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Trump’s FCC nominee avoids questions from Democrats on Carr’s ‘censorship agenda’
Senators pressured Danielle Thumann, senior counsel to FCC chair Brendan Carr, to speak about agency’s actions toward ABC and Jimmy KimmelDuring a con...
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House Republicans urge DoJ to further investigate ‘key witnesses’ in Epstein case
Republicans on House panel criticize US government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine MaxwellRepublicans on the House oversight commit...
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Compassion is the antidote to the politics of cruelty | Letters
Readers respond to an article by John Harris in which he argues that around the world virtues such as kindness and compassion are gathering dustJohn H...
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What to know about impeachment amid effort to oust US defense secretary Pete Hegseth
Hegseth is facing a Republican-led impeachment effort accusing him of violating federal law and the constitutionPete Hegseth, the US defense secretary...
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Haitian boy, 8, detained by ICE is now unaccounted for, lawmaker says
Juan Vargas, a congressman, says he’s working to reunite the third-grader with loved onesRelatives of an eight-year-old Haitian boy who was taken into...
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Gilded statue in DC mocks Trump for ‘dodging’ Vietnam war draft over bone spurs
New statue titled The Foot Soldier was installed on the National Mall just two days before Veterans DayA new statue mocking Donald Trump was installed...
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'It's a farce': Pete Hegseth dismisses impeachment effort against him – video
Pete Hegseth said moves to impeach him over alleged abuse of power in the Iran war were 'a farce' that would fail. The US defence secretary was speaki...
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‘The path is very difficult’: Mark Danner on why Democrats shouldn’t aim to only rebuild post-midterms
The veteran journalist’s Crossing the Rubicon comes after a historic election where Democrats took over state legislatures across the USMark Danner’s ...
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Hegseth calls Republican’s bid to impeach him a ‘stunt’ by critics of Trump
Thomas Massie has accused US defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powersPete Hegseth has dism...
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White supremacist Nick Fuentes linked to college Republican group, records show
Computer records reveal College Republican Patriot Coalition’s web domain in account registered to Fuentes-managed companyA college Republican coaliti...
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A Trump proposal would punish single parents. Other wealthy countries have a different approach
Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden offer extra support to solo-parent households. In its latest pronatalist push, the Trump administration aims to shi...
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Trump-era lawlessness must be prosecuted. Our new group is working to end the impunity | Kenneth Roth
Congressional investigations are only part of the solution. A civic project will do needed legal legworkThe Democrats’ midterm victory was resounding,...
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‘The many v the money’ should frame the next US Congress
If Democrats want to keep the blue wave going into 2028, they have to take on the billionaire class Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion ser...
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Pete Hegseth to hold news briefing as he faces possible impeachment – US politics live
Anti-Trump Republican Thomas Massie pursuing measures against defense secretary as Iran war blamed for party’s sweeping midterm lossesRepublican Thoma...
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JD Vance’s first 2028 pitch reveals his profound weakness as a candidate | Moira Donegan
The potential presidential contender has misread the electorate – and that’s just the start of his problemsThe good news is that the dramatic results ...
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Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have an Israel problem – Stateside with Kai and Carter
In an interview this week, Donald Trump was asked to give his assessment of why Republicans lost so badly in the midterms. Along with gas prices, the ...
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Republicans return to Washington to sift through wreckage of midterms rout
With weeks left on the congressional calendar, House and Senate representatives have a host of issues they still need to tackleOn their first day back...
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We have a new shadow president – and he can play Trump like a fiddle | Arwa Mahdawi
Stephen Miller is an ideologue on a mission to reshape the world. But his appointment has a silver lining for DemocratsHas the midterms bloodbath made...
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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects
Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projectsThe Senate on Monday advanced bipartis...
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US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend
Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harmThe US supreme court has allowed Do...
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Democrats' big blue wave wins you may have not heard about - video
While Democrats notched major midterm wins in Senate and House races, the blue wave extended further down the ballot – into races that received far le...
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Trump says US war in Iran ‘effectively over’ as he plays down escalation concerns
President, after talks with Qatari PM, suggests end to war coming ‘fairly soon’ and military escalation not neededDonald Trump has said that the war i...
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Republican Thomas Massie speaks after introducing articles of impeachment for Hegseth - video
Republican congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky holds press conference after issuing eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth, accusing the...
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Progressives head to US House in record numbers after winning red districts
Caucus had 100 members in the last Congress, and six of the nine candidates it endorsed won, flipping seatsHouse progressives, long dismissed as the D...
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Republican Thomas Massie moves to force vote to impeach Pete Hegseth
US representative accuses defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powersUS politics live – lates...
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Former RFK Jr adviser accuses Trump officials of prioritizing special interest groups over voters
Calley Means claims officials abandoned Maha agenda and took money from sugar industry leading up to midtermsA former top Trump administration health ...
