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Dozens of protesters arrested after staging sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s DC office
Protesters with the Sunrise Movement youth climate group push for new Senate leadership and ending the filibuster Dozens of protesters with the Sunris...
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CDC reports six measles deaths in 2026 as US battles worst outbreak in 35 years
Figures highlight spread of virus, officially declared eliminated in US in 2000, but CDC does not identify which states accounted for deathsThe Center...
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Trump says no deal needed on Iran war and orders Vance to focus on domestic issues
President says vice-president will focus on supposed ‘Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States’US politics live – l...
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Mississippi makes history with Democrat Scott Colom’s Senate win - The Latest
Mississippi has elected the Democrat Scott Colom in a historic race in the traditionally deep-red state, making him its first Black senator since shor...
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Pete Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded him near Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
‘We love standards. Well done, Specialist’, the defense secretary writes following Veterans Day visitThe defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Thursday ...
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Mississippi makes history with Democrat senate win - The Latest
Mississippi has elected the Democrat Scott Colom in a historic race in the traditionally deep-red state, making him its first Black senator since shor...
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New Democratic lawmakers bring first-day-of-school energy to Capitol Hill
And a politics editor, freshly returned to work after parental leave, can relateThis was originally published in the Stakes 2026, a newsletter about t...
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Senator opens investigation into evidence RFK Jr ‘unlawfully lied’ to Congress
Exclusive: Ron Wyden, citing Guardian report, is launching inquiry into whether health secretary lied about Samoa trip during confirmation hearingsA t...
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Share your reaction to Scott Colom’s Mississippi Senate win
We would like to hear your reaction to Colom’s election win and your hopes for his leadershipDemocrat Scott Colom has unseated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the i...
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Gun rights groups plot new ties with ‘gun owners who vote Democrat’ after midterms verdict
Some advocates say it no longer makes sense for their movement to be so intertwined with the Republican partyAfter the Democrats’ huge wins in the US ...
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‘To them, we’re just NPCs’: the artists and activists challenging Trump’s video game propaganda
Order a Diet Coke or invade Iran – that’s the choice facing the US president in one of several satirical games, as designers turn the gamification of ...
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‘Screwed twice’: The CFPB says it’s looking out for consumers. Its own data tells a different story
Complaints about banks and other financial players keep rising as Trump officials squelch enforcement actions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bur...
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A record number of US democratic socialists will become mayors. They’re out to prove their vision for affordability
Members of Democratic Socialists of America have a unique opportunity to fulfill campaign promises and group’s idealsAs progressive candidates scored ...
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Trump the ‘biggest loser’ for scrapping climate action, John Kerry says at Cop31
Kerry decries president for ceding clean-energy dominance to China and says climate crisis still a key issue for votersDonald Trump is the “biggest lo...
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‘Maga is dead, Maga is effeminate’: why has the manosphere rejected Trump?
As public mood has shifted on Israel-Gaza and the Iran war, so has the manosphere’s devotion to the US presidentEarlier this week, Donald Trump announ...
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Pete Hegseth’s wake of destruction at the Pentagon – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Pete Hegseth has managed to dodge an impeachment trial, for the second time. And Republicans have avoided — for now — a major public accounting of the...
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Promises and pride: Scott Colom rejoices with young and old on historic night in Mississippi
When he finally arrived at his victory party, Colom walked out to T.I.’s Let ‘Em Know. The audience, still galvanized even after hours of standing, ro...
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Democrats push to rein in Trump on immigration after voter backlash to ICE raids
Members of Congress seek to ‘bring sanity’ to system but decline to give details on plans to reform or abolish agencyA group of congressional Democrat...
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How Scott Colom won deep-red Mississippi with little help from Democrats
Democrat chatted up people at hair salons, colleges and at Trump rallies to become Mississippi’s first Black senator since ReconstructionThe ad is sim...
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Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win
Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982Democrat Scott Colom pulled off one of the bi...
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The Guardian view on Maga after the midterms: doubling down on Trumpism | Editorial
Republicans know that the president’s folly and excesses cost them the elections. That doesn’t mean they’re ready to challenge himShortly after polls ...
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Why does Pete Hegseth call himself secretary of war? ‘Dopey but dangerous’ wouldn’t fit on a badge | Emma Brockes
He has survived blame for the US midterms disaster and dodged an impeachment vote, but it will be one battle after another now – and he can’t win them...
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It’s impeachment season! After the attempt on Pete Hegseth, will Donald Trump be next? | Arwa Mahdawi
Trump has already made history as the only president to be impeached twice. After the Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms, could there be a third a...
