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Trump administration threatens states with criminal charges in elections fight
State officials call federal demands for voter data ‘truly bizarre behavior’ amid unproven noncitizen voting claimsUS politics live – latest updatesTh...
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US judge throws out Trump’s $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against Washington Post
Suit stemmed from 2023 Post article that said bank with ties to the porn industry helped fund Trump’s media operationA federal judge in Florida has th...
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Can AI equalize political campaign ads – or will it remain a tool for spreading lies?
Political campaigns are increasingly deploying AI and deepfakes to further their messaging, and the scale of spread has experts concerned From the com...
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The Hill is capitalizing on reader interest in the second Trump administration
The Washington-based publication is announcing plans for a new digital subscription product called the Hill InsiderThe most-visited digital-first news...
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Democrats accuse Graham Platner of trying to put ‘thumb on the scale’ of process to replace him
Maine’s embattled US Senate nominee has faced calls to withdraw after a sexual assault allegation he deniesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter...
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ICE raided their city, taking parents, spouses and friends. That’s not where it ends
Three families in Los Angeles on the devastating aftermath of ICE detentions and deportations that overwhelmed their city last summerLast summer, Ange...
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US and Iran trade strikes around strait of Hormuz as ceasefire is violated again
Ceasefire appears close to unravelling after three commercial vessels are hit and two militaries target each otherMiddle East crisis live – latest upd...
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Trump declares ceasefire with Iran over during angry broadside at Nato summit
President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens SpainMiddle East crisis live – latest up...
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Succession fight under way as Bernie Sanders calls for Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race – US politics live
Vermont senator is latest figure to call for Democratic nominee to step down after sexual assault allegationsRepublican leaders have moved to quash sp...
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US appeals court partially strikes down Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions
Ron DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA...
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Trump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summit
President also threatens to pull all American troops from Europe and rails against Nato stance on Iran war Europe live – latest updatesDonald Trump ha...
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Bernie Sanders calls on Graham Platner to withdraw from US Senate race amid sexual assault claims
Sanders, one of Platner’s earliest and most influential supporters, is the latest to call on him to withdraw from race in MaineThe progressive senator...
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How could Democrats replace Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate race – and who might they choose?
Democrats weigh options as controversial Senate nominee faces calls to drop out of race after sexual assault allegationUS politics live – latest updat...
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Former mayor of Mississippi’s capital pleads guilty to bribery and fraud
Chokwe Antar Lumumba had previously called FBI sting while mayor of Jackson a ‘political prosecution’The former mayor of Mississippi’s capital city pl...
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Medicaid billing allowed to resume for Planned Parenthood after being cut off
Defunding, mandated in Trump’s 2025 policy, has been blamed for closure of clinics as well as reduction in screenings for cancer and STDsPlanned Paren...
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New York man sues ICE for sending officers to his house after he emailed agency head
David Streever had emailed acting ICE director after an immigration officer fatally shot Renee Good in MinneapolisAn upstate New York resident sued US...
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Why is Trump attacking ‘communists’? Because he’s run out of cards to play | Robert Reich
With the economy, foreign policy and immigration all going poorly for the president, he’s scrambling before the midtermsTrump has run out of cards to ...
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What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs
Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deathsElon Musk has an Ebola problem. Spa...
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Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds
About 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian...
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Key Democratic figures call on Graham Platner to ‘immediately’ withdraw from Senate race – US politics live
Maine’s party leadership calls for Platner to withdraw after after sexual assault allegation emergesHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Mai...
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How will the US supreme court’s ruling on TPS affect 1.3 million immigrants?
Ruling is huge blow for residents with temporary protected status, many of whom have resided here legally for decadesThe US supreme court dealt a huge...
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Red scare revived as Trump leads push to attack Democrats as ‘communists’
In wake of primary wins by leftwing candidates in New York and elsewhere, president has resorted to well-worn tacticMoments after Donald Trump rang th...
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Why does JD Vance keep saying loony things? | Margaret Sullivan
Scratch their surface and you see exactly what he’s trying to do: stand up strong for intolerance and corruptionGiven how impetuous Donald Trump is, h...
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‘Hakeem Jeffries’ office is sweating’: Ex-GOP speaker’s aide predicts leftwing pressure for Democrats
John Leganski, former aide to Kevin McCarthy, recounts in book how far-right Republicans brought down the speakerDemocratic leaders in Congress will s...
