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Nicola Jennings on Trump and the US’s 250th anniversary – cartoon
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Trump’s $2bn bonanza heralds the rise of political grifters across the west
With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking downDonald Trump came to office in 2017 aft...
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband could face charge after hitting parked car in California
Paul Pelosi could face misdemeanor charges over crash that left car with ‘major’ damage, authorities sayThe husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelo...
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Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics
Incidents involving California state senator Scott Wiener and New York congressman Dan Goldman underscore Israel-Palestine conflict’s role in US elect...
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On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speechIf Donald Trump’s ad...
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Why are Republicans red and Democrats blue?
The party colors are a surprisingly recent tradition. But do they really represent the diversity of Americans’ beliefs?Color has long played a role in...
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Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn
Experts say Ratepayer Protection Act ‘posing as a consumer protection measure’ and will raise prices on working peopleThe bipartisan Ratepayer Protect...
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Americans declared independence from a tyrant once. And we must do that again | Claire Finkelstein
America’s founding 250 years ago was a warning cry against leaders like Trump. Our past is a guide for how to handle our presentAs the United States m...
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The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys | David Smith
Would we get a 21st-century Gettysburg address? Or YMCA, gripes about his legal woes and boasting about Iran? The astronomer Carl Sagan once described...
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Evacuation disrupts Trump’s planned DC speech after threat of thunderstorm
Extreme heatwave across US east coast already had upended some of the weekend’s long-planned celebrationsDonald Trump’s plans to celebrate the US’s 25...
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Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll
Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interestLawyers for Donald Trump have requ...
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In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag
Mt Olive Pickle Company says it was unaware image of flag was included in exhibit, and cites value of ‘human dignity’A leading vendor of the US delica...
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The US celebrated the end of a ‘long national nightmare’ as it turned 200. What about now?
A decade in the making, the 1976 bicentennial had a cathartic impact on the wounded national polityAmericans: how do you feel about the country’s futu...
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Trump pardons 11 people on eve of country’s Fourth of July celebrations
Pardons issued to nine people charged with violating Clean Air Act as extreme heat smothers much of USDonald Trump on Friday issued pardons to 11 peop...
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Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’
This summer, Yosemite national park has been rife with traffic jams and throngs of visitors. Can these popular national treasures withstand a future o...
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Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature
National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning as high temperatures have paralyzed the east coastOrganizers of Saturday’s Independence Day pa...
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‘All men are created equal’: America has lost its values. It’s time to go back to the founding text | Ted Widmer
As the US celebrates 250 years, the Declaration of Independence has been curiously absent. Yet its language on the consent of the governed is more rel...
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Pope praises US history of welcoming migrants in implicit rebuke to Trump
Pope Leo urges Americans to live up to ideals of Declaration of Independence in first key address to USPope Leo has used his first key address to his ...
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America’s 250th birthday celebrations are a mess. Here’s how we should mark the day | Dave Schilling
Instead of a UFC event and poorly attended state fair, how about ditching the electoral college and a new season of Game of Thrones?I hate birthdays, ...
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Born on the Fourth of July: mixed feelings for people who share a birthday with the US’s 250th anniversary
Guardian readers on celebrating on Independence Day every year – and especially this yearThis Fourth of July, the United States will mark the 250th an...
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America is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen Marche
Scholars will somedy wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginningThe 250th ...
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‘Trump accounts’: Wall Street-backed investment funds for children to go live
Savings plans for children born between January 2025 and December 2028 launched as president seeks electoral boostTrump accounts, a savings vehicle na...
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Trump launches America’s 250th birthday weekend with attack on communism – video
Donald Trump has kicked off America’s 250th birthday weekend with an attack on the 'communist menace' in America. The US president spoke for half an h...
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Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
In a speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening, the US president claimed a resurgent ‘communist menace’ posed a severe threat the countryDonald Trump...
