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US intercepts second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters
Move comes days after Trump announces ‘blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers and US seizes tankerUS forces on Saturday stopped a second merchant vessel ...
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Luigi Mangione lawyers fight death penalty, saying Pam Bondi is biased
Lawyers also attempting to throw out two federal charges, saying US attorney general has ties to UnitedHealth GroupLawyers for Luigi Mangione are atte...
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From praise to rage: conservative response to Epstein release is mixed
Republicans such as Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene slam redactions, but others express satisfactionConservative reaction to the partial rele...
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Bill Clinton says White House is using him as scapegoat after Epstein files release
Spokesperson said ex-president, pictured in some photos released by justice department, cut ties with Epstein in 2005A spokesperson for Bill Clinton a...
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‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse
The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?A...
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Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release
Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated full disclosure of all files by 19 December with certain exemptionsDonald Trump’s justice department was hit w...
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Caviar bumps, cost jumps: US consumers on how they’re dining in Trump’s economy
Georgia residents share their vastly different shopping habits – from food pantries and Snap aid to $300 steak dinners and Whole Foods runsTrump’s hea...
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Epstein files: which royals, politicians, musicians and actors are in the photos?
Released images illustrate relationships Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell forged with significant figuresJeffrey Epstein files: latest updatesA t...
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Jeffrey Epstein files latest: Trump administration criticized over partial and heavily redacted release
Democratic senator Ro Khanna says: ‘the most important documents are missing’Hello. We are resuming our live coverage of the Department of Justice’s l...
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Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties
The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offenderThe justice department’s par...
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Trump news at a glance: Department of Justice releases heavily redacted cache of Epstein files
Long-awaited tranche of documents is heavily redacted but viewable files include images of Epstein with figures such as Bill Clinton and Michael Jacks...
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Trump over-promises and under-delivers with heavily redacted Epstein cache
‘Most transparent’ administration has slow-walked and stonewalled – the incomplete release smells of a cover-upEpstein documents release – live update...
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Survivors of Epstein’s abuse condemn justice department for only partly releasing files
Lawyers for victims say they have been ‘repeatedly denied justice’ while deputy attorney general says more files will be releasedUS politics live – la...
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Elise Stefanik ends bid for New York governor and plans to leave Congress
Trump-allied Republican said attempting to unseat Democrat Kathy Hochul ‘is not an effective use of our time’Republican US representative Elise Stefan...
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US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria
US official describes strikes as large-scale response to recent attack that killed two US Army soldiers and interpreterThe US military launched airstr...
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Trump administration releases Epstein files after months of wrangling and public outcry – live
Justice department publishes trove of documents on deadline day – but said it would hold back some filesFull report: US justice department releases lo...
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US justice department releases long-awaited cache of Jeffrey Epstein files
Release of documents from DoJ investigation comes after Trump reverses and signs bill into lawUS politics live – latest updatesThe Department of Justi...
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Congress members demand answers on price disparities at dollar-store chains
Guardian investigation sparks letter from 30 lawmakers questioning ‘how seriously’ Dollar General and Family Dollar prioritize ethics and affordabilit...
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US army lawyer fired as immigration judge after defying Trump deportation agenda
Christopher Day was fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum to migrants at a high rate A US army reserve lawyer detailed as a federal ...
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US legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein files
Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general, says release of files won’t include full set, prompting outrage from lawmakersUS politics live – latest updates...
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Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak
Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, publ...
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Europe mustn’t build its own house of dynamite | Letters
A compelling model for sustainable security without nuclear deterrence or offensive military capabilities could be developed, writes Dr Ian Davis. Plu...
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Unaccompanied children being pressed to return to their countries by US border officials
Exclusive: federal document reveals children arriving as undocumented immigrants being threatened with detentionBorder officials are pressuring unacco...
