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Saturday Night Live: Druski hosts and James Talarico cameos, but where’s the post-election comedy?
SNL booking comedian Druski post-midterms felt misbegotten in low-energy episode failing to capture historic ‘blue-nami’Four days after the historic “...
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Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections
Trump poised to double down on immigration crackdown and refuse concessions to new Democratic majority in CongressDonald Trump set the stage for his a...
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Challenging the politics that brought Donald Trump to power | Letters
Readers respond to an editorial commenting on the Republicans’ rout in the US midterm electionsYour editorial on the US midterms (4 November) notes th...
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political awakening and sporting distinction
Michigan senator-elect’s former peers recall his time at university in Britain – and his love of coronation chicken sandwichesIn the cold, twilight da...
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The political playbook that unraveled US transgender rights in the past decade
From the military to healthcare, Trump systematically dismantled Obama-era protections for transgender rightsShelby Chestnut remembers turning on the ...
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‘The light of dawn is on the horizon’: the best moments from US midterm victory speeches | Ted Widmer
Tuesday’s winners offered a new politics at a time when ‘there is something broken in America’As the US election returns came in throughout the night ...
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How CrossFit helped shape the macho fitness culture of Trump’s America
The movement founded by Greg Glassman grew into an empire, helping popularize the masculinity aesthetic embraced by Pete Hegseth and RFK JrComparative...
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Centrism did not win the Democratic party the election
The blue wave, while a rebuke of Trump’s policies, was also a referendum on the party’s status quoOn election night I stood in a crowd at Harlem Taver...
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Healthcare, tariffs – but not Trump impeachment: Democrats chart next two years of power
Midterms success gives party potent leverage over Trump – expect tough campaigns of investigating and lawmaking“Costs, chaos, corruption”: after almos...
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Trump’s shattered ‘mirror world’: American voters roundly reject president’s alternate reality
President claimed to have ushered in a ‘golden age’ even as prices soared and war dragged on – and midterm voters did not buy his looking-glass narrat...
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Wisconsin state patrol trooper detained by ICE released from custody
Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe immigrated to US at 14 and has been waiting seven years for asylum case to be heardA Wisconsin state patrol trooper, whom fe...
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Trump says he asked Dana White, UFC boss, to be his new White House press secretary
President said the ‘violent Fighter and Warrior’ plus some UFC brawlers would ‘defend us from the Lunatic Left’Donald Trump has offered the job of Whi...
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Judge to appoint special master to determine whether Trump lawyers purposely misled her over golf course
Ana Reyes wants to know whether federal officials lied about extent of renovation plans at East Potomac golf courseA federal judge said on Saturday th...
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‘People are active, they are fed up’: young voters fueled the Democratic wave
After helping Trump to victory in 2024, young voters swung decisively toward Democrats, helping deliver a wave of midterm victoriesThe 2026 blue tsuna...
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Did the Bay Area just save its transit system from the brink of certain death?
Voters approved two measures to save the region’s financially distressed public transit agenciesVoters in the San Francisco Bay Area overwhelmingly ap...
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Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, pledges ‘total devotion’ to the president
Hardline aide offers ‘unwavering commitment’ to president amid fears White House will double down on far-right immigration agendaStephen Miller, Donal...
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LA’s newer, bluer wave: Nithya Raman leads way as city’s progressives make their mark
Democratic socialists won the mayorship, a US House seat and powerful positions in Los Angeles – and a large network of volunteers helped them do itAs...
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Not a pretty sight: Trump’s ‘beautiful’ Republican men flop at midterms
President spent weeks praising his favored candidates’ physiques, from their jawlines to their shoulders – but most of his hot guys lostIt was either...
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Will Pete Hegseth be the blue tsunami’s next victim? | Arwa Mahdawi
The ‘secretary of war’ and his shameful history are facing bipartisan scrutinyCan you smell the schadenfreude in the air?Watching some of the worst pe...
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Trump’s elevation of Stephen Miller a middle finger to millions of voters
Architect of Trump’s far-right immigration agenda is now most powerful unelected figure in government – it suggests White House is moving to a war foo...
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Flip voters discovered that Trump’s racism and xenophobia are expensive
Maga’s regret voters were all-in for Trump’s racism. Then they found out they couldn’t afford itFor the first time in a decade, election predictions f...
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Israel took a beating in the US midterms | Judith Levine
In a reversal of longstanding assumptions, strong criticism of Israel’s actions may have helped put candidates over the top“You took a chance on the u...
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‘Wait, what?’: the underdog Democrats who won their midterm races against all odds
From North Carolina to Arizona, Democrats with almost no public profile were stunned at their election triumphsOne candidate had dropped out in Septem...
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Black voter turnout surges in US south despite Republican redistricting drive: ‘They could not stop the momentum’
The GOP tried to dilute their power, but Black voters helped Democrats get elected in Alabama, Texas and FloridaBlack voter turnout surged across US s...
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Trump may have lost but don’t bet Democrats can fix the economy
There’s not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters’ stress over pricesIt was the economy, again. Although Donald Tru...
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Trump faces criticism for ‘dangerous’ Stephen Miller appointment as White House chief of staff
Democrats and Republicans blast promotion of ‘xenophobe’ who led administration’s immigration crackdown in wake of US midterm electionsDemocratic lawm...
