Keyword "Far right (US)" - List of latest news (206 results)

12:26 What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller

Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops

19/04 Bill Clinton urges Americans to put aside ‘resentments’ 30 years after Oklahoma City bombing

Former president spoke at commemoration for the 168 people who died in the 1995 attack by far-right extremist

19/04 ‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump

Revulsion at deadly Oklahoma City explosion in 1995 has faded. But echoes of the blast, and its perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, are heard today as far-right ideas storm the US

16/04 Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting | Sam Wolfson

Cracks are appearing as the podcaster’s friends turn against him and Elon Musk. How long before he changes his mind?

15/04 Having as many babies as possible is not the only way to show you love humanity | Zoe Williams

Elon Musk is obsessed with falling birth rates, as is the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. Why would leftwingers want to buy into their ‘pronatalist’ agenda, asks Zoe Williams

14/04 Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower

US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war

13/04 The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

12/04 ‘A new golden age’: how rightwing media stuck by Trump as global markets collapsed

Trump’s tariffs were sometimes played down, sometimes cheered but rarely seriously questioned by the right

10/04 Elon Musk boosting influencer who platforms far-right Putin allies

Mario Nawfal has interviewed Serbian, Belarusian and Slovakian leaders and Russian minister of foreign affairs

08/04 Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy

Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

03/04 Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare | The secret Tesla driver

I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I’d sell it now, but prices have dropped, says the secret Tesla driver

30/03 Trump’s counter-terror cuts will harm fight against far right, experts warn

Scale of cuts undermines US president’s own promises of ending stateside terrorism and curtailing antisemitism

27/03 The spirit of the Confederacy is alive and well in Trump’s America | Lloyd Green

Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too close

16/03 The ‘Iron Mountain’ hoax: how anti-Vietnam war satire sparked today’s conspiracy theories

Meant as a cautionary leftwing tale, Report from Iron Mountain had a real-world impact that is still playing out

03/03 ‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word

The slur is rooted in the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. Its resurgence threatens the fragile progress we’ve made

25/02 ‘Unqualified henchmen’: fears rise as Trump names far-right podcaster as FBI deputy director

Dan Bongino’s installation in high-ranking law enforcement role sparks concern in both Republicans and Democrats

22/02 UK populists mix faith and politics with parroting of ‘Judeo-Christian values’

Rightwingers in Britain are beguiled by the potential of religious rhetoric after its use by Trump and Vance in the US

21/02 Anti-Trump conservative summit charts alternative to CPAC Maga-fest

Principles First has become a venue for anti-Maga conservatives and hopes to be a rightwing ‘exit ramp’

21/02 Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

Letters: We must guard against the ‘bystander effect’ when we encounter creeping fascism, writes Dr Caroline Vincent. Plus letters from Paul Goldreich, Russell Simpson and Robin Shohet

21/02 French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute

Jordan Bardella calls off US address after former Trump aide makes controversial gesture with outstretched arm onstage

20/02 US culture war show comes to London – and strikes a chord with European populists

At this year’s Arc conference, a new American export was on full display: ideological finger-wagging in Europe’s direction

19/02 ‘The deification of Trump will be complete’ at CPAC 2025

The conservative conference, dismissed as ‘an extremist freak show’, has been revived under the president’s hand

14/02 Trump’s Gaza plan unites jihadist and far-right circles, experts warn

Trump’s threat to take over Gaza is galvanizing two of the most dangerous and organized extremist movements

08/02 What does Elon Musk believe?

The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies

05/02 Trump’s pick for key national security position linked to far-right figures

Questions linger for director of counterintelligence nominee, Joe Kent, over ties to white nationalists and employment with shadowy military contractor

04/02 Far-right group Proud Boys loses legal naming rights to Black church it vandalized

Church said extremist group never paid $2.8m court judgment over 2020 attack during Trump rally

31/01 The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’

Trump’s meme coin has some conservatives complaining over ‘most blatant ponzi scheme in history’

30/01 ‘Disrupt or be disrupted’ mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists

Research shows voters losing faith in traditional centre-left and centre-right to deliver meaningful change

