As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump claimed he would quickly end the war in Gaza. Eight months after taking office, Trump finally decided to exert...
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Jeffries: ‘It’s up to every individual member’ to decide whether they attend Trump’s speech Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House leader Hakeem Jeffries have...
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Trump nominates economist at the Heritage Foundation as the new BLS commissioner President Donald Trump announced he is nominating EJ Antoni, the chief economist at...
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Donald Trump falsely claimed that crime in Washington DC is “the worst it’s ever been” on Thursday, amid a federal takeover of the city’s police...
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A last-minute provision in the federal spending bill heavily restricting hemp-derived products such as CBD and THC drinks could lead some Republicans to vote against...
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The declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza in October brought initial relief to its inhabitants. Yet officials there said Israeli strikes killed 33 people, including...
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Supreme court agrees to hear case over law that bans drug users from possessing guns The supreme court has agreed to hear a case to...
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When Rosaly Estévez “self-deported” from Miami to Havana last November, US immigration officers bid farewell by removing her ankle monitor. The 32-year-old had been told...
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Late-night hosts talked cratering public opinion on the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in US communities and the president’s apparent preference...
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Justice department will release Epstein files within 30 days, Bondi says The US justice department will release files from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein within...
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‘I want to see the truth come out,’ Hillary Clinton says after testimony to House committee on Epstein In a televised statement to reporters after...
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Texas Democrats returned to their state on Monday as California lawmakers kicked off a rapid push for voters to approve a new congressional map that...
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Jade Johnson has a word to describe the experience of going hungry in one of the world’s richest countries. “Humbling.” The last time she endured...
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Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity and toughness were essential. And at a time when they were winning:...
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‘We have no choice’: Trump says layoffs are an inevitability if the government shuts down When asked by a reporter during his executive order signing,...
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Immigrants locked up in California’s newest federal detention center have described the facility as a “a torture chamber”, “a zoo” and “hell on earth”, saying...
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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’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and...
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A Washington DC grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers who were denounced by Donald Trump after they made a video urging troops to...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary It’s just past 11.30pm in New York and 12.30am...
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House Democrats have published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among...
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The World Health Organization has said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter – or over 2,000 jobs – by the middle of next...
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove, a top justice department official and former defense attorney for Donald Trump, to a lifetime seat on a...
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The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House on Friday, in a deal brokered by the US that brings...
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Pacing inside the Kremlin last weekend, as news feeds churned out minute-by-minute reports of Donald’s Trump’s Venezuelan coup, Vladimir Putin may have been wondering what...
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The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just...
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Senate Democrats on the finance committee called for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign as he began testifying before the committee and faced...
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Kilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers reopen immigration proceedings to seek asylum Earlier today, Kilmar Ábrego García’s lawyers said their client wants to seek asylum in the...
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Cory never expected he’d spend hours each day driving around after immigration agents, videotaping their moves. The south Minneapolis resident is “not the type of...
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White House warns layoffs are imminent if shutdown drags on Leavitt tells reporters that government agencies are already preparing for cuts and “layoffs are imminent”....
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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his “unprecedented and illegal attempt” to fire her, calling it an attempt...
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The FBI director, Kash Patel, has a lot on his plate just now. There’s the shooting death of the armed man who entered Donald Trump’s...
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When are we going to get the message? I joked a few months back that, when it comes to Donald Trump, Europe needs to learn...
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Several key provisions in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ must be reworked or dropped, Senate parliamentarian says The New York Times has more on that, reporting...
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Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of as much as 40% for 14 countries have drawn muted responses from the hardest hit Asian countries who are...
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DHS spokesperson confirms detainees among the injured Tricia McLaughlin, who serves as the assistant secretary of Homeland Security, told Fox News today that detainees “were...
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A critical US atmospheric data collection program will be halted by Monday, giving weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent...
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A group of conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop a rightwing version of late-night talkshows like the Tonight Show and the...
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Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ from Medvedev Donald Trump has said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to...
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Charles and Trump praise each other and laud ‘special relationship’ in banquet speeches True to form with an expectedly “big picture” style speech, the king...
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Another day, another made-for-great-television encounter between Donald Trump and the media in the Oval Office. The president, quite perversely, prides himself on the access he...
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Musician Khalidou Sy recalls the night his concert was shut down before he was taken away by the Mauritanian police and jailed for five days....
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US forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Trump said during his remarks at the Titans of the Sea:...
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Legally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local...
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In a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations continue to displace hundreds of families in...
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Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House...
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Charlie Kirk, the founder of rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot while speaking...
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Donald Trump boosted speculation over whether the US could become involved in Israel’s conflict with Tehran on Tuesday, warning Iran’s supreme leader that he was...
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Powell confirms Fed would have cut interest rates by now were it not for Trump’s tariffs Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said earlier this morning...