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Democrat says Trump has ‘something to hide’ after White House threatens oversight efforts
White House warns Democratic pledges to investigate president ‘may cross line into blatant criminality’The incoming Democratic chair of the powerful c...
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Marco Rubio spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games
Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so oftenMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has...
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Democrats lambast absent peers allowing Republicans to squash Hegseth impeachment attempt
Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votesUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Hegseth’s press conference amid impeachment attempt: ‘doozy of a performance’
Late-night hosts discussed embattled defense secretary’s defense of himself amid Republican-led effort to oust himLate-night hosts recapped Pete Hegse...
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Can Barack Obama be credited for the blue wave? Perhaps – but others fathered this success
The former US president’s centrism lacks substance but his enduring political capital has given rank outsiders the chance to spark radical political c...
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US could lose measles-free status soon as RFK Jr’s pushes anti-vaccine agenda
Country is in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991, with more than 5,400 cases nationallyThe United States could lose its measles eliminati...
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How Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps ‘failed epically’
But, says one expert, it would be misleading to say that gerrymandering did not work at all in this electionIf there was one obvious conclusion from D...
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How a small, newly socialist US city became the second to cut ties with Israel
Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, chose to pull foreign investments from countries that profit from genocideThe tectonic blue wave that washed over ...
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Project 2025 had a plan to target federal data. The Trump administration obeyed
Hundreds of datasets and websites that contradict government’s ideology have been altered or wiped – a tactic taken straight from Heritage Foundation’...
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Democrats’ US election sweep brings the price of their promised social contract into focus
‘The post-election wish list is about to run into harsh fiscal reality: there is no money’Is this an opportunity for a new America? As the Reagan revo...
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US Treasury chief Scott Bessent reportedly moves to military base after Iranian threats
Bessent, the driving force behind US push to cripple Iran’s economy, relocates reportedly over threat to his lifeThe US Treasury secretary, Scott Bess...
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For Trump, Musk and Farage, the message is the same: voters don’t want to be hijacked by billionaires | Rafael Behr
A lesson from the US midterms is that electorates are repelled by the arrogant mega-rich buying democracy. This is a fight Labour can afford to pick F...
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Who is Stephen Miller, the new gateway man to Trump - podcast
Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could w...
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US House votes to derail impeachment of Pete Hegseth – video
Republicans in the US House of Representatives banded together on Tuesday, 10 November, to derail an effort to impeach defense secretary Pete Hegseth....
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Federal judge allows Trump’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against BBC to proceed
Trump-appointed judge Jeffrey T Kuntz partially denies British broadcaster’s motion to dismiss over editFederal judge Jeffrey T Kuntz ruled on Tuesday...
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House Republicans block effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth
Trump ally, accused of an array of illegal acts, had earlier condemned impeachment push as ‘a farce and a stunt’House Republicans on Tuesday blocked a...
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Who is Jim Jordan? Pugnacious Trump ideologue to lead diminished Republican ranks
Controversial far-right congressman defied 2022 subpoena from Capitol attack panel and was accused of ignoring sexual abuse as college wrestling coach...
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Schumer confident on Senate leadership role despite dwindling votes – video
New York senator Chuck Schumer expressed confidence that he would become the majority leader after the Democratic party gained at least 54 seats in th...
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Bernie Sanders says he will not back Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
Progressive senator says ‘I like Chuck … but the time is now for change’ as calls grow for new Democratic leadershipBernie Sanders, a progressive sena...
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US prosecutors charge Iranian operative allegedly responsible for UK air force base attack
New indictment claims Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian and Iraqi national, plotted while in US custodyUS federal prosecutors have said that an...
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Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron file new defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens
Legal battle escalates as far-right US podcaster continues to spread false claims that France’s first lady was born a manEmmanuel and Brigitte Macron ...
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Newly elected Democrats arrive in Washington – in pictures
Smiling and dressed for the US Capitol, brand-new Congress members from Abdul El-Sayed to Annie Andrews attend a new-member orientation Continue readi...
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Parents sue to stop Washington state trans sports ban that could require ‘invasive’ genital exams
Voters adopted extreme policy requiring medical sex verification for all girls who want to play team sportsParents of student athletes in Washington s...
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Republicans elect Jim Jordan as House minority leader after midterm defeats
As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Republicans pick Jordan for last two years of Trump’s presidencyRepublican lawmakers have elected Ji...
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Hegseth lays it on thick for Trump to shave off fallout from Iran war
Defense secretary calls impeachment effort a ‘farce’ and praises president in press conference for audience of oneThere was no talk of “weirdos or bea...
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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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