Trump calls Senate bill a ‘very big victory’ in Arlington cemetery remarks The president has congratulated House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John...
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The internet blackout across Iran is meant to prevent protests from spreading, and observers from witnessing the crackdown on them. But it’s also emblematic of...
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White House officials and attorneys for Washington DC have agreed to scale back the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department. Under an agreement...
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A day after Texas Democrat lawmakers fled the state in an effort to halt Republican efforts to redraw their congressional map, Donald Trump said that...
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US inflation moderated in January to 2.4%, an easing after Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered price fluctuations last year. Prices rose 0.2% from December to January,...
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J Randy Taraborrelli has already written five books on the Kennedy family but his sixth, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, is his first that’s directly about...
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US president Donald Trump suggested that TV networks which cover him ‘negatively’ could be punished by the government, after celebrating ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy...
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Senator Bernie Sanders introduces resolution to stop arms sales to Israel Senator Bernie Sanders just spoke on the Senate floor in support of two resolutions...
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On Tuesday, we learned that the US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 84. Tributes flooded in from political figures...
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Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has called Donald Trump a “stone cold liar”, condemned the federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “theater” and “madness”...
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Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with...
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Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill after weeks of negotiations, bringing Donald Trump’s megabill one step closer to enactment. The...
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Sam Rasoul, the Virginia Democrat who is currently the longest-serving Muslim state lawmaker in the US and who faced accusations of antisemitism over language condemning...
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Despite Trump’s claim, US intelligence briefed senators on Monday that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, Warner says Despite Donald Trump’s recent claim that...
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Brad Lander arrest ‘political intimidation’, says AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called the arrest of Brad Lander “political intimidation”. The Democratic congresswomen wrote on social media:...
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It is a world turned upside down. In his first year in office, Donald Trump has bullied Ukraine, bombed Iran and toppled the leader of...
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Bowser says she ‘greatly appreciates’ impact of federal law enforcement surge on DC crime rate “We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what...
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The Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in...
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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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Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents...
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Border patrol officers have become ubiquitous footsoldiers in Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, and lawyers and human rights advocates worry that the agency is expanding...
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Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over...
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The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid...
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Trump meeting Russ Vought to discuss cutting ‘Democrat agencies’ and whether cuts will be permanent Donald Trump is up and truthing as the White House...
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Morally, the decision facing the European Council in Brussels this week has been a no-brainer. Russia invaded Ukraine illegally and unilaterally. Moscow shows no sign...
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A tranche of documents released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday revealed that Jeffrey Epstein’s staff kept him apprised of Donald Trump’s air travel...
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FBI investigating shooting at Dallas immigration facility as ‘act of targeted violence’ Dallas police chief Daniel Comeaux says that the FBI is investigating the incident...
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What, exactly, is Congress for? In the second Trump administration, it can be hard to tell. The power to declare war, long considered a crucial...
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Every time you think US politics could not possibly get any stupider, it does. Today’s instalment of “we live in hell, where politicians are passing...
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Democratic lawmakers assailed Doug Collins, the Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary for repeating Trump administration’s claims on the killing of Alex Pretti, a VA nurse shot...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, Brendan Carr, is facing pushback from a Republican lawmaker after warning on Saturday that broadcasters could lose their licenses...
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The scramble began in November as news broke that Donald Trump had been re-elected. Benjamin and Chrys Gorman had long said they would leave the...
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Global stock markets are bracing for falls when trading resumes on Monday after Donald Trump threatened eight European countries with fresh tariffs until they support...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature This live blog has now closed. Our coverage of the Middle...
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The war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East and the global economy, is not real. This is how it is...
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Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, offered few details and was evasive when asked about the deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran, saying...
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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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Opening summary: Trump says more oil tankers will be seized near Venezuela Good morning, US President Donald Trump has said he was leaving the possibility...
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A coalition of global civil society organizations has downgraded the United States’ civic health rating from “narrowed” to “obstructed.” In a report released on Tuesday,...
