Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot people at a pro-LGBTQ+ parade, to avenge the murder of Charlie Kirk....
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Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot people at a pro-LGBTQ+ parade, to avenge the murder of Charlie Kirk....
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Texas house passes partisan Republican congressional map after weeks of protest The Texas state house – which has a significant Republican majority – has approved a...
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A federal judge on Wednesday said he was resuming his long-stalled court proceeding to determine whether Trump administration officials willfully violated a court order by...
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US and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the first direct commercial flight between the two countries in more than...
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Hundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect...
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Trump repeats false claim that DC crime is ‘the worst it’s ever been’ The president has repeated the baseless claim that crime in the nation’s...
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Canada’s sports minister, Adam van Koeverden, has expressed confidence that hosting the World Cup this summer could be the key to agreeing a new trilateral...
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Key takeaways from Mike Johnson’s press conference Keen to put on a show of Republican unity and blame the Democrats for the ongoing Epstein furore,...
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Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday....
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The Trump administration has indefinitely suspended immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, marking one of its most expansive efforts yet to restrict legal...
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On ninth day of government shutdown, Johnson says Democrats are performing ‘political theater’ As the government shutdown enters its ninth day, Mike Johnson continued to...
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Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy militarized immigration agents in US cities may finally be reaching a reckoning as he faces widespread opposition across the US,...
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The US’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed president Donald Trump’s $9bn funding cut to public media and foreign aid early on Friday, sending it to...
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‘If this is how they respond to a senator with a question, imagine what they’re doing across the country,’ says Padilla Padilla goes on: If...
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Donald Trump has said any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the US, as Washington...
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Ryan Zinke, a Montana Republican who served as interior secretary during Donald Trump’s first administration, said he would not seek re-election to a fifth term...
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Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to deploy federal immigration agents to US airports on Monday if Democrats do not agree to measures aimed at strengthening...
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Donald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is...
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Candidates for local office in Miami have been prepping mailers, gathering volunteers, raising money and hitting the street for the last year, with voters expecting...
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Near the 13th hole of a golf course in Alexandria, rural Louisiana, the Guardian US’s southern bureau chief, Oliver Laughland, could see ‘a telling image...
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Late-show hosts discuss Jimmy Kimmel’s record-breaking return to air and Donald Trump’s escalator snafu at the United Nations. Jimmy Kimmel After breaking his own YouTube...
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A new sign was spotted adorning the White House this week, prompting backlash from lawmakers who have noted that Donald Trump is quite literally gilding...
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The party was on its knees. It failed to beat Donald Trump, a twice impeached convicted felon, and lost both chambers of Congress. Since November,...
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The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) is using artificial intelligence to create a “delete list” of federal regulations, according to a report, proposing to use...
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A federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid...
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The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested on Wednesday that he would not obey a federal court ruling against the deployments of national guard troops...
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Donald Trump told reporters he doesn’t understand why his supporters are so interested in the ‘sordid, but boring’ crimes of the late sex offender Jeffrey...
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It was a fiercely contested election. Seven candidates, each bringing a unique set of skills and perspectives, battled to be the next mayor. Locals followed...
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Trump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’ for the president Karoline Leavitt offers a limited preface to the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in...
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An appeals court has temporarily returned control of California’s national guard to Donald Trump, just hours after a federal judge ruled the president’s use of...
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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, did not inform the White House that her office was revoking the security clearances of 37 people –...
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1. A cultural revolution? Trump’s America feels oddly familiar to those watching from China Illustration: Victoria Hart/Guardian Design Between the demands of loyalty, the attack...
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Donald Trump has told Netflix to remove the Democratic foreign policy expert Susan Rice from its board or “face the consequences”, while the streaming platform...
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Key events You can follow continuing live coverage of the midterm primaries here: Share Summary Our live coverage is ending now. In the meantime, you...
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He was the embodiment of America-first ideals before Donald Trump and his Maga movement hijacked the phrase. The principle of a strong president empowered to...
