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The billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and...
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Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary for Joe Biden, has left the Democratic party to become an independent, according to the publisher...
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The justice department filed new criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, on Tuesday. Comey was charged in federal court in the eastern...
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration...
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Trump’s ‘antifa roundtable’ airs grievances of partisan conservative influencers So far, all of the fact witnesses contributing testimony at the White House “antifa roundtable” hosted...
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White House continues to say new release of Epstein emails is a distraction and ‘hoax’ White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has said that the...
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Utah officials show new video of suspect fleeing roof after shooting At a news conference, Beau Mason, the head of Utah’s department of public safety,...
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The civil rights campaigner has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination....
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The US’s top public health agency was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader Susan Monarez, sworn in...
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Barack Obama met Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a childcare centre where the former Democratic US president and the mayor of...
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US forces on Saturday apprehended a second merchant vessel carrying oil off the coast of Venezuela in international waters in the midst of an American...
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An 82-year-old man in Pennsylvania was secretly deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to...
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The extraordinary arrests of the journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort last week are a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press...
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Earlier this week, Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, was accused by a former partner of sexual assault. Platner denies the allegations,...
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The killing of Charlie Kirk has prompted a crackdown by authorities on critical commentary, with numerous people losing their jobs over their reaction to the...
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Donald Trump said on Friday morning that he had been informed that a suspect has been arrested for the fatal shooting of rightwing activist Charlie...
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The White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest...
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The US supreme court will hear a hugely consequential case on Wednesday that will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil...
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In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference...
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The US Coast Guard was searching for survivors of a US military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, officials...
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I can’t believe that Elon Musk is leaving Doge, the government department he named after a tired and basic meme that most of the internet...
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The Teamsters International president, Sean O’Brien, is putting the “working class in jeopardy” by allying with Donald Trump, according to a prominent labor activist challenging...
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Nancy Pelosi, the outgoing congresswoman and former House speaker, has conceded that she may not see a woman be elected US president in her lifetime....
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Leavitt calls Trump-appointed judge ‘untethered in reality’ following national guard ruling Karoline Leavitt said that the ruling from Karin Immergut, a Trump-appointed federal judge, was...
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Was it the blanket that did it? On Thursday, Donald Trump announced he fired Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, in a post on...
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A federal jury has found three protesters, including a US military veteran of the war in Afghanistan, guilty on felony conspiracy charges on Thursday for...
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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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Maine secretary of state’s office confirms it received Platner’s letter, ending his candidacy for US Senate The Maine secretary of state’s office issued a statement...
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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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Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday it was “critically important” that the federal government retain control over the multibillion-dollar prediction market...
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Nothing is quite as it used to be along Nicollet Avenue. The spot where Alex Pretti was gunned down by federal agents has been cordoned...
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During an early March appearance on CNBC, the Paramount Skydance chief executive, David Ellison, cited a statistic he has come to rely on when laying...
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The troublesome Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington is “probably” going to be drained for repairs, Donald Trump has said, after algae blooms and peeling...
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A counseling program in Alabama for people with HIV, helping them get into treatment and housing. A training program in New Hampshire for first responders...
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Donald Trump has cleared the way for Nvidia to begin selling its powerful AI computer chips to China, marking a win for the chip maker...
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A federal magistrate judge has ruled that the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters the night before the January...
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What in the hell were FBI agents doing in an election facility in Fulton county, Georgia, last week? They surely weren’t investigating a crime. Nor...
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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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The US military has issued new media restrictions demanding that journalists pledge not to gather any information – including unclassified documents – that has not...
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Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will raise US tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for an anti-tariff advertisement sponsored by the Ontario...
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Iran and the US are expected to meet for a further round of talks in Geneva this week in a sign that Donald Trump’s team...
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The council of American-Islamic relations (Cair) has accused the Trump administration of a “blatant affront to free speech” after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist,...
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The board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is said to have voted once again to move forward with...
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Donald Trump has slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil over what he called the “witch-hunt” against former president Jair Bolsonaro and demanded that it end...