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Comey faces deadline to file legal motions to dismiss indictment against him Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
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Trump: ‘No deal until there’s a deal’ David Smith That was quick. Donald Trump left more questions than answers as he fawned over Vladimir Putin...
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To shield ordinary Indians from the war in Iran, the government in Delhi redirected supplies of liquefied gas to Indian families, for which it is...
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Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, began the first edition of her YouTube show with a vow to unmask “the evil-doers” attempting to bring down...
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Senate Republicans shot down a Democratic-led attempt to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits on Monday during the government shutdown – a move...
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Starmer and Trump to hold talks as PM warned UK faces ‘huge dilemma’ over relationship with US Good morning. It’s day two of the state...
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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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Prior to his landslide election victory in 2010, which was to lead to 16 unbroken years in power, Viktor Orbán would tell supporters: “We have...
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A federal grand jury has declined to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a...
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As mass protests erupted over the past week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Nicole Good, thousands of Americans hoisted signs and...
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For 13 minutes on Sunday night, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara will pulse with reggaeton, Latin trap and Caribbean rhythms as Bad Bunny headlines a...
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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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A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Ábrego García on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after...
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Artificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. It will bring unimaginable changes to our economy, our politics, warfare, our emotional wellbeing, our environment, and...
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California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, announced on Sunday that he is suing Donald Trump over the alleged deployment of 300 California national guard personnel to Oregon....
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When Islamic State needed to move and disguise its money, it turned, US prosecutors said in 2023, to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange: Binance. So...
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Donald Trump has weighed into a new fight – this time with two sports teams. The president wants Washington’s football franchise the Commanders and Cleveland...
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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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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has arrived in Israel seeking to mend a rift with Washington’s other allies in the region over Israel’s...
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Boulder attack suspect booked on multiple charges, including felony use of incendiary devices The suspect in the attack in Boulder is in custody after being...
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Chicago’s mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered Chicago police to investigate and document alleged illegal activity by federal immigration (ICE) agents in the city, a move...
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Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges...
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Monarez and Houry say that future pandemics ‘keep them up at night’ When asked what keeps them “up at night” by Democratic senator John Hickenlooper,...
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This week, the Trump administration took a key step towards opening new leases for oil and gas drilling across millions of acres in the Arctic...
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On a cold Saturday morning, a little over a week before the New York City mayoral election in November, I was at a park in...
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The federal prosecutor for the eastern district of Virginia resigned Friday under intense pressure from Donald Trump, after his office determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence...
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Trump says administration is ‘only’ going to make permanent cuts to ‘Democrat programs’ Trumps says that “we will be making cuts that are permanent and...
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Donald Trump has dismissed speculation that he is in ill health, saying he was busy on the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting...
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The man charged in connection with the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses was a doomsday “prepper” who instructed his family to...
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A bipartisan group of public health advocates have defeated a proposal to kill state food safety laws that was pushed by what some critics have...
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The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged after its first rate-setting meeting of the year on Wednesday, resisting enormous pressure from the White House...
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US national guard troops began to deploy in downtown Los Angeles after an immigration crackdown saw police use teargas on protesters in a move that...
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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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Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, characterized his approach to international relations as “speak softly and carry a big stick”. It was an approach that won...
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) to the US, ruling that her deportation...
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On the day that he returned to office in January, Donald Trump signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”. A...
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Timothy Garton Ash has produced an excellent list of safeguards against extremism (My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late, 25 November)....
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One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,”...
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Newsom formally requests Trump administration rescind ‘unlawful’ deployment of national guard California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said he has made a formal request to the Trump...
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Trump seeks $1.5tn for defense department in budget request to Congress Donald Trump has asked for $1.5tn in defense department funding in his latest budget...
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The world’s most followed TikToker, Khaby Lame, has left the US after being briefly detained by immigration agents for allegedly overstaying his visa. The Italian-Senegalese...
