By rolling back a bedrock climate legal determination, the Trump administration has undercut its attacks on a groundbreaking state climate accountability law, green groups have...
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By rolling back a bedrock climate legal determination, the Trump administration has undercut its attacks on a groundbreaking state climate accountability law, green groups have...
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The Florida legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that Donald...
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Stanford University will cut $140m from its budget in the coming academic year, citing “consequences from federal policy changes” including “reductions in federal research support...
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Newsom accuses Trump of directing DOJ to investigate him California governor Gavin Newsom has accused Donald Trump of directing the US justice department to investigate...
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Matt Mahan, the centrist Democrat and mayor of San Jose, announced on Thursday that he would run for governor of California, joining a sprawling but...
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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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Every morning, Alicia Mercado makes the 50-minute drive from her home in Columbus to Springfield, where she runs the Adasa Latin Market store. She opened...
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The final drops of water have been added, and the nanobubbler switched on. Donald Trump’s “beautiful” makeover of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, one of...
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By the early 1980s, the Democratic party was facing a crossroads. The 1980 landslide election of Ronald Reagan, who clenched the presidency with a whopping...
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US government shuts down as midnight deadline passes The US government has officially shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after congressional...
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Donald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence...
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The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accused Democrats of being “not serious” in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown, while the Democratic leader accused...
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The United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Pentagon said...
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Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. The mandatory...
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On a Sunday in late March, dozens of White House staffers dressed in florals and pastels gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia...
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Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of those convicted in connection to the January 6 insurrection raised eyebrows last year, but more recently his pardons have appeared...
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A major housing bill has automatically become law without Donald Trump’s signature, after the president said he would refuse to sign the legislation because Congress...
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The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to...
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Soul-searching within the Democratic party is to be expected after its loss in the 2024 election. Donald Trump’s edge over Kamala Harris in voters’ perceptions...
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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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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday designating fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” – classifying the synthetic opioid not only a lethal...
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove, a top justice department official and former defense attorney for Donald Trump, to a lifetime seat on a...
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Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a “little...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Robert Reich Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is...
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In Syria, where I worked during the years of Bashar al-Assad’s terror, people were often taken away to torture cells before dawn by masked men....
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Mass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on Democrat lawmakers to end a government shutdown. The White House...
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On the day Donald Trump endorsed him as a tireless advocate for New Jersey’s seventh district, the representative Tom Kean Jr was, as he has...
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For generations they have borne the mantle of strength and authority inherited from J Edgar Hoover’s Depression-era G-men, a label supposedly affixed after the arrest...
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As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, marking the official birth of the new nation, it is worth remembering...
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The Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors, AP sources say The Pentagon was aware there were survivors after a September attack on a boat in...
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Thousands have joined an economic blackout for International Workers’ Day, as part of 3,500 “May Day Strong” events across the country. Organizers have called for...
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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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When Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, she said sanctuary cities had made her job hard. “Sanctuary cities do...
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Trump threatens Iran with further attacks if Hormuz does not reopen within 48 hours Donald Trump has posted this on Truth Social in the past...
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Donald Trump made a series of false and baseless claims in Pennsylvania on Tuesday during a speech that was billed as an address on affordability,...
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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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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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Robert F Kennedy’s “clean sweep” of a critical vaccine advisory panel spread shock and dismay among health experts, as many warned the health secretary’s decision...
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Nothing is going according to plan for the Trump administration. The big, beautiful bill, originally vaunted to save the US taxpayer at least $2tn, so...
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A federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence...
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Donald Trump has pardoned a woman who ended up imprisoned for fraud a second time after he afforded her clemency during his first presidency. Adriana...
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Democratic senator Mark Kelly has said he refuses to be intimidated after US president Donald Trump accused a group of Democrats of “seditious behaviour punishable...
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Texas governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the department of public safety to arrest and return any House member who had left the state and...
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Trump prepares fresh tariffs on dozens of countries, FT reports President Donald Trump is poised to unleash fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon...
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Kevin Warsh, the former Federal Reserve governor chosen by Donald Trump to lead the central bank, has submitted financial disclosures that suggest he holds assets...
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The Trump administration does not have to reinstate materials related to climate change, immigration and slavery that it has removed from national parks, a US...
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James Comey made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday after the justice department indicted him over a social media post in a renewed bid...
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Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect...
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Trump calls again on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates Donald Trump has – once again – called on Jerome Powell, the...
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New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained for several hours after being arrested at an immigration court. Lander, the city’s chief...
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Trump calls any Jewish person voting for Mamdani ‘stupid’ and continues election day posts The president continues to weigh in on the off-cycle election races...
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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and Donald Trump had a ‘productive’ meeting in the Oval Office. The president repeatedly stepped in to...
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Donald Trump has wielded the full might of his administration to crush the progress of clean energy, which he has called a “scam” and “stupid”....
