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Senate to consider Markwayne Mullin’s nomination amid DHS shutdown
Trump pick for homeland security secretary followed firing of Kristi Noem amid blowback for anti-immigration tacticsA Senate committee on Wednesday wi...
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Democratic voters select House candidates in Illinois after heated primaries
Evanston mayor Daniel Biss and Cook County commissioner Donna Miller were among those who came out on top in the elections ahead of the midtermsDemocr...
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Juliana Stratton wins Illinois Democratic Senate primary race
The progressive candidate was behind Krishnamoorthi until she got an infusion of cash from Governor PritzkerIllinois lieutenant governor Juliana Strat...
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Trump news at a glance: calls for former counter-terror chief to face Congress after quitting over Iran war
Senior Democrat calls for Trump ally and far-right political figure Joe Kent to testify after resigning from his postA senior Democrat has called on J...
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Judge orders more than 1,000 Voice of America employees to be reinstated
Republican appointee rules attempts to shutter federal agency are illegal and mandates workers return by 23 MarchA Republican-appointed federal judge ...
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Pam Bondi subpoenaed over Epstein files release by House committee
Lawmakers on both sides of aisle have criticized justice department’s improper redaction of informationSign up for the Breaking News US email to get n...
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Democrats urge windfall tax as big oil set to make billions from Iran war
Progressive and green groups join call for tax on major fossil-fuel companies to help offset rising living costsWith big oil companies poised to reap ...
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Security lines persist at US airports as Congress negotiates DHS funding
Senate Democrats sent counteroffer Monday aimed at resolving budget standoffSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your in...
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Joy of chess keeps dark times in check | Brief letters
Eyewitness photo | A forpit of potatoes | Milli-Helens | UK nuclear weapons | Say it’s not SercoFlicking through the paper, I remarked that it was all...
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We get it RFK Jr: you have abs. Now enough with the slopaganda | Arwa Mahdawi
While the health secretary posts shirtless workouts and AI videos, he should be focusing on soaring cases of measlesVladimir Putin loves bombing Ukrai...
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UF College Republicans sue after suspension over Nazi salute post
The University of Florida campus group says the suspension over an off-campus post violated free speechSign up for the Breaking News US email to get n...
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US Senate prepares to take up debate on restrictive voting bill
Sweeping bill would require proof of US citizenship for new voters passed by House but faces steep odds in SenateUS politics live – latest updatesSign...
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Trump counter-terrorism chief quits over Iran war, blaming Israel
Joe Kent resigned as national counter-terrorism center director, saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the USSign up for the Breaking News US email ...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘He uses his bones to feel things instead of his brain’
Late-night hosts discussed the Oscars, Pete Hegseth targeting ‘unpatriotic’ media and the war in IranLate-night hosts on Monday discussed the Academy ...
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Trump administration to slash fee to renounce US citizenship from $2,350 to $450
White House will take a financial loss to make it easier for Americans to walk away from citizenship starting in AprilThe Trump administration has agr...
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Will the Iran war turn midwest swing states against Trump after his ‘America first’ promise?
Trump failing to keep his word could be important ahead of primaries and midterm elections for independentsIt was on 18 October 2024, just weeks befor...
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Trump relied on unverified intelligence to blame Iran for deadly school strike
Exclusive: Early US assessment suggesting missile was Iranian was almost immediately dismissed, sources sayDonald Trump’s attempt to blame Iran for th...
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Trump’s FCC chair wants American media to work like Iran’s state TV | Caitlin Vogus
If Brendan Carr and the US president’s attacks on the press aren’t stopped, the outcome could be direOver the weekend, Donald Trump fumed on Truth Soc...
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Illinois heads to elect next senator and five congressional district candidates
Midwestern state has a slate of competitive races with money flowing in from donors including AipacSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsl...
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Trump news at a glance: president threatens allies for not wading into strait of Hormuz as Iran conflict continues
US president wants countries to help police the strait after Iran effectively closed the vital fossil fuel shipping channel – key US politics stories ...
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Texas lawmakers spar over DHS funding as long lines loom at US airports
John Cornyn and Greg Casar debate TSA agent pay outside Austin airport as partial shutdown enters second monthSign up for the Breaking News US email t...
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Supreme court to consider Trump push to end protection status for Haitians and Syrians
Conservative-majority court sided with administration before and lifted protections for 600,000 VenezuelansSign up for the Breaking News US email to g...
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Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations
Unprecedented changes to routine US immunization recommendations ‘arbitrary and capricious’, court saysSign up for the Breaking News US email to get n...
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Gregory Bovino, who led Minnesota operation, says he’s retiring end of March
Bovino was demoted in January as head of controversial and deadly immigration crackdown in MinneapolisSign up for the Breaking News US email to get ne...