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Donald Trump is not generally noted as a student of history. Yet over the past year, his decisive reorientation of US foreign policy towards the...
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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once...
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Despite his grim circumstances, Mahmoud Khalil can’t help but laugh. Walking through Congress’s hallowed halls, the Palestinian student activist, who may be inching toward deportation,...
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities. According to documents obtained by...
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The US Department of Justice is dropping its fraud charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the richest man in Asia, after he hired a...
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After Donald Trump’s justice department failed on Friday to release all documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as required by law, multiple Congress...
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Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of those convicted in connection to the January 6 insurrection raised eyebrows last year, but more recently his pardons have appeared...
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The scale of last weekend’s “No Kings” protests is now becoming clearer, with one estimate suggesting that Saturday was among the biggest ever single-day protests...
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US troops have been sent to Israel as part of the peace deal approved on Thursday to support and help monitor the ceasefire, according to...
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The Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, admitted at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there had been a political “sea change” and he no...
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Jonathan Mahler didn’t plan to publish his new book about New York City from 1986 to 1990, tumultuous years culminating in a historic mayoral election,...
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In an extraordinary article published on 7 April, the New York Times described how Donald Trump decided to go to war with Iran. It is...
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Federal agents arrest former CNN anchor Don Lemon Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, his lawyer said...
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Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is re-establishing the presidential fitness test, a way of assessing the fitness level of American students. The test...
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The mezzanine floor of the Tampa Convention Center buzzes chaotically with rightwing chatter: conspiracy theories, grievance politics and Christian nationalism. Look in any direction and...
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Trump slams Mamdani’s New York victory: ‘It’s common sense or communism’ The president continued to undermine the results of New York’s mayoral election. He’s yet...
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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have permission to live and work...
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It was 70 years ago when four African Americans were sitting in the fifth row of a bus in Montgomery. As one white man had...
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At morning services at Central Christian Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, congregants greeted one another with hugs and expressed gratitude for a rare piece...
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Pete Hegseth’s office is located on the third floor of the Pentagon, in the E ring, room 3E880, facing the Potomac River with a scenic...
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‘This is no time to be talking about pardons,’ says Trump when pressed about Maxwell Speaking to reporters at Prestwick airport, Trump denied reports that...
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Top Senate Republican says White House will have ‘something to say’ about Ingrassia nomination Addressing reporters after lunch in the Rose Garden, Senate majority leader...
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Turning Point USA, the influential rightwing college group founded by Charlie Kirk, has brought Kirk’s message to a campus with a long history of leftwing...
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Trump arrives in Europe for annual Nato summit Air Force One has landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, bringing Donald Trump to a Nato summit at...
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Want to hear a cute little story about JD Vance and a Dutch baby? Don’t worry, he didn’t deport it, he cooked one for breakfast....
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The US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in...
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Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, will face senators on Tuesday, as Donald Trump ramps up his crackdown on political opponents, Democratic-run cities and alleged...
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Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once again. It...
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Kamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California – a highly...
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In early October, Tracy Wright invited a group of other women in her social circle – all fellow knitters – to gather outside the US...
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Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is...
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André spent 2025 trying to stay one step ahead of the Trump administration. Every morning, he woke up and downloaded as many government datasets as...
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Congress spent the past week in a fractious debate over a major government surveillance program that gives US authorities backdoor access to monitor vast swaths...
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Cory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right of action”, allowing people to sue pesticide makers such as Bayer and Syngenta,...
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A new Senate committee report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, described the events as a...
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When Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard. Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect...
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California governor says marines ‘not political pawns’ The governor of California has said US marines are “not political pawns”, as Trump vows to send the...
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Newsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ California governor Gavin Newsom has delivered a blistering address against the Trump administration, warning democracy is “under assault before...
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Donald Trump’s call for allies to send ships to the strait of Hormuz to protect commercial shipping vessels and unblock global oil supplies has met...
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Trump suggests Saudi Arabia and Qatar sign Abraham accords as part of Iran peace deal In a new post on Truth Social, the US president,...