28/01 Fears for ‘security of Jews worldwide’ in wake of Elon Musk AfD speech

Top US Jewish advocate Halie Soifer calls Trump adviser’s address to far-right Germany rally ‘incredibly dangerous’

28/01 US judge rescinds order barring Oath Keepers leader from Washington DC

Stewart Rhodes, ex-head of far-right group, had been banned from district and Capitol Hill without court consent

26/01 JD Vance defends Trump’s January 6 pardons as Graham says it could spur more violence

Senator Lindsey Graham says pardoning violent offenders is a ‘mistake’ and could spur more violence

26/01 How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

26/01 What does Melania’s merciless hat tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The first time round, high fashion shunned the president’s family. Now industry figures are flocking to them, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

26/01 Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything

Far-right chatrooms are abuzz as extremists plan to use the next four years as ‘breathing room’ and look to expand

26/01 Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence with his ‘Nazi salute’

Amy Spitalnick of Jewish Council for Public Affairs warns far right will take action as ‘license for violent extremism’

25/01 Sierra Leone has a chance to protect women and girls. We must not allow US influence to stop us | Dr Ramatu Bangura

Religious extremists from the US are bolstering local opposition by pouring money and messaging into the country under the guise of supporting ‘family values’

24/01 Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

24/01 Proud Boys leader thanks Trump for January 6 pardon and vows revenge

Enrique Tarrio tells Alex Jones president ‘gave me my life back’ as far-right militias regroup and plan next steps

23/01 Man pardoned for role in January 6 attack rearrested on federal gun charges

Daniel Ball granted clemency by Trump over riot-related offenses but remains in jail under separate gun charge

22/01 Trump rewrites the violence of January 6 and ‘legitimates future ones’

If criminal charges were meant to deter acts of violence, the pardons of over 1,500 people do the opposite, say experts

21/01 The gesture politics of Elon Musk’s salute | Letters

Letters: The SpaceX founder’s salute was ‘chilling’, writes Robert Saunders. Plus letters from John Gorenfield, Martine Frampton and Simon Fowler

21/01 Who are Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes, and what were their roles in January 6?

Tarrio and Rhodes, who both have ties to far-right groups, were serving long sentences until Trump granted clemency

20/01 The lasting friendship between ECR and Trump’s Republicans

Several members of the European Conservatives and Reformists will attend the Donald Trump's inauguration as 47th US president on Monday.

19/01 ‘Reactionary nihilism’: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy

Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others

17/01 Trump v Bannon, Musk v Farage: who hates who in Magaland

The feuds and rivalries within the US president-elect’s Maga ecosystem – including some British sympathisers

09/01 British politics are not Elon Musk’s to toy with | Letters

Letters: Miguel Martinez Lucio, Dominic Crossley and Matthew Campbell respond to an article about the owner of X turning on Nigel Farage

08/01 There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas | Robert Reich

The tech billionaire is not the first person in history to be seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power

07/01 Former Proud Boys leader asks Trump for January 6 pardon

Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy related to the 2021 attack on the US Capitol

04/01 How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page

Musk has now used X as a platform to make aggressive interventions in US politics – and in those of other countries

31/12 Virginia man accused of amassing largest homemade explosives cache ever found by FBI

A federal judge granted bail to Brad Spafford, 36, but stayed the order pending government appeal

23/12 DC police officer convicted of tipping off Proud Boys leader before Capitol attack

Shane Lamond found guilty of leaking to Enrique Tarrio that a warrant was out for his arrest before January 6

22/12 Trump reiterates anti-immigration promise at rightwing convention rally

In speech president-elect doubles down on idea that his clear but relatively narrow victory was in fact a landslide

21/12 He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

13/12 US founder of neo-Nazi network sentenced to two years of time served

Robert Rundo, 34, leader of Rise Again Movement and ‘Active Clubs’ will also serve two years of supervised release

11/12 US judge halts Onion takeover of Infowars in Alex Jones bankruptcy

Court rejects far-right shock jock’s claim of ‘collusion’ but finds that trustee should have got more money from parody site or Jones-affiliated bidder

10/12 Maga on the River Plate as global populist right descends on Argentina

CPAC jamboree draws big names from Trump world as Milei positions Buenos Aires as international conservative hub

