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A federal judge upheld the safety of the abortion medication mifepristone and ordered the Trump administration to examine and consider overturning restrictions on the drug...
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Late-night hosts discussed the death of Lindsey Graham and how the US government is getting increasingly elderly and out of touch. Jon Stewart On The...
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Melania Trump nods to questions around absence: ‘I heard you missed me. Here I am’ Aaand, scratch that. The Trumps have arrived early. “Good afternoon....
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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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The University of Virginia (UVA) received “explicit” notification from the Trump administration that the school would endure cuts to university jobs, research funding and student...
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Donald Trump has proven himself to be an “unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president,” and his opposition must follow leaders who are ready to “fight fire with...
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Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday. Here are the facts on some...
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Wearing shoulder-length blond hair, gold earrings and a red dress, cancer survivor Natalie Harp introduced herself to the 2020 Republican national convention as “a formerly...
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Today’s recap Talks over ending the record-breaking partial government shutdown remain at an impasse, as congress is on its scheduled two-week recess. TSA employees began...
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US forces on Saturday apprehended a second merchant vessel carrying oil off the coast of Venezuela in international waters in the midst of an American...
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The FBI has deployed additional personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to “dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs”, director Kash Patel said on social...
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The Texas house of representatives reconvened without the necessary number of lawmakers to conduct business on Friday, the deadline set by top state Republicans before...
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A federal judge nominated by Donald Trump during his first term reluctantly agreed on Friday to grant the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the...
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A historic preservation group that sued to block construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom urged the US supreme court on Tuesday to suspend the...
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As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill...
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Donald Trump’s hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday blaming immigrants for crime, “social dysfunction” and economic hardship is refuted by a wide range of immigration statistics,...
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Donald Trump signed a new law this week that gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) roughly $70bn in additional funding, bankrolling his mass deportation...
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Supreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the...
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A top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself that were published by a physician and...
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Donald Trump has seized control of Washington DC’s police force and ordered the national guard to the capital in an extraordinary move that bypassed the...
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More than 155 scientists, physicians and public health advocates have called for an end to what they describe as the “vilification and harassment of many...
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The man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington DC the night before the 6 January 2021 deadly attack on the US Capitol by supporters...
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US homeland security secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday said that federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officers could be deployed to polling sites across the...
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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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Deke Dunne relocated to Washington DC from Wyoming in 2008 to pursue a career in politics. Though a progressive himself, he worked as a legislative...
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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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Trump justice department threatens criminal charges against state election officials unless they provide list of voters After a federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice...
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Alex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to...
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Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned ICE agents last week: “If any of them want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Georgia congresswoman who had a dramatic blow-up with Donald Trump despite being his longtime ally, announced on Friday she would...
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The US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as...
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United Airlines is “looking into” a viral video showing a United Airlines employee threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a Mexican American...
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Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a “major win” for the United States – even as it made significant...
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The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has avoided meetings with top health officials, even as...
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Closing summary This brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close. Thanks for reading, and here are some of the latest...
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ICE plans to spend up to $20m (£15m) to purchase thousands of gloves for officers and agents that can deliver painful electric shocks by March,...
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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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Johnson dismisses efforts to check Trump’s military power against Iran House speaker Mike Johnson dismissed efforts by lawmakers to advance a measure to check Trump’s...
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Markwayne Mullin defended his ability to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and expressed regrets for comments he made about a US citizen killed...
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Donald Trump has told the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze funds for major infrastructure projects in New York and New Jersey...
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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 border patrol agents shot two people outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in...
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday formally dropped their attempt to spend $1bn on security improvements for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, as it became clear the...
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Amid mostly silence in Congress, some US lawmakers on opposite sides of the political spectrum spoke out Saturday over a UN-backed report warning of famine...
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Late-show hosts discuss Jimmy Kimmel’s record-breaking return to air and Donald Trump’s escalator snafu at the United Nations. Jimmy Kimmel After breaking his own YouTube...
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Donald Trump’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool saga appears to be winding down after prosecutors dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn – but not...
