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Hegseth claims Iran ‘begged’ for ceasefire after US and Tehran agree to two-week pause
Defense secretary spoke to reporters in first press briefing since Trump announced ceasefire deal after 40 days of warAfter 40 days and 40 nights of w...
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Roughly half of New Yorkers approve of Zohran Mamdani as he approaches 100 days as mayor – poll
Marist poll shows that 48% of city residents approve of Mamdani’s performance while 55% view him favorablySign up for the Breaking News US email to ge...
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Rightwing group PragerU thinks ‘western civilization is in danger’. Their plan? Infiltrate US schools
As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, the non-profit’s leaders are intent on one goal: attracting you...
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Why do elite Democrats fear Hasan Piker? | Bhaskar Sunkara
The party establishment rushed to condemn the Twitch streamer after news of his alliance with a Michigan Senate candidateGas has topped $4 a gallon fo...
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Oil prices plunge and stocks jump after Trump announces conditional ceasefire with Iran
Brent crude oil dropped to $93 a barrel after Trump ceasefire announcement and Iran’s pledge to reopen strait of Hormuz under its managementMiddle Eas...
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EEurope cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will workDonald Tru...
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Middle East crisis live: Iran war ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon, says Israel; Trump says uranium will be ‘taken care of’
Pakistan’s PM had said the ceasefire would cover Lebanon; Iran says passage through the strait of Hormuz will be allowed for the next 2 weeks. Follow ...
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Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it?
Two-week ceasefire comes after Trump spoke to Pakistan’s leaders, with China also believed to be exerting influence over TehranMiddle East crisis – li...
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Trump news at a glance: president steps back from threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ after ceasefire deal reached
Trump announces two-week conditional ceasefire after last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan – key US politics stories from Tuesday 7 Apri...
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‘I’m glad he backed off’: US political leaders relieved as Trump announces ceasefire
Chuck Schumer attacks president’s ‘ridiculous bluster’ while Republicans cast decision as shrewd tactical moveMiddle East crisis – live updatesPolitic...
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Republican wins Georgia runoff election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
Voters pick Clay Fuller, deciding Iran war was not enough to propel a Democrat into a conservative-leaning House seatUS politics live – latest updates...
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US warns of Iran-affiliated cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure across country
Security agencies say municipalities should watch out for unusual activity, especially in water and energy sectorsMiddle East crisis – live updatesTop...
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US seeks to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia despite new Costa Rica deal
Man born in El Salvador has been fighting removal to series of ‘third’ countries after mistaken deportation last yearUS government attorneys on Tuesda...
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‘A blatant political ploy’: California sheriff’s seizure of referendum ballots sets off alarm bells
Chad Bianco of Riverside county obtained warrants to seize ballots cast for state’s successful redistricting referendumSign up for the Breaking News U...
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Retired military officers call Trump’s threats against Iran ‘likely war crimes’
Alarm among military observers after president says ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran ignores demandsUS politics live – latest updatesSign...
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DHS secretary calls for US states to lead disaster response instead of Fema
Markwayne Mullin visits Asheville to survey Hurricane Helene recovery in first big trip since Kristi Noem’s ousterMarkwayne Mullin, the US homeland se...
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Protecting civilians is a sign of strength – and an American ideal | Ted Widmer
The US was founded on a pledge to limit the damages of war, even if it has often failed to uphold its commitmentFar from expressing remorse for his th...
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Democrats demand US cabinet oust Trump over Iran amid Republican silence
Lawmakers call for use of 25th amendment after president brazenly threatens to commit war crimes in IranAs Donald Trump unleashes curse-filled threats...
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If Trump commits war crimes in Iran, he can be prosecuted | Kenneth Roth
There is no question that Trump’s threats, if carried out, would amount to war crimes. The international justice system is positioned to actDonald Tru...
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‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini
Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentencesA Cambodian man deported by the US said he w...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s posts: ‘The only president who teases a bombing the same way ABC promotes episodes’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s unhinged social media posts about Iran and a very strange edition of the White House Easter egg rollLate-night host...
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ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from TSA, investigation shows
Reuters uncovers that the TSA shared more than 31,000 traveler records with ICE for immigration enforcementSign up for the Breaking News US email to g...
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Trump needs to go. If we can’t use the 25th amendment, I have another idea | Arwa Mahdawi
The US constitution should make it possible to remove a president who’s not fit for office. But we’re going to need another way outFor the past few mo...
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Democrats accuse ICE of creating ‘disappearances’ on US soil
Lawmakers led by Elizabeth Warren in scathing letter say system used to track detainees ‘increasingly unreliable’A group of 36 lawmakers says the Depa...
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Two Trump moves last week could kill off future accountability for his deeds | Jan-Werner Müller
The Trump ‘library’ and an attack on the Presidential Records Act have more in common than it might seemLast week, the Trump administration proudly pu...