07/12 White supremacist Nick Fuentes charged over Chicago pepper-spray incident

Far-right influencer allegedly attacked woman outside his house after he tweeted misogynistic statement

07/12 Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home

30/11 Wicked would be fun and forgettable but for the alt-right waging its dark arts against it | Kate Maltby

Digital crusade by anti-woke warriors against a vapid film for teen girls should be sending a wake-up call to Hollywood

28/11 Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric

Hegseth’s conspiracy theory- and falsehood-laden book American Crusade depicts Islam as historic enemy of west

27/11 Trump’s promise to loosen crypto regulations may be boon for extremist groups

Trump’s policies could aid terrorist and far-right groups who use cryptocurrency to help quietly finance their ends

27/11 Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified’

Even among a host of TV personalities and alleged sex traffickers, far-right commentator is a step too far for some

19/11 Far-right militia targets US military over baseless hurricane ‘weather weapon’ claims

Veterans on Patrol believes government caused Helene with weather manipulation tech, Telegram chats reveal

18/11 Biden condemns Ohio march featuring reported Nazi flags and racist slurs

Governor Mike DeWine also denounces Columbus event after video showed masked neo-Nazi procession in all black

15/11 Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism

Experts concerned over the Fox & Friends host, his Christian nationalist ideology and militant language

15/11 Judge orders hearing to review Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’s InfoWars

Judge to audit if conspiracy theorist’s bankruptcy auction was fair, which could delay buying process for satire site

14/11 The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

Satirical news outlet purchased media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction

14/11 Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore

Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew Doyle

11/11 Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it | Richard Seymour

The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour

09/11 Trump’s win has given angry incels enormous power | Arwa Mahdawi

The masks were never exactly on to begin with – social media was a hotbed of bigotry long before Trump’s victory. But winning has emboldened his followers

09/11 Why has the American center right disappeared from the ballot box? | Jan-Werner Müller

Americans voted for the far right without necessarily wanting to endorse a far-right mandate. Trump will claim one anyway

09/11 Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want

We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community and resolve – so we may resist the storm

08/11 ‘This victory is a mandate’: rightwing groups ready with policy proposals for new Trump administration

Project 2025 and other far-right groups have outlined a blueprint for Trump’s second term

07/11 It’s OK to feel despair at Trump’s victory. The important thing is not to give in | Polly Toynbee

A lot of people say they just don’t care about ‘politics’, and I’m sure that would make for an easier life. But Kamala Harris was right: we must carry on the fight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

06/11 The extreme politics that drove Donald Trump to a decisive victory | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to Rafael Behr’s article on the rise of far-right and nationalist politics

06/11 ‘Time for patriots’: global far-right figures celebrate Trump’s win

Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in Europe and the Americas paying tribute

05/11 Alleged white supremacist charged with drone plot against Nashville power plant

Skyler Philippi, 24, arrested on charges of attempting to use weapon of mass destruction and targeting an energy facility

05/11 ‘Collapse is how we win’: US far right aims to make gains on election division

Among extremists, election results matter less than chaos and destruction – they hope ‘civil war kicks off’ either way

05/11 Trump staffer fired from Republican party for being a white supremacist

Luke Meyer, who had worked as a regional field director, reportedly co-hosts a podcast that promotes racist ideology

04/11 Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter?

Given the comparisons to Hitler and Mussolini, experts say it’s important to remember that fascism is a process

03/11 Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

Simone Collins espouses a philosophy in which voting rights would be linked to people’s contributions to society

02/11 ‘Take these attacks seriously’: journalist Imara Jones on the dangerous rise of anti-trans political ads

In her podcast, the Black trans media founder unpacks the harmful wave of rhetoric and laws against US trans people

01/11 ‘Leaning into the whiteness’: journalist Paola Ramos on why some Latinos have turned to the far right

Latino voters, once reliably Democratic, increasingly pledge support for Trump despite his xenophobic rhetoric

31/10 Political violence in US could potentially surge after elections, experts warn

Trends in online chatter mirror patterns observed in the lead-up to 2020 elections and January 6 Capitol attack

29/10 How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans

A Guardian investigation into the ballot’s demise reveals a confluence of rightwing actors working in parallel to ensure the measure was blocked before it ever reached voters

