US airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of...
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Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday....
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‘Call them out, call their employer’: Vance urges people to go hard against anyone ‘justifying or celebrating’ Kirk’s killing Rachel Leingang To close out as...
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The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said he had apologised to the US president, Donald Trump, over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told the...
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Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a trio of executive orders that he vowed would turn the United States into an “AI export powerhouse”, including one...
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Tyler Robinson appears in virtual court appearance Tyler Robinson is now appearing for his first, virtual court appearance from the Utah jail where he is...
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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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Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime...
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Donald Trump quietly pardoned on Tuesday a sports and entertainment executive, Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own justice department this year. Leiweke,...
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The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, announced on Sunday that he is abandoning his faltering bid to win re-election, just over a month...
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Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA, Washington Post reports Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and I...
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The House oversight committee on Tuesday issued subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as several former attorneys general and directors of the FBI,...
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France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem...
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A pregnant physician who was denied a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the Trump administration alongside a group of leading doctors associations, charging that the administration...
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Summary Donald Trump declined to deliver a message of national unity when he addressed tens of thousands of people gathered for the memorial to honor...
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Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of the late progressive congressman Raúl Grijalva, won a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat left open when her...
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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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Pope Leo XIV, born in Dolton, Illinois, and a White Sox baseball fan, has been anointed by Chicagoans as the “South Side Pope”, appearing via...
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Trump in situation room with Hegseth and Caine amid Iran attack on US bases – report Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine and Secretary Pete...
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Justice department to send federal monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey The justice department announced on Friday that it intends to send...
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Top Republicans are portraying Donald Trump as a “big-hearted president” who is desperate to reopen the US government, even as he delays food assistance funding...
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Trump administration to sue Gavin Newsom over California’s new redistricting maps The Trump administration is suing California governor Gavin Newsom after the state adopted new...
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White House ups federal law enforcement at tourist hot spots in Washington, DC Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom...
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Donald Trump said on Monday morning that he would rule out running for the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an unorthodox approach that some...
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Three days into its immigration crackdown in Maine, the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had arrested “more than 100...
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Hasan Piker calls it the bus driver test: “You get on a bus and you have 30 seconds to explain whatever online phenomena took place...
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Two videos have surfaced shedding light on what is happening behind closed doors at a New York federal building where people are being confined after...
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When he showed up to work on 27 June, Mike Gordon was having one of the best weeks of his career. Gordon, a federal prosecutor...
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Republican senators indicate they won’t confirm Paul Ingrassia to special counsel role Some Republican senators have said they don’t support Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to lead...
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State department plans mass layoffs with cuts to nearly 1,800 staff Andrew Roth The US state department has announced that it plans to move forward...
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Edwin Torres DeSantiago received a text message on Wednesday morning as he was tracking immigration enforcement across Minneapolis – a person was shot by ICE...
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Donald Trump told reporters he doesn’t understand why his supporters are so interested in the ‘sordid, but boring’ crimes of the late sex offender Jeffrey...
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Trump pays tribute to Charlie Kirk Donald Trump is addressing the tens of thousands of people attending the memorial. The president says America is a...
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A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court...
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For decades, a line of storefronts in Jeffersonville, Ohio, a town of 1,200 people 40 minutes south-west of Columbus, lay empty. But now locals are...
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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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Trump says he will meet Putin in Alaska next week Donald Trump said he plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday, 15 August....
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On 24 January, Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents while he was helping another civilian in Minneapolis who had been knocked to the ground...
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Was it his charisma, communication skills or his captivating short-form videos? His high-profile endorsements or his clothing style? These elements were said to have contributed...
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President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after...
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The Trump administration’s clemency drive is coming under scrutiny after the justice department this week replaced pardons posted online that bore strikingly similar copies of...
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The US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a $901bn bill setting policy for the Pentagon, sending the big piece of legislation to the...
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Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states over concerns about...
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Minnesota governor Tim Walz appealed to Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from Minnesota on Sunday, a day after US border patrol officers shot and...
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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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When Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill arrived in the Senate in late May, its problems seemed unending. It was Trump’s top legislative priority, and...
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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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‘My party crossed a line,’ Fetterman says of decision to splinter from Democrats over government shutdown John Fetterman – the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania who...
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Trump calls Musk’s new political party ‘ridiculous’ and says Tesla owner is ‘off the rails’ Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the...
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Elon Musk further criticizes Trump’s spending bill, saying a new one should be drafted Elon Musk, who only days ago left his role in Donald...
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial board described the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities as “a military occupation”. Local leaders have used...
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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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When a team of scientists embarked two years ago on a $1m landmark study of Iowa’s persistent water-quality problems, they knew that the findings would...
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Donald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard to Chicago, the White House confirmed on Saturday, even as a federal judge blocked his administration...
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Trump poised to send scores of federal agents to San Francisco Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
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The Wisconsin judge convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers has resigned. Hannah Dugan was convicted on 19 December and faced calls...
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Donald Trump on Monday ordered the approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other...
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has accused Donald Trump and his administration of turning the Department of Justice into “personal attack dogs against their political...
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Is Donald Trump OK? Recently, he’s looked tired. His famous fake tan is a bit more sallow than usual and seems painted on more thickly...
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A British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant...
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We in the rest of the world have had to hear a lot – such a lot – about what this US government and its...
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Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City soon after midnight in a private ceremony in an abandoned beaux-arts subway station –...
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Americans have long glorified their constitution and the rule of law. But Donald Trump’s volatile and vindictive presidency has increasingly replaced that philosophy with something...
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The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation”,...
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He spent the twilight of his career denouncing Donald Trump as a threat to the republic he loved. But Dick Cheney arguably laid the foundations...
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Even while on holiday at his Florida resort, Donald Trump has refused to take a break from his unrelenting war on wind energy. Late Tuesday,...
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The first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from...
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A young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for...
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‘They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing,’ Donald Trump said after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was breached on Tuesday. But the US...
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To many observers, Donald Trump’s open bellicosity – his threats to attack Greenland and Iran, and his recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro –...
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The Trump administration on Tuesday said it had paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European...
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The Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings. “Killing cartel...
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Donald Trump has cancelled plans for a deployment of federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders...
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He grew up on a farm in Indiana, the son of a factory worker and eldest of five children. He studied at Liberty, a Christian...
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Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is...
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The Senate on Tuesday gave swift approval to legislation that will force the release of investigative files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, following...
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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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After Donald Trump’s justice department failed on Friday to release all documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as required by law, multiple Congress...
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Donald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up...
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California lawmakers on Friday approved a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark healthcare expansion for low-income adult immigrants without...
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Several US federal agencies on Tuesday began blaming Democrats for an impending government shutdown at midnight in a move that experts say appears to violate...
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