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Political blame game begins and passengers left adrift after Spirit ceases operations
Republicans blame Biden administration block on JetBlue deal; Democrats point to fuel price surge amid Iran warSign up for the Breaking News US newsle...
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Trump administration is increasingly ignoring US courts, new analysis shows
Critics warn that respect for rule of law could break down as executive branch flouts judicial decisionsWhen a federal judge shot down a Trump adminis...
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‘Living in survival mode’: Houston’s embattled immigrant community faces health, climate and petrochemical crises
Amid immigration raids, chemical spills, massive floods and costly healthcare, less-affluent residents of one of the most diverse US cities struggle t...
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The UK and US are boorish in their own ways. But I often wish I were British | Dave Schilling
The king’s US visit reminds me how glorious it would be to live in a country where sunshine is a novelty and For the Love of Dogs is on TVThe so-calle...
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The White House power play post-dinner shooting: do what we say or else
After correspondents’ dinner shooting, administration has rushed to capitalize in pursuit of its political goalsLess than 72 hours after a man was arr...
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‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including ‘enforced disappearance’ and will help locate unaccompanied minorsUS Immigration and Customs Enforc...
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Trump says US Navy acting like ‘pirates’ during Iran blockade
At a rally in Florida, the US president tells a cheering crowd ‘we took over the ship’Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has said the US na...
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Trump news at a glance: US troops to be pulled from Germany as president’s feud with Nato allies intensifies
Pentagon says withdrawal is expected to be completed over the next six to 12 months – key US politics stories from Friday, 1 May at a glanceIt appears...
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Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting 3,000 Yemeni refugees
Emergency order allows extension of temporary protected status that has been repeatedly grantedA federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administrat...
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Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders
President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push backUS politics live – latest updatesSign up ...
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US lawmakers say DoJ rushed Southern Poverty Law Center indictment, citing whistleblower
Democrats accuse Todd Blanche of pressuring prosecutors for charges ‘despite serious concerns’ about case’s strengthSign up for the Breaking News US n...
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Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections
State’s governor has ordered congressional primary halted until state can redraw districts and dilute Black voteThe American Civil Liberties Union fil...
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Is this the right time to renounce US citizenship? | Letters
Readers respond to Zoe Williams’ article about the rise of US nationals renouncing their citizenship to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s Americ...
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Charles tamed Trump while rebuking Trumpism in ego-flattering masterstroke
King skillfully appeals to Republicans fond of Britain and Democrats anxious about rules-based order in state visitFor his last trick, the king reveal...
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Push for state-level voting rights acts renewed after supreme court ruling
Nine states have a version of voting rights act and 11 more, including several in the south, have introduced bills to protect voters in absence of fed...
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Top California Democrat urges change to ‘free-for-all’ primary to keep governor’s mansion blue
Rusty Hicks concerned that Democrats could crowd each other out in ‘open’ system and hand victory to RepublicansThe chair of the California Democratic...
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Pentagon plans to make US military ‘AI-first fighting force’ by pairing with companies
Agreements with artificial intelligence firms spark concerns over public spending, cyber security and domestic surveillanceSign up for the Breaking Ne...
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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ protest in economic blackout
Walkouts, marches and other gatherings planned for ‘May Day Strong’ demonstrations across the countryThousands are set to join an economic blackout fo...
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James Comey’s re-indictment is the product of a twisted justice department | Lawrence Douglas
Amid Trump’s unrelenting assault on the rule of law, it is drearily unsurprising to see the ex-FBI director targetedConsider the following screed: “If...
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Why red states are pushing back on Trump administration’s request for voter data
Republican-controlled states cite legal grounds of DoJ’s request, concerns over data security and privacy laws The Department of Justice’s quest to se...
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Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain
US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz Europe live – latest updatesDonald ...
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Under the Trump administration, pressure on the press is both subtle and direct | Kai Falkenberg
Something like the demand by Donald Trump that news organizations publish interviews in full may seem innocuous, but they have serious implicationsSho...
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Why do people believe the Trump assassination attempts are fake? – podcast
A 31-year-old man has been charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, after a thwarted attack at Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinn...
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60 Minutes journalist decries ‘spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear’ at CBS News
Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at networkThe veteran 60 Minutes corresponde...
