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Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’
Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a headA 200-year-old cottonwood tree near...
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A replica of Donald Trump’s Oval Office goes for the gold in Washington DC
The tourist attraction just unveiled an elaborate, full-scale overhaul to match Trump’s second-term aestheticSitting behind a replica Resolute Desk, n...
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Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for KyivRussia launched deadly strikes on civi...
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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain easily wins re-election
Fain was dogged by investigation but still decisively beat challenger Rich Boyer, who received just 13% of vote The president of the United Auto Worke...
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Marcy Kaptur: longest-serving congresswoman’s bid for another House term roiled by anti-trans ad
Democrat in Congress since 1983 rebuked over ‘dangerous’ campaign ad – will it harm her chances in tight Ohio race?Last month, Marcy Kaptur, the longe...
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‘People are pissed’: union decries TSA’s removal of chairs for checkpoint staff
Order for workers to remain standing to ‘reinforce professionalism’ draws rebuke amid plunging moraleUnion officials have launched a campaign to allow...
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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so.In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical T...
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Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’Donald Trump complained Friday abou...
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Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato alliesUS politics – live updatesDonald...
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Federal judge rules against Trump DoJ’s policy of collecting state voter rolls
Judge says justice department policy of checking state voter rolls against a federal immigration database is unlawfulA federal judge ruled on Friday t...
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Why a public execution will bring the US closer to Iranian values
It is odd for the US defense secretary to be laying the groundwork for an event that could be organized by TehranPete Hegseth’s plans to stage a publi...
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Trump picks conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to be next press secretary
Zacharia will replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after giving birth to her second childDonald Trump has chosen the conse...
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‘Barbaric’ firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth - The Latest
The execution of a former US army psychiatrist by firing squad is to be livestreamed after Pete Hegseth said it would be a public event. Nidal Hasan w...
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‘Barbaric’: firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth – The Latest
The execution of a former US army psychiatrist by firing squad is to be livestreamed after Pete Hegseth said it would be a public event. Nidal Hasan w...
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‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast liveUS politics live – latest updatesThe U...
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Trump establishes committee to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook
US president renews his efforts to oust Cook despite supreme court ruling that her firing was unconstitutionalDonald Trump announced on Friday that he...
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US imposes sanctions on international criminal court
Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime chargesThe United States imposed sa...
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Democratic Senate candidate responds to anti-trans attacks pushed by Republicans
Dr Annie Andrews voices opposition to ‘biological men ... in women’s sports’ in response to Republican attacksDr Annie Andrews, a Democratic Senate ca...
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Democrats are candid about what they will do if they get control of the Senate and House – here are their priorities
Control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections would give Democrats power to subpoena documents and testimonyIn August, Jamie Raskin renewed his...
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Stop talking about the US ‘Jewish vote’. It's not that simple | Judith Levine
Political parties vie for Jewish support based on false assumptions about a single issue: IsraelEverybody wants the Jewish vote. As if there were one....
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The Democrats taking the fight to Republican strongholds
In Florida, Kansas, Iowa and Texas, Democratic candidates are outperforming the predictions, but both parties may struggle to consolidate gainsThis wa...
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A national verdict on Trump 2.0 is coming. Nine midterm voters share where they stand
From cost of living to the Iran war, these are the issues that matter most to US voters across the political spectrumUS voters are about to deliver th...
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Hurricane Isaias ‘biggest test’ for Fema since Trump cuts, experts warn
Gulf officials say they are ready for storm but concerns raised about restructured agency’s ability to respond effectivelyGulf state officials say the...
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US midterms: key takeaways from Senate debates in Michigan, Georgia and Maine
Candidates traded personal attacks and clashed over a range of issues in closely watched US Senate debates on Thursday, with control of Congress at st...
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Is a ‘blue tsunami’ going to wipe out Republicans? – podcast
Polling out this week suggests the Democrats could do something no one thought possible even a few months ago: take back the US Senate. Despite this, ...
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ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in car
Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ actA US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuityMore...
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Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – againHe stands accused of...
