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Government shutdown could hurt weather disaster responses, Fema says
Democrats warn projects like hazardous waste clean-ups and drinking water inspections would also be delayedThe potential imminent shutdown of the fede...
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Senate gathers to advance bipartisan stopgap spending bill to avert shutdown
Bill would keep government open until 17 November and provide funding for Ukraine but must pass both chambers of CongressThe Senate will reconvene on ...
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The hidden cost of a shutdown: America’s battle with food insecurity
The farm bill, which finances Snap benefits, must be renewed by Congress this year. A government shutdown threatens the process, as a rising number of...
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Voter drive: Biden and Trump battle for blue-collar votes in auto heartland
It’s no coincidence the likely 2024 election rivals were both in Michigan wooing car workers – a key bloc in a key stateJoe Biden became the first sit...
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‘No enemies to the right’: DeSantis ally hosts debate hedging white nationalism
Christopher Rufo’s Twitter space discussed conservatives cooperating with extremists ‘to destroy the power of the left’Conservative activist Christoph...
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Fascism in America: a long history that predates Trump
A new book examines the history of far-right authoritarian US groups – and ways the public has chosen to look awayPro-Nazi propaganda, courtesy of the...
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Man in Maga hat charged over shooting of Indigenous activist at statue protest
Jacob Johns seriously injured at protest against reinstallation of statue honoring Spanish conquistador in Española, New MexicoAn Indigenous justice a...
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Enough review: Cassidy Hutchinson on Trump and the damage done
White House aide who became the lead January 6 witness offers a persuasive, dispiriting tale of political degradationCassidy Hutchinson may have done ...
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Prosecutors reiterate need for gag order against Trump in 2020 election case
Prosecutors asked the judge to restrict Trump’s ability to attack them and potential witnesses ahead of a hearing about the issueSpecial counsel prose...
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Robert Kennedy Jr to run for president as independent in 2024 – report
Scion of US political dynasty, who had been challenging Joe Biden for Democratic nomination, expected to announce on SundayRobert F Kennedy Jr is repo...
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A look back at the political career of the Dianne Feinstein – video obituary
Dianne Feinstein, the oldest serving member of the US Senate and longest-serving female senator, has died aged 90. Feinstein's trailblazing career was...
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Dianne Feinstein: a life in pictures
The longest-serving female US senator, who was the first woman to be mayor of San Francisco and blazed a trail for women in US politics, has died aged...
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US House to vote on stopgap bill with less than 48 hours to avert shutdown
Short-term spending bill stands no chance of becoming law but McCarthy pitches proposal to buy time to continue negotiationsWith less than 48 hours le...
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‘Fed up’ US autoworkers expand strikes against GM and Ford
UAW president Shawn Fain says members ‘fed up with corporate greed’ as another 7,000 workers to strike at GM and Ford plantsThe United Auto Workers un...
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‘A role model for many Americans’: politicians mourn Dianne Feinstein
Joe Biden salutes ‘a pioneering American’ as Hillary Clinton says ‘I’ll miss her greatly as a friend and colleague’Dianne Feinstein, the woman who rep...
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Republicans holding government ‘hostage’, says White House spokesman
NSC spokesman John Kirby says shutdown would mean 1.3m troops will not get paid, ‘significantly’ affecting US military moraleHard-right House Republic...
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Congress scrambles to avoid shutdown; California’s Feinstein dies at 90 – US politics live
With less than 48 hours before a potential shutdown, there’s no sign of a deal to keep the government open; Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving fema...
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, trailblazer for women in US politics, dies aged 90
Death of longest-serving female US senator, who was due to retire at end of her term next year, has weighty political implicationsThe California Democ...
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Biden is right to praise the auto strike. His climate agenda depends on it | Kate Aronoff
The president has a golden opportunity to prove that green jobs will bear dividends for the working classJoe Biden had to choose a side in the United ...
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Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol attack
Venmo records show members of rightwing militia paid vice-president for months after group’s January 6 role was exposedOath Keepers members paid dues ...
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Joe Biden says 'Maga movement' is endangering US democracy – video
Joe Biden has dramatically raised the ante in the forthcoming US presidential election campaign with an impassioned warning that US democracy is being...
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Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0 | Timothy Garton Ash
The president has had a good run. But the Democrats must choose a younger candidate if Donald Trump is to be kept out of the White HouseDuring the two...
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Trump gets done for fraud as GOP candidates vie for attention – podcast
Wednesday was debate night for almost all the Republican candidates for the White House, but once again, the man who chose not to turn up was stealing...
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Biden warns voters a second Trump presidency will threaten democracy
Faced with stagnant approval ratings, president ups ante in what may become a central theme of his re-election campaignJoe Biden dramatically raised t...
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The Biden impeachment hearing was a fishing expedition – no one took the bait
With no evidence and their own witnesses admitting to no firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing, GOP members tried to take a commonsense question too farTh...
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AOC accuses Republicans of making up evidence in Biden hearing
New York Democrat gets each witness in impeachment inquiry to admit they have no firsthand evidence of a crime committedQuestioning witnesses in the f...