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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging companies and institutions to cut ties with Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers after documents released...
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If he wins his fall election, Zohran Mamdani would order New York’s police department to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in the event that the Israeli prime...
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“The more Epstein documents get released, the more we see how he had so many powerful friends, and that’s ultimately what helped him,” commented the...
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You’ll know the famous quote, bastardised from a 1926 column by the Baltimore journalist HL Mencken, that “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence...
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Almost every American knows that in our legal system, people accused of crimes are presumed innocent. The burden is on the government to overcome that...
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Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, has endorsed Zohran Mamdani in his run for mayor of New York City, a major boost for the...
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The US supreme court on Tuesday appeared poised to uphold laws banning transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in two conservative states,...
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It is a world turned upside down. In his first year in office, Donald Trump has bullied Ukraine, bombed Iran and toppled the leader of...
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Texas Republicans advance map that reignited US redistricting wars Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I...
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A few days before Christmas in Pérez Zeledón, a city in Costa Rica, Greidy Mata stared at two photographs of her late brother. In one...
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Reality television personality Spencer Pratt is running to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. Pratt announced his campaign on Wednesday at a rally to...
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Will he or won’t he? That’s the question many are asking regarding whether Donald Trump will join Israel’s attacks on Iran and take out one of...
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The US attacked Venezuela and captured its long-serving president Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, with Donald Trump promising to put the country under American control for...
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Donald Trump’s decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not...
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OpenAI made a surprise announcement this week – not an update to ChatGPT or another multibillion-dollar datacenter – but a policy paper that called for...
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“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Donald Trump exhorted the audience at a campaign event organized by the conservative Turning Point Action in...
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Stephen Colbert was feeling under the weather on Wednesday night but didn’t pull his punches, despite being “on enough steroids to be named the secretary...
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Trump calls Musk’s new political party ‘ridiculous’ and says Tesla owner is ‘off the rails’ Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the...
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Donald Trump has warned that Iran must come to the table to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programme or face the possibility of airstrikes...
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They come on buses, in cars and RVs. Some ride on motorcycles. Every Sunday afternoon, convoys of protesters from all over Florida, and others from...
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Late-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s expletive-laden social media posts about the war in Iran and mocked his tonally jarring White House Easter egg roll....
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White House says no plans for Trump-Putin meeting in the immediate future There are no plans for Donald Trump to meet with Vladmir Putin “in...
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Videos of Bill Clinton, the former US president, and Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...
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In the days after his killing, Charlie Kirk was remembered by his allies as a great debater. A quote taken from a widely shared video...
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In Sand Point, Alaska, the radio dial is mostly empty. For a commercial broadcaster, running a station in this Aleutian Island fishing town of about...
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Washington DC’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, appeared to bow to Donald Trump’s military occupation of the nation’s capital on Tuesday, signing an executive order that formalizes...
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Donald Trump told reporters he doesn’t understand why his supporters are so interested in the ‘sordid, but boring’ crimes of the late sex offender Jeffrey...
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‘Killing jobs and jacking up prices’: Democrats lambast Trump over tariffs and weak jobs report Democratic lawmakers have slammed Trump’s “reckless and chaotic” tariff policies...
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Donald Trump has reportedly said he will issue pardons en masse to his closest advisers at the end of his second presidency, promising them in...
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It is the internet meme of the summer, sparking laughter and thousands of wry smiles at the pitfalls of a British summer holiday. But the...
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Wealthy Americans are leading the charge in applications for New Zealand’s “golden visas” after rules on applying were relaxed. New Zealand’s coalition government in February...
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Homan says administration is drawing down 700 immigration enforcement officers Speaking to reporters today, Tom Homan said that the Trump administration will draw down 700...
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The White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night was upended by gunshots, prompting the immediate evacuation of Donald and Melania Trump. Hundreds of guest including...
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After a year in which US journalists faced a dramatic increase in violence from law enforcement, news organizations and advocacy groups have recently tried to...