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The entire US childhood vaccine schedule is now open for scrutiny, experts say, after government vaccine advisers took up discussions of the safety and efficacy...
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Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy leaned heavily on two sources of grievance among the Maga base. The first was the rising cost of living, propelled...
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That was the moment he knew it was true love. Donald Trump turned to gaze at Vladimir Putin as the Russian president publicly endorsed his...
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The United States government is officially closed. Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money. Agencies and departments designed...
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For decades, the issue of cannabis reform was firmly viewed as a leftist pipe dream. To most conservatives, particularly US Republicans, legalising weed was as...
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Dynamism, courage, and wit are words that few are likely to associate with the mainstream Democratic party, particularly after its capitulation to Republicans’ budget demands...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature John F Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg announces run for US House...
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It was quite a day in Davos. Donald Trump began his time at the World Economic Forum Wednesday with a rambling, racism-drenched speech in which...
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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, toured the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, getting a first-hand look at a...
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Throughout the two years of the Gaza war, Israeli bombing has been so intense that, in certain weather conditions, its echoes can be heard here...
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Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied Republicans a legislative quorum on Monday by leaving the state, preventing, at least for now, plans proposed by...
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No matter how you slice it, Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is an act of naked aggression. It is blatantly illegal and sets a disturbing...
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Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
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Donald Trump said Monday he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political...
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Downing Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on...
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The House ethics committee said on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation of Tony Gonzales, a Republican representative from Texas, over allegations that include...
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The list of musical artists canceling gigs at the Kennedy Center, which Donald Trump has attempted to rename the “Trump-Kennedy Center”, in Washington DC continues...
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The hunt for the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses while impersonating a police officer, killing one legislator and her husband,...
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Donald Trump has filed another lawsuit against a media company. This time though, he’s up against the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Jonathan Freedland speaks...
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It’s been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the space of seven days, the agency’s head was...
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For months, Donald Trump and his administration have been using violent crime as a justification for ramping up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operations and...
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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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Donald Trump signed an executive action on Thursday forcing colleges and universities to submit data to prove they do not consider race in admissions, as...
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Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s mass federal layoffs The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass...
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Amid mostly silence in Congress, some US lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum spoke out Saturday over a UN-backed report warning of famine...
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As the US supreme court heard arguments on Tuesday for a case that could determine whether transgender children can participate in school sports – and...
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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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Liberal justices dissent in latest major US supreme court decision Per my last post, the supreme court has ruled 6-3 in a decision could embolden...
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On Friday, moments after a federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration needs to fully fund Snap food aid payments, the White House turned to...
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JD Vance assailed what he called the “far left” and its increased tolerance for violence while guest-hosting Charlie Kirk’s podcast on Monday, saying the administration...
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Over the last month a civil war has erupted within the Republican party over a controversial interview that the broadcaster Tucker Carlson had with Nick...
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As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill...
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What a privilege it is to be alive in such a peaceful and prosperous time. If you ignore the genocides in Sudan and Gaza, fighting...
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Even within the freak show that is Donald Trump’s cabinet, the health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a singular knack for...
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The Trump administration is moving to arrest thousands of people already legally admitted to the US as refugees and detain them indefinitely for aggressive “rescreening”,...
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The hardest day on the job for the White House press secretary for most of Barack Obama’s second term was right after Donald Trump was...
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Supreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the...
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Rolex is facing scrutiny over its “concerning” decision to host Donald Trump in the Swiss watchmaker’s corporate box at the US Open final earlier this...
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If Donald Trump’s presidency has any theme (beyond self-promotion), it’s that his “America First” agenda will Make America Great Again. Unfortunately for the American people,...
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Kamala Harris lost last year’s US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she...
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Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey called on Sunday for the federal government to allow his state to become involved in the investigation of an Immigration and...
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Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the...
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Mahmoud Khalil squinted in the afternoon sun as he walked away from the fences topped with razor wire, through two tall gates and out into...
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Trump says FBI should investigate ‘the Jeffrey Epstein hoax’ as a criminal conspiracy against him In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network...
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“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!” Paul Bremer, the US proconsul in Iraq, memorably declared at a press conference in Baghdad on 14 December 2003,...
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“You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war,” was the storied response of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst to Frederic Remington after the illustrator...
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Pete Hegseth has used a press conference at the Pentagon to criticize journalists over their coverage of the war in Iran, at one point proposing...
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On Sunday the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is set to be hailed by Donald Trump as a martyr of the Make America Great Again...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to open a new call center to help law enforcement agencies track down unaccompanied migrant children. According to...
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Donald Trump has declared he intends to cancel most of the executive orders signed by Joe Biden, his predecessor as president of the United States....
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Donald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions that he had...
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The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first...