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John Fetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by democratic socialist born in Gaza
Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American, said he would run in a primary to be the Democratic nominee in 2028US politics live – latest updatesJohn Fetterman...
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Senate votes on bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy
Environmentalists torn over procedural vote to boost infrastructure projects but weaken environmental lawsIt’s a bill that would make it easier to bui...
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Stephen Miller is in. Is Pete Hegseth out? With Ben Rhodes – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Starting today, Stephen Miller is officially Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Now what? Kai Wright speaks with Ben Rhodes, co-host of Crooked Media’s Po...
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Obama granted me clemency after 23 years in prison. What will it take for Trump to do similar? | Letter
Danielle Metz wonders whether the president will extend the forgiveness he has shown the 6 January insurrectionists to other prisoners, in response to...
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John Oliver on Pete Hegseth’s military plans: ‘Dr Seuss for concussed bigots’
Late-night host discussed the defense secretary’s attacks on DEI, time as a Fox News host and ties to nationalist groupsOn his HBO show on Sunday nigh...
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Elon Musk and the tech bros banked on Trump and lost. Humbled, humiliated: what will they do next? | Jonathan Liew
Democrats won seats on anti-datacentre tickets and Musk wasted nearly half a billion dollars. Big tech may be losing its grip, but it won’t go quietly...
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Dolores Huerta obituary
American activist and trade unionist who fought for the rights of farm workersAlthough she was never the president of the United Farm Workers union, D...
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Hardline Trump aide Stephen Miller takes over as White House chief of staff
Miller, known as the architect of Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown, is replacing Susie Wiles in new roleUS politics live – latest updatesSt...
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Joe Biden to limit White House memoir promotion due to advancing cancer
Former president’s new book Promise Me America provides an inside look at January 6, Covid-19 response and moreJoe Biden will undertake only limited p...
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Time to fight back: five leading thinkers on what Democrats should do post-midterms
Democrats have taken control of Congress in a sweeping blue wave – now the real work beginsWelcome to a special edition of How We Win, a Guardian opin...
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Trump is humiliated and angry – and Europe is where he’s free to lash out | Nathalie Tocci
The US president sees Europeans as the mirror image of his ‘woke’ domestic foes. They should brace for further betrayal this winterEuropeans have gree...
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Diversity, decency and a new south: who were the real winners in the US midterms? |
Tuesday was a victory for equity and inclusivity and a rejection of hate and fear. The biggest losers? Megadonors and Super PacsRather than regurgitat...
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Donald Trump 'kidding' about making UFC boss Dana White US press secretary – video
Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was 'only kidding' when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to D...
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‘A complete repudiation’: public health won big in US midterm elections
Election wins of Annie Andrews, Abdul El-Sayed and more who ran on healthcare issues are viewed as sign of home as Trump administration unravels US he...
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Deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’, says Trump, as Miller starts chief-of-staff role – US politics live
President’s admission appears at odds with the elevation of immigration hardlinerTrump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite Miller promot...
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Anti-AI populism is the future of American politics | Garrison Lovely
Democrats should drag Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk before the world and make them explain just what it is they’re trying to do and whyThe AI...
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We can’t just ‘move on’: Democrats must hold Trump accountable | Jan-Werner Müller
The new Congress cannot maintain the culture of political impunity that got us here in the first placeFresh from an overwhelming victory, Democrats mi...
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Economic relief is on the way, Democrats say. But what, how and when?
Winning candidates promised to cut costs, rein in corporations, curb billionaire power and improve the economyDon’t worry, cash-strapped Americans, “r...
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Michael Lewis on the ‘blockers’ who stood up to Elon Musk’s Doge - video
What happens when Elon Musk and a bunch of tech bros try to rip up the US government? Journalist Michael Lewis – the acclaimed author of Moneyball and...
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Stephen Miller, immigration hardliner, in his own words
Trump’s most controversial aide begins his first day as White House chief of staffStephen Miller, the influential architect of Donald Trump’s aggressi...
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Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks
US government will have no official presence at UN’s annual climate summit, this year’s Cop31 held in Antalya, TurkeyThe US will be absent from key UN...
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Trump tells 60 Minutes that deportation policy was ‘too tough’
President makes unusual acknowledgement that one of the defining policies of his second administration had become a political liabilityDonald Trump ha...
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Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary
President says it was ‘just a little fun’ to picture White, UFC boss and Trump’s friend, in briefing room with fightersDonald Trump said on Sunday tha...
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‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms
Nationwide, voters elected at least 75 Native women or non-binary candidates in Tuesday’s elections, report saysThe US midterm elections saw voters el...
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Hakeem Jeffries supports impeachment of Pete Hegseth: ‘He has got to go’
House Democrat is a ‘hard yes’ on impeachment resolution against defense secretary who ‘has abused his power’House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, po...
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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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