Donald Trump has said he sealed an agreement with Nato allies that will deliver Patriot missiles and other key arms to Ukraine – and warned...
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Donald Trump has said he sealed an agreement with Nato allies that will deliver Patriot missiles and other key arms to Ukraine – and warned...
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Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration “wants nothing less than $500m from Harvard” as a condition for restoring billions of dollars in federal...
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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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Donald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” that would settle the issue of Greenland after weeks of escalating threats has been met...
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Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s out-of-touch comments on grocery prices, the longest-ever government shutdown and a dramatic White House press conference on Ozempic. Seth Meyers...
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The European Commission is considering plans to delay parts of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, after intense pressure from businesses and Donald Trump’s administration. The...
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On Tuesday, Democrats won right, left and center. In purple Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, the staunchly anti-socialist former CIA official won handily over her Republican counterpart....
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The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on...
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Zohran Mamdani called out Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding in New York City. The remarks came during a campaign event in Queens on...
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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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Rightwing activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University in Utah. Kirk was about 20 minutes into...
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US airlines canceled 1,460 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) order to reduce air traffic because of the government...
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Late-night hosts unpacked the Trump administration’s continued attempts to distract from and underplay the Epstein files. Jimmy Kimmel It took barely a glance at Donald...
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The Trump administrations has threatened Harvard’s lucrative portfolio of patents amid its long-running dispute with the university, accusing it of breaching legal and contractual requirements...
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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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After the joy, the trepidation. Or at least the preparation. Democrats, along with many others around the world, cheered this week’s wins in a clutch...
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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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House committee releases image of ‘sickening’ Trump birthday note to Epstein Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I...
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GOP’s House-passed funding bill fails again in the Senate Earlier this afternoon, the Senate failed to advance Republicans’ stopgap funding bill once again in a...
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Before pleading “not guilty” at her first court hearing after she and her husband, Nicolás Maduro, were captured by US special forces, Cilia Flores made...
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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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Donald Trump warns in a video posted to Truth Social that combat operations in Iran are continuing and would carry on until all of Washington’s...
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A person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday has...
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On the morning of Columbia University’s commencement last week, an intergenerational group of Jewish alumni gathered in the rain outside the Manhattan campus’s heavily policed...
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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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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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Three members of Congress say the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during his Senate confirmation hearings in response to newly revealed emails...
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DC mayor: ‘this action today is unsettling and unprecedented’ Bowser says that her office plans to follow the law, and cooperate with the federal government....
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White House deletes Trump post after furious backlash and says it was ‘erroneously’ made by a staffer Following an intense backlash this morning, the White...
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Violent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...
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As we all know from history and the current news cycle, autocracy is bad. But it can also be boring. For every explosive confrontation in...
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He wanted to give the king’s speech. Donald Trump entered the US House chamber on Tuesday like a medieval monarch, with Republicans lined up eager...
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Ice says it arrested 11 Iranian nationals Federal immigration agents arrested 11 Iranian nationals during and after the weekend, authorities said on Tuesday. All were...
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Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser, is one of the most influential people in...
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The suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members on Wednesday was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, a man from Afghanistan living in Bellingham, Wash, FBI director...
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The US will have complete, uncontested control of Iranian airspace within days, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, declared Wednesday, saying Iran “cannot outlast” American military...
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After taking six months to conclude that Vladimir Putin may not be a kindred transactional authoritarian leader but an ideological nationalist seeking the return of...
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The two agents who fatally shot a man in Minneapolis over the weekend have been on administrative leave since Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security...
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Immigration agents appeared on Sunday at the Texas home of the family of Any Lucia López Belloza, the 19-year-old college student who was recently deported...
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NY AG Letitia James on her indictment: a ‘desperate weaponization of our justice system’ New York state attorney general Letitia James sent out this statement...
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As Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali...
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Bill Thompson, fast food worker in Missouri Photograph: Courtesy of Missouri Workers Center Being sick is a costly business for Bill Thompson, who worked in...
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Six weeks ago, Alex Winter was on stage at the first night of previews for Waiting for Godot – the latest Broadway revival of Samuel...
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Federal appeals court moves to reconsider ruling in Trump’s favor on Portland troop deployment A decision in Donald Trump’s favor by a three-judge panel issued...
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The Trump administration has codified its efforts to strip some Americans of their US citizenship in a recently published justice department memo that directs attorneys...
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The family of a Costa Rican man who was deported from the United States in a vegetative state and died shortly after arriving back in...
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Wearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be...
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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 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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Trump announces he will send national guard to Memphis, with Chicago ‘probably next’ Donald Trump announced he will deploy the national guard to Memphis during...
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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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Former Trump adviser turned adversary, John Bolton, surrenders at federal courthouse following criminal charges John Bolton, the former ally and national security adviser to Donald...