28/10 Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We want to make America hate again’

Far-right figure blames ‘corrupt leftwing media’ for January 6 attack on US Capitol in new Trump documentary

28/10 Inmate Steve Bannon reportedly hangs with the white guys and teaches civics

Former Trump White House aide set to be released after serving four months for contempt of Congress

28/10 Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet

The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps remove or moderate their accounts

28/10 We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump used his presidency to harass and prosecute ‘enemies within’. If re-elected, he will act with even less restraint

24/10 What I learned when Turning Points USA came to my campus | Cas Mudde

The far right is looking very different to how it did a few years ago. They’re less tied to traditional conservative organizations

22/10 The far-right megadonor pouring over $10m into the US election to defeat ‘the woke regime’

Records show Thomas Klingenstein is at the forefront of donors pushing polarizing politics in the Republican party

22/10 The Maga legal networks that could topple Planned Parenthood and gut women’s healthcare

Revealed: outcome of coming election may determine staying power of hard-right activist Leonard Leo’s crusade to reshape US courts

22/10 ‘Woke tears’ water, Hillary toilet roll: the US right’s ‘parallel economy’ – in pictures

A conservative consumer movement is trying to create a separate economy from the ‘woke’ mainstream. So what are they selling?

20/10 A Pennsylvania town is thriving with Haitian immigrants – and is the latest target of Republican hate

Despite a revitalization, Donald Trump wrongfully claimed Charleroi is ‘virtually bankrupt’ with ‘massive crime’

13/10 ‘He gives them the green light’: Trump’s rhetoric revives hate groups across US

Republican’s lies about immigrants eating cats in Ohio leads to swell of far-right extremism in Springfield – and beyond

12/10 Far-right website admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote-count in Atlanta

Gateway Pundit settled defamation lawsuit brought by election workers it had falsely accused of wrongdoing

12/10 Millionaire ‘apostle’ summoning women to DC for Christian nationalist rally

Jenny Donnelly, leader of anti-trans Don’t Mess With Our Kids, to host first of series of pre-election gatherings in DC

11/10 Immigration is the toxic issue defining the US election. In Arizona, the debate is deadly

In the stretch of desert between Arizona and Mexico, Trump’s unhinged discourse has pushed the Democrats to the right on border issues. Could mass deportations be achieved without harm? I went to find out

10/10 Far-right site Gateway Pundit settles defamation suit with election workers

Website removed articles falsely accusing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of wrongdoing in 2020 election

10/10 Trump and his allies are whipping up a whirlwind of lies about the hurricanes | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump and Vance see the natural disasters not as tragedies but as opportunities to advance their far-right conspiracy theories

10/10 Russia shares AI images of Hurricane Milton as disinformation abounds in US

Far-right trolls spout baseless theory that storm is a ‘simulation’ as Republicans jump on conspiracy train

09/10 Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests

Exclusive: in video, House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel

08/10 Extremist politics divided this conservative California community. What will it take to turn the tide?

Shasta county battles rising homelessness and high suicide rates, but its political agenda is focused on remaking the voting system – can the damage be undone?

07/10 Donald Trump’s Hitlerian logic is no mistake | Sidney Blumenthal

The former president claims to have never read Mein Kampf. But his use of blood and soil rhetoric is deliberate

28/09 Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right

Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’

27/09 Vance to talk at tour hosted by ‘prophet’ who thinks Harris practices witchcraft

Trump’s running mate will speak at Lance Wallnau’s event in campaign’s latest link to extremist Christian right

27/09 MyPillow founder Mike Lindell denies nod to neo-Nazis in new ad campaign

Trump booster’s company promotion offers pillows for $14.88, which some see as a reference to a white supremacist slogan

23/09 Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report

Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

22/09 The Guardian view on Trump’s attacks on migrants: smirking racism is no less dangerous | Editorial

Editorial: Haitians escaping violence at home now face it in their refuge in Ohio thanks to the extreme right and the Republican presidential campaign

20/09 Ohio city’s mayor issues emergency order over false migrant rumors

Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’

19/09 With their lies about Haitian immigrants, Trump and Vance have reached a new low | Moustafa Bayoumi

If Trump and Vance can’t take responsibility for their actions now, why would they take responsibility for the country later?