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Scientology ‘speed running’ trend has LA abuzz and church unhappy
Religious group ‘reviewing all available remedies’ after clips of young people rushing its buildings in ‘raids’ go viralOn any given day, Los Angeles’...
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Trump news at a glance: president doubles down on rift with Germany’s chancellor
Trump also said he may consider pulling US troops from bases in Italy and Spain, after being prompted by rightwing reporter – key US politics stories ...
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Fema employees who criticized Trump cuts reinstated after months on leave
Workers wrote ‘Katrina declaration’, warning that funding cuts made US dangerously unprepared for natural disastersFourteen employees with the US Fede...
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US Congress passes short-term renewal of Fisa warrantless spying powers
Lawmakers agree 45-day extension but Republican and Democratic critics urge reform of surveillance programThe US Congress has passed a 45-day extensio...
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Senate Republicans again block effort to halt Trump’s war in Iran
Vote comes as 60-day deadline looms, with two GOP backing limits and dispute over whether ceasefire pauses clockUS politics live – latest updatesThe R...
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‘A new chapter’: first commercial fight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela
Four months after US capture of Nicolás Maduro, officials hail repairing of ties as American Airlines flight lands at Simón Bolívar airportUS and Vene...
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US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictions
DoJ announces changes including ‘loophole’ that allows people to buy guns at shows without background checkThe US justice department has rolled back s...
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FCC chair denies ABC license review is related to Kimmel controversy
Brendan Carr claims agency’s renewal order is strictly related to investigation into network’s DEI initiativesBrendan Carr, the Trump-picked chairman ...
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The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers | Editorial
By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fightsDonald Trump’s wa...
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Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears
Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in IranUS politics live – latest updatesSign up ...
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Partial US government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS
Congress advances Homeland Security funding after Republicans used procedural tool to pass up to $75bn for ICE and border patrolSign up for the Breaki...
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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general
US president said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the postSign up for the Breaking News US emailD...
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Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’
Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’Senate Democrats accused the ...
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Active-duty US soldiers to receive psychedelic drugs for PTSD next year
Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process traumaAs the war on drugs approaches its end, a n...
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Voting rights advocates vow to ‘relocate’ fight after supreme court gutting
The organizations that fought for majority-minority districts across the US south are organizing their next stepsThe voting rights advocates who fough...
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‘Every body is a rugby body’: US women players fight for inclusivity after trans ban
Players are considering only competing in the ‘open’ category, which allows people of any sex or gender to playWhen USA Rugby (USAR) updated its eligi...
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Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives | Francisco Pichón
With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at riskFour months into Cuba...
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‘I believe in independence’: Puerto Rico’s young people fighting for sovereignty from the US
Popular sentiment has been growing since 2017, when the US failed in providing disaster relief after Hurricane Maria“Mandarin hotel! Out of Puerto Ric...
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A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner Müller
The edifice suggests a Silicon Valley-style desire to protect the president from national crises of his own makingA self-declared “secretary of war” k...
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Trump administration move to reclassify cannabis sparks confusion
Order last week is only partial rescheduling, making ‘an already complex process more confusing,’ expert saysThe Trump administration is making good o...
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Activists paid for the Voting Rights Act in blood. The supreme court has undermined it | Sophia Lin Lakin
I was a lead attorney in the Callais case. The court’s decision will silence the voices of communities of colorThe supreme court on Wednesday paved th...
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States rush to redraw congressional districts to gut Black voting power
More governors call for special sessions following supreme court’s decision severely weakening Voting Rights ActBefore the supreme court’s decision se...
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Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act
Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito’s campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and ...
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The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy | Moira Donegan
The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the lawIs America a democracy? The term i...
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Oil price tops $120 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Oil markets spooked as US president appears willing to maintain US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut The price of Brent oil s...
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Brown University shooting suspect driven by ‘accumulation of grievances’, FBI says
Claudio Neves Valente, who killed himself after deadly attack, began planning for violence in 2022, authorities sayThe gunman behind a deadly shooting...
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Trump news at a glance: White House celebrates as civil rights groups condemn supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling
Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of ...
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World’s largest aircraft carrier to return to US after record deployment
USS Gerald R Ford to sail home after 10-month spell including role in Maduro capture and Middle East warThe world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS ...
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