman”, convicted for his role in the US Capitol siege, to the tattooed arms and body of Donald Trump’s secretary of war, Pete Hegseth.And yet, consider the ideal of chivalry held by medieval knights: generosity and suspicion of profit, courtesy, honesty and the bind of your word, hospitality, abiding by the rules of combat and granting mercy to your adversary – whose life a knight takes only as a last resort. I say this not because I think the medieval knight should be the new standard for modern men, but to point out that Maga men would fail, miserably so, to live up to their own ideals.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist. H​is memoir, Generation Desperation​, is published in January 2026 Continue reading… More

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      Trump scolds CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling as she asks about Epstein abuse survivors – as it happened

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      This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: Democrats sound alarm after president mulls election takeoverTulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiryTrump suggests Republicans should ‘take over’ electionsDonald Trump has continued to sow doubt in the election system. While appearing on former deputy FBI director Dan Bongino’s podcast on Monday, the president called on Republicans to “nationalize the voting,” in at least “15 places”, although he did not clarify which ones.“The Republicans should say, ‘we want to take over’,” Trump said in the interview. Continue reading… More

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      Charlie Kirk killing: key Utah prosecutor denies conflict of interest

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      Lawyers for accused Tyler Robinson urge removal because prosecutor’s daughter attended rally where Kirk was killedA Utah prosecutor involved in the case against Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, denied allegations of a conflict of interest in the case during a hearing on Tuesday.Robinson’s attorneys have argued that a judge should disqualify local prosecutors because the adult daughter of Chad Grunander, a deputy county attorney, was in attendance at the rally on a Utah college campus where Kirk was shot dead. The defense alleges that the office’s move to seek the death penalty just days after Kirk’s killing indicated a “strong emotional reaction” from Grunander, and suggested a conflict of interest. Continue reading… More

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      Congressional Democrats vow justice for US citizens harmed by immigration agents: ‘You deserve peace’

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      No Republicans attended hearing with brothers of Renee Good and three US citizens shot and detained by federal agentsDemocrats on Capitol Hill offered apologies and promises of accountability on Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who had experienced violent encounters with federal agents engaged in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.With Republicans conspicuously absent, the forum of senators and representatives heard from Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was shot dead by an Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on 7 January as she tried to drive away from agents. Continue reading… More

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      Trump adviser Stephen Miran quits White House role to stay on at Fed

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      Miran, set to continue as Federal Reserve governor until Jerome Powell successor is confirmed, to leave CEA post Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran has resigned from his position as chair of the White House’s council of economic advisers, fulfilling a pledge he made to the Senate as his assignment at the central bank becomes longer-lasting.Miran had been on unpaid leave from his CEA post since Donald Trump appointed him last year to fill an unexpected vacancy on the Fed’s board of governors to a term that expired on 31 January. The arrangement drew the ire of Democratic senators, who said it would make a presidential puppet of the Fed’s newest policymaker. Continue reading… More