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With his Bible readings, Trump is doubling down on his God complex. Somehow, evangelical Christians are buying it | Emma Brockes
The US president is making a desperate plea to the one group that seemingly hasn’t deserted him – yetHe has lost the Catholics, the foreign policy iso...
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Thursday briefing: Why the US president is losing support from crucial allies
In today’s newsletter: As political tensions rise abroad and economic pressures mount at home, Donald Trump faces a shifting landscape that is testi...
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Leading California governor candidates spar in first debate as topsy-turvy race heats up
Six candidates clashed over homelessness and cost of living crisis in first debate since Eric Swalwell’s exit – with a clear frontrunner still yet to ...
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Trump news at a glance: Pentagon replaces secretary of the navy amid US blockade in strait of Hormuz
John Phelan is ‘departing the administration, effective immediately’ says Pentagon as undersecretary Hung Cao takes over – key US politics stories fro...
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Virginia court puts pause on voter-passed congressional maps boosting Democrats
Move comes one day after voters approved the maps, leading state attorney general to vow office will appealSign up for the Breaking News US email to g...
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Ron DeSantis signs law blocking local Florida governments from funding DEI
Florida governor says white men have been discriminated against in new effort to challenge inclusion programsFlorida governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesda...
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Prediction site Kalshi fines three US candidates who bet on own elections
Disclosures come after firm tightened rules on insider trading, including candidates betting on own campaignsBefore he announced his Senate candidacy,...
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What Trump’s Bible stunt says about his complicated history with Christianity
On Tuesday, the president read from the Bible in a taped message. Religious scholars were not impressedThis was originally published in This Week in T...
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Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing
Democrats within reach of House majority after voters rebel against Republican gerrymanderingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter ...
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Georgia congressman David Scott dies aged 80
Scott, who represented Atlanta suburbs since 2003, had qualified to run for a 12th term before his deathDavid Scott, a Georgia congressman and moderat...
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White House close to deal of up to $500m to rescue ailing Spirit Airlines
Rising costs have continued to plague the company, now facing soaring fuel costs due to the war with IranSign up for the Breaking News US email to get...
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Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC
Fauci was joined by actor Jesse Eisenberg and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer in reading for DC Climate WeekWhen Anthony Fauci put on a pair of sung...
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Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test
Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’US politics live – latest updatesHouse...
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Trump approval slips as polls show warning signs for Republicans ahead of midterms
Reuters-Ipsos, AP-NORC and NBC polls show approval in mid-30s, with economy, Iran and immigration concernsUS politics live – latest updatesA trio of p...
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What have I done? I forced my kid to listen to Usha Vance's podcast - now she's a fan | Arwa Mahdawi
The second lady has launched a serviceable children’s podcast. That seems strategic given JD Vance’s potential presidential runI know that child labou...
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May Day Strong: US workers encouraged to join protest against Trump
Day of action to support workers set for 1 May – who is organizing May Day Strong, and how can people join?Anyone who attended one of the 3,000 No Kin...
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Trump taught us to prioritize our own wallets. Now he’s paying the price | Jamil Smith
The reckless Iran war shows up for most Americans as a number at a gas pump, not as images or moral reckoningThe airport in Las Vegas last Friday afte...
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Virginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries – US politics live
House Democratic leader says result should serve as a warning to Ron DeSantis after latest blow to Donald Trump’s redistricting battleNearly half of c...
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Should Barron Trump be drafted – or left alone to keep building his $150m fortune? | Arwa Mahdawi
Prominent Maga bros have suggested the 20-year-old son of the US president should be called up this year. Why does this seem so vanishingly unlikely?I...
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Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections Nearly half of children in the United States a...
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Tucker and Trump’s marriage of convenience heads for divorce court
Conservative host says he’s ‘tormented’ by previous support for Trump – could this presage his own run for president?He can’t live with him and can’t ...
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Why was the Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges?
Charges alleged the center paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing payments to donorsThe Southern Poverty Law Center was ind...
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Trump news at a glance: Trump backs off threat to resume bombing Iran and extends ceasefire
President changed his tune at request of Pakistan’s leaders, though he said military blockade of Iranian ports will continueDonald Trump unilaterally ...
