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Hiding in plain sight: Americans’ obsession with camouflage is a sign of paranoid times
From Chappell Roan to rightwing-coded ‘it’ girls, Americans of all stripes are embracing the aesthetic. It’s the latest indication of a new political ...
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Ex-FBI officials worry that Kash Patel as director may wield unlimited power
Trump’s pick, who has gained key support, could open investigations unilaterally or influence background checksFormer FBI officials have warned that D...
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Sad but true – Donald Trump really did wrestle his way into the White House | David Moon
The president-elect’s victory was straight out of the pro wrestling playbook. Voters knew it was fake, but they loved itDo you remember World Wrestlin...
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Ex-FBI informant agrees to plead guilty to lying about Bidens’ Ukraine ties
As part of plea deal, Alexander Smirnov will admit he made up story at center of Republican impeachment inquiryA former FBI informant accused of false...
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Amazon donates $1m to Trump’s inaugural fund as tech cozies up to president-elect
OpenAI’s Sam Altman also announced a $1m personal donation to Trump on the same day, joining MetaAmazon is the latest tech giant to donate to Donald T...
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Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after sustaining injury on Luxembourg trip
Former US House speaker is receiving treatment and continuing to work, spokesperson saysNancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the US House of Representa...
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Daniel Penny will be JD Vance’s guest at Army-Navy football game in Maryland
Marine Corps veteran to make first public appearance since being acquitted of homicide charges in Jordan Neely’s deathJD Vance, the vice-president-ele...
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Seth Meyers: ‘Trump’s fake populism was a con and it couldn’t be any clearer’
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s about-face on lowering grocery prices, his Time Person of the Year cover and Joe Biden’s last-minute acts of clemency...
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Republicans take aim at subsidies that help tens of millions of women
Conservatives have long desired to slash programs that help with healthcare, food, housing and transportationAs they prepare to take control of the Wh...
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Trump invites China’s leader Xi Jinping to his presidential inauguration
Xi is expected to rebuff the offer, as attending the event might put the Chinese president in a subservient positionDonald Trump has invited China’s h...
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Trump-linked officials consider targeting banking regulators and polio vaccine, reports say – US politics live
President-elect’s team reportedly exploring ways to downsize or combine key bodies; RFK Jr adviser challenges approvals of polio and other vaccinesRFK...
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‘What a circus’: eligible US voters on why they didn’t vote in the 2024 presidential election
Nearly 90 million Americans didn’t vote – which is more than the number of people who voted for Trump or HarrisThe 2024 US presidential election had b...
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RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine
Aaron Siri is helping Trump’s health secretary pick to select top jobs despite long history of attacking vaccinesA key legal adviser to Robert Kennedy...
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Elon Musk’s six major conflicts of interest with the federal government
As co-chair of Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’, the world’s richest man is likely to get richerThe Federal Advisory Committee Act says i...
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Why does McKinsey still get hired? | Peter O'Toole
The famed consulting firm is expected to pay a $600m settlement over its role in the US opioid crisis. But the company’s problems don’t start thereIn ...
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Luigi Mangione is the median American voter | Peter Rothpletz
He’s a highly educated, heterodox, politically homeless moderate – and that fact should terrify us allThe vast majority of the US population rarely – ...
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Trump’s FBI pick Kash Patel locks down Senate support as Wray prepares to quit
Seen as a controversial nominee, Patel is acquiring senate judiciary committee support for confirmationDonald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash P...
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Six Republicans in Nevada again charged for 2020 fake elector scheme
Judge had dismissed original indictment, ruling that Clark county was wrong venue for filing chargesSix Republicans in Nevada have again been charged ...
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Questions dog Trump pick for Middle East adviser with inconsistent résumé
The public profile of Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany Trump, doesn’t match his documented backgroundPresident-elect Donald Trump’s appointee ...
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Pete Hegseth decried out gay troops in US military as part of Marxist agenda
Trump’s embattled secretary of defence nominee expresses contentious views on gay service members in latest bookPolicies allowing out gay people to se...
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Ontario leader threatens to halt energy exports to US if Trump imposes tariffs
Premier of Canada’s largest province says ‘we need to be ready to fight’ back against possible 25% tariffs on goodsThe leader of Canada’s largest prov...
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North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto to strip power from Democratic officials
Republicans tuck new law into relief bill for Hurricane Helene as they attempt to shift state government controlOn the brink of losing their supermajo...
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Meta donates $1m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund
Donation comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and appears to be an effort to improve relationsMeta has donated $1m to Donald...
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Biden issues mass clemencies and says more may come before end of presidency – US politics live
President has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and issued pardons to 39 others in largest single-day act of clemency in US historyAnnounc...
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Time magazine names Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ for second time
Every president since Franklin D Roosevelt – but Gerald Ford – has won title at least once, making it a rite of passageDonald Trump has once again bec...
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‘Cynical cash grab’: FBI chief nominee Kash Patel’s profitable links in the non-profit world
Patel’s non-profit Kash Foundation is linked to Maga-merchandise firms and spends much more on fundraising than it does on charitable givingThe person...