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The US president blasted ABC News as ‘fake news’ when a reporter asked the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 murder of...
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Last week, during an Oval Office interview with Reuters, Donald Trump touted his accomplishments and suggested that they were so great that “we shouldn’t even...
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The US education department said on Monday it had terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding...
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In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference...
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US federal law enforcement officers on Saturday fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis, the second such killing in less than three weeks. The killing...
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Thousands of people protested in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the weekend to decry the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renee Good by a US immigration agent, one...
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DHS shutdown looms as negotiations on funding bill stall on Capitol Hill Lawmakers in the House and Senate left Washington on Thursday as the Department...
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On an early fall day, toddlers played at Westwood Academy, a highly rated Denver childcare center serving children aged six weeks to five years. The...
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Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among...
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When it comes to cutting taxes or paying for mass deportations, Donald Trump is happy to work with Congress. But if the issue is his...
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Congressman Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate to be California’s next governor, forcefully denied allegations of sexual assault on Friday night, as he faced escalating calls...
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In a new court filing, attorneys for the Trump administration denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests, despite reports and prior statements...
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Trump says FBI should investigate ‘the Jeffrey Epstein hoax’ as a criminal conspiracy against him In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the far-right network...
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New York governor calls for national assault weapons ban after Manhattan office shooting New York governor Kathy Hochul is calling for Congress to pass a...
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White House continues to say new release of Epstein emails is a distraction and ‘hoax’ White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has said that the...
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The day so far The White House announced a new rule restricting the ability of credentialed journalists to freely access the offices of press secretary...
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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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With months of escalation between US cities and the Trump administration amid the deployment of national guard troops, former military officials released a report on...
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Donald Trump has told his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,...
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Yadin Eldar, 21, has been betting on prediction markets since 2019. His friends think he’s “crazy”, he said. But the craze surrounding these platforms is...
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An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas – a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have...
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The Trump administration has once again put Dreamers on a rollercoaster ride. The federal government is sending mixed signals about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
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Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a...
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The former US congressman John Burton, a salty-tongued and unabashedly liberal San Francisco Democrat who stood up for the working class and nurtured countless political...
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This story was originally published by the Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. As Philadelphia’s district...
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For Donald Trump, the indictment of former FBI director and longtime foe James Comey was,“justice in America”. Legal observers and lawmakers see something far more...
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More than half of Americans disapprove of Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing and the construction of a new ballroom, according to a...
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In an era of overlapping crises, corruption is no longer a side issue – it is a structural threat to achieving international equality and even...
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A Texas judge has expanded a restraining order against former congressman Beto O’Rourke and his political organization over its fundraising for Democratic state lawmakers who...
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“It is inescapable this bill will betray the promise Donald Trump made,” Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Republican senator, said on Sunday night, sandblasting the...
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Donald Trump has launched “powerful and deadly” strikes on Christmas Day against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, weeks after the US president warned against any...
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspended the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs that give approved participants a fast-track through bag...
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While thousands of protesters marched through downtown Minneapolis on Friday to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents leave the city, a smaller group...
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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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Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation As John Thune battles conservative blowback for refusing to alter Senate rules...
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Trump says UK should consider using military to stop illegal immigration Q: [From Jack Elsom from the Sun] To Trump, have you any advice for...
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Chuck Schumer rejects Trump’s ‘Save America Act’ ultimatum amid DHS shutdown Chris Stein An indignant Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer swatted aside Donald Trump’s insistence...
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The US cannot sell any Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia without doubling its production rate, because it is making too few for its own defence,...
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Kamala Harris announces she won’t run for California governor Lauren Gambino Kamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that...
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A Detroit police department decision to reverse course on firing two officers who allegedly violated local law by coordinating an arrest with federal immigration agents...
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Federal agents can resume sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles after the US supreme court lifted an order barring the Donald Trump administration from stopping...
