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Are American politicians getting too old? – podcast
The debate about how old is too old to serve in public office has resurfaced this week after the shock death of the Republican Lindsey Graham and the ...
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How Trump’s address bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system
US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midtermsDonald Trump used the imprimatur of the...
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Trump’s speech rumored to feature elections or Iran after president teases ‘really big news’ – live updates
Speculation surrounding tonight’s address has mounted since Trump promised big announcement without being specificTrump to deliver TV speech amid spec...
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Florida House write-in candidate arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Trump
William Upham, a 35-year-old former marine, faces federal charges and up to five years in prison, officials sayA former marine and Republican write-in...
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Trump to deliver TV address amid speculation over elections announcement
Expectations grow that US president – who promised ‘really big news’ – to focus on election security and war with IranDonald Trump will address the na...
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White House teleprompter operator put on leave over alleged bets on Trump speeches
Karoline Leavitt calls apparent bets on Kalshi prediction platform ‘deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace’Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter ope...
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Ex-DoJ lawyer fired by Todd Blanche urges senators to reject nomination
Liz Oyer tells of how she refused to ‘rubber-stamp a political favor’ in gun rights case involving Trump ally Mel GibsonUS politics live – latest upda...
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John Fetterman says he would leave Democrats if they became ‘anti-Israel’
His comments come after 103 House Democrats backed an unsuccessful bid to halt billions in military aid to IsraelIsrael’s support among Democrats is s...
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A House vote makes it clear: Israel’s support among Democrats is starting to buckle
More than 100 Democrats voted to cut military aid to Israel as US public opinion shifts – Republicans are noticing tooSomewhere in the days before Wed...
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Trump-backed Senate candidate is linked to white nationalist influencer – his son-in-law
Mike Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has shared antisemitic conspiracies and Nazi imagery onlineUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republ...
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Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man that helped him do it?
The entrepreneur is known in Washington as the financial power behind the president’s crypto fortune. How did Sun’s business love-in with the Trump fa...
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‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home
Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiativesCritics say the Trump ...
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Trump to meet Darline Graham at the White House today – US politics live
President will meet new Republican senator who has taken over the seat following the death of her brother Lindsey GrahamSign up for the Breaking News ...
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Why does the US want to ‘dismantle’ the international criminal court? | Kenneth Roth
Marco Rubio has offered nonsensical rationale in attacking the court. The Trump administration’s real goal is impunityWith the pointless war of choice...
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Brazil condemns US move to impose 25% tariffs next week
Trade office cites investigation of Brazilian trade practices while Marco Rubio says Lula’s policies ‘bad for Americans and bad for Brazilians’ Brazil...
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Trump says Iran has released US citizen detained since 2024
Dena Karari, dual US-Iranian citizen, ‘now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition’, president posts on Truth SocialDonald Trump said Wednesday ...
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Drained reflecting pool reveals Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ liner is now closer to gray
Trump’s effort to revamp the landmark stretched well past the goal of having it ready by the Fourth of JulyThe newly drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecti...
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‘We screwed up the comms’: JD Vance admits errors over Epstein files release
Vice-president tells Joe Rogan administration botched handling and should have released all documents from startJD Vance, the US vice-president, agree...
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CDC nominee Erica Schwartz pressed on whether she will resist RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda
During confirmation hearing Wednesday, Trump’s pick tells Senate health committee she will ‘never betray the science’Erica Schwartz, the Trump adminis...
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House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill
Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirementsHouse Republicans on Wednesday ma...
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Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in rebuke to US ally
Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has souredMore than 100 House Democrats on Wednesd...
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Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate immigrant ICE deaths
Since start of Trump’s second term, 14 Mexican immigrants have died in ICE custody and three in agency operationsMexico formally requested that US sta...
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Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme
State department says plan will provide funding to ‘address national sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’Friedrich Merz has warned Donald T...
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Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that t...
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Trump’s barbed eulogy for Lindsey Graham reveals how fragile his ego is
In interviews and social posts, the loyalty-obsessed president couldn’t help but weave criticism into his praiseThis was originally published in This ...
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Wisconsin panel finds Elon Musk’s $1m state supreme court voter giveaway was likely illegal
Musk distributed money to three people before the 2025 election, which he claimed was critical to Trump’s agendaBillionaire Elon Musk likely violated ...
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Will the death of the ‘Trump whisperer’ change US politics? – podcast
When Senator Lindsey Graham unexpectedly died this week, he left behind a new uncertainty in US politics. Known as a critical deal-maker in Congress, ...
