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‘Republicans ran up the tab’: Democrats outraged over $40tn national debt – live
US national deficit has doubled over the past decade with spending growing under Trump and BidenUS gross national debt tops $40tn for first timeSign u...
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Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? | Francine Prose
By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtues that the US president doesn’t seem to have even in trace amountsMany years ago, in ...
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From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?
Manny Rutinel hopes price-tag politics can win key voters in Colorado House raceDuring his presidential campaign in October 2024, Donald Trump staged ...
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We are finally witnessing the decline of corporate Democrats | Robert Reich
Americans are backing progressives not because they want socialism, but because they want candidates who will fight for the working classMost discussi...
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Michele Tafoya: from unassuming NFL sideline reporter to rightwing firebrand
The former Sunday Night Football stalwart is now one step from a seat in the US Senate. And she could cause a shock in liberal MinnesotaAs the third l...
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Larry David says former friend Alan Dershowitz ‘made a deal with the devil’ as Trump’s lawyer
The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator says Dershowitz, who also defended Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, ‘only has himself to blame’ for...
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Trump talks about grass as he shows off White House renovations – video
The US president waxed lyrical about grass being added around the new White House helipad in front of the media. 'You know, grass has a life like huma...
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Trump shows off White House renovations and ornate new helipad
Former real estate developer leads press corps on tour of grounds and says ‘one thing I know how to do is build’As the US national debt climbed past $...
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Mike Lindell offers to fund recount in Minnesota Republican primary for governor
MyPillow founder and Trump ally lost primary to Lisa Demuth by 11 points, but still refuses to concede defeatUS politics live – latest updatesThe pill...
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Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment
‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive Senate candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’US politics live – latest up...
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The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial
The Trump administration’s ‘America first’ approach has contributed to the scale of the crisis now unfolding in one of the world’s poorest countriesFo...
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Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?
A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese importsSince China offered a truce in the trad...
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Trump nominates abortion opponent Heidi Overton to be head of FDA
Overton has said that Congress should strictly regulate abortion drug mifepristone ‘to protect women and children’Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Over...
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White House intensifies attacks on opponents and media as Trump seeks new mouthpiece
Senator Jon Ossoff, who is up for re-election, came up with arguably the standout line of the midterm elections so farHello there,Jon Ossoff really st...
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A democratic socialist win and losses for Trump allies: takeaways from primaries in three key states
Elections in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming provide a sense of how voters are feeling ahead of November’s midtermsPrimaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyomin...
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US treasury doubles debt buyback to steady bond market amid inflation fears
Yields, at recent highs this week, dropped after treasury’s vow to ‘provide greater liquidity support’ to bond marketThe US treasury is doubling its b...
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Lindsey Graham’s sister and fill-in senator says she’s ‘not that informed on national security’
She made the statement during a debate when asked about potential threats to US national security in South China SeaUS politics live – latest updatesA...
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US justice department defends prosecution of James Comey over ‘8647’ seashell post
Justice department claims there’s ‘no dispute’ over whether ex-FBI head’s post could be read as a threat against TrumpThe US Department of Justice has...
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Florida governor suspends former close ally over child sexual abuse charges
Michael Caruso, once praised by Ron DeSantis, removed from Palm Beach county civic official roles after arrestFlorida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSan...
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Trump is full speed ahead in making money off being the US president | Margaret Sullivan
Some restraint on Trump’s excesses might be accomplished if November’s midterm elections give Democrats more power Donald Trump is essentially unrestr...
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ICC decries latest US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence
Trump administration put sanctions on the international criminal court’s president and a senior trial lawyerThe international criminal court on Wednes...
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Republican senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary
Result tees up marquee race in US midterm elections, which could decide if Republicans or Democrats control SenateIncumbent Dan S Sullivan, the US sen...
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Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics
New findings further call into question scientific judgment of current health leaders in the Trump administrationA French researcher whose work was pr...
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By disparaging 2020 protests as ‘Woke 1’, liberals are following the rightwing’s lead
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s co-opting of conservative language to discuss a movement against state-sanctioned killings of Black people is damningAugust...