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Did gerrymandering keep Republicans from a bigger majority? Absolutely not | David Daley
Mike Johnson has an explanation for why the Republican majority is so thin – and it’s misleading and cynicalMike Johnson. the House Speaker, will soon...
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Trump picks Kari Lake as Voice of America director
The immigration hardliner has echoed Trump’s criticism of ‘fake news’ and has never acknowledged her defeat in race to be governor of ArizonaPresident...
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Montana supreme court blocks ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
State’s top court temporarily stops SB 99 on grounds that it will likely violate privacy rights enshrined in constitutionMontana’s ban on gender-affir...
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FBI Director Christopher Wray will resign before Trump takes office
Trump had signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash PatelThe FBI’s director, Christopher Wray, will step do...
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Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to sign Covid stimulus checks as Trump did
President says failure may have contributed to voters blaming him for high prices even as economy improvedJoe Biden has voiced regret for not followin...
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Wisconsin files more charges against Trump allies who led ‘fake electors’ plot
Kenneth Chesebro, Michael Roman and James Troupis hit with 10 more charges over scheme to overturn 2020 electionWisconsin’s justice department filed 1...
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Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill as Republican senators weigh controversial nominations – live
Trump’s cabinet picks meet with Republican senators in Washington as lawmakers must decide whether to support their nominationsPete Hegseth, a former ...
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Elizabeth Warren introduces Senate bill to hold capitalism ‘accountable’
Democrat aims to shift corporations away from maximizing shareholder value to support for workers and stakeholdersThe senator Elizabeth Warren will in...
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US health reform is tough to pass. Can the brazen killing of a CEO change that?
With partisan gridlock and special interests more powerful than ever, it’s difficult to know how to move forwardRage, frustration and bitterness – all...
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EPA bans widely used chemicals linked to cancer before Trump takes office
Move to ban TCE and perc, commonly used in everyday products, will make it hard for Trump to undo rulesThe US Environmental Protection Agency has bann...
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Trump is dedicated to isolationism – but is Syria’s future too important to ignore?
Concerns that US’s hands-off approach could leave the country open to a return to civil war or a resurgence of IranFor a Biden administration in its f...
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Trump names Andrew Ferguson as next chair of Federal Trade Commission
Ferguson, already one of five commissioners of the body, will replace Lina Khan, who fought big tech over antitrustPresident-elect Donald Trump on Tue...
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Trump taps former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece
Guilfoyle, whose nomination would require Senate confirmation, has not served in any foreign policy or diplomacy roleDonald Trump has named Kimberly G...
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Trump’s deportation plan would hurt families and economy, Senate hears
Witnesses testify to judiciary committee as top Republican says undocumented people should ‘get ready to leave’ Donald Trump’s vow to carry out the la...
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Trump first-term inquiry into leakers led to invasive searches, report finds
Justice department says lawyers overreached in aiming to discover who was leaking classified information in 2017A Department of Justice (DoJ) investig...
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Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner retrying comeback
Weiner, 60, whom some blame for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential defeat, registers as candidate for New York City councilAnthony Weiner, the former...
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Trump picks Maga darling Harmeet Dhillon to lead civil rights cases at DoJ
Ardent Trump supporter took on culture-war cases as San Francisco lawyer and filed lawsuits over election ‘integrity’US politics – live updatesDonald ...
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The Guardian view on Trump’s threat to the media: time to pass the Press Act
Bipartisan legislation offers historic protections for journalists, banning secret surveillance and ensuring source confidentialityFears of a press cr...
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The Guardian view on the EU-Mercosur trade deal: another farmer flashpoint approaches | Letters
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has taken a political risk in signing off an agreement with Latin American countriesAnticipat...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to fulfill dream of performing on Broadway
Liberal supreme court judge will take on ensemble role in musical, a fantasy she articulated in Harvard applicationKetanji Brown Jackson is set to ful...
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Matt Gaetz gets prime-time talkshow on hard-right outlet OANN
Hiring comes after ex-congressman’s attorney general nomination foundered amid sexual misconduct allegationsFormer Florida Republican congressman Matt...
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New York mayor closes shelters for asylum seekers amid rightward turn
Eric Adams will close 25 shelters in next two months including Floyd Bennett Field, which houses 2,000 peopleThe New York city mayor, Eric Adams, anno...
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Nobel laureates urge US Senate to reject Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination
Seventy-seven prize winners sign letter arguing Trump’s DHHS pick will put US public health ‘in jeopardy’Seventy-seven Nobel laureates have signed a l...
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Trump refers to ‘Governor’ Trudeau in strange social media post; Democrats to decry harms of mass deportations – live
Trump said ‘I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon’, referring to prime minister Trudeau; Senate committee to discuss Trump’s mass deportati...
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You can judge someone by their enemies. I write for the Guardian because it has all the right ones | Arwa Mahdawi
Please support what Elon Musk calls our ‘laboriously vile propaganda machine’ as we try to reach our year-end fundraising goal. We welcome all contrib...
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‘Incredibly harmful’: why Trump’s FBI and DoJ picks scare civil liberties experts
Ex-DoJ prosecutors fear loyalists Kash Patel and Pam Bondi will pursue Trump’s calls for revenge on ‘deep state’ foesBy tapping two combative ultra-lo...
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