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When South Korea’s biggest online retailer revealed last year that a data breach had compromised tens of millions of customer accounts, it appeared to be...
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Kim Xavier, a senior associate at CoveyLaw, an immigration law firm based in New York, has spent much of the last year bracing herself for...
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Illinois voters on Tuesday will decide between a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to be the state’s next senator as the midwestern state also...
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The US House of Representatives delivered a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump over his war on Iran on Wednesday, as representatives backed a move to...
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Elon Musk has announced on social media that he is leaving his role in the Trump administration, a departure the White House confirmed was in...
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Trump responds to Medvedev on countries readying to help Iran with nuclear weapons Donald Trump has responded to Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia...
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Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around...
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The former CNN anchor Don Lemon has warned the US must “keep fighting” for its right to a free press, calling it “the breath in...
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Trump says Hamas is ready for peace, says ‘Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza’ Donald Trump just welcomed the response from Hamas to...
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Federal immigration officers on Saturday began a sweep through Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, federal officials confirmed. Local media reports said that among...
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The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to...
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Federal judge tells White House to provide more details about deportation flights by noon as a showdown over presidential power brews in court Hello and...
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Charlie Kirk directed most of his rhetoric at the US political scene, but he also strayed into foreign affairs, drawing both favourable and critical comparisons...
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Donald Trump on Monday released a series of memos that doubled down on his support of increased domestic fossil fuel production for purported “defense readiness”....
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Two police officers who clashed with rioters at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection in 2021 have sued Donald Trump over plans to...
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Platner says allegations of physical abuse of former partner ‘are simply not true’ During a live interview with MS NOW on Thursday, Graham Platner flatly...
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Thousands were gathering in Arizona on Sunday for a public memorial honoring Charlie Kirk, the rightwing youth organizer who was fatally shot during an event...
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What to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests Rachel Leingang Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump on divisions within the US: “I couldn’t care less” Ed...
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Saturday Night Live returns with C-Span coverage of embattled US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) taking questions from the press. After chugging a Monster...
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Can the Democratic party once again become a force to be reckoned with in Florida? That seemingly implausible question surfaced last Tuesday in the wake...
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Trump asks for ‘prayers’ for Charlie Kirk after shooting at Utah university Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social about the shooting at Utah Valley...
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Donald Trump has again threatened Iran, saying the US may launch new attacks if Tehran continues to refuse the significant concessions he wants before a...
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‘We’re going to be asking for extensions,’ Trump says of 30-day limit on DC police takeover The president confirms that he is looking to extend...
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Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize...
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Donald Trump appeared hopeful of an end to his war on Iran, saying the “final aspects and details” of a deal were being discussed and...
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Turning Point USA, the influential rightwing college group founded by Charlie Kirk, has brought Kirk’s message to a campus with a long history of leftwing...
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JD Vance, the vice-president, flew with the casket of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk from Utah, where he was fatally shot, to Arizona, where the...
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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration, but just for the day. Here are the latest developments: Donald Trump turned...
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Columbia University announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220m, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat...
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For months, Ohio police officer Connor Grubb and his department attempted to hide his identity following an incident in which he shot and killed Ta’Kiya...
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Donald Trump has reportedly given a secret directive to the Pentagon to use the military to target Latin-American drug cartels that his administration has designated...
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South African comedian Trevor Noah told a joke as he hosted the Grammy awards on Sunday. The former Daily Show host said the song of...
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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments: White House press secretary Karoline...
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Trump threatens sending military to Democratic cities, singling out Chicago In between repeating baseless claims that DC crime data is “phoney”, and touting the work...
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Jen Kiggans, a Republican congresswoman, is facing calls from Democrats to resign for agreeing with a radio host after he said the top US House...
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The US has backed down in its tariff war with China. Thanks to Donald Trump’s egotistical diplomacy, rare earths can again flow one way, soya...
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The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week....
