Chuck Hagel, the former US defense secretary, and other former US national security officials, including two senior figures from Trump’s first term, warned that China was outpacing the US in critical technology fields and urged Congress to increase funding for federal scientific research.
Exclusive: US officials have missed recent international climate forums, sparking concerns about a significant shift from Trump’s first term, a review of meeting records and interviews with meeting attendees by the Centre for Climate Reporting and the Guardian show.
Exclusive: The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the US for sports competitions and to issue permanent visa bans against those deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications.
Musk’s Doge demands wreak havoc in federal agencies and its cost-cutting impact may be having less impact than he claims – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance.
Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
