President’s speech lasting one hour and 48 minutes sought to reinvigorate supporters in Republican heartland states

The congresswoman with a series of spectacular political take-downs to her name is bidding to become the first Democrat in nearly 40 years to reach the US Senate through Texas

Seminarian running for Senate takes his radical Christian love and anti‑establishment message to conservative Lubbock

Donna Hughes Brown was detained by Ice officials at Chicago airport when returning home from Ireland last July. Now she has a list of people she is fighting for

Barack Obama’s seemingly noncommittal view on the matter has taken on a life of its own

Court ruling striking down tariffs jeopardises key power in delivering White House economic plan

US president pushes ‘made in America’ message, but data shows loss of 80,000 manufacturing jobs in past year

Democratic rising star James Talarico’s appearance on Colbert’s show was dropped but then drew more than five million viewers on YouTube

From fringe protest candidate to Trump’s health secretary, RFK’s unlikely survival story is pure American surrealism

Ossoff has skilfully walked the tightrope of thriving as a liberal in a conservative state as he seeks Senate re-election

Former anti-trust chief departs after months of internal acrimony over light-touch regulation

Key committee hears US attorney general accused of ‘incompetence’ and ‘jaded cruelty’ over abuse survivors

Texas court ruled against Seamus Culleton despite his being married to a US citizen and being a green card applicant

As criticism of the US president increases, so do warnings about how he could react, especially when it comes to November’s midterms

The newspaper once brought down a president. Now, under Jeff Bezos, it is being dismantled from within