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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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Donald Trump on Monday began the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, a move that...
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Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus...
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Donald Trump’s labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down, the administration announced on Monday, after a series of misconduct allegations, including claims of an affair...
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Donald Trump hosted an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk on Friday to mark the end of the tech billionaire’s tenure as a special...
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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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Donald Trump is “inventing fraud” in California’s primary elections, and likely to ramp up unfounded allegations when more races go against him, pro-democracy experts have...
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ICE agents deployed last summer to the Los Angeles area referred to the subjects of their immigration operations with racial slurs, according to newly released...
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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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An Egyptian family of six has been taken back into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, days after they were released from a detention facility in...
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Donald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while...
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Hating legal constraints, Donald Trump has repeatedly taken unilateral actions for which he had zero legal authority unless he found some national emergency to declare....
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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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Oregon’s governor calls on federal appeals court to stop Trump from deploying troops to Portland Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, just called on a federal appeals...
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A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled...
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The former US attorney general William Barr has repeated his finding that Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death in prison was “undoubtedly suicide” to a panel of...
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Extremists are exploiting political violence on online platforms to recruit new people to their causes and amplify the use of violence for political goals, according...
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Donald Trump on Thursday continued to brush off widespread backlash over a racist video posted to his social media account last week, and said no...
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Senate fails to advance war powers resolution, while more GOP lawmakers break with party For the seventh time, the Senate failed to advance a war...
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Police say video suggests ‘lone gunman’ shot two national guard members in Washington DC A review of video from the scene of the shooting of...
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US troops have been sent to Israel as part of the peace deal approved on Thursday to support and help monitor the ceasefire, according to...
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Donald Trump has defended his new 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, claiming the country cannot survive without the US. The White House announced the...
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A top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself that were published by a physician and...
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Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’ Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and...
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A pair of identical Indiana twins whose life on opposite ends of the US’s political divide recently propelled them to internet virality say it has...
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A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state attorneys general...
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As Donald Trump threatens to deploy national guard units to Chicago and Baltimore, ostensibly to quell violence, a pattern has emerged as he describes which...
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Nearly five months into his second term, Donald Trump announced a new sweeping travel ban that could reshape the US’s borders more dramatically than any...
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The Trump administration, dominated by religious anti-abortion conservatives and reeling in money from a new wave of pronatalist tech reactionaries, has long been considering ways...
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A compromise between Todd Blanche and two Republican senators that potentially cleared the way for Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general is weak, Democrats and several...
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New Yorkers will find out the identity of their next mayor on Tuesday, in a race that will decide who will run, and defend, the...
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What we know so far Here is a summary of what we know and the developments so far: Kirk, a 31-year-old influential ally of President...
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After US strikes on Iran, JD Vance says ‘violence will be met with violence’ After US strikes on Iranian targets on Friday, in response to...
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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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Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American businessman who served a 20-month sentence for campaign contributions to Republican politicians, including Donald Trump, that secretly came from a...
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When Marina Lacerda woke on Wednesday to learn that thousands of documents about Jeffrey Epstein had been released by House Republicans, she braced herself for...
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Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, was on course to win the party’s nomination for Wisconsin governor on Wednesday by a clear margin, according to the...
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About a year ago, at the start of the Trump 2.0 regime, a woman was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then stopped,...
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Donald Trump’s followers, and the conspiracist influencers turned-government officials through whom he persuades them, have turned on the president and US attorney general after they...
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California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring schools to alert families and teachers when immigration enforcement authorities are on campuses as the Trump administration continues...
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ICE plans to spend up to $20m (£15m) to purchase thousands of gloves for officers and agents that can deliver painful electric shocks by March,...
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The White House’s office of management and budget (OMB) is arguing that federal workers who are furloughed amid the ongoing government shutdown are not entitled...
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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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The veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi expressed concern about “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at CBS News and her uncertainty about...
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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 US treasury has drafted a design for a $1 coin featuring Donald Trump on both sides, for the purpose of “honoring America’s 250th Birthday...