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Jimmy Kimmel on a tumultuous year: ‘Don’t know what the American way even is any more’
Late-night hosts reflected Trump’s combative year-end message after a tumultuous start to his second termLate-night hosts reflected on a rollercoaster...
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The long-awaited release of the Epstein files | The Latest
The US Department of Justice is expected to release files relating to the disgraced late financier and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, this evening. ...
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What’s in the Jeffrey Epstein files? – The Latest
The US Department of Justice is expected to release files relating to the disgraced late financier and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, this evening. ...
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Trump’s EPA wants to weaken formaldehyde protections – this is what it could mean
EPA proposed undoing Biden-era policy on exposure to carcinogenic toxin in latest push to weaken toxin standardsDonald Trump’s Environmental Protectio...
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Conservative legal group aims to export its rightwing Christian mission beyond US borders
Alliance Defending Freedom has ramped up its global spending on litigation and other campaigns to push its ultra conservative Christian valuesAlliance...
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Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’The FB...
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Trump says war with Venezuela is possible – US politics live
President says ‘I don’t rule it out’ when asked about the possibility of conflict during NBC interviewThe Trump administration announced on Thursday i...
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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating ruleThe justices of the US supreme court – even...
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Epstein files to be released after months of delays from Trump officials
Huge archive – set to shed fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds – legally obliged to be released before midnight deadline Speculation surrounding the aff...
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Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption? – podcast
The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up...
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Trump news at a glance: anticipation high as clock ticks on release of all Epstein files
Latest batch includes photos of famous people in Epstein’s orbit, copies of foreign passports and screenshot of text messages – key US politics storie...
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Trump signs $1tn annual US defense bill without fanfare
National Defense Authorization Act authorizes record $901bn in spending, $8bn more than Trump requestedDonald Trump on Thursday signed into law a near...
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TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to sell US entity to American investors
Deal with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, confirmed in internal memo, will allow app to continue operating in USTikTok has signed a deal to sell its US b...
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Home Depot in LA installs noise machines that ‘penetrate bones’ to deter day laborers
Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lotsA Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three ...
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Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous
Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stop short of making marijuana legalDonald Trump on Thursday signed an executive ord...
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New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos
Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developmentsThe New York Times columnist David Br...
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The Guardian view on the EU and Ukraine: a moment of truth for Brussels and Kyiv | Editorial
The plan to mobilise Russia’s frozen assets is morally compelling and ingenious. The problem is that its enemies will never see it that wayMorally, th...
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Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline
Images, undated and uncaptioned, include Vladimir Nabokov lines written on women and show Bill Gates and Noam ChomskyUS politics – live updatesWhat we...
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‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in th...
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Trump administration unveils actions aimed at eliminating gender-affirming care for minors
Proposal would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical proceduresUS politics live – latest u...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s speech: ‘Surprise primetime episode of The Worst Wing’
Late-night hosts recapped Trump’s national address and further insights from chief of staff Susie Wiles’s interviewLate-night hosts discussed – or ign...
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White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for third term
Comments follow reports the US president discussed the idea with Alan Dershowitz, a constitutional scholar who defended himUS politics live – latest u...
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Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers
It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agendaThe Federal Communications Commission chai...
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Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say it is an effort to crack down on leftwing group...
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Whistles, Signal and school patrols: how ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE
As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceriesA year into his second term...
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Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far
Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestormIn less than 48 hours, Donald Trump’s justice ...
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‘We wanted to take action’: US toy company fights back over Trump tariffs
Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line The conveyors w...
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Russia says it hopes Trump did not make ‘fatal mistake’ after latest US strike on vessel in eastern Pacific kills four – US politics live
Pete Hegseth says attack took place on Wednesday as Russian foreign ministry warns of ‘unpredictable consequences for the entire western hemisphere’Go...
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What’s going on with Donald Trump’s health? | Moira Donegan
The president’s appearance and schedule have sparked speculation – perhaps fueled in part by his political fortunesIs Donald Trump OK?Recently, he’s l...
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