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Britain treated Donald Trump to an elaborate ceremonial welcome featuring a gun salute and mounted horses as the US president's unprecedented second state visit began under tight security on Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump "wants a shutdown" and is refusing to address rising health costs as Congress barrels toward a Sept. 30 funding deadline, sharpening a fight over expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that could push premiums higher for millions.

President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital has led to federal charges against more than 50 people over the past month

Four people were arrested "on suspicion of malicious communication," British police said.

Two further executions are already slated for Florida this autumn

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers warned that President Donald Trump's proposal to eliminate quarterly corporate earnings reports could weaken accountability and transparency in U.S. markets.

After filing a lawsuit against the New York Times for alleged defamation, Trump said the ‘radical left’ media would be stoped at ‘each and every level’. Key US politics stories from 16 September 2025

But there doesn't seem to be any federal law actually authorizing such prosecutions (or civil lawsuits).

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

Los Angeles police officers fired over a thousand projectiles at Trump administration protesters on a single day in June

Donald Trump said he ‘loves’ the UK after he arrived in London ahead of his second state visit.