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Former US senator Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of...
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Donald Trump announced on Friday he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as he celebrated a “blockbuster” agreement for Japan-based Nippon Steel’s...
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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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A measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to the desk of the governor, Greg Abbott, on Wednesday, setting...
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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 the kind of cold, damp morning that makes it hard to get out of bed, much less get a child out the door....
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The US health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has fended off an attack by conservative firebrand and Donald Trump influencer Laura...
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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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Rightwing politicians and media issued grave warnings about Zohran Mamdani. The election of the democratic socialist would, according to some, cause a spike in crime,...
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The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week...
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Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news...
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A last-minute provision in the federal spending bill heavily restricting hemp-derived products such as CBD and THC drinks could lead some Republicans to vote against...
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More trade announcements expected as Trump defends tariffs Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics today. Donald Trump said there would...
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With nearly all polls closed across Texas on Tuesday evening, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state representative James Talarico were locked in a fiercely contested and...
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Donald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for...
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Donald Trump accused China of interfering with the 2020 election in a primetime televised address that laid bare his continuing obsession with his defeat to...
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The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding...
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A video of a US military strike on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors of the initial attack has said he would not...
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US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration...
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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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The sudden death over the weekend of the South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham is predictably inspiring a slew of tributes to the four-term Republican senator....
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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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Donald Trump has nominated the hospitality executive Scott Socha – whose company once sued to claim trademark rights to the name “Yosemite National Park” –...
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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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Barack Obama publicly gave his support to demonstrators in Minneapolis for standing up to the “unprecedented nature” of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation...
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Donald Trump has signed an executive order making it easier to fire thousands of the best-paid workers in the US government aspart of a broader...
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Federal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the...
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On Sunday the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is set to be hailed by Donald Trump as a martyr of the Make America Great Again...
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National guard troops arrive in LA National guard troops have arrived in Los Angeles, according to footage broadcast by news network ABC7. The video showed...
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Last November, Donald Trump made a solemn vow to all Americans: “Every citizen, I will fight for you, your family and your future every single...
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British journalist Sami Hamdi was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal immigration authorities at San Francisco international airport, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations...
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Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed Trump administration rule...
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Civil liberties advocates are warning that the Trump administration’s decision to strip visas from at least six foreign nationals over social media posts about Charlie...
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Every time Donald Trump has run for president, he has vowed to drain the swamp in Washington. But ever since he returned to the White...
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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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Texas could become the hottest battleground state in the country, if the results of both Republican and Democratic primaries are anything to go by. Democrat...
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The Fourth of July marks a momentous occasion for the US – 250 years of independence – but somehow Donald Trump has managed to make...
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“I feel so betrayed and so angry. This is not what I voted for.” “This cemented permanent deep state power.” “I’m concerned about being able...
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Deal or no deal?Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and...
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Trump promises firings, cuts to Democrats’ ‘favorite projects’ if shutdown continues Donald Trump on Thursday said firings of federal workers and cuts to projects could...
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Viktor Orbán’s electoral loss was a slap in the face for Donald Trump and JD Vance, who had enthusiastically endorsed Europe’s most visible autocrat but...
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Trump breaks with Marjorie Taylor Greene, urging primary challenge Donald Trump turned on his former close ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene, denouncing the Maga congresswoman in...
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For Michael Scurr, a volunteer at the National Archives in Kew, west London, it was “just a boring old Thursday morning” when he sat down...
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The people who tried to overturn the 2020 election have more power than ever – and they plan to use it. Bolstered by the president,...
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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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Trump set to welcome Colombian president to White House for talks Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I...
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Donald Trump has claimed that he cancelled a second wave of attacks on Venezuela because it was cooperating with the US on oil infrastructure and...
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On the day Donald Trump endorsed him as a tireless advocate for New Jersey’s seventh district, the representative Tom Kean Jr was, as he has...
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Early this month, a single pen stroke effectively ended representative Steve Cohen’s career in Congress. The man who has represented Memphis for 19 years will...
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Donald Trump has warned that Iran must come to the table to negotiate a deal over its nuclear programme or face the possibility of airstrikes...
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Zohran Mamdani vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city...
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The second episode of South Park’s abrupt 28th season was meant to air this past Wednesday (the immediately preceding season 27 was just five episodes)...
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Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, warned on Sunday that he was about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for...
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The US supreme court has given the Trump administration a green light to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, in a decision that fundamentally...
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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging companies and institutions to cut ties with Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers after documents released...
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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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Trump says he has directed attorney general to seek release of Epstein grand jury testimony Minutes after announcing that he intends to sue the Wall...
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The Republican senator Bill Cassidy lost his primary on Saturday, as voters in Louisiana opted instead to advance two challengers to a runoff election after...
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The US is set to lose between $7bn and $14bn as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to the congressional budget office....