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Trump endorses MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in Minnesota governor’s race
Republican Trump ally has spent years promoting discredited claims about 2020 electionDonald Trump has endorsed Mike Lindell’s bid for Minnesota gover...
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Former Obama White House counsel to face House questioning over Epstein ties
Kathryn Ruemmler welcomes closed-door interview and says she had no knowledge of ongoing criminal activityKathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House ...
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Joe Biden to publish memoir of presidency after November midterms
Promise Me, America to cover everything from economy to decision to drop bid for re-electionFormer president Joe Biden will publish a memoir this fall...
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Trump intelligence pick Jay Clayton to face senators in confirmation hearing
Clayton, if confirmed, would replace Bill Pulte, whose position as acting intelligence chief has prompted outcryJay Clayton, the US attorney for the s...
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Trump’s pick for attorney-general faces Senate hearing later today – US politics live
Trump’s nominee – his former personal defense lawyer – will face what is expected to be a contentious Senate nomination hearing US officials are facin...
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‘Fear, intimidation, violence’: calls mount to remove ICE from US streets after agents killed two men
Agents killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas, even though both were not targets of enforcement actionUS o...
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US sanctions against UN official and rights groups violate first amendment, lawsuit claims
Plaintiffs allege ‘profound’ chilling effect on protected work of international criminal court officials and othersTwo US advocacy groups sued the Tru...
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The Mitch McConnell mystery is solved. But it doesn’t look good for America | Moira Donegan
The senator is alive, a key requirement to maintain one’s job in the US SenateLike any good proof-of-life photo, it featured that day’s newspaper. Aft...
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Todd Blanche to sit for confirmation hearing in bid for attorney general
Trump’s nominee will face tough questions over purging of career prosecutors, Epstein files and moreTodd Blanche will appear in front of the Senate ju...
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Man killed by semi after fleeing from immigration officials in Florida
Death of unidentified 28-year-old man marks third immigration enforcement-related death in one weekA person died during an encounter with federal immi...
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Senate Democrats block advancement of defense bill to protest Trump’s hostilities with Iran
Chuck Schumer says Republicans are ‘ignoring the nation’s most urgent national security crisis’ amid US exchange of fire with IranUS politics live – l...
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After Graham’s death and McConnell’s absence, conspiracy theories abound
A collision of online conspiracy theories came for two of the most powerful Republicans in the Senate in recent daysIt was Russia. It was Israel. Coul...
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Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham, sworn in to fulfill his Senate term
Lindsey Graham’s younger sister appointed by South Carolina’s governor three days after senator’s deathDarline Graham Nordone: Lindsey Graham’s sister...
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Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel
House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over IsraelUS politics live – latest updatesTop...
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine
Deaths of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have prompted calls for independent investigationsFederal immigration officials have been...
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Inflation cools to 3.5% in June in relief brought by brief US-Iran peace deal
Recent strikes have sent oil prices climbing again, with average gas price per gallon up by 70 cents on last yearInflation cooled to an annual rate of...
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Supreme court justices testify to House on budget request to increase security
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett appear before House lawmakers to request more security for the judiciarySupreme court justices Elena Kagan ...
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ICE identifies man agents fatally shot in Maine as Joan Sebastian Guerrero
Witnesses and officials have offered differing accounts of the shooting as questions remainThe man killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
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EU rejects Trump administration claims that ICC threatens US sovereignty
US government says it wants to ‘systematically disable’ The Hague-based international criminal courtA spokesperson for the EU has pushed back against ...
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Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees
The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in AuroraAt least 12 people detained at a federa...
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US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid
The rapper paid $600,000 to JM Burkman & Associates, but the firm says no partial refund was promisedLouisiana rapper Boosie Badazz is reportedly ...
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Jon Stewart on the advanced age of Congress: ‘This is not right, the stakes are too high’
After the death of Lindsey Graham, late-night hosts discussed the problems with an aging government and Trump’s bizarre responseLate-night hosts discu...
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The truth about Pete Hegseth's strange campaign against beards | Arwa Mahdawi
His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump projectThe year is 201...
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Cincinnati has a $1.9bn infrastructure fund – why can’t it spend it to fix its housing crisis?
Money from rail selloff could help solve Ohio city’s most pressing problems but political mistrust dictates how profits can be usedCincinnati, Ohio’s ...
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US House committee advances bill to make daylight saving time permanent
Bid to end clock-changing has bipartisan support, including the backing of Trump and some Democratic co-sponsorsA bill to end the practice of changing...
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