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Trump: ‘I view the strait of Hormuz as American territory’ Discussing the war with Iran at a South Carolina campaign event, Trump said: “I view...
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The television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led...
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Wearing shoulder-length blond hair, gold earrings and a red dress, cancer survivor Natalie Harp introduced herself to the 2020 Republican national convention as “a formerly...
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A Wall Street Journal reporter was kicked out of Donald Trump’s press pool for his upcoming weekend trip to Scotland. The removal marked increased retaliation...
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Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers said that pumping groundwater to produce concrete...
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Donald Trump claims to have mastered the Art of the Deal, but he has just given us a master class in negotiating incompetence. I would...
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The US cannot sell any Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia without doubling its production rate, because it is making too few for its own defence,...
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Elon Musk has expressed contrition for some of his tweets about Donald Trump last week, in an apparent effort to retreat from an explosive falling...
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Closing summary This brings our live coverage of the latest release of files from the federal investigations in to Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender,...
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It took not one but two killings of unarmed white American citizens by immigration enforcement agents for the Democrats to commit to withholding funds from...
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Chris Stein More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday voted to slash military aid to Israel, a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not an “independent” agency, its chairman suggested on Wednesday, as the word was scrubbed from its online mission statement....
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John McAuliff, a 33-year-old small business owner and former civil servant, was one of the more unlikely Democrats to win election to Virginia’s legislature this...
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Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, beat Haley Stevens to win the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan. El-Sayed will now face Republican Mike Rogers...
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The latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funded research programs, and the threat...
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Donald Trump’s nominee for a top diplomatic post has been withdrawn from consideration after a growing backlash over his past remarks on race and Jewish...
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Gavin Newsom’s recent mockery of Donald Trump proves that imitation isn’t always the sincerest form of flattery. Amid the ongoing battle over congressional redistricting, Newsom’s...
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A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the US Capitol on...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s tumultuous 15-month tenure as the nation’s top intelligence official ended Friday, when she submitted her resignation as director of national intelligence. Gabbard was...
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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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The US Department of Justice has moved to eliminate rules protecting LGBTQ+ people from sexual abuse in prisons, a shift advocates say is “reckless and...
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Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating Tammy Bruce, the state department spokesperson, as the next US deputy representative to the United Nations, which...
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The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel peace prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, after the US...
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Trump administration officials say they are undertaking a broad re-examination of asylum cases and green cards issued to citizens of certain countries, after the shooting...
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Congressional Republicans are pushing for passage of a rescissions package, legislation requested by Donald Trump that will claw back $9bn in funding intended for foreign...
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A Spirit Airlines pilot was given an emotional send-off into retirement by another airline after what was supposed to be his final flight was canceled...
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US military confirms 700 Marines are being deployed to Los Angeles amid protests The US military’s US Northern Command confirmed on Monday that a Marine...
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Seven of the leading contenders in California’s unexpectedly dramatic race for governor faced off on Tuesday night, in a feisty, high-stakes showdown that arrived as...
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Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian As I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal...
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Trump prepares fresh tariffs on dozens of countries, FT reports President Donald Trump is poised to unleash fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon...
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Election deniers are back on the ballot. In most swing states, at least one major Republican candidate has questioned or outright denied the results of...
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Nashid Shakir describes how assailants used wire cutters to break into the Westwood Islamic Community Center in the early hours of 3 August. “They cut...
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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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When Monsanto Maler walked out of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Blue Ash, Ohio, at 9.15am on Sunday with an ankle monitor...
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Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race Zohran Mamdani will be the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and...
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Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He...
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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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Donald Trump said on Saturday he’s deploying 2,000 California national guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of the...
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The Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and...
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Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect...
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Despite Trump’s claim, US intelligence briefed senators on Monday that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, Warner says Despite Donald Trump’s recent claim that...
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When an up and coming feminist author and journalist bumped into Gloria Steinem at a women’s conference in Washington DC in 1971 she was awed
When an up and coming feminist author and journalist bumped into Gloria Steinem at a women’s conference in Washington DC in 1971 she was awed