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DC’s highly qualified workers can’t find jobs: ‘What is happening?’
Washington DC has the highest unemployment rate in the USAlicia Contreras was in Tunisia, working as the deputy country representative for Libya for U...
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Members of neo-Nazi ‘active clubs’ join combat events at secretive Virginia compound
Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safetyA net...
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Government shutdown enters eighth week as Johnson faces GOP revolt over DHS funding deal – US politics live
The partial government shutdown has now lasted eight weeks with Congress on recess until 13 AprilVoters in northwest Georgia go to the polls on Tuesda...
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Wisconsin votes in supreme court race amid threat of midterm election attacks
Liberals see chance to strengthen majority in state where Trump and allies could try to overturn election resultsWisconsin voters on Tuesday will sele...
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Trump news at a glance: president’s deadline for Iran, and threats against civilian targets, looms
Trump spoke to reporters Monday as diplomatic negotiations appeared to be faltering – key US politics stories from Monday 6 April at a glanceDonald Tr...
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Second ex-staffer accuses Texas lawmaker of sending sexually explicit messages
Republican Tony Gonzales ended re-election bid in March after admitting to having affair with a different aideSign up for the Breaking News US email t...
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Trump administration ends some civil rights settlements backing trans students
Education department will no longer enforce schools from California to Delaware to comply with US civil rights lawThe US education department said on ...
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Trump says Iran 'can be taken out in one night' – video
At a press conference, the US president, Donald Trump, addressed his latest deadline for Tehran to reach a deal (8pm ET on Tuesday), adding: “The enti...
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Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of data centers
Ron Gibson had recently expressed support for a 14-acre, $500m data center project in Martindale-BrightwoodAn Indianapolis city councilor said his hom...
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Trump threatens to jail journalist in bid to find source behind report of missing airman in Iran
Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forcesDonald Trump threatened to jail ...
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The Guardian view on Trump’s apocalyptic threats: a sign not of strength, but of moral and strategic weakness | Editorial
An expletive-ridden post on social media shamed the office of the US president. Its substantive message, if acted on, would be a war crimeArticle 52 o...
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House Democrats call for permanent solution to Cuban crises after witnessing energy blockade
Jonathan Jackson of Illinois calls Cuba ‘most sanctioned part of Earth’ amid US oil blockade causing vast disruptionsSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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Steve Bannon appears likely to have criminal conviction dismissed
US supreme court files brief order vacating lower court ruling that had upheld rightwing media host’s conviction Sign up for the Breaking News US emai...
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Trump endorses ex-Fox News host Steve Hilton in California governor’s race
Move to back the Republican candidate could dash party’s hopes of locking Democrats out of the November runoffDonald Trump has endorsed Republican for...
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Public health takes center stage in US midterm campaigns: ‘It’s already been politicized’
Some candidates are making public health a central part of their midterm campaigns amid Trump’s war on science As public health has become increasingl...
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Republicans fooled by AI-generated image of US crew member rescued in Iran
Fake image of airman surrounded by smiling military members has been reshared more than 21,000 times on the X platformSign up for the Breaking News US...
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Polymarket criticized over ‘disgusting’ bets on fate of pilots on US jet shot by Iran
US congressman decried bets on when two crew members on the F-15 jet shot down by Iranian forces would be rescuedAfter strong criticism from a federal...
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Trump to hold press conference on Iran war after profanity-laden threats on social media – US politics live
Trump to speak to media at 1pm ET after threatening Iran on Easter Sunday over the closure of the strait of HormuzSign up for Breaking News US email a...
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US lower court judges are challenging Trump’s ‘war on the rule of law’, experts say
Impact of rulings by these judges has been sizable, slowing or halting some of the president’s most extreme policiesDistrict court judges nationwide h...
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David Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different story
Paramount Skydance CEO has repeatedly cited the statistic when laying out the approach that CBS News and potentially CNN would takeDuring an early Mar...
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How Middle East conflict is infiltrating the tight US Senate race in Michigan
Heated discourse over Israel and influencer Hasan Piker has created cracks between progressive and establishment Democratic candidates in key swing st...
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Trump news at a glance: president accused of ‘threatening possible war crimes’ in Iran post
Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘ranting like unhinged madman’ in threat to obliterate Iran’s power plants and bridges. Key US politics stories fro...
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Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’
Rally met with bipartisan support after US border patrol revealed plans for steel wall across parts of beloved parksThousands of people gathered at th...
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‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’Middle East ...
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Trump’s working-class support is waning | Jared Abbott and Dustin Guastella
Our survey finds that 20% of 2024 Trump voters are considering abandoning Republicans in 2028. But the picture isn’t rosy for Democrats eitherA new su...
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US health officials appear to shy away from anti-vaccine talk ahead of midterms
Elections seem top-of-mind for the Maha movement as key polling indicates anti-vaccine views are a liabilityUS health officials appear to be shying aw...
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