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Trump news at a glance: president reveals the snub behind his Greenland ambitions
Trump says failure to receive the Nobel peace prize means he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ – key US politics stories from 19 Jan...
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‘The struggle continues’: MLK Day celebrated amid tense political climate
Holiday marked with parades and services but tempered by anxieties over racial and social equality under TrumpMartin Luther King Jr Day was marked wit...
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Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks
Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials claim is ‘presumed suicide’Who is on the frontline of Donald Trum...
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Rashida Tlaib on fighting billionaire oligarchs: ‘The American people overwhelmingly want to tax the rich’
The Democratic representative plans to introduce a bill halting subsidies and tax advantages for the super-richThey had the best seats in the house. W...
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Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church servicesKristi Noem first denied that federal agents ...
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‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as nowBruce Springsteen used a Saturday conc...
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‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness
Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as ‘chaotic and disruptive’When Shawn Pleasants first heard th...
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‘Very historic time’: US protests have jumped since Trump’s first term
Data shows 133% increase from 2017 to 2025 as anti-ICE and No Kings protests push mobilization against White HouseIn the year since Donald Trump retoo...
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Markets fall and gold and silver hit new highs after Trump’s latest tariff threat
US president’s talk of Greenland-linked import taxes also sends dollar sliding 4% against safe-haven currenciesBusiness live – latest updatesEurope li...
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Rightwing influencer with White House ties turns focus to Minnesota
Critics draw ‘direct line’ between content by Nick Sortor and similar figures and violent actions of federal agentsA rightwing influencer, who appeare...
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Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline
Over 2 million documents are under DoJ review despite ‘legal obligation’ from Epstein Files Transparency ActThe law was clear: Donald Trump’s Departme...
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From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian
Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that realityThe United States see...
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Who is on the frontline of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown?
These are the federal agencies detaining people across the US – mostly, but not all, under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland SecurityWhen the...
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On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day
People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s wordsThis year, the Dr Martin Luther King Jr ...
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The Trump-Kennedy Center is another front in the battle for the soul of America | Charlotte Higgins
Under Trump, the world-class centre for performing arts is one of many US cultural institutions changing beyond recognition. Will others buckle?A year...
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Trump news at a glance: EU weighs up economic sanctions against US after Trump’s tariff threats
European leaders meet for crisis talks and are expected to discuss reviving plan to levy tariffs on €93bn of US goods – key US politics stories from S...
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Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, officials say
US army issues prepare-to-deploy orders amid tension over ICE killing, though it is unclear if units will be sentThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 ...
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Justice department ‘not investigating’ Renee Good killing in contrast to 2020 inquiry on George Floyd death
In 2020, Trump DoJ investigated police killing of Floyd in Minneapolis, leading to four officers’ convictionsSix years after the US justice department...
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US reportedly considers granting asylum to Jewish people from UK
Trump lawyer Robert Garson told the Telegraph he discussed refuge for those leaving UK over antisemitismDiscussions are reportedly under way within Do...
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Trump exacts revenge on Bill Cassidy by backing possible Republican challenger
Trump’s support of Letlow comes after Louisiana senator voted to convict president in second impeachment trialDonald Trump has sought to deliver a sta...
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The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correc...
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Trump’s calls to seize Greenland ignite fresh criticism from Republican party
Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Mike Pence and others say action could hurt US economy and strain Nato allianceDonald Trump’s escalating calls for the Un...
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If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order | Gaby Hinsliff
The US president’s trade war for Greenland tells us that the time for fence-sitting or wishful thinking is overOne way or the other, President Trump s...
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White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without editsDonald Trump’s White House press secret...
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Counterprotesters chase off far-right activists at pro-ICE rally in Minneapolis
Jake Lang’s anti-Islam, anti-Somali and pro-ICE rally near City Hall outnumbered by hundreds of counterprotesters Hundreds of counterprotesters on Sat...
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World stock markets brace for turbulence after Trump’s latest tariff shock
Losses on stocks likely with precious metals forecast to spike even higher after move to impose 25% levies on European alliesTrump threatens 25% tarif...
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‘America first’? Trump financial products raise questions about potential presidential conflicts of interest
Five exchange-traded funds have been launched by Trump Media, owner of the president’s social media platform Truth SocialThe word “Truth” was plastere...
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Why America needs a new antiwar movement – and how it can win | Jeremy Varon
Demonstrations against the Iraq war proved protest works. Now we must halt destruction before it more powerfully startsIn spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zin...
