House speaker says he didn’t know the Young Republicans chat members as Senate rejects House-passed funding bill 51-45 as shutdown reaches 16th day

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by Ice

Suit comes after Guardian investigation found administration rolled back efforts to combat human trafficking while Trump officials deny retreat

Potential move against ex-national security adviser comes amid effort to prosecute president’s political enemies

At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden

Bernie Sanders and AOC dismiss GOP’s proposition to discuss healthcare subsidies only after government reopens

Weekend storm devastated two villages and displaced more than 1,500 people in the south-western part of the state

Indian-American Ashley Tellis allegedly obtained US military data and passed envelopes to Chinese officials

Proposition 50 is part of the Democratic governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter Texas’s gerrymandered maps

The Trinidadians were believed to be on a boat Donald Trump alleged was carrying drugs from Venezuela to the US

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

Attorney general tells Illinois senator ‘national guard are on the way’ to Chicago

Federal court approves temporary injunction blocking Trump administration from mass layoffs. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 15 October

University joins MIT in refusing invitation, saying that compact would ‘restrict academic freedom’

Flanked by Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, president claimed it was ‘most peaceful summer in the last two decades’

Majority of US justices appear sympathetic to weakening key civil rights law in Callais v Louisiana case

Authorities reportedly looking into modified flag displayed on cubicle wall of House member Dave Taylor’s staff

New York mayoral contender steps into lion’s den and says he is ‘ready to speak at any time’ to help lower cost of living

Reporters who declined to sign new set of Pentagon rules had to clear out of world’s largest military headquarters

Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake

Move marks escalation in Maduro pressure campaign as president says US mulling strikes on Venezuelan territory

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workers

Cancellations represent escalating government-wide campaign to suppress criticism of rightwing influencer

The 36-year-old guard reunites with familiar faces and brings leadership and spark to a Kings roster seeking more backcourt depth this season

Emma Hayes names a 26-player USWNT squad featuring several returning stars, one debutant and a youthful core ahead of three October friendlies

Letter: Drug manufacturers may lament the UK’s drug prices, writes Simon Dixon, but the NHS should celebrate them

Trump shows support for Kyiv, attacks allies over immigration and denounces the UN on its 80th birthday. Key US politics stories from 23 September at a glance

Ukraine’s president appeals to China to change stance on Russia; US president supports Nato countries shooting down Russian aircraft breaching airspace

Footage contrasts from Trump officials’ account that officer was ‘seriously injured’ by immigrant who was fatally shot

Oregon state police say remains found along Willamette River in April 1946 thought to belong to Oak Grove Jane Doe

US president claims Russia is in ‘big economic trouble’ as he calls for Nato countries to stop imports of Russian oil

Aakash Singh’s elevation to high-ranking post given criminal charges four years ago is unusual, experts say

Trump told the assembled European leaders that they were destroying their own countries in a move that was ‘basically Maga madlibs’

Bodies of Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko found by rescue crews after storm that likely killed them in ‘split second’

After animal was sedated, wardens used an excavator to gingerly lift it out of 9ft-deep hole on family’s acreage

Routh represented himself in trial over botched attempt on Trump’s life at West Palm Beach golf course

Amid battle over independence, Fed chair pushes back against claim that central bank lets politics drive decisions

Grijalva would be state’s first Latina in Congress, and Republicans’ House majority could shrink even further

President’s announcement latest move in campaign that seeks to valorize the ‘natural’ – often at women’s expense

Executive order revives controversial pledge from Trump’s first presidency in wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing

More than 22,000 people report feeling early-morning quake, which occurred east-south-east of Berkeley

Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane ignored requests to make contact, in latest of what are seen as provocative acts by Kremlin