14/09 Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself ‘white advocate’, audio reveals

Loomer, who accompanied Trump on flight to TV debate, made comments at white nationalist conference in 2022

14/09 Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

14/09 I read the full 900-page Project 2025 manifesto – here’s why it matters

Heritage Foundation blueprint describes an America poisoned by ‘wokeness’ and overtaken by lawlessness that only conservatives can save

14/09 A day in Elon Musk’s mind: 145 tweets with election conspiracies and emojis

A controversial tweet may make it to the news, but reading every post from the world’s richest man shows how frenzied and extreme he really is

13/09 The princess and the judge: Samuel Alito’s ties to a German aristocrat who defends the far right

The US supreme court justice accepted $900 concert tickets from billionaire Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. Who is the socialite linked to rightwing networks?

08/09 Neo-Nazi and far right groups seize on Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric

Extremist groups are latching on to ex-president’s xenophobic messages to recruit people and spread ideology

06/09 American democracy is in the peril. And racism will be the sledgehammer that destroys it | Kimberlé W Crenshaw

The ‘war against woke’ is not just a war against critical race theory and Black history. It is a war on our democracy

06/09 We each have a Nazi in us. We need to understand the psychological roots of authoritarianism | Gabor Maté

Neuroimaging studies have shown that the amygdala, the tiny almond-shaped brain structure that mediates fear, is larger in people with more rightwing views

05/09 Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it?

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I and many others have been looking for alternatives. Who wants to share a platform with the likes of Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson?

03/09 Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warn

Spread of conspiracies seeks to foment early election doubts in case Trump loses, some veteran Republicans say

01/09 The Order review – Jude Law leads neo-Nazi-hunting thriller with confident authority

Law is commanding opposite an icy Nicholas Hoult in true-crime story about the takedown of a far right militia in the 1980s

31/08 ‘Dangerous and un-American’: new recording of JD Vance’s dark vision of women and immigration

Trump’s running mate rants against feminism, immigrants and Ilhan Omar in a newly unearthed podcast from 2021

28/08 Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist links

Parker Magid worked for Beck & Stone, which is close to shadowy fraternal order and Claremont Institute

27/08 Here it is, the new right playbook: wreck and impoverish the country, enjoy the high life yourself | Owen Jones

The likes of Johnson, Farage and Truss have made vast sums of money in an ecosystem awash with it. Nice work … says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

25/08 FBI informant’s book predicts far-right violence: ‘we should be afraid’

Joe Moore, who for years investigated the Ku Klux Klan, issues a chilling warning for the 2024 election and beyond

22/08 Revealed: JD Vance promoted far-right views in speech about extremists’ book

Up from Conservatism advocates repeal of Civil Rights Act, investigations into ‘gay lifestyle’ and defunding childcare

20/08 Neo-Nazi terrorist group using Steve Bannon account to radicalize people

Exclusive: Group is covertly seeding violent propaganda on to mainstream social media channels, report finds

14/08 The heterodoxy: are ‘free thinkers’ like Joe Rogan driving young men to the right – or just confusing them?

Brash, charismatic figures from Russell Brand to Sneako have seduced a disillusioned demographic. Will they turn to Donald Trump in November?

03/08 Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on

Man who killed activists in 2020 questioned Trump’s gun rights bona fides before backing down in face of hate tweets

31/07 Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn’t he? | Moustafa Bayoumi

Trump’s messaging draws from the strategies of the far right – and Democrats usually end up playing right into his hands

26/07 Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei

Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings

21/07 Pulitzer-winning author Anne Applebaum: ‘Often, for autocrats, the second time in power is worse’

The journalist tells of her fears for democracy’s future, the dangers of another Trump presidency and how her husband became Poland’s foreign minister

11/07 How Clarence Thomas has provided a list of legal targets to ultra-right groups

The US supreme court justice has set out course of action by signaling ‘in an appropriate case’ in concurring opinions

09/07 Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook

Trump has disavowed the manifesto, but his goals for civil service cuts, deportation and more show a shared vision