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‘A total disappointment’: revelers face unbearable heat at Great American State Fair
Attendance had been thin to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ event before an increase on Friday – and then the high temperatures swept inEven by Trumpian standa...
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Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’
Hundreds of Guardian readers expressed concerns over greed in the White House and a billionaire president unconcerned with high gas and grocery prices...
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Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US’s 250th birthday
New York mayor’s speech cut ideological counterpoint to policies of president, who will deliver his own remarks later todayNew York’s mayor, Zohran Ma...
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I used to revere the great experiment that is the United States. After Trump, I’m not so sure | Jonathan Freedland
On paper, the US constitution is a thing of beauty. But the would-be emperor in Washington has revealed its great weaknessAmerica’s big birthday has c...
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Louisiana court halts criminal indictment against state attorney general
Republican Liz Murrill was indicted for the alleged intimidation of New Orleans elected officialsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Lou...
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Zohran Mamdani gives speech to mark US’s 250th birthday in New York – watch in full
The New York City mayor delivered a speech on Friday morning from behind George Washington’s desk in New York City Hall to mark the US’s 250th anniver...
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‘The wheels are coming off’: readers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the American experiment
Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynicalAs the United States prepare...
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Democrats will have ‘field day’ with Trump inquiries if they win House, legal experts say
Investigations into president and corruption charges will get heavy scrutiny if Democrats win majority in midtermsDonald Trump’s presidency is facing ...
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It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations | Morgan Jerkins
The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roarNot soon after Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, there emerged...
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Trump hijacks the US at 250 celebrations | Politics Weekly America
This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As th...
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As the US turns 250, new citizens feel pride and unease: ‘It’s survival’
Amid Trump’s immigration crackdown, thousands take the oath of allegiance in a US ‘not as welcoming as in the past’In June, Yesica McKeone officially ...
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I’m in no mood to ‘celebrate’ America. Our country is broken and needs repair | Jamil Smith
America at 250 is not a finished monument, but a structure still under repairTo call this Saturday the nation’s 250th birthday is to indulge a comfort...
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Friday briefing: The US at 250: who gets to tell the story?
In today’s newsletter: As official celebrations spotlight a narrow cast of white heroes, communities across the US are reclaiming the histories that ...
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Trump hijacks America at 250 celebrations – podcast
This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As th...
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Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says
In latest legal twist, appeals panel rules US does not have to reinstate signage on climate, immigration and slaveryThe Trump administration does not ...
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Trump posts AI video of him as doctor treating critics’ ‘derangement syndrome’
President, in latest AI-generated social media post, targets prominent celebrities who have spoken out against himDonald Trump on Thursday posted an A...
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‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer shipFor Michael Scurr, a volunteer at ...
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Tucker Carlson floats idea of new political party in the US in interview
Former Fox News host further said he doesn’t ‘want to be a candidate’ for president and aired frustration with TrumpTucker Carlson, the rightwing broa...
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Louisiana: Republican attorney general indicted on criminal charges
Liz Murrill accused of trying to intimidate officials who opposed GOP-enacted law to overhaul local courtsLouisiana’s Republican attorney general was ...
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US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool
Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation projectDavid Hearn, a three-time US Olym...
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Conflicts of interest? Trump only has one interest: himself | Robert Reich
The president made $2.2bn last year, with plenty of help from his own political decisions. This is called corruption, folksPeople in the US: share you...
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AOC endorses progressive Democrat in closely watched Michigan race for US Senate seat
El-Sayed, backed by Bernie Sanders, leads polls ahead of Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow in primaryUS politics live – latest updatesAlexandria Ocas...
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‘A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks
Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public landsJerry Bransfor...
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‘King Trump’ is stronger than ever after US supreme court bolsters his agenda
Birthright citizenship ruling only a surface level setback, with the court granting president’s multiple power grabsThe symbolic and high profile defe...
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Anger as report says Trump hijacked US anniversary to serve own agenda – US politics live
Newly-released congressional report says president hijacked United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations to serve ‘political ideology and pet project...
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