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The end of Maga as we know it
The Republican party will regroup after their shellacking in the US midterm elections, but it won’t look the sameWalking by a tattoo studio and medica...
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How Stephen Miller appointment shows Trump hasn’t learned his lesson on immigration
US voters repudiated mass deportation campaign, but choice of new chief of staff shows Trump doesn’t careOn Tuesday, voters resoundingly rebuked Donal...
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Susie Wiles exits White House as Trump ousts another woman from key role
Wiles thanks president for ‘honor of a lifetime’ as departure leaves behind overwhelmingly male leadership teamUS politics live – latest updatesDonald...
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Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave
Tech industry fears delays to its multi-trillion dollar infrastructure buildout meant to power artificial intelligence Several newly elected Democrats...
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Texas v Musk: how southern state Democrats won against the billionaire – explainer
Democrat James Talarico won a Senate seat in Texas, breaking a 38-year drought for his party in the Republican stronghold and delivering a stunning bl...
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Incoming Democratic senators don’t want Chuck Schumer as majority leader
New lawmakers from Annie Andrews and Adam Hamilton to Abdul El-Sayed indicate they will not support himIncoming Democratic senators want someone other...
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Houston to limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities
Mayor said only immigrants that ‘pose a danger’ would be referred to ICE, after Democrats gain control of governor’s seatThe mayor of Houston on Frida...
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‘Minimal look, maximal politics’: how the black T-shirt became a political weapon
Worn by Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, fashion experts say the look radiates authority and no-nonsense masculinityFor ...
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Stephen Miller to become Trump’s new White House chief of staff
US president confirms Susie Wiles, current chief of staff and first woman to serve in the role, will step downUS politics live – latest updatesStephen...
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Trump will be blocked from putting ‘rightwinger’ on supreme court, Schumer says
After midterm wins, Democratics plan comeback for when new Congress is sworn in, including pushback against Trump and his policiesDonald Trump will be...
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Democrats won big in Ohio on working-class issues. Can they deliver?
Historians and political scientists say that framing the wins as ‘Ohio’s working class has come home’ is too simpleAt its peak, the Mahoning valley wa...
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Democrats start plotting as civil war breaks out among Republicans | Politics Weekly America
Jonathan Freedland hosts a live panel to look at what happens next – for Donald Trump, the Republicans who might want to succeed him, and for Democrat...
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The most diverse, anti-establishment Congress in history is cause for optimism
After years of outrage or numbness being the main options for dealing with politics, Tuesday’s results were permission to be optimisticThis was origin...
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Oxford, Bethnal Green and the Guardian: surprising British backstory of senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed
In a Guardian article in 2010, the Oxford Rhodes scholar said UK democracy had the ‘upper hand’ over the USUS politics live – latest updatesIn the ten...
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What is this strange, post-election feeling? Oh right – it’s utter joy | Dave Schilling
A decade of political misery does terrible things to the mind. Tuesday’s wins came with a sense of unrealityLate on Tuesday night, the comedian Alex E...
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‘I didn’t expect to be a main character’: Abdul El-Sayed heads to the Senate with a mandate – and a spotlight
The successful Democratic contender for a Michigan Senate seat parried the many insinuations lobbed by RepublicansAbdul El-Sayed said he did not expec...
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Measles, mumps and misinformation: how Crunchy Moms became ‘the most dangerous’ group on Facebook
Meta says it removes content that could cause imminent physical harm – but nearly half a million members have joined a group that regularly promotes m...
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Democrats finally decided to take rural America seriously – and won big | Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson
Democrats won over rural voters from Maga in the midterms by focusing more on working people and less on culture warsLong before Jamie Ager entered po...
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After the midterms, the global right is reeling. But the danger of Trumpism will never be gone | Jonathan Freedland
Yes, the Republicans suffered humiliating defeat. But the fact that a Trump presidency was even possible means something like it could happen againHe’...
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How a ‘flaming liberal’ podcast host won a US House seat in conservative Missouri
Fred Wellman, host of the progressive podcast On Democracy, defeated longtime incumbent Republican Ann WagnerFred Wellman’s victory in Missouri’s seco...
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There is a showdown looming in the Democratic party over support for Israel | Moustafa Bayoumi
Even Donald Trump has acknowledged that support for Israel is increasingly a political liability in US politics. Will the Democratic leadership listen...
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Trump signs order to make gold-decorated Oval Office a national monument – video
Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he says will prevent future administrations from changing his design of the Oval Office and Cabine...
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Trump wooed Latino voters, but his ICE tactics sent them back to the polls: ‘They’re taking our neighbors’
Texas business owner says he expected ICE raids to focus on those with criminal records not his relatives and employeesTuesday night’s explosive rout ...
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US midterm elections 2026 live: Democrats exceed 250 House seats as blue wave sweeping Congress grows
Democrats widen gap in House chamber by flipping more seats, including in Ohio, Arizona and North Carolina; Ted Cruz calls election a ‘Watergate-level...
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Judge temporarily halts building work on Trump’s triumphal arch
Federal judge issues 14-day restraining order on any construction work on Washington monument, hours after it was approved by planning commissionA fed...
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As the Republican civil war kicks off, Democrats start plotting – podcast
After the midterms earthquake that shook US politics, Jonathan Freedland hosts a Guardian Live event panel to look at what happens next – for Donald T...
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