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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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When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its website last month to reflect the belief of the US health secretary, Robert F...
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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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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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A Utah judge has handed Democrats a win in the continuing national fight over voting districts by ordering a new map that creates a House...
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Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland...
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Jeffries’ ‘magic minute’ speech passes the eight-hour mark The minority leader’s marathon floor speech has stretched into its eighth hour. Jeffries began speaking shortly before...
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Late-night hosts spoke about how Donald Trump’s presidency is proving unpopular with Americans, looking at the cruelty of his deportation strategy and the response to...
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Trump says FBI should investigate ‘the Jeffrey Epstein hoax’ as a criminal conspiracy against him In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network...
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Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Saturday pushed back against the protesters opposing immigration raids in Los Angeles: “A message to the LA...
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‘I think what Trumpism is about, is an understanding that the system in America is not working for working-class people,” says Bernie Sanders, sat in...
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Speculation surrounding the affairs of Jeffrey Epstein is expected to reach a defining moment of revelation on Friday with the much-anticipated publication of files relating...
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A Democratic senator has sounded the alarm about her own party’s failings, urging colleagues to “slaughter some sacred cows” if they want to combat Donald...
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Donald Trump placed the DC Metropolitan police department under federal control on Monday, deploying the national guard while describing a “lawless” city in ways that...
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For Maurene Comey, abruptly fired as a US federal prosecutor without explanation, it may feel like a case of like father, like daughter. Comey was...
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Donald Trump has escalated tensions between Washington and one of its closest Latin American allies, declaring the US will slash assistance to Colombia and enact...
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When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine. Pleasants,...
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders press incoming CBS owner on ‘side deal’ with Trump and cancelling Colbert Citing concerns over possible violations of bribery laws,...
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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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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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Congressman Joaquin Castro met with five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father at the Dilley detention center in Texas today. In a post on social...
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Boulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...
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Federal agents clashed with protesters in Minneapolis on Tuesday, nearly a week after the fatal shooting of Renee Good. People who had gathered in protest...
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When Donald Trump remained on stage, grinning in the sun as Chelsea lifted the Club World Cup trophy last month, it was all too easy...
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Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents...
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The occasion should have been marked by the joy of reaching the destination of US citizenship following the long odyssey of immigration. Instead, the ceremony...
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Trump calls Senate bill a ‘very big victory’ in Arlington cemetery remarks The president has congratulated House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John...
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As the US government shutdown continues, nearly 42 million people face a threat to their food supply. Funding for the Snap program – commonly known...
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Democrats’ soul-searching began even before it was clear Donald Trump would return to the White House. But their devastating losses in the 2024 election threw...
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The US military’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers traveling by boat in international waters in the Caribbean is an illegal use of war...
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Trump plans to sign executive order restoring ‘Department of War’ name to Pentagon Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing the...
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It’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger brags in his X profile that “I killed the Predator”, but even he was shocked when, as the freshly elected governor of California...
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As the extraordinary Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shows, there’s a new bellwether in American politics. For years, Ohio played that...
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Analysis: trickle release on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties Sam Levine The justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday...
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Johnson defends administration’s move to keep military paid during shutdown The House speaker has said that the Trump administration has “every right” to move around...
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Why exactly so many people drowned in the terrible Independence Day floods that swept through Texas’s Hill Country will probably have multiple explanations that take...
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Employees of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) own lucrative stock in companies that stand to directly benefit from their work gutting federal agencies,...
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West Virginia is to deploy 300 to 400 national guard troops to Washington DC at the request of the Trump administration, the state’s governor said...
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US supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting...
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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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‘It’s the opening of an opportunity,’ say Senate Democrats who broke ranks to end government shutdown The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks...
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It has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie...
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In Donald Trump’s world there are weeks and then there are weeks. This one was a doozy. From declaring war on Tylenol to an escape...
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Trump announces death of Charlie Kirk Writing on his social network, Donald Trump just announced the death of Charlie Kirk. Trump wrote: The Great, and...
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Charlie Kirk’s widow says his campus tour will continue despite his death Johana Bhuiyan Erika Kirk, the widow of right wing activist and provocateur Charlie...
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The Trump administration on Tuesday evening unexpectedly canceled up to $1.9bn in funding for substance use and mental health care, which providers say will immediately...
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The second and final debate before early voting in New York City’s mayoral race was a bitter affair, with sharp exchanges and few courtesies. Zohran...
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Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay condemn ‘dangerous precedent’ set by US attack on Venezuela Sam Jones The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...
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Trump claims bin Salman ‘knew nothing about’ murder of Khashoggi, despite US intelligence finding he approved it An ABC reporter then addresses the elephant in...
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Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has called Donald Trump a “stone cold liar”, condemned the federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “theater” and “madness”...