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Rolex is facing scrutiny over its “concerning” decision to host Donald Trump in the Swiss watchmaker’s corporate box at the US Open final earlier this...
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Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, hauled his family into a van for a wholesome, seven-month trek across the nation, which was filmed for an...
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Can the Democratic party once again become a force to be reckoned with in Florida? That seemingly implausible question surfaced last Tuesday in the wake...
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Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, which will eviscerate the living standards, healthcare and aspirations of his white, working-class base, conclusively draws the curtain down...
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To sceptics, Donald Trump’s war in Iran is a hubristic blunder that could spiral further out of control and bring catastrophe to the world. To...
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Oregon lawmakers demand ICE leave Portland after shooting Federal, state and local lawmakers representing Portland have issued statements condemning the shooting of two people by...
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The Trump administration will temporarily pause the removal of refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a spiraling Ebola outbreak, according to...
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Trump doubles down on baseless claims that mail-ballots are ‘corrupt’ In his press conference with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump has spent a chunk...
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The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included...
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In an interview on Monday, CNN’s Boris Sanchez asked Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, whether Donald Trump intended to abide by...
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A man approached Ilhan Omar, a US representative, during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, sprayed an unidentified liquid in her direction and shouted at...
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Virginia’s supreme court on Friday ruled that the state cannot use new congressional maps approved by voters to help Democrats gain as many as four...
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An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilization” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official said...
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Nearly a year into parenting, I’ve relied on advice and tricks to keep my baby alive and entertained. For the most part, he’s been agile...
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A group of Democrats accused by Donald Trump of “seditious behavior” have said that the US president is using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
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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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As questions still swirl about the six people found dead inside a baking-hot railway car in Texas, immigration advocates warn that the US is about...
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Political writer and commentator Jack Schlossberg has said it was “disgusting, desperate and dangerous” for actor Julia Fox to wear a Halloween costume evoking the...
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Elon Musk has expressed contrition for some of his tweets about Donald Trump last week, in an apparent effort to retreat from an explosive falling...
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Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220m as settlement to Trump administration Columbia University announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with...
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Trump and Powell clash on camera over Federal Reserve renovation cost Donald Trump just attempted to ambush Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, during his...
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Trump: Powell doing ‘a terrible job’ but will ‘make a change in eight months’ when his term ends Trump was asked about his alleged plans...
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Late-night hosts tore into Donald Trump’s intimidation tactics at the supreme court hearing on birthright citizenship and another judge’s order to halt construction of his...
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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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Victor Marx wins Republican primary for Colorado governor The Associated Press reports that Victor Marx, a marines veteran and self-described “high-risk missionary”, whose extraordinary claims...
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Perhaps the most revealing post-mortem on Republicans’ election night meltdown came from the vice-president, JD Vance. After a night that saw Democratic governors elected in...
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Donald Trump’s call for allies to send ships to the strait of Hormuz to protect commercial shipping vessels and unblock global oil supplies has met...
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The Senate voted on Tuesday to debate a sweeping restrictive voting bill that would require proof of US citizenship for new voters, among other measures....
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The US treasury department demanded on Friday that the Financial Times (FT) retract a report on treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s views on the Federal Reserve,...
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A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local...
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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 resignation of Joe Kent, a senior counter-terrorism official who spoke out against the US war in Iran, took a dramatic turn on Wednesday with...
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The US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies...
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In a break with Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Congress approved a funding bill for multiple key government agencies and institutions in January. Some of those...
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On Friday, moments after a federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration needs to fully fund Snap food aid payments, the White House turned to...
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OpenAI made a surprise announcement this week – not an update to ChatGPT or another multibillion-dollar datacenter – but a policy paper that called for...
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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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Donald Trump has told G7 leaders gathered for its summit in Canada that removing Russia from the former G8 was a mistake, and is lobbying...
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Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister who has been leading the nuclear talks for the Iranian delegation, promised that Iran’s army would “teach aggressors the...
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Schumer rejects Trump’s claim that bipartisan shutdown negotiations are under way Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with Democrats...
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Donald Trump has pardoned a woman who ended up imprisoned for fraud a second time after he afforded her clemency during his first presidency. Adriana...
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The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above...
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Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and legal US resident who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) following his pro-Palestinian activism,...
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US secretary of state Marco Rubio headed to Israel on Sunday amid tensions with US allies in the Middle East over Israel’s strike on Hamas...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral...
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The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of...
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In the fast-escalating national arms race over redistricting, Utah has emerged as an unexpected and potentially pivotal battleground. The campaign began in Texas, where Donald...
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The US representative Ilhan Omar in her office in Washington DC, on 12 December 2025. Photograph: Caroline Gutman/The Guardian “That’s Teddy,” said Tim Mynett, husband...
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Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald...
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The Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald
The Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald