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Leavitt calls Trump-appointed judge ‘untethered in reality’ following national guard ruling Karoline Leavitt said that the ruling from Karin Immergut, a Trump-appointed federal judge, was...
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The Trump administration is targeting US sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive, after an off-duty law enforcement officer was allegedly shot...
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The Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a serious escalation in the Trump...
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Former Illinois governor Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died...
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The tech, surveillance and private prison providers arming Donald Trump’s massive expansion and weaponization of immigration enforcement are running a victory lap after reporting their...
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Trump says he will direct attorney general to investigate Epstein’s involvement with Bill Clinton, Democratic donors and banks The president continued to post on Truth...
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During Warsh’s confirmation hearing, Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that Federal Reserve nominee would become a ‘sock puppet’ for Donald Trump. Republican senator John...
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“Our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts.” These were the words of the senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway on NBC television’s Meet the...
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On 25 February, in her opening remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing, Casey Means, Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, called on the US government...
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As tanks rolled down Washington DC streets against the wishes of local leaders, mayors around the country planned for what they would do if the...
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Amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on...
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The Trump administration’s “war on science” appears to have entered a new phase in the aftermath of a recent supreme court decision that empowered health...
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The congresswoman Ilhan Omar is no stranger to political attacks: she is a woman, she is a Democrat, she is black and she is an...
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Trump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’ for the president Karoline Leavitt offers a limited preface to the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in...
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in his administration’s pressure...
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Ten more hostages will be released from Gaza “very shortly”, Donald Trump said at the White House Friday. The news comes as the president continues...
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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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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course...
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US treasury secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Sunday that the US and China have finalized the details of a deal transferring TikTok’s US version to...
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The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said....
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1. The summit produced slim pickings … in other words, no deal As Donald Trump conceded during his brief press conference with Vladimir Putin, “understanding”...
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Casey Means, Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for US surgeon general, appeared before the Senate health committee on Wednesday for a two‑hour hearing in which she...
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United States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis –...
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John McAuliff, a 33-year-old small business owner and former civil servant, was one of the more unlikely Democrats to win election to Virginia’s legislature this...
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US supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting...
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As Republicans celebrated the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with praise for Donald Trump’s decisive action, Democrats faced their own divisions and...
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin...
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Trump says he’s ‘very confident’ a ceasefire deal can be reached as Netanyahu arrives at White House Benjamin Netanyahu just arrived at the White House,...
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More than 97% of immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago had no criminal conviction, according to federal court records. The...
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National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard is facing growing questions about her handling of a report about an intercepted phone call between two members of foreign...
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Donald Trump has said the US navy acted “like pirates” as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian...
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Gas prices are soaring because of blockages in the strait of Hormuz as part of the unauthorized war in Iran. There’s a highly consequential meeting...
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A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James on Monday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the case was unlawfully...
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US treasury sanctions major Russian oil companies, calls for Russia to accept immediate ceasefire The Trump administration said on Wednesday it is “imposing further sanctions...
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Photograph: Eddie Gerald/Alamy 1 Israel blocked from using Microsoft software for mass surveillance of Palestinians after Guardian investigation After we exclusively revealed that Israel’s elite...
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Donald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to...
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The US senator John Cornyn of Texas has asked the FBI to aid Texas law enforcement in locating and arresting Democrats who left the state...
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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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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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Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have followed through on promises from the president’s administration to send in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
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Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates...
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Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US...
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy on Tuesday as he returned home from school and transported him and his father...
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Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations...
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The US Senate on Thursday advanced a bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela, after he ordered...
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Donald Trump granted clemency to private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn...
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Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, Pete...
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When Donald Trump said he was sending the national guard to Portland, Oregon, to protect immigration officers, local residents immediately responded with characteristic sarcasm. Mocking...
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When the centre-left French politician Aurore Lalucq posted a warning last Wednesday that Donald Trump could cut off Europe from international payment systems, the clip...