30/06 Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers

AAF to publish dossiers of employees they consider hostile to ex-president, with goal of ultimately replacing them

25/06 Alex Jones’s bankruptcy trustee plans to liquidate far-right platform Infowars

Proposed ‘wind-down’ would help pay $1.5bn in judgments Jones owes for calling 2012 Sandy Hook shooting a hoax

13/06 Complete abortion ban in South Carolina more likely after primaries

Two of five ‘sister senators’ who blocked legislation to ban abortion from conception lost to far-right challengers

26/05 The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style

Trump has railed against urban centers run by Democrats, and Project 2025 lays out how to crack down on them

22/05 Trump falsely claims US justice department was ready to kill him

Ex-president recasts FBI’s standard policy statement limiting use of deadly force into claim Biden officials were ‘locked and loaded’

19/04 Columbia University is colluding with the far-right in its attack on students | Moira Donegan

In her willingness to unleash state violence against student protestors, Minouche Shafik proved herself to be a willing ally to extremists

07/04 Neo-Nazi to face trial in killing of former high school classmate Blaze Bernstein

Sam Woodward, former member of Atomwaffen Division, was arrested in 2018 for murder of gay, Jewish pre-med student

20/01 Fascism is everywhere on the march. And it’s Trump who sets the pace | Simon Tisdall

The former president’s nihilist, autocratic anti-politics transcend borders. In Iowa, as in so much of the world, voters are opting for the strongman

27/12 Top Trumps: the 10 worst things the former president said this year

Hard to keep track of all the racist, unhinged, authoritarian comments by the former president? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered

24/12 ‘You better pray’: Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections

‘Patriot’ groups – which deny Trump’s 2020 defeat and are pressing for voting restrictions – are proliferating

08/12 ‘Grifters and sycophants’: the radicals who would fill key posts if Trump is re-elected

Controversial former Trump aide Stephen Miller’s legal group is seeking lawyers with total fealty to ex-president

30/11 ‘Bait and switch’: Liz Cheney book tears into Mike Johnson over pro-Trump January 6 brief

Oath and Honor, obtained by the Guardian ahead of release, says House speaker snuck baseless claims of electoral fraud past Republican signatories

16/11 David DePape found guilty in hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

Rightwing conspiracy theorist convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault in 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi

14/11 Tired of Winning review: Jonathan Karl on Trump as Hitler wannabe

ABC News’s chief Washington correspondent is a sure guide to the former president’s rise and the enduring threat he poses

13/11 White House berates Trump for echoing Hitler by calling opponents ‘vermin’

Former president promised if re-elected to ‘root out … fascists and radical left thugs that live live vermin’ in speech on Veterans’ Day

12/11 Standing My Ground review: Capitol cop Harry Dunn on January 6 and the Trumpist threat

Officer who fought the insurrectionists and dealt with PTSD issues a cri de coeur for himself and for the US

28/10 Sedition Hunters: how ordinary Americans helped track down the Capitol rioters

In his new book, Ryan J Reilly of NBC tells how the FBI got a much-needed helping hand from a band of citizen sleuths

24/10 Revealed: Republican debate broadcast partner fueled by misogyny and extremism

Holocaust-denying, pro-Nazi and white nationalism content posted on Rumble, exclusive livestreamer for November debate

01/10 How a ‘Trump train’ attack on a Biden bus foreshadowed January 6 – and echoed bloody history

Kamala Harris could have been on the bus Trump supporters threatened to run off the road in Texas, yet law enforcement barely responded. History shows the fruits of such inaction

20/09 Rupert Murdoch often wishes Donald Trump dead, Michael Wolff book says

Media mogul has become ‘a frothing-at-the-mouth’ Trump critic, Fire and Fury author writes in new book, The Fall

15/09 Florida man arrested over allegedly hanging swastika flags from bridge

Jason Brown, 48, linked to neo-Nazi group, charged with criminal mischief after police said hate banners were hung in Orlando

06/09 US ‘university’ spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors

PragerU is not accredited but has become a key tool in pushing false claims to youngsters – and raked in $200m from 2018 to 2022

06/09 Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years over US Capitol attack

Sentencing of Enrique Tarrio caps one of the most significant prosecutions in the investigation into the January 6 attack