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Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles diagnosed with breast cancer
Wiles, 68, praised by president as ‘one of the strongest people I know’, to continue working while having treatmentSusie Wiles, the first woman to ser...
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Tucker Carlson expresses fear that he may face federal charges for talking to Iranians
Carlson in video claims the CIA is preparing a ‘crime report’ against him and alleges US agencies have read his textsTucker Carlson, the conservative ...
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The Stop Asian Hate movement ‘galvanized political power’ in the US. Where is it now?
Five years after the deadly Atlanta spa shootings sparked protests and policy changes, the campaign is at a crossroads in Trump’s second termFive year...
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John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘He’s become the archetype of the hyper-online conservative troll’
The late-night host dug deep into JD Vance’s political shift into a rightwing troll second in line to the US presidencyOn the latest Last Week Tonight...
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Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war: ‘Maybe we shouldn’t even be there’
President made contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with allies to help US secure Strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – l...
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Trump backs FCC chair’s threat to pull licenses of news outlets over Iran war coverage
US president on social media said he was ‘thrilled’ that Brendan Carr was looking into broadcasters’ licenses Sign up for the Breaking News US email t...
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Donald Trump attacks supreme court over tariffs again in late-night social media post – US politics live
President accuses court of having ‘unnecessarily RANSACKED’ the US and claims he has ‘absolute right’ to impose new tariffsSign up for the Breaking Ne...
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Afghan asylum seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died on Saturday in Texas less than 24 hours after being detainedAn Afghan immigrant who previously worked with the Uni...
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Relative of US airman killed in Middle East crash calls war on Iran ‘uncalled for’
Cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, whose military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, says: ‘We didn’t need to be in this war’A relative of an Ohio airman...
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‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a ne...
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Aipac in the era of Trump: the pro-Israel Super Pac that has become an electoral liability
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has spent decades as one of DC’s most formidable lobbying forcesFour Democratic congressional primaries i...
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‘Attention will swing back’: Epstein outrage unlikely to subside despite Trump’s Iran war
Advocates say 24/7 coverage of US attacks will not last for ever – and spotlight will return to Epstein and his crimesAs the US woke to news that Dona...
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‘I’m sick of stupid’: from excoriating Noem to breaking with Trump, Thom Tillis goes for fiery final act in Congress
The Republican senator from North Carolina will not seek re-election after Trump threatened to primary himIn the last US Senate hearing before Kristi ...
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‘The system is broken’: grassroots Democratic outreach group aims to reconnect with voters
Swing Left is trying to revitalize Democrats’ outmoded ground game with ‘deep canvassing’ ahead of midtermsPope Leo came top with 42%. Donald Trump wa...
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US citizens: Trump had no ‘backup’ plan to help them leave Middle East after Iran strike
Americans criticize US state department, with one person saying she felt ‘betrayed’ and treated like ‘an afterthought’US citizens living in the Middle...
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Trump news at a glance: call for allied protection of strait of Hormuz in doubt as allies appear sceptical
US president’s call for coalition to protect commercial ships gets muted response – key US politics stories from 15 March at a glanceDonald Trump’s ca...
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Republican rebukes FCC chair’s threats to revoke broadcast licenses over Iran war
Senator Ron Johnson pushes back, saying he’s not in favor of government meddling in freedom of speechThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair...
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Airline CEOs urge Congress to end shutdown and pay airport TSA officers
Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absencesThe CEOs of major US airlines u...
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Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war powers to Trump
Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North KoreaDemocratic US senator Cory Booker has cr...
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Religious leaders condemn Michigan synagogue attack – but moving forward together tricky
Jewish and Arab American leaders decry violence at Temple Israel, but US-Israel war on Iran complicates healingJewish and Arab American leaders across...
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US not ready to seek deal to end war with Iran, Donald Trump says
Tehran wants ceasefire but terms ‘not good enough yet’, US president claims, as both sides launch new waves of strikesMiddle East crisis – live update...
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Conflicting US statements in the second week of the war on Iran – a timeline
Trump administration claims on how long the conflict may last are increasingly inconsistent and contradictoryIn the second week of the US‑Israel war o...
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America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse
The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-richNot a ...
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How the US war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack – and how that may be the point
‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’For decades, the US and its allies ha...
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‘War leader’ Trump fixates on trivial matters as Iran death toll mounts
Experts query ‘mix-up of priorities’ as president plays golf, posts old pictures and repeats details of Bill Maher feudMore than two weeks into the US...
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UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say
Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is presidentBritain should have a completely independen...
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Trump news at a glance: president says Iran’s Kharg Island ‘demolished’ and threatens more strikes ‘just for fun’
Trump also questions whether Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is even alive’ while deflating hopes of a deal with Tehran to end conflict – key US politics s...
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Two of six US service members killed in aircraft crash over Iraq identified
US Central Command says crash followed unspecified incident, and second refueling tanker landed safely in IsraelThe names of two of the six US service...
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