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Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California’s national guard on the streets of Portland, Oregon, late on Sunday, the state’s...
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A Cambodian man deported by the US said he would have accepted being sent to Cambodia, but instead ended up imprisoned in Eswatini, a country...
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Trump’s LA national guard deployment cost taxpayers $120m, Newsom says Dani...
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A five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held...
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday the transportation department is rescinding $4bn in US government funding for California’s high-speed rail project. The department said there was...
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Any Lucia López Belloza will not be home for Christmas. The 19-year-old freshman was on a business scholarship at Babson College near Boston, when she...
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Four people are sleeping 19,000 miles from the moon when the voice of Apollo 13’s commander arrives. “Hello, Artemis II. This is Apollo astronaut Jim...
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A federal judge ruled on Friday that officials at Florida’s state-run immigration jail, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”, must give attorneys better access to their detained clients....
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Monarez and Houry say that future pandemics ‘keep them up at night’ When asked what keeps them “up at night” by Democratic senator John Hickenlooper,...
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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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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence who in 2019 was selling “No War With Iran” T-shirts, told the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday that...
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The problem with a successful playbook is that you eventually keep doing the same thing mechanically. Fresh from intimidating ABC and CBS with meritless lawsuits,...
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Donald Trump claimed he had found a way to pay US military troops despite the federal government shutdown, saying he had instructed his defence secretary,...
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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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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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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration can no longer detain Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on the basis of...
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California will impose new standards on artificial intelligence companies seeking to do business with the state, defying Donald Trump’s demands to keep the controversial industry...
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They also spent plenty of time seeking to reprimand each other by passing censures, as the House’s formal mechanism for discipline is known. A search...
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern...
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Sunday was International Women’s Day, which you’ll know because every company you’ve ever shopped with will have emailed you, taking this fine opportunity to suggest...
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Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay condemn ‘dangerous precedent’ set by US attack on Venezuela Sam Jones The governments of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...
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Oregon’s governor says she told Kristi Noem ‘there is no insurrection in Oregon’ There was a bit of an unexplained delay earlier between Kristi Noem’s...
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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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Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s political leadership have agreed to talks, a day after the US and Israel began to target the country’s...
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Venezuelans around the world celebrated after the US government captured and removed the president, Nicolás Maduro. Crowds of people gathered in countries including Argentina, Chile...
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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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Trump: nothing will be good enough for ‘lunatics’ requesting Epstein files Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had asked the justice department to release...
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“Nicholas Adams, of Florida, to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Malaysia,” the White House announced this week. There...
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The president has now wrapped up his press conference, so here’s a recap of some the key points Trump is placing Washington DC police under...
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Donald Trump is on a roll. The “big, beautiful bill” is law. Ice, his paramilitary immigration force, rivals foreign armies for size and funding. Democrats...
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The Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project. The US transportation department...
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He was the embodiment of America-first ideals before Donald Trump and his Maga movement hijacked the phrase. The principle of a strong president empowered to...
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This month, we learned that, in the course of bombing a boat of suspected drug smugglers, the US military intentionally killed two survivors clinging to...
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The mayor of Chicago is planning to sign an executive order on Saturday outlining how the city will attempt to resist Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown,...
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Illustration: Mel Haasch/The Guardian For Erica L and her husband, in-vitro fertilization was the “nuclear option”. After two years of trying to conceive, Erica and...
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It is graduation season in the United States and with it a tradition of commencement speeches to departing college students, usually from high-profile figures who...
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Before sexual assault allegations ended his California gubernatorial bid, representative Eric Swalwell had carved out a niche as one of the Democrats most enthusiastically willing...
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1. The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis...
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The US-Israeli war against Iran has exposed further divisions between the two countries after an Israeli strike on Iran’s largest gasfield angered US allies in...
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It’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for...
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Iran and the US are expected to meet for a further round of talks in Geneva this week in a sign that Donald Trump’s team...
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A few years ago, towards the end of the second Obama administration, a friend and her wife flew back to New York from a holiday...