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Trump tariff threats are bad, but the uncertainty they instill is much worse
The spectre of rising inflation, slowing global trade and jittery markets has re-emerged as US economic policy divorces itself from any logicTrump thr...
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Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics
Elissa Slotkin, under investigation over Pentagon video, says president using ‘well-worn playbook’ to silence debateDonald Trump is borrowing a strate...
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JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name
Vice-president has emerged as key defender of Maga flame – and is backed by big tech billions. Is this the heir apparent?“We did not have a lot of mon...
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‘He hoped Trump’s help would arrive’: why protesters in Iran feel betrayed
Many believed a US president would – for the first time – rescue them but now people can only despair after mass arrests and brutalityWhen Donald Trum...
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Trump news at a glance: European leaders condemn threat of tariffs over Greenland
French president says ‘no amount of intimidation’ will make EU change course; Greenlanders march against takeover threat. Key US politics stories from...
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Man accused of aiming laser at Trump helicopter acquitted in 35 minutes
Swift verdict of not guilty in case of Jacob Winkler another high-profile defeat for Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for DCA man tried on a felony charge o...
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RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say
US health department’s new food pyramid places red meat and cheese high in saturated fats over plant-based proteinsThe new food pyramid rolled out in ...
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‘They’re here to antagonize us’: trans advocates say hostility at rallies is up as supreme court hears key case
As high court considers trans kids’ participation in school sports, tensions run high between opposing protest groupsAs the US supreme court heard arg...
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
President said 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will begin on 1 February and increase to 25...
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Trump buys $1m in Netflix and Warner Bros bonds days after saying he’ll ‘be involved’ in merger
Warner Bros is also being pursued by Paramount Skydance, helmed by David Ellison, son of president’s allyDonald Trump bought at least $1m worth of bon...
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How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%Trump’s failed energy bill pled...
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Trump’s failed energy bill pledge leaves US households struggling: ‘It’s obscene’
A year after then candidate Trump promised to cut energy bills in half, rising costs are pushing many Americans’ household budgets to the brinkHow Tru...
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Trump campaign manager quietly drops defamation suit against the Daily Beast
Chris LaCivita sued news outlet over 2024 story about large payments from Trump campaign to his consulting firmA manager for Donald Trump’s 2024 presi...
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Trump pardons Florida fraudster after commuting her sentence during his first term
President’s pardon of Adriana Camberos comes amid a flurry of other pardons Trump issued on ThursdayDonald Trump has pardoned a woman who ended up imp...
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Racial quotas for immigration are back | Heba Gowayed
The Trump administration’s immigration policies hearken back to the racist 1924 Immigration Act, meant to whiten the USOn 14 January, the Trump admini...
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The Republicans’ latest Clinton stunt will not work | Arwa Mahdawi
Focusing on the ex-president won’t distract Americans from the Trump administration’s foot-dragging on the Epstein filesI’ve got a sneaking suspicion ...
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US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protestTwo protesters have been blinded by s...
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How local and national news outlets are covering the aftermath of ICE shooting: ‘Get there, bear witness, ask questions’
Strong media presence in Minneapolis has ensured Renee Good’s shooting, and its fallout, has received wide coverageAfter a federal immigration agent s...
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‘Make no mistake, this is an occupation’: ICE’s deadly presence casts long shadow over Minneapolis
Classrooms have emptied, shops have shut, and the mood is tense – but as the federal operation has ramped up, so has residents’ responseAt 6.15am, Jac...
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‘It’s whiplash’: reversed cuts ‘incredibly disruptive’ for US mental health and substance abuse programs
Grantees outline risks to vulnerable populations over uncertainty of funds creating gaps in care A counseling program in Alabama for people with HIV, ...
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Republican dissent as key figures warn Trump against Greenland pursuit
Congressional Republicans criticize ‘absurd’ idea as polls show most Americans oppose taking control of territoryDonald Trump’s renewed interest in ta...
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US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security
Mark Davis, running in Florida, says he bought domain because Republican party had gone ‘full fascist’A Florida congressional candidate says he bought...
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Greenland crisis: Europe needs the US, but it also needs to stand up to Trump
US president’s increasingly bellicose demands for control of the island may force the EU to draw a line in the snow Greenland: new shipping routes, hi...
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US judge gives Trump administration three weeks to return deported student
Lawyer for administration had apologized earlier for violating court order and admitted ‘mistake’A US federal judge in Boston on Friday gave the Trump...
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