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Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via...
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When the Democratic National Committee finally released its autopsy on the 2024 election disaster, not even the DNC chair could defend it. “I don’t endorse...
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How do we commemorate America’s democracy as Donald Trump undermines it? By embracing his opposition. The United States was founded by breaking from a monarchy....
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Pete Hegseth has failed to give Donald Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dangerously exaggerated” statements to create an...
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The cryptocurrency industry spent big and lost often in this week’s Illinois primaries. As the industry prepares to make massive donations in the 2026 midterm...
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The Friday night before election day, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist running for mayor of New York City, walked the length of Manhattan, from...
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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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The US supreme court has refused Donald Trump’s attempts to immediately fire a Federal Reserve governor, in a landmark ruling that limits a president’s authority...
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Hasan Piker. Turn on cable news. Pick up a newspaper. Log on to Twitter. It doesn’t seem to matter where you get your political news:...
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Pete Hegseth has used a press conference at the Pentagon to criticize journalists over their coverage of the war in Iran, at one point proposing...
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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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Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran has resigned from his position as chair of the White House’s council of economic advisers, fulfilling a pledge he made...
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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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The Trump administration has waived sanctions on Iranian oil purchases at sea for 30 days to ease surging oil prices driven by the US-Israeli war...
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A recap of overnight events in DC As the federal takeover of the DC police and deployment of national guard troops entered its fourth night,...
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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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The European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticised US claims that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and rejected what she called “fashionable euro-bashing”. Kaja Kallas...
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The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, appeared before the House oversight and reform committee on Wednesday to answer questions over his past ties to Jeffrey...
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Donald Trump took further aim at Minnesota’s Democratic governor Tim Walz and the Somali American representative Ilhan Omar on Wednesday in the wake of his...
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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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To call this Saturday the nation’s 250th birthday is to indulge a comfortable fiction. 1776 was a declaration, not a birth certificate – and the...
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Alex Padilla, a Democratic California senator and a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s immigration polices, was forcibly removed and handcuffed as he attempted to...
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The day so far In a rebuke to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, the supreme court upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in...
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Donald Trump has said he did not know a raid by the FBI on the home of his former adviser turned critic, John Bolton, was...
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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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Top Democrats erupted with fury on Friday and challenged more Republicans to respond to Donald Trump posting a racist video that depicted Barack and Michelle...
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Democrats demand Trump ‘guarantee’ Pulte will not be acting intelligence director for any time at all While Senate Democrats welcomed the nomination of Jay Clayton...
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A brother is torn from his sister. A father arrives for his immigration hearing with his family, only to find that they will be leaving...
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A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man on Sunday afternoon in Texas’s capital city, Austin, prompting demonstrations at...
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The Pentagon has released the names of the final two of the six soldiers who were killed during a recent drone strike in Kuwait. They...
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As the clock ticks toward the congressionally mandated deadline of 19 December by which Donald Trump’s justice department must release its files related to Jeffrey...
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During a White House ceremony on 9 April 1963, then president John F Kennedy bestowed honorary citizenship on former prime minister Winston Churchill, remembering how...
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Charles and Trump praise each other and laud ‘special relationship’ in banquet speeches True to form with an expectedly “big picture” style speech, the king...
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James Talarico gets the Colbert bump, with an assist from the FCC, as voting begins in Texas primary Google Trends data reveals that searches for...
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The US supreme court went out of its way on Monday to help Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections by...
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A grassroots organization of health professionals have released a report outlining major health challenges in the US and calling for the removal of Robert F...
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The New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday evening attended a vigil in Manhattan convened by Israelis for Peace, an anti-occupation group...
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The UK government believed an “unconventional presidential administration” required an “unconventional ambassador” when it appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, a cabinet minister has said....
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The White House on Friday defended its decision to use taxpayer funds to buy airtime on Fox News for a White House-produced, pro-Trump ad that
The White House on Friday defended its decision to use taxpayer funds to buy airtime on Fox News for a White House-produced, pro-Trump ad that