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Democratic senator says Hegseth trying to hide costs of Iran war from US public
Chris Murphy says Pentagon blocked him from military base in Qatar and Iran strike on US embassy in Riyadh far worse than public led to believeThe US ...
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Thousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailors after fraught stretch at sea
Military families admit ‘mixed emotions’ as aircraft carrier finally returns to San Diego after grueling deployment that took severe tollUSS Lincoln a...
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DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack
Cassidy Hutchinson told panel she had been told Trump lunged for wheel of SUV to try to join mob at CapitolProsecutors in the justice department’s civ...
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Trump promises not to attack Iran before November’s US midterms
Statement outlines pause on protracted war US president has struggled to end after almost eight monthsDonald Trump has promised not to attack Iran bef...
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Trump made ‘clear’ that media ban was due to critical coverage, court told
Lawyer for CNN, MS Now and Politico says Trump admitted he banned networks from White House over their coverageDonald Trump continues to be the strong...
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Microsoft suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B workers, JD Vance says
Vice-president also says Adobe is barred from visa program that allows high-skilled workers to apply for US residencyMicrosoft is suspended from apply...
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‘Undistilled cheating’: Missouri voters furious in aftermath of Trump bid to rig electoral maps
State residents express anger at Republicans who allowed chaotic voting maps saga to unfold ahead of the midtermsSign up to The Stakes 2026: your week...
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Send us your questions on how the US economy is shaping the midterm elections
Our business, labor and consumer rights reporters will answer your questions in a live Q&A on Thursday 15 OctoberThe US economy is top of voters’ ...
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Nicolás Maduro’s wife to appear in court to push for release from New York jail
Lawyers for Cilia Flores, wife of the ousted Venezuelan president, to urge judge to put her under house arrestThe wife of ousted Venezuelan president ...
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I’m the attorney general of Washington state. Here’s how we’re protecting the midterm elections | Nick Brown
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general is working to make sure voters across the spectrum have their voices heardElections have consequences. So ...
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Protesters removed after disrupting Trump rally in Texas – video
Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, was rocked by repeated protests as the US president urged Texas voters to back the embattl...
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USS Lincoln carrier to return to port in San Diego after record-breaking deployment – US politics live
Vessel spent over 260 consecutive days at sea without a port call, a US navy recordSign up for the US Breaking News emailAs Donald Trump struggled to ...
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‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid
Ohio former senator attacks Republican rival as the ‘face of datacenters’ as he wraps AI concerns into pro-worker messageSherrod Brown, the Democratic...
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‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find themThe image of immigration officers arrestin...
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Trump’s latest attacks on the press exude desperation | Margaret Sullivan
Trump seems to invent ugly new variations on his press-bashing theme almost every dayWhen you hate the mainstream press as much as Donald Trump does, ...
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Could Trump’s plan to suppress voters backfire in the south? – Stateside with Kai and Carter
The biggest question in US politics may be whether Democrats can ever win in the south. In this year’s midterms, Georgia has once again emerged as a b...
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Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stageDonald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by re...
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Leon Botstein resigns from Bard roles as key Democrat demands investigation into Epstein links
Jamie Raskin says ‘startling’ email asked whether young woman was ‘for me, or are you keeping her for yourself’A powerful Democratic lawmaker has call...
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Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads
Ads promoting the president have cost more than $12m and his Super Pac has refused to reimburse taxpayersSign up to The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide...
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Trump backs away from top aides who reportedly advised pro-Russia government
President floats firing Chris LaCivita and James Blair over any ‘conflict’ after reports of work in Republika SrpskaDonald Trump distanced himself fro...
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Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while trying to repair campaign sign
Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she is sharing her story in order to fight for victims of sexual assault This article contains graphic descriptions o...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website The Trump administration pressured mu...
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Hegseth tells USS Lincoln sailors controversial deployment ‘wasn’t easy’
Pentagon chief tries to play down problems onboard carrier as it returns to dock after 260 days at sea without port callPete Hegseth, the US defense s...
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The Guardian view on the US midterms: the cost of living is on the ballot, but this is about democracy too | Editorial
Donald Trump’s unpopularity and the economic struggles of voters have boosted Democrats. But with less than a month to go, there is no complacencyFor ...
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