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Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close ties to White House and rightwing media
Internal documents obtained by Guardian show White House meetings, scheduled calls with top Trump officials and communications with Fox News producers...
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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders
Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is riggedThe media pundits have written article after ...
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Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s closest and most devoted aide is in the spotlight
Speculation about US president’s executive assistant sparks furious backlash from White HouseWearing shoulder-length blonde hair, gold earrings and a ...
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Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate – US politics live
Incumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of CongressCongratulations have b...
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Trump hits pause on Canada tariffs threat, and hints at revival of Keystone XL oil pipeline project
US president delays 50% tariffs by three days, and says contentious oil project ‘may be awoken from the grave’Canada has temporarily avoided a bruisin...
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Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race
Nixon bested Alexander Vindman to win Democratic nomination and now faces Republican Ashley Moody in NovemberTrump-backed Byron Donalds wins Republica...
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Trump-backed Byron Donalds wins Republican primary in race to succeed Florida governor DeSantis
Congressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seatPrimary voters in Florida backed a Republican endorsed by Donald T...
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US senator Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’
Potential presidential hopeful running for re-election in Georgia intensifies White House feud after remarks about ‘Natalie’ drew ire of president and...
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Preservation group urges supreme court to suspend Trump White House ballroom project
National Trust for Historic Preservation filing comes after president made emergency bid for construction to continueA historic preservation group tha...
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Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security riskThirty US universities could lose f...
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US woman sentenced to six years in prison over plot to kill treasury secretary
Riley English said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs, and that she planned to kill Scott BessentA Massachusetts woman w...
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US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in GazaThe US has sanctioned the president of the ...
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The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald TrumpIn Nove...
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ABC sues Trump’s media regulator over demand for TV license renewals
Network alleges FCC is trying to send ‘chilling message’ in retaliation for content the administration disapproves ofABC has sued the Federal Communic...
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Trump administration pursues Kilmar Ábrego García on previously dismissed charges
Attorneys for Ábrego, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, say the DoJ’s appeal was ‘flat wrong’The Trump administration has asked a federal ap...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker showsA database of ...
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Top Democrats tussle in Florida primary but progressive liberalism not on menu
Politics that worked for Democratic candidates in New York, Minnesota, Michigan won’t cut it in red Florida, analysts sayIf primary elections elsewher...
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Trump reportedly casts mail-in ballot in Florida Republican primary
President, who has decried mail-in ballots amid false claims of election fraud, issued March order to curb voting by mailDonald Trump voted by mail in...
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Election denier Tina Peters to be hired as elections consultant in conservative California county
Shasta county, hotbed of US election denialism movement, set to appoint ex-Colorado clerk who served prison termA northern California county that has ...
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Trump dismisses USS Lincoln criticism and snaps at CNN reporter to ‘be quiet’
President says US carrier is ‘beautifully maintained’ and calls CNN ‘fake news’ over reports of poor conditionsDonald Trump claimed he had third-hand ...
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Trump tells 10-year-old rescued by teen lifeguard: ‘I don’t know if I’d do it’
President hosts Nathanial Rai and lifeguard Ryder Williams at White House after video of California rescue went viral Nathanial Rai had been swept off...
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Trump administration pauses border construction in Big Bend national park
Controversial project has faced bipartisan opposition by critics who say it mars pristine environmental area in TexasThe Trump administration says it ...
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US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioningA US guided-missile destroyer...
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Trump’s move to gut South Korea alliance is ‘inane, haphazard decision’, lawmakers say
US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat saysUS politics live –...
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Jon Ossoff calls Trump’s handling of Iran war ‘uniquely despicable’ in excoriating speech
Georgia Democratic senator has stoked speculation for 2028 presidency bid by delivering stinging attacks on TrumpDemocratic senator Jon Ossoff has att...
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US supreme court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll verdict
Decision leaves intact $5m civil judgment against Trump after jury found him liable for sexually abusing writerThe US supreme court has once again dec...
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‘Preserve the stuff we own’: how right-to-repair laws are surging across the US
Federal and state lawmakers have proposed several bills to make it easier for owners to fix items such as phones, cars, wheelchairs and moreAaron Lehm...
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Alzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’
Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain healthA new round of scientific grant cancel...
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