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Donald Trump’s second presidency has led to allegations of pervasive self-dealing. From the acceptance of a luxury jet from the state of Qatar, to the...
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Donald Trump has warned he could cut financial aid to Argentina if his ally Javier Milei loses crucial legislative elections later this month. “If he...
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Donald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is...
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A nearly blind Burmese refugee who was abandoned by border patrol agents has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, city officials confirmed. Nurul Amin...
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Donald Trump has floated the idea of ending the filibuster – a procedural technique in Congress that allows a minority of senators to block legislation...
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After spending weeks accusing Nigeria’s government of failing to tackle the persecution of Christians, Donald Trump announced a series of strikes on the west African...
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Suspect in Colorado attack told police he researched for a year and targeted ‘Zionist group’ – AP The FBI have said the man charged in...
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It is both sad and ironic that, 250 years after the revolt against George III, the British monarchy is teaching its former colony lessons about...
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Trump issues tariff letters to six more countries But before he meets with west African leaders, Donald Trump is now announcing more trade notices to...
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Dozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood. The...
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Donald Trump has said he regrets not getting the US national guard to seize voting machines after his 2020 election defeat ended his first presidency,...
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Your editorial (The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist, 10 January) highlights research by Prof...
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Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein ‘cover-up’ and calls for public testimony Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
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Senior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered VA physicians and scientists not to publish in medical journals or speak with the...
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Throughout Bad Bunny’s mesmerizing performance during the Super Bowl, the word “America” kept expanding, like an accordion, stretching out to embrace people of all nationalities....
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Joe Biden has criticized Republicans for turning transgender rights into a “political football” in a speech that the former US president delivered at an LGBTQ+...
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Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it...
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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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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day, on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 attack on...
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20m in damages from Trump administration Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in college campus protests against Israel’s war on...
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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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Authorities in Michigan are investigating after multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, police said on Saturday. The Michigan state police said...
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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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If you were hoping Jennifer Lawrence might be able to tell you who to vote for and why, you’re in for some disappointment. “I don’t...
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The justice department has sued the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary city immigration policies, making it the latest locality to face legal threats as...
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It is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed...
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Marco Rubio will deliver a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran at the White House on Tuesday as Washington deploys its largest force...
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Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos across US...
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A US government order to make drastic cuts in commercial air traffic amid the government shutdown has taken effect, with major airports across the country...
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Elon Musk mocks Trump’s claim Epstein files are a hoax In a series of posts on his social media platform X, Elon Musk mocked Donald...
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The draft trade agreement with China announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday would ease concerns from top US military suppliers about rare-earth metals and magnets...
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Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in...
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The US Senate approved a major government funding package on Friday, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending...
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Survivors, lawmakers and watchdog groups accused Donald Trump’s justice department of withholding records it is legally required to release following the disclosure of millions of...
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Donald Trump on Friday advocated for the death penalty in the killing of his close associate Charlie Kirk, as the widow of the rightwing activist...
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Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct payments...
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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to allow cryptocurrency and other alternative assets like private equity and real estate to be...
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Letitia James pushes back against ‘powerful voices trying to silence truth’ Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I am Tom Ambrose and...
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Donald Trump seems determined to have a military confrontation with Venezuela. He has deployed a massive military arsenal in and around the Caribbean Sea and...
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Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years....
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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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Tom Homan, the White House border czar, said about 700 federal agents would leave Minnesota, a large drop in agents on the ground but still...
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Texas Republicans set to approve Trump-backed new congressional map after lengthy fight Texas Republicans on Wednesday will take up a new state congressional map intended...
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A manager for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election bid has abandoned a high-profile lawsuit against the Daily Beast, 10 months after complaining the news outlet...
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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the week, but we will be back on Monday. Here are the...
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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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Democratic congresswoman criticizes Trump’s comments about a third term Rashida Tlaib, Michigan’s Democratic representative, has criticized comments from Steve Bannon after the former White House...
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The US customs agency is preparing a system that will be ready to process refunds on billions of dollars of illegally collected tariffs in 45...
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One glance at the logo of the Board of Peace tells you all you need to know. It is the globe and laurels of the...
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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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Four Democratic attorneys general, sitting in their offices from New York to California with state flags and books behind them, announced a new lawsuit on...
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A joint US-Israeli operation that appeared to use nuclear negotiations as cover. Gulf leaders courting Donald Trump as he decided to launch a major Middle...
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Donald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding...
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Donald Trump on Sunday issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release hostages...
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I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you today. The bad news is, well, everything. As you may have noticed, the world...
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Joseph Tirrell was reaching the end of a vacation on 11 July, and watching TV at home. He checked his email on his phone and...
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After days of deliberations that went late into the night on Tuesday, the Senate passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts megabill, taking the...
