A leading US congressman admits America must substantially boost its defence manufacturing capacity in order to sell Australia nuclear submarines under Aukus, floating the idea...
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Donald Trump alleged “triple sabotage” at the United Nations, after the US president was plagued by a series of unfortunate events surrounding his address to...
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The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, announced on Monday he will introduce a resolution directing the Senate to take legal action against the justice department...
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Donald Trump was seen with a rash on the side of his neck during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, fueling more speculation about...
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Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal watchdog agency, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew on Tuesday following a report that Ingrassia described himself as having a “Nazi...
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Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released from US immigration detention, where he had been held for more than three months over his activism against...
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Donald Trump says US strikes have “totally demolished” much of Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub and threatened that “we may hit it a few...
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Eight migrants lost their last-ditch effort to halt their deportation to South Sudan by the Trump administration on Friday, clearing the way for their imminent...
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Summary of the day so far The suspect in the shooting at last night’s White House correspondents’ dinner has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen,...
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Airport travel chaos continues amid longest ever shutdown in US history Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Airports continue to warn passengers...
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Tom Homan, the Trump administration “border czar”, on Sunday said he did not believe the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at the center of...
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US Senate votes on amendments to Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the second Trump...
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The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned...
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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 United Nations and its agencies have long struggled with funding shortfalls. Now an entrenched problem is becoming an acute crisis in the shadow of...
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Sarah Beckstrom, one of the national guard troops shot in Washington DC on Wednesday, has died, Donald Trump said on Thursday. “Sarah Beckstrom of West...
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Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within...
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The US president waxed lyrical about grass being added around the new White House helipad in front of the media. ‘You know, grass has a...
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome...
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The US House of Representatives oversight committee on Tuesday released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
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Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill is hanging in the balance as Republicans struggle to muster sufficient votes in the US House of Representatives. House speaker...
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The story is co-published with Public Domain, an investigative newsroom that covers public lands, wildlife and government Thousands of people gathered at the steps of...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has imposed new guidelines on VA hospitals nationwide that remove language that explicitly prohibited doctors from discriminating against patients based...
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Donald Trump’s latest executive order is expected to establish a board responsible for approving National Institutes of Health grant funding, marking another attempt by the...
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Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
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DoJ racing to redact documents ahead of deadline to release Epstein files – report Congress has mandated that the Trump administration release a trove of...
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If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a...
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Days after issuing him a pardon, Donald Trump criticized US House member Henry Cuellar of Texas for deciding to run for re-election as a Democrat....
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The New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was screamed at and verbally abused by protesters over his stance on Israel as he protested against...
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The meaning of the term “ceasefire” should be self‑evident. Yet Israel’s strikes have killed scores of people in Lebanon since it agreed a truce with...
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Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by...
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Maga loyalists push claims that Trump ‘birthday note’ to Epstein is ‘fake’ Several allies of Donald Trump, also prominent Maga figures, have amplified claims that...
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A trio of Democratic socialist victories in mayoral contests in three of the largest cities in the US has unleashed a new wave of hope...
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EJ Antoni, Trump’s pick to oversee job numbers, was at the Capitol on January 6 The White House confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday that...
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Most people have heard of Nato’s article 5. The “one for all, all for one” clause states an armed attack on one member country should...
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House Republicans are investigating several US labor unions based on claims from far-right nonprofits alleging union dues are being used for illegal political funding. Republicans...
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Donald Trump on Friday sued Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters for libel and slander over claims that he sent sex offender Jeffrey...
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US Senate race in Kansas becomes ‘toss up’ in new forecast that puts control ‘squarely in Democrats’ sights’ The Cook Political Report has revised its...
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House Democrats on Wednesday demanded a briefing from the justice department on the removal of Gail Slater, who was forced to resign as head of...
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The US supreme court on Friday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. The justices issued an emergency...
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The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports. Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across...
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President Donald Trump and the first lady were whisked out of the annual White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday after shots were fired at the...
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Four months into Cuba’s deepening energy crisis, the consequences are no longer abstract: they are visible in the rhythm of daily life. Streets fall silent...
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The US supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal on Friday, in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president’s...
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New York, Los Angeles and Chicago airports are among 40 that will see reductions in flights from Friday as a result of the government shutdown,...
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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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The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in...
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Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities. The...
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The United States seems determined to turn its back on the rest of our planetary neighbors. The Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw from 66...
