Democratic presidential candidate to speak in San Francisco after keeping low profile since election defeat

Voters don’t need to hear any more from the failed presidential candidate. We need to know how Democrats will fix America’s messes

Lawmakers including Chuck Schumer denounce ‘failure’ on economy, costs, foreign policy, democracy and middle class

President Trump is pushing the boundaries of executive power in nearly every area of policy. From his trade war, to immigration, to education, to the reductions in the federal workforce.Many of his actions are direct challenges to the Courts and to Congress. Those two branches of government are designed to act as checks on the president. Trump has governed largely by unilateral executive action… and left lawmakers on the sidelines. NPR’s Juana Summers talks with political correspondents Mara Liasson and Susan Davis about the changing power dynamic.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

‘I had to be there because this was a big, important thing for the state of Michigan,’ the Democratic governor said Tuesday

Michigan community college sports hall is the setting for the leader of the free world to mark milestone

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Donald Trump shared a hug as he arrived in her home state on Tuesday.

Although the resistance at the start of Trump’s second term was wobbly, ‘ordinary people’ are pushing the movement forward

In public and behind the scenes, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is leading efforts to push back on Donald Trump and challenging Democrats to do more to oppose the president’s actions.

President Trump stirs up further controversy by claiming he ‘could’ return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador in a heated ABC News interview

Liberals projected to win more seats than Conservatives in what is still a remarkable victory

President holds campaign-style event in Michigan, attacks Democrats and ‘communist’ judges, and repeats 2020 election lie

Guardian US columnist Mehdi Hasan on the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president and the threat to democracy in the US

Donal Trump celebrates 100 days in office with Michigan event, saying ‘nothing will stop me’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday 29 April at a glance