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Donald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks on Iran, citing “new intelligence” to support its initial claim of complete success...
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Judge permanently bars DoJ from releasing Jack Smith’s report on Trump documents In a ruling on Monday, US federal judge Aileen Cannon permanently prohibited the...
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Video filmed from inside Ecuador’s consulate in Minneapolis shows an ICE agent trying to enter the building but being prevented by consulate staffers, according to...
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Speaking from a Jerusalem bomb shelter last week as Iran and Israel exchanged fire, a New York state senator posted a video message to New...
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Donald Trump said on Friday night he was “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to...
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Anaís Robles didn’t expect to get teargassed. The co-owner of Colibrí Cafe, the coffee shop that opened this year in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood, saw...
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Sucking up to Donald Trump never works for long. Narendra Modi is the latest world leader to learn this lesson the hard way. Wooing his...
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A flight carrying immigrants deported from the US has landed in Eswatini, the homeland security department announced, in a move that follows the supreme court...
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Ontario premier issues pause of advert criticizing Trump tariffs Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, said that he has spoken with Canadian prime minister Mark...
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun a partial shutdown, after funding for the much-criticized agency expired, with a range of services, including domestic flights...
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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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White House would back forensic analysis of signature on Epstein letter Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics amid the ongoing...
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The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected...
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The Trump administration is embracing an intimidation strategy to silence critical media coverage. Here’s how it works: a federal agency launches a pretextual investigation into...
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A few months ago, I was at a playground just a couple of blocks from our home in Washington DC, when a mom I barely...
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The Senate has confirmed 48 of Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of...
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Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, spent $1.2m of taxpayers’ money per day to open and operate the notorious immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz, court...
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The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his...
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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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Donald Trump has signed an order to raise fees for the H-1B visa to $100,000 in what could be a major blow to the US...
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Donald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally...
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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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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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Ralph Abraham, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director, has stepped down, the agency said on Monday, announcing the exit of...
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Petition to trigger House vote on release of Epstein files reaches required total Shortly after Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of...
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Democratic members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday demanded that Republicans summon attorney general Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel and their deputies for...
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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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Good morning. It looks like the bromance between Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is over. Maybe for good. Last night an exasperated...
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Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is piling pressure on US factories, according to employees and union leaders, as veteran workers from overseas are forced to...
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Two days before the New York mayoral election, Michael Lange made a big electoral prediction – not just of who would win overall, or in...
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Closing summary This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day, on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 attack on...
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The mayor of Chicago has signed an executive order outlining how the city will attempt to resist Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Brandon Johnson pushed back...
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Jimmy Kimmel emerged as more popular than Donald Trump after a spat with the president’s administration temporarily left the talkshow host off the air in...
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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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Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the...
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The California governor, Gavin Newsom, called the potential deployment of US marines in his state “deranged” after the secretary of defense threatened the use of...
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It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do...
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On the first Tuesday of November, Americans will decide whether to keep Congress under Donald Trump’s control, or hand power to the Democrats. The first...
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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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The firings of hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been reversed, according to several reports citing officials familiar with the...
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ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show over Charlie Kirk comments after FCC chair threatens fines ABC bowed to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission on...
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Late-night hosts took aim at JD Vance over his unusual birthday demand and Donald Trump over his disastrous tariffs. Stephen Colbert On The Late Show,...
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Donald Trump’s threat to take control of Greenland “one way or the other” has left the territory and its sovereign power Denmark reeling and the...
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In one suburb of Minneapolis, the superintendent spends each school day driving to her district’s schools to track federal agents. Across the metro, in another...
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Judicial opinions allowing the government to suppress speech in the name of national security rarely stand the test of time. But time has been unusually...
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A US district judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore legal services for potentially thousands of migrant families after officials violated a historic settlement...
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She was now one of the family. When Donald Trump addressed supporters in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, in early December, he asked: “Susie Trump – do...
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In 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population...
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Dozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists...
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Good morning. A federal trade court has ruled Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs regime illegal, a dramatic twist that could block the president’s controversial global trade...
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Utah governor says authorities have ‘a person of interest in custody’ The governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said at a news conference on the...
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If you want a bellwether to measure the broad impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the economy, look south, to Georgia. The political swing state...
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Millions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize...
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House Republicans face tight deadline to slash foreign aid and public broadcasting The House of Representatives is expected to vote today on Donald Trump’s $9bn...
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Eric Adams, possible resident of New Jersey and mayor of New York City, is a man of many talents. He is the city’s “most famous...
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Violent acts and threats at some ‘No Kings’ protests around the US A man intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpepper,...
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The New Orleans mayor, LaToya Cantrell, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on corruption charges involving a purported romance with her former bodyguard....