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Crews were observed Friday draining the plagued Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a landmark at the heart of Donald Trump’s mission to beautify Washington DC. Interior...
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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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Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a...
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Donald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on...
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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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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments. Donald Trump hosted Zohran Mamdani,...
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CBS parent company Paramount on Wednesday settled a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over an interview broadcast in October, in the latest concession by a...
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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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US Catholic bishops condemn Trump administration’s immigration enforcement Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing...
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DHS shutdown extends to almost six weeks with no end in sight and delays at airports Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog....
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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 on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the US economy issued by Joe Biden, the White House said. The...
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The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in...
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Summary Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s key events: Transportation secretary Sean Duffy warned of the impacts of the shutdown on the aviation industry and...
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Calvin Duncan spent 28 years in a notorious Louisiana prison for a murder he didn’t commit. After he was finally exonerated, he decided to run...
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Pope Leo came top with 42%. Donald Trump was just behind with 41%. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) scored 38% and TV host Stephen Colbert...
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The US military said it had carried out another strike Friday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three...
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Some of the most ostentatious enforcers of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda have left or been forced out of the administration in recent weeks. In...
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The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in...
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After weeks of false starts and failed votes, a procedural vote passed in the US Senate with a 60-40 tally, as seven Democrats and one...
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More than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and abuse, including sexual assault, during...
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Donald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American...
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Donald Trump’s evident panic over his intimate relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is a case study in damage control gone haywire. If he is trying to...
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The US justice department announced on Friday that it is taking steps to “strengthen the federal death penalty”, including bringing back firing squads and readopting...
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Joe Biden has said ‘these are dark days’ in the US, and accused the Trump administration of ‘doing its best to dismantle the constitution’ with...
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Over the past two decades Jimmy Kimmel has interviewed thousands of people – including his ultimate boss – on his late-night talkshow. “I’ve probably, with...
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The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has called for better Alzheimer’s screening – but a critical federal panel that might have helped researchers...
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The scene around Washington’s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seemed to fit Donald Trump’s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal...
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Alex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Rachel Leingang A judge in Michigan dismissed the felony charges against...
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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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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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Alex Sullivan tended to his five children on the lawn after a traditional Latin mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Monica in Duluth, Georgia,...
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The Texas legislature preliminarily approved a redrawn congressional map on Friday that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional seats,...
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The US justice department said on Wednesday that it has been told by federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the FBI that they have uncovered more...
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When Donald Trump was elected the first time round, the works of the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt flew off the shelves in the US. It...
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The Democratic establishment had the money, the machinery and the candidate with national name recognition. Angie Nixon had a bookshop called Café Resistance and a...
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It would be funny if it wasn’t so Trumpy. Hosting the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump could...
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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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A teenage transgender athlete in California, who has been at the center of widespread political attacks by rightwing pundits and the Trump administration, won in...
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The FBI reportedly recorded Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents who were posing as business contractors last year....
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Donald Trump made over a thousand stock sales and purchases worth between $79m and $270m in July, according to a Guardian analysis of his latest...
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Top figures and controversial policies from Donald Trump’s administration are being sharply satirized this year through Halloween displays across Washington DC. Among the most popular...
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Blanche confirmation gives Trump ‘excuse’ to continue his ‘breathtaking corruption’, Schumer says The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has said Senate Republicans have “handed Trump...
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The sharks can smell blood in the water. After a decade in eerie command of the Republican party, with primary voters in his cult-like thrall...
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“There are two types of politician,” Tony Blair observed in 2012. “Reality creators and reality managers.” While postwar politics was generally a matter of steady...
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On 1 January, to mark his inauguration as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani threw a block party. As he was sworn in outside city...
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The Trump administration has waived a slew of environmental and historical preservation laws that would allow it to build a towering border wall that cuts...
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Senate votes to advance $70bn funding plan for ICE and Border Patrol Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The Senate voted to...
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In these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say that the US needs a big landslide. But a landslide defeat for President...
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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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Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, said state Democratic lawmakers would move forward with a redistricting plan to counter the Republican-led map-drawing effort in Texas aimed at...
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The first step toward ending the US government shutdown has been made after a handful of Democrats and dozens of Republicans voted to advance legislation...
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Jenny O’Connell-Nowain in her home in Redding, California, on 4 February. O’Connell-Nowain was initially sentenced to three months in county jail for sitting on the...