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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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Tina Smith, a Minnesota senator confronted Mike Lee, a Utah senator, on Monday to tell him directly that his social media posts fueled ongoing misinformation...
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The supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments. The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked...
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removed a list of “sanctuary” states, cities and counties from its website following sharp criticism from a sheriffs’...
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Trump’s ‘exciting announcement’ will be related to the Pentagon, White House says Donald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the...
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The top House Republican said he won’t negotiate with Senate Democrats as the government shutdown dragged into its 14th day on Tuesday, while defending the...
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The Washington DC national guard will begin deploying on the city’s streets on Tuesday night, a day after Donald Trump ordered their arrival and took...
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As Donald Trump continues his drive to cull the federal workforce and consolidate his power, labor unions have emerged as some of his staunchest opponents....
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The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has expressed a violent antipathy towards Iran for years in books, Fox News broadcasts, educational videos and a 2018...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Maya Yang The US Department of Homeland Security is now requiring...
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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, we’re examining the tech industry’s push for influence in two places separated by a time difference of 13...
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Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and legal US resident who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) following his pro-Palestinian activism,...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary We’re going to wrap up this live coverage now...
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Top Senate Republican says he can ‘guarantee’ vote on key healthcare provision as government shutdown enters day 16 Hello, and welcome to the US politics...
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Jimmy Kimmel talked about Pam Bondi and this week’s judiciary hearings as well as the latest climate-destroying victory for the Trump administration. The late-night host...
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Nothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple...
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Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump, has settled a long-running defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over lies...
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A top Democratic lawmaker with a military background has reacted strongly to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s call for “no quarter” for US enemies during...
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US senators on Saturday were scrambling to open debate on Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill, which is key to the president’s second-term agenda. The...
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The US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies...
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The state of Oregon filed a lawsuit in federal court on Sunday seeking to block the deployment of 200 national guard troops to Portland, arguing...
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Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s...
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I knew they would come here. If you’re a president hell-bent on retreading 2020 and retaliating against your enemies, the midwestern state that started the...
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Experts, officials and lawmakers decry Trump administration’s rollback on landmark climate finding Dharna Noor In response to the Trump administration’s rescission of the endangerment finding...
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When Justin Vernon of Bon Iver appeared on the red carpet at the Grammy awards he was wearing an accessory that has become a must-carry...
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More than 42 days ago, beleaguered congressional Democrats employed a tactic they were not known for using – refusing to fund the government unless their...
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To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US’s independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched...
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Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s mass federal layoffs The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass...
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The Trump administration is seeking a $1bn settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said on Friday. The person was...
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Arizona’s attorney general is suing House speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Republican-led committees launching probes There’s been a swift response from lawmakers...
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President Donald Trump has said he didn’t know anything about a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat on 2 September. He also stood...
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‘Stop covering up for the pedophiles’: senator chides Johnson’s decision to delay swearing in Arizona lawmaker In the halls of Congress, Mike Johnson, the House...
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The Senate hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, has been postponed after the nominee went into labor with her first child....
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What are the odds that the president can successfully sue his own government to recoup hundreds of millions in damages from past federal investigations? If...
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Donald Trump’s standing with Hispanic adults has dropped notably since he took office at the start of the year, according to a new poll. Polling...
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As top US health officials turn against some mRNA vaccines, experts fear for the country’s preparedness for the next pandemic and worry that other vaccines...
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There are people who argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is not motivated by fears or imperial ambitions, but by other countries’ disrespect. Russia...
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With no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain furloughed. Hundreds of thousands more are working without pay. They...
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Joe Biden repeatedly said that Donald Trump was an existential threat. Yet the former US president clung on to his party’s nomination when he ought...
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An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas – a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have...
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You don’t need a doctor to tell you America’s healthcare system is broken, but I’ll tell you anyway. Having led two public health departments, I’ve...
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In 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. Litten represented four victims of...
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The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84, his family said on Tuesday. Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised...
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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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A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of...
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The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal...
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Donald Trump has spoken about Jeffrey Epstein and his links to the president’s Mar-a-Lago club, saying that the late sex offender “stole” Virginia Giuffre and...
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Good morning. The war in Gaza – which began with the horror of the Hamas slaughter and kidnapping of innocent Israelis on 7 October 2023,...
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Immigrants locked up in California’s newest federal detention center have described the facility as a “a torture chamber”, “a zoo” and “hell on earth”, saying...
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Trump says he’s ‘very confident’ a ceasefire deal can be reached as Netanyahu arrives at White House Benjamin Netanyahu just arrived at the White House,...
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The Trump administration has agreed to take a financial loss in order to make it easier for Americans to walk away from their US citizenship.
The Trump administration has agreed to take a financial loss in order to make it easier for Americans to walk away from their US citizenship.