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Texas Democrats who left the state say they experienced a bomb threat at their Illinois hotel on Wednesday morning amid an ongoing clash with Republicans...
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Polling places opened on Saturday for the start of in-person voting for two of the year’s most closely watched elections: the New York City mayor’s...
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A public feud erupted between Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Thursday, with the president saying he was “very disappointed” by the former adviser’s opposition...
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Which way, western man? That was the title of a racist tract published in 1978 by William Gayley Simpson, a former leftist Christian pastor turned...
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It will be a definitive moment for King Charles III and the British monarchy. And for better or worse, it could help salvage UK-US relations...
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With the unveiling of the prospective Trump presidential library, which, in its timing and substance looked for all the world like an April fool, the...
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Trump heads to China for high-stakes talks with Xi Hello and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. Donald Trump is heading to Beijing...
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Good morning. It looks like the bromance between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is over. Maybe for good. Last night an exasperated...
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The outbreak of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius illuminates major gaps in the US public health system – a worrying sign for...
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Sunday marked one year since Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, was arrested last year for his political advocacy. Below, he writes...
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Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at...
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The armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani...
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Trump would ‘fire’ Howard Lutnick if he saw video of testimony, say oversight Democrats Following closed-door testimony from Howard Lutnick before the House oversight committee...
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President Donald Trump had this May hailed a “total reset” of US-China relations, but trade relations between the world’s two-largest economies have faltered since, highlighting...
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Donald Trump said “it’s too bad” he is not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest...
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Eight people were arrested outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration doubled down...
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A suspect has been arrested in southern Utah in connection with the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Spencer Cox said on Friday morning,...
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Donald Trump on Thursday announced he was replacing Kristi Noem as the homeland security secretary, capping weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership after immigration...
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Mamdani: ‘In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light’ In a defiant speech, Mamdani vowed to change to city hall –...
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Was it his charisma, communication skills or his captivating short-form videos? His high-profile endorsements or his clothing style? These elements were said to have contributed...
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Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have...
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Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to...
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Securing Jewish votes was never going to be a straightforward ride for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral hopeful who is on track to...
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For Nolan Lee, it felt like Minnesota in Washington DC on Wednesday night. Despite the most extreme cold in 150 years, about a thousand people...
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The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is freezing federal funding for childcare programs in Minnesota after allegations of fraud – first exposed and...
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Donald Trump arrived in Texas on Friday for a first-hand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, a trip that comes as he has...
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Spring cleaning has begun at the White House. Donald Trump on Thursday fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the...
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In the latest sign the honeymoon is over between Donald Trump and his tech billionaire sidekick, Elon Musk, the president confirmed he will go ahead...
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Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news...
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The US and China have agreed to substantially lower tariffs on each other’s goods for 90 days after negotiations. Speaking in Geneva, the US treasury...
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A heated debate over criticism of Israel and the political influencer Hasan Piker’s role on the left has bitterly divided progressive and establishment Democrats in...
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The US president, Donald Trump, has announced that his administration has begun developing the so-called ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system, set to be finished before...
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Cory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right of action”, allowing people to sue pesticide makers such as Bayer and Syngenta,...
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Late-night hosts discussed the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the “spite” behind Donald Trump’s impending tariffs. Seth Meyers On Late Night, Seth Meyers spoke about...
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As federal immigration crackdowns in Minnesota continued on Tuesday, an initial report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) obtained by various news...
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The Trump administration has indefinitely suspended immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, marking one of its most expansive efforts yet to restrict legal...
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Pete Hegseth has failed to give Donald Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dangerously exaggerated” statements to create an...
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The night Breonna Taylor died began quietly. She had spent the evening at home in Louisville. The 26-year-old was an emergency room technician, someone who...
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Donald Trump on Saturday offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for an unconditional surrender by Iran’s current regime, while...
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The Guardian’s Oliver Holmes looks at how Donald Trump’s book The Art of the Deal could shed light on the president’s negotiation tactics in the...