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Maduro lands in New York before helicopter transfer amid high security Hello, this is Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok, taking over from my colleagues in London....
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When Aliya Rahman accepted Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar’s invitation to attend the State of the Union address, she said she had no intention of disrupting...
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Federal agents arrest former CNN anchor Don Lemon Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, his lawyer said...
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DoJ racing to redact documents ahead of deadline to release Epstein files – report Congress has mandated that the Trump administration release a trove of...
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Donald Trump’s justice department was hit with legal threats and scathing outrage after authorities released a limited, heavily redacted trove of Jeffrey Epstein files in...
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The Trump administration has agreed to take a financial loss in order to make it easier for Americans to walk away from their US citizenship....
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Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75m to the US government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and...
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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, did not inform the White House that her office was revoking the security clearances of 37 people –...
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Donald Trump will leave the G7 summit early Hugo Lowell Donald Trump will leave the G7 summit early and return to Washington DC on Monday,...
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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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House Republicans have rejected legislation, passed by the Senate, that would finance most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but withhold funds from Immigration...
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The “time has come” for the Working Families party, the progressive third party’s national director said after a year of big wins and a growing...
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1. ‘Who is being protected?’ Clinton heavily criticised the House of Representatives’ oversight committee – and its Republican majority – in her opening statement. The...
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US struck another vessel in the Pacific The US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four men,...
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For an inveterate liar, Donald Trump is remarkably honest. The best guide to what he thinks is what he says. When forecasting his likely course...
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The next general election will be no ordinary democratic contest. Not the usual swing of the pendulum this way or that. It will be a...
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Donald Trump hasn’t stopped joking about running again for the White House in 2028, even as he acknowledges it is “pretty clear” he is constitutionally...
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The Democratic National Committee’s decision to block the release of its own autopsy report on the 2024 election is stunning but not surprising. Averse to...
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The US military has issued new media restrictions demanding that journalists pledge not to gather any information – including unclassified documents – that has not...
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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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Trump tells CNN that Cuba is ‘going to fall pretty soon’ Earlier, Donald Trump told CNN in a phone interview that Cuba is “going to...
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Texas Democrats who left the state say they experienced a bomb threat at their Illinois hotel on Wednesday morning amid an ongoing clash with Republicans...
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Donald Trump said he was doubling tariffs on imported steel to 50% at a rally celebrating a “partnership” deal between US Steel and Japan-based Nippon...
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This article is a collaboration between the Guardian and Enlace Latino NC, an independent bilingual publication. Read this article in Spanish. On a cold December...
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The news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the...
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Minneapolis protesters – already outraged by Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer – braced for a new onslaught as the Department...
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Eric Adams, the embattled mayor of New York, has denied having conversations with Donald Trump about being given a government job in exchange for dropping...
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Russell Vought, the director of the office of management and budget (OMB), on Sunday cast doubt on the constitutional obligation of the White House to...
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US lawmakers responded to reports that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, as thousands of US troops assemble in the...
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The Department of Justice has issued two subpoenas to Letitia James, the New York attorney general who has been repeatedly criticized by Donald Trump, according...
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Obama spokesperson dismisses ‘bizarre allegations’ from Trump and Gabbard as ‘ridiculous’ In a statement sent to reporters on Tuesday, a spokesperson for former president Barack...
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Los Angeles city council member Nithya Raman formally entered the race for mayor on Saturday, unveiling her campaign during a press conference. Representing areas that...
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For decades, the US and its allies have painted Iran as the world’s biggest sponsor of state terrorism – invoking its Islamic rulers’ supposed revolutionary...
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The US justice department said on Friday it had intervened in a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s xAI challenging a Colorado law aimed at regulating artificial...
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Donald Trump has said preventing Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is “the only thing that matters” as the US midterm election campaign season looks to
Donald Trump has said preventing Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is “the only thing that matters” as the US midterm election campaign season looks to