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Key events Blanche attorney-general nomination stalls over Trump IRS lawsuit Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney-general...
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‘We do need Greenland, absolutely,” Donald Trump told the Atlantic on 5 January, with the hand-wavy follow-up, “We need it for defence.” His adviser Stephen...
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Public health resources across the US are failing to keep pace with the rapid growth of online gambling, problem health advocates warned, after Donald Trump...
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Trump threatens tariff on ‘countries that don’t go along with Greenland’ Speaking at the White House event, Donald Trump just threatened to impose tariffs on...
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Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by gunfire. A suspect was...
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Federal judge grants temporary restraining order, blocking mass firings of federal workers Judge Susan Illston has issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the firing of...
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Good morning. The UN has demanded that Israel’s investigations into unlawful killings in Gaza, including its “double-tap” bombing of Nasser hospital, which killed 20 people...
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It was Russia. It was Israel. Could it have been Iran? Or maybe it was a Covid booster. What about the Clintons? After US senator...
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Donald Trump-backed Pamela Evette, South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, and Alan Wilson, the state’s attorney general, have advanced to a runoff in a competitive race to...
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Illustration: Guardian Design/Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lawyers for Leon Black, the billionaire investor who has been accused in a civil lawsuit of raping...
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“American strength back on the world stage,” crowed the White House social media post: a curious remark, when the attached video showed the stars and...
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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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Republican congressman Thomas Massie has challenged Donald Trump over whether the US president is making a “last-ditch effort” to keep the full files on the...
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In a broadly-worded executive order issued Monday evening, Donald Trump declared “antifa”– the decentralized antifascist movement – as a “domestic terrorist organization”. With his order,...
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Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design Months before Antonio Gracias took a leading role in the “department of government efficiency’s” dismantling of the federal government, he was...
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Summary of the day so far Here is a summary of the latest developments: The Jimmy Kimmel Live! show has been indefinitely suspensded the after...
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According to Donald Trump’s White House, the US economy is booming, inflation is dead and jobs are surging. A blizzard of economic reports has cast...
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Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate...
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Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Closing summary We’re wrapping up this live coverage now but a...
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Protesters heckled the US president with pro-Palestinian slogans after he arrived at a restaurant in Washington DC. They chanted ‘Free Palestine. Trump is the Hitler...
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A recent graduate of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been held in an ICE processing center in Basile, Louisiana, for the...
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As an analysis of rightwing populism, Daniel Trilling’s argument works well enough (The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?, 18 April). We...
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Democrats moved to keep South Carolina as the first state to vote in their party’s 2028 presidential primary process, while moving up several other states,...
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European leaders arrive in Washington on Monday before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in a show of support for the...
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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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Democratic former Minnesota state house speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral on Saturday that was attended...
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Obama spokesperson dismisses ‘bizarre allegations’ from Trump and Gabbard as ‘ridiculous’ In a statement sent to reporters on Tuesday, a spokesperson for former president Barack...
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The Trump administration will eliminate all USAID (United States Agency for International Development) overseas positions worldwide by 30 September in a dramatic restructuring of remaining...
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The White House’s border czar, Tom Homan, announced on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was under way and he...
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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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As the adage goes: no plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy. Donald Trump entered the war with Iran with maximalist goals: eliminating...
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Donald Trump on Friday issued pardons to 11 men – two convicted fraudsters and nine charged with having violated the federal Clean Air Act by...
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Civil society and opposition groups in Eswatini have expressed outrage after the US deported five men to the country, with the largest opposition party calling...
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Closing summary This concludes out live coverage of the second Trump administration for the wek, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...
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Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting with...
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Will Donald Trump order a US military attack on Iran? That question captivated the world for the past two weeks, as the US president issued...
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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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The “racist hate speech” being used by Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with the country’s intensified crackdowns on migration, has led to...
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Key takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu press conference And that’s it, the press conference is over. Trump said he wanted to move to the second phase of...
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When Air Force One took off from Turkey after July’s Nato summit, almost everyone believed Donald Trump was on board … but he wasn’t. Jonathan...
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Bondi spars with Democratic senator over Epstein ‘client list’ Democratic senator Dick Durbin of Illinois grilled Pam Bondi as to why she made a public...
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Final New York mayoral debate begins Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa have taken the stage for a two-hour debate in Queens, New York,...
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after record breaking deployment After almost a year at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier has
USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after record breaking deployment After almost a year at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier has