01/09 Proud Boys member who smashed Capitol window given 10-year sentence

Dominic Pezzola handed lengthy sentence for role in 2021 insurrection and Ethan Nordean to receive punishment later

01/09 Proud Boys member reportedly receives 10-year prison sentence for US Capitol attack – live

Dominic Pezzola’s sentence is less than 20-year term prosecutors proposed while Ethan Nordean will also be sentenced

25/08 ‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed

Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel

22/08 US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network

Revealed: Charles Haywood, creator of the Society for American Civic Renewal, has said he might serve as ‘warlord’ at the head of an ‘armed patronage network’

18/08 US justice department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader

If imposed, sentence for Enrique Tarrio, convicted of seditious conspiracy, would be longest punishment for January 6 riot

18/08 Names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors posted on rightwing websites

Georgia grand jury targeted after private information published online

14/08 Revealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members

Clockwork Crew, formerly known as Crew 562, was founded in 2021 and has roughly a dozen members, researchers say

13/08 Losing Our Religion review: Trump and the crisis of US Christianity

Russell Moore, formerly of the Southern Baptist Convention, thinks evangelicals have come dangerous adrift of morality

18/07 ‘Trump can beat Biden’: White House whistleblower Miles Taylor returns with fresh warning

The former Republican aide has written a sequel, under his own name, to the column and book which blew the whistle from inside the Trump White House. He fears what comes next

10/07 ‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election

10/07 ‘A taste of victory’: galvanized by US supreme court, far right turns to ‘legal vigilantism’

Experts point to a new, lawsuit-threatening brand of rightwing activism in the wake of recent supreme court decisions

08/07 White nationalist publisher’s data exposed in Amazon cloud leak

Data from Greg Johnson’s Counter-Currents sheds light on how organization promotes its ideology online

02/07 Unafraid review: Kari Lake as election denier, birther … and Trump VP?

The former TV host refuses to accept Arizona defeat, spews hate against LGBTQ+ Americans and idolizes the ex-president

30/06 Armed man wanted for role in Capitol attack arrested near Obama’s house

Taylor Taranto found with materials to create an explosive device a few blocks away from former president’s Washington DC home

26/06 After Roe’s overturn, Republicans target trans rights using extremist rhetoric

Republican presidential candidates attacked trans people and the LGBTQ+ community at a gathering of the religious right last week

24/06 Fox News v Tucker Carlson: dispute rumbles on weeks after messy exit

Network and former star remain at loggerheads in wake of surprise dismissal – is there a resolution in sight?

17/06 Dictatorship? How Hitler, Stalin and Trump show it’s easier than you think

Andrea Chalupa discusses her graphic novel, co-authored with Sarah Kendzior, about authoritarianism and its dangers

16/06 The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words | Editorial

Editorial: Though extremist groups are under renewed pressure, the threat they pose has not disappeared

15/06 Sarah Palin denies then seems to confirm that Trumpism is a cult

The 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee’s tongue was tied as she tried to defend the ex-president’s supporters

03/06 Twitter’s rightwing takeover is complete. Why are liberals still on it?

Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company has transformed it into the center of the conservative media ecosystem

28/05 Experts warn of increased risk of US terror attacks by rightwing ‘lone wolf’ actors

Individuals rather than organized groups more likely to commit extremist crimes as inflammatory Republican rhetoric escalates

26/05 Oath Keeper sentenced to eight and a half years for role in Capitol attack

Jessica Watkins’s prison sentence comes one day after founder of far-right group sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy

25/05 Rightwing group takes aim at Target for offering Pride-themed merchandise

The retailer removed some apparel the CPAC group called ‘demonic paraphernalia’ amid death threats to designer

24/05 Oath Keepers to receive first seditious conspiracy sentences for January 6

Prosecutors seek 25 years for group’s leader Stewart Rhodes in hearings expected to set standard for punishments to follow

19/05 DC officer leaked information to Proud Boys leader, indictment alleges

Shane Lamond arrested for allegedly warning Enrique Tarrio that law enforcement had a warrant for him

13/05 Proud Boys and Oath Keepers: what is their future with top leaders jailed?

Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were convicted – but experts worry what role the groups may or not play in the future path of violent extremism

11/05 Republican senator on military white nationalists: ‘I call them Americans’

Tommy Tuberville of Alabama tries to dial back comments in radio interview, dismissing problem revealed in Pentagon reports

04/05 Proud Boys quartet found guilty of seditious conspiracy over Capitol attack

Former leader Enrique Tarrio among four members of US far-right group convicted after trial lasting nearly four months

29/04 Far-right California county’s bid to hand count votes will cost millions

The move to a costly and experimental hand-count system comes as half the workforce is readying to strike over wages

29/04 Traffic review: Ben Smith on Bannon, BuzzFeed and where it all went wrong

Now a co-founder of Semafor, formerly of Politico, BuzzFeed and the New York Times, the author expertly pulls readers in

25/04 Proud Boys leader a scapegoat for Trump, attorney tells January 6 trial

Neo-fascist group’s leader Enrique Tarrio is charged along with four others with seditious conspiracy

24/04 Closing arguments begin in trial of Proud Boys for January 6 Capitol attack

The neo-fascist group’s leader and four lieutenants are accused of seditious conspiracy to forcibly stop the transfer of power in 2021

15/04 A Fever in the Heartland review: chilling tale of the Klan and a dangerous leader

Timothy Egan has written a meticulous and highly relevant account of the rise of the KKK a hundred years ago

07/04 Trump reportedly seeks 2024 campaign role for far-right activist Laura Loomer

Ex-president has told aides to hire failed congressional candidate and anti-Muslim campaigner, New York Times reports

30/03 ‘Desperate and bigoted’: the right uses latest shooting to malign trans people

From hateful rants on Fox news to falsehoods in Congress, the far right exploits the tragedy to demonize vulnerable people

30/03 ‘I see this as a global fascist moment’: author Jeff Sharlet on interviewing far-right Americans

Sharlet, who spent a dozen years talking to ordinary people about their predilection for violence, has long sounded the alarm

29/03 FBI informant testifies for Proud Boys defense that January 6 ‘not organized’

Informant who marched to US Capitol with Proud Boys says he didn’t know of plans to invade and ‘crowd did as herd mentality’

29/03 Senator Josh Hawley says Nashville shooting was an attack on Christians

His Democratic opponent says the far-right Missouri lawmaker is ‘a fraud and a coward’ for selective application of hate crime laws

23/03 Witness expected to testify for defense at Proud Boys trial was government informant

Lawyers for defendants ask judge to schedule emergency hearing and suspend trial ‘until these issues have been resolved’

21/03 ‘He was certainly a racist’: J Edgar Hoover and a history of white nationalism

A new book looks back at the long-serving FBI director’s devotion to keeping America a white Christian republic and the devastating effect he had

19/03 Birchers review: how the Republican far right gave us Trump and DeSantis

Matthew Dallek’s fast-paced and well-researched history shows how the John Birch Society rose, raved and never went away

07/03 FBI searches for two Capitol attack defendants who have gone missing

Joseph Hutchinson and Olivia Pollock, whose brother is also a January 6 defendant, had ankle monitors that were removed or altered

04/03 Mike Lindell backs rightwing California county as it ditches voting machines

Shasta county officials have ended their contract with Dominion Voting Systems, leaving them with no replacement

28/01 Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps rising in Republican ranks despite ‘loony lies’

The extremist who has supported QAnon is firmly on her way to becoming a senior figure in the party as a key ally of the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy

23/01 Four Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy

Members of anti-government militia found guilty for roles in January 6 attack at the US Capitol

09/01 The Guardian view on Brazil’s far right: a clear and present danger | Editorial

Editorial: Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters failed in a Trumpian plot to overthrow democracy. President Lula must make sure they never succeed

07/01 Two years on from the Capitol riot: the toxic legacy of Trump’s big lie

Damned by the findings of the January 6 committee and sidelined by his ‘loyal’ mob, the former president now faces political irrelevance. But the lasting damage he has done is evident in a Congress that struggled to elect a speaker

04/01 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans

New York Democrat was seen speaking with rightwingers, one of whom once tweeted an anime-style video depicting him killing her