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European Council pledges to back Ukraine in joint statement on Trump-Putin summit The European Council have released a joint statement by the French president, Emmanuel...
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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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On Thursday night, late night-hosts celebrated Kristi Noem’s firing, criticized Maga’s handling of the war in Iran and raised an eyebrow to Robert F Kennedy...
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US supreme court announces funding will run out this weekend The US supreme court is expected to run out of federal funding on Saturday, according...
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The US supreme court on Tuesday appeared poised to uphold laws banning transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in two conservative states,...
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As US regulators restrict Covid mRNA vaccines and as independent vaccine advisers re-examine the shots, scientists fear that an unlikely target could be next: cancer...
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Democratic lawmakers on Friday released documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that may show interactions between the disgraced financier and prominent conservatives, including Elon...
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The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on...
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1. Tensions continued to rise between Cuomo and Mamdani The debate made clear that the most heated rivalry was between Cuomo and Mamdani. From the...
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First responders brief Trump in Kerr county Donald Trump was greeted in Kerrville, Texas, by Governor Greg Abbott. The president is there to observe recovery...
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The justice department has sued the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary city immigration policies, making it the latest locality to face legal threats as...
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With the prime minister’s Churchillian claims that “the front line is here”, the public might expect a military posture that meets the drama of the...
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The new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over...
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The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said Nato allies were “very close, almost near consensus” to an agreement to significantly raise targets for defence spending...
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A huge defense policy bill, revealed by US lawmakers on Sunday, does not include a provision that would have provided broad healthcare coverage for in...
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With Donald Trump back in office for a year, it seems increasingly clear what his motto should be: “Who you gonna believe, me or your...
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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 president, vice-president and members of Congress have begun calling for the government to investigate progressive organizations in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder,...
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Gavin Newsom has stumbled upon the perfect slogan for his likely upcoming presidential campaign: “Strong and Wrong.” In a recent interview, California’s governor said Americans...
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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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Freed from Ice detention days earlier, Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil stood just outside the gates of Columbia University to renew his commitment to the...
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Marco Rubio impostor using AI to contact multiple senior officials – report An unknown fraudster has used artificial intelligence to impersonate the US secretary of...
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Closing summary We’re wrapping up our live coverage for the day, but we’ll be back on Tuesday. Here is a summary of today’s developments: Donald...
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Schumer says Senate Democrats will force vote on Trump’s tariffs on Canada Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will force the chamber to vote...
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Bernie Sanders, the venerable democratic socialist senator from Vermont, was not in a mood to pull punches. “Trump is undermining our democracy and rapidly moving...
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It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address. Surrounded by Christmas trees and garlands before a fireplace, Donald Trump on Wednesday gave...
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Donald Trump fired Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, late on Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert...
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Two national guard members were shot near the White House in what officials described as a targeted attack, and the suspect was in custody after...
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Democrats will retake the US House’s majority in the 2026 midterm elections, the chamber’s former speaker Nancy Pelosi has confidently predicted – and she hopes...
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In the run-up to last month’s mayoral election in Dayton, Ohio, candidate Shenise Turner-Sloss found herself up against it. Her opponent, mayor Jeffrey Mims, was...
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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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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Nick Robins-Early Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple...
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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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Randy “Duke” Cunningham, whose feats as a US navy flying ace during the Vietnam war catapulted him to a House of Representatives career that ended...
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Democrats have erupted in a storm of outrage over the passage of the Donald Trump’s budget bill, delivering scathing critiques that offered signs of the...
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Democratic lawmakers, led by the senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth and the representative Mike Quigley, are demanding answers about how Donald Trump’s immigration policies...
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Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot people at a pro-LGBTQ+ parade, to avenge the murder of Charlie Kirk....
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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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Law enforcement officers in California opened fire Thursday night at a vehicle that authorities say attempted to back into the entrance of the US Coast...
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On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles central public library bustled with nearly 100 people making zines: small, DIY magazines made out of a...
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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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Donald Trump proclaimed his first year in office a success at the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, even as his presidency is...
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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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Hamas accepts some elements of Trump’s Gaza plan but says others require further negotiations As we get more from Hamas’s statement trickling in, the group...
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Federal immigration agents have been involved in a sharp rise in shootings in recent months, coinciding with the Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts. Under...
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The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful...
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It is time to unfurl the “Mission Accomplished” banner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Paramount Global, the parent of CBS Television, has agreed to...
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“That’s the tactic they use,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island senator, pondering whether Donald Trump might attach his name to the John F Kennedy...
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Supercharged by billions in dollars from Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hired thousands of new officers to carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation...
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This is the third Gulf war and umpteenth outbreak of conflict since the United States took over as the dominant power and influence in the
This is the third Gulf war and umpteenth outbreak of conflict since the United States took over as the dominant power and influence in the