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Texas Democrat asks witness how many times GOP said 'if' in Biden allegations – video
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett launched a blistering attack on the impeachment hearings against President Joe Biden on Thursday, asking key Democrat ...
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US shutdown moves ever closer as McCarthy digs in over stopgap deal
Republican House speaker says he will not take up Senate bill to keep government running despite his party’s lack of an alternativeA government shutdo...
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Court rejects Trump effort to delay New York civil trial days after fraud ruling
Decision clears way for Judge Arthur Engoron to preside over trial in lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general An appeals court on Thursday reje...
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Prosecutors accuse Trump of new effort to delay classified documents trial
Trump weaponizing government secrecy rules to delay his trial closer to the 2024 election, prosecutors claim in filingSpecial counsel prosecutors accu...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Republicans fabricated evidence in Biden impeachment inquiry – video
Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Republicans of fabricating evidence in the first hearing of Biden's impeachment inquiry on Thu...
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Youth climate activists protest potential shutdown in Kevin McCarthy’s office
Members of Sunrise Movement say House Speaker is ‘playing political games with our futures’ and must avert shutdownScores of young activists with the ...
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Election denier Kari Lake of Arizona to announce run for US Senate seat
Failed far-right gubernatorial candidate is also a possible pick for Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential electionThe far-right Trump support...
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Signs touting ‘auto workers for Trump’ at Michigan rally found to be fake – report
At least two people holding signs saying ‘union members for Trump’ and ‘auto workers for Trump’ turned out to be neitherWhen Donald Trump gave a speec...
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Memo to President Biden: how to master your pet dog Commander
Trainers say president is ultimately responsible for German shepherd’s behaviour after 11th biting incident in two yearsPerhaps the name didn’t help i...
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Republican contenders squabble over Trump in chaotic second debate – live
Trump absent as 2024 hopefuls fail to produce standout momentWhite House rivals accuse Trump of being ‘missing in action’Donald Trump and other promin...
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Trainers are now allowed in the US Senate – so why on earth can’t I wear them to a party? | Emma Brockes
Thanks to self-described slob John Fetterman, standards are slipping for US politicians. If only the rest of society could follow suitIt was John Fett...
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Where do each of the US Republican candidates stand on labor and unions?
Trump and seven other Republicans face the same challenge – US support for unions is at a high but the GOP historically doesn’t condone themIn a bid t...
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House Republicans to hold first hearing on Biden impeachment inquiry
With potential government shutdown days away, GOP lawmakers find time to seek so far elusive evidence against presidentRepublicans will hold their fir...
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Revealed: Trump administration forced Joshua Tree to stay open during last US shutdown
Emails show David Bernhardt of interior department overrode superintendent of California park, causing ‘chaos and destruction’By the time superintende...
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What to know about the Republican impeachment hearing into Biden
House hearing marks an escalation even as Republicans fail to produce substantive evidence of president’s alleged corruptionThe House oversight commit...
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This pointless Republican debate left us all feeling a little bit dumber | Moira Donegan
Nikki Haley’s barb directed at Vivek Ramaswamy summed up the whole spectacle rendered meaningless by Trump’s absence“Every time I hear you I feel a li...
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Nikki Haley picks fights with rivals and seizes momentum in Republican debate
Put-downs and non-Maga replies could help her displace Ron DeSantis as the leading alternative to Donald Trump “Honestly, every time I hear you I feel...
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Crosstalk and weak zingers hand win to absent Trump at Republican debate
Candidates name-called and insulted, made policy proposals and denied history – but not enough to distinguish themselvesIt’s hard to pick the low poin...
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The Trump tale takes a new twist and it’s a real turn up for the books | Fiona Katauskas
Get ready for the new bestseller Continue reading...
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Fact-check: six Republican debate claims from crime to immigration
Republican candidates made misleading, dubious and outright false claims on a variety of issuesSeven Republican presidential candidates participated i...
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Who won the Republican debate? Our panel responds | Panel
Yet again, Trump dominated a stage that he wasn’t even onA new Republican party was supposed to be in the making. Donald Trump as president catered to...
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Trump, crime and bad jokes: key takeaways from the second Republican debate
From a foray into Mike Pence’s sex life and extreme yet vague proposals on gun control, candidates competed for an edgeThe second Republican president...
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‘He shouldn’t even have to pay taxes!’ Trump loyalists revel in Michigan visit
The ex-president gave a rambling speech at a car parts firm but it was unclear how many of the small crowd were autoworkersAs the rain came down a sma...
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Trump urges UAW to endorse him in speech at non-union car parts maker
Frontrunner in Republican primary speaks at Michigan car parts firm one day after Biden joined autoworkers’ picket lineDonald Trump tried to woo US au...
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From abortion to January 6: where each Republican candidate in the debate stands on big issues
Donald Trump again skipped the second debate of the 2024 primary season, as candidates vie to present policy agendasRepublicans vying for the 2024 par...
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Republican debate live: seven candidates – but not Trump – to face off in California
Donald Trump looms over second debate despite being absent once again as no rival candidate has managed to narrow his overwhelming leadRonald Reagan i...
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