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Chris Tackett started tracking extremism in Texas politics about a decade ago, whenever his schedule as a Little League coach and school board member would...
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The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing all childcare payments to all states, an official for Donald Trump’s administration told ABC News in...
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Donald Trump on Thursday offered a new and shifting account of why Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was present last week at an...
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A justice department lawyer working in Todd Blanche’s office pressured prosecutors to file criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) despite their concerns...
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Ro Khanna, the US congressman, publicly revealed the names of six men whose identities were redacted from the Jeffrey Epstein files, including Leslie Wexner, a...
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Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders...
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Today’s recap Talks over ending the record-breaking partial government shutdown remain at an impasse, as congress is on its scheduled two-week recess. TSA employees began...
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Germany is facing calls to withdraw its billions of euros’ worth of gold from US vaults, spurred on by the shift in transatlantic relations and...
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Like hundreds of families across Lowndes County, Alabama, the McPhersons do not have access to proper sanitation – just a pipe carrying raw sewage a...
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Donald Trump looked out across the White House ballroom at his audience of wealthy donors and business figures – people who had given millions of...
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Donald Trump gave a rambling, freewheeling address at the Charlie Kirk memorial in Alabama on Sunday, taking aim at Joe Biden and trailing a major...
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A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the terminations of hundreds of humanities grants last year by the Trump administration’s so-called “department of government efficiency”...
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Senate passes funding package to end government shutdown as Democrats face party backlash Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. The...
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A federal judge has blocked key portions of the Pentagon’s press access policy, siding with the New York Times and ruling that the Trump administration’s...
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The Department of Justice on Friday released a long-awaited and huge tranche of documents detailing its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a...
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Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success...
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DC mayor: ‘this action today is unsettling and unprecedented’ Bowser says that her office plans to follow the law, and cooperate with the federal government....
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Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK – until the US is allowed...
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Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, has announced she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping...
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Senate votes down Iran war powers resolution Senate Democrats were unsuccessful in getting a resolution passed to limit Donald Trump from single-handedly escalating the war...
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Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said...
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The US supreme court declined on Friday to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs even...
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It appears Donald Trump is following through on his threats to reduce US military presence in Europe. The Pentagon announced on Friday that 5,000 troops...
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Democrats think they can flip the Senate blue in November, and they’re hoping a group of interesting characters will help them do it. This week,...
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Fired fed governor’s lawyer argues that her removal does ‘irreparable harm’ Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, is arguing that her firing does “irreparable harm”. He says...
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John F Kennedy’s sage words from his inaugural address are forever seared into America’s political consciousness: “Ask not what your country can do for you...
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White House says it will appeal against Harvard ruling The Trump administration said it will appeal a judge’s ruling ordering the federal government to reverse...
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Donald Trump signed his sweeping spending package into law on Friday during a Fourth of July picnic at the White House, significantly cutting back on...
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Donald Trump will heap further pressure on the chief of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, on Thursday when the US president makes a visit to...
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Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress...
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Law enforcement officers in California opened fire Thursday night at a vehicle that authorities say attempted to back into the entrance of the US Coast...
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A US army veteran who lived in the country for nearly 50 years – and earned a prestigious military citation for being wounded in combat...
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Gabbard strips security clearance from dozens of intelligence officials Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will...
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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook urged the US supreme court on Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her, telling the justices the Republican...
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“He’ll do whatever I want him to do,” said Donald Trump, addressing his discussions with Benjamin Netanyahu over their illegal war on Iran. The US...
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Mullin says Trump nomination is ‘pretty humbling’ Speaking to reporters today, senator Markwayne Mullin said that he was “pretty humbling” to be tapped as homeland...
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Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files after attempts to press two female members...
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Good morning. The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has climbed to 129, including at least 27 children and counsellors at Camp Mystic...
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The US Senate passed legislation to fund Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown early on Friday morning, ending a partial government shutdown that has lingered since
The US Senate passed legislation to fund Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown early on Friday morning, ending a partial government shutdown that has lingered since