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The shadowy movement behind ‘Trump accounts’ – Stateside with Kai and Carter
On the Fourth of July, the Trump administration's new savings accounts for children went live. These ‘Trump accounts’, created as part of the One Big ...
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Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault
Democratic candidate for Senate, who has faced series of scandals, denies allegation reported by PoliticoA woman has accused Graham Platner, the Democ...
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Trump confirms he asked Infantino for review of Folarin Balogun red card
Trump says he asked Fifa to review red cardInfantino confirms Trump called over BalogunUS president insists he did not pressure FifaDonald Trump said ...
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Trump denied latest bid to delay $5.8m judgment payment to E Jean Carroll
Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attackDonald Tr...
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Trump rings New York Stock Exchange bell to mark first trading day for ‘Trump accounts’
US president rings bell from White House and showcases initiative that gives children a $1,000 investment accountDonald Trump rang the bell of the New...
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Democrats to choose between progressive and establishment candidate in Michigan as McMorrow drops out of race – US politics live
Candidate Abdul El-Sayed emerges as the party’s frontrunner in the primary campaign after Mallory McMorrow withdrawsA group of prominent conservative ...
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Conservative fight against license renewals for ABC stations heats up
Prominent organizations accuse network of political, racial and sexual bias and supporting Chinese communist partyA group of prominent conservative or...
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Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows
New report details slew of ventures between private equity and nonprofits and calls for greater government oversight A watchdog group is calling for g...
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‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind
Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say US president pursuing ‘personal vendetta’ at their expenseDonald Trump has blamed everythi...
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Trump is a danger to US democracy. But the resistance is working | Kenneth Roth
The president has made dangerous inroads in his push toward autocracy. Yet the prospects for his success are dimmingHow do we commemorate America’s de...
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NCAA president expects no changes to trans athlete rules after US supreme court ruling
Collegiate sports organization led by Charlie Baker banned trans athletes from women’s sports after 2025 Trump orderThe president of the US’s top admi...
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‘Don’t mention the special relationship’: how should UK’s next PM handle Donald Trump?
Little-known abroad, Andy Burnham has a chance to define a new era of US-UK relations. Should he seek to charm or bargain with the bully in the White ...
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Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow ends bid for US Senate
Exit leaves primary voters to choose between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and centrist Haley Stevens in must-win seatMallory McMorrow, a Michigan Democr...
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Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’
‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile, after controversial court rulingCarlos Giménez, a Republican congre...
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The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago
Magazine invites readers to judge Vance’s ‘assessment’ of Trump, whom he called ‘cultural heroin’ during first termThe Atlantic on Saturday republishe...
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Nicola Jennings on Trump and the US’s 250th anniversary – cartoon
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Trump’s $2bn bonanza heralds the rise of political grifters across the west
With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking downDonald Trump came to office in 2017 aft...
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband could face charge after hitting parked car in California
Paul Pelosi could face misdemeanor charges over crash that left car with ‘major’ damage, authorities sayThe husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelo...
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Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics
Incidents involving California state senator Scott Wiener and New York congressman Dan Goldman underscore Israel-Palestine conflict’s role in US elect...
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On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speechIf Donald Trump’s ad...
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Why are Republicans red and Democrats blue?
The party colors are a surprisingly recent tradition. But do they really represent the diversity of Americans’ beliefs?Color has long played a role in...
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Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn
Experts say Ratepayer Protection Act ‘posing as a consumer protection measure’ and will raise prices on working peopleThe bipartisan Ratepayer Protect...
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Americans declared independence from a tyrant once. And we must do that again | Claire Finkelstein
America’s founding 250 years ago was a warning cry against leaders like Trump. Our past is a guide for how to handle our presentAs the United States m...
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The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys | David Smith
Would we get a 21st-century Gettysburg address? Or YMCA, gripes about his legal woes and boasting about Iran? The astronomer Carl Sagan once described...
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Evacuation disrupts Trump’s planned DC speech after threat of thunderstorm
Extreme heatwave across US east coast already had upended some of the weekend’s long-planned celebrationsDonald Trump’s plans to celebrate the US’s 25...
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Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll
Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5.8m with interestLawyers for Donald Trump have requ...
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In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag
Mt Olive Pickle Company says it was unaware image of flag was included in exhibit, and cites value of ‘human dignity’A leading vendor of the US delica...
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The US celebrated the end of a ‘long national nightmare’ as it turned 200. What about now?
A decade in the making, the 1976 bicentennial had a cathartic impact on the wounded national polityAmericans: how do you feel about the country’s futu...
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