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Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump
Governor called referendum after president urged GOP-led states to redraw maps to protect House majorityVoters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new con...
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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules
Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schoolsSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
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Trump reads from Bible in Oval Office in taped message for Christian group
Reciting of Old Testament passage comes days after clash with pope and posting AI image of himself as JesusSign up for the Breaking News US email to g...
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Kevin Warsh accused of being Trump's 'sock puppet' as senators grill Fed chair nominee – video
During Warsh's confirmation hearing, Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that Federal Reserve nominee would become a 'sock puppet' ...
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Dozens of US lawmakers have been accused of sexual harassment, study finds
Analysis finds 53 workplace harassment allegations against 30 lawmakers amid wave of resignations in CongressFifty-three allegations of workplace sexu...
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House Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns amid ethics investigation
Florida US representative indicted in November for allegedly misusing more than $5m of federal disaster fundsDemocratic US representative Sheila Cherf...
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Terrible poll ratings would bother some politicians. Donald Trump isn’t one of them | Arwa Mahdawi
A low approval rating will not cause the US president to hang his head in shame. He’s more likely to dig inYou’ll know the famous quote, bastardised f...
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Trump’s Fed chair pick says he’ll maintain independence – but won’t say president lost 2020 election
Kevin Warsh said ‘we need to take politics out of monetary policy’ as Elizabeth Warren called him Trump’s ‘sock puppet’ US politics live – latest upda...
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Virginia votes on new congressional map with control of House at stake
Backed by Abigail Spanberger, the measure could boost Democrats and counter Donald Trump’s redistricting pushUS politics live – latest updatesVirginia...
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US DoJ launches investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center
Justice department’s focus seems to be on SPLC’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, group’s CEO saysSign up for the Breaking News US...
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US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’Members of the armed services wil...
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Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggleWith Americans focused on Don...
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Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’
The podcaster admits he ‘misled’ supporters as his rift with the US president deepens over the Iran warUS politics live – latest updatesTucker Carlson...
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George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100
Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the stateGeorge R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nati...
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Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth
As US elections approach, the Hungarian prime minister’s loss is a reminder that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracyViktor Orbán’s el...
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Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liabilityOn the face of it, Kevin Warsh...
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Trump’s Federal Reserve chair pick to face lawmakers at key confirmation hearing – US politics live
The hearing marks a key hurdle Kevin Warsh must overcome in order to succeed Jerome Powell when his term ends on 15 MayHello and welcome to the US pol...
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Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan
The president’s fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down. He has forgotten why he was r...
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Decoding America: Is Trump having regrets as ceasefire deadline looms? – podcast
Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Donald Trump’s erratic social media posts, as commentators try to understand the US president’s strateg...
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Trump news at a glance: another Trump cabinet member out – but not Kash Patel
Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer exits, while Patel sues over story citing sources that allege ‘conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences’ b...
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Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’
President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas productionDonald Trump on Monday released a se...
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Trump labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct investigation
Chavez-DeRemer, entangled in string of controversies, leaving for private sector, president’s spokesperson saysDonald Trump’s labor secretary Lori Cha...
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Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’
Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointmentA US army sergeant with 27 years of military s...
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Kash Patel sues the Atlantic over bombshell story detailing allegations of misconduct
Magazine has stood behind the story, which was written by veteran national security reporter Sarah FitzpatrickKash Patel has followed through on a thr...
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RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently?
Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health messageRobert F Kennedy...
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Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices
Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil marketsDemocrats should get louder in ch...
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Trump administration launches tariff refund system as first step in paying back billions – US politics live
Trump administration launches online portal on Monday after supreme court struck down tariff policy earlier this yearSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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Trump DoJ’s mixed messages bode ill for Epstein victims, experts fear
Non-appearance of Pam Bondi and remarks from Todd Blanche suggest full accounting may never be revealedIn the days since Pam Bondi’s exit from Donald ...
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Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says ‘the wind is on our back’ as Democrats try to flip House
Luria, who lost her seat to a Republican after standing up to Trump, has secured key endorsements in Virginia raceElaine Luria – once a member of the ...
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