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Leftists are determined to date each other - and not settle for liberals: ‘Politics are the new religion’
Progressives are seeking ideologically aligned matches as ‘hot commie summer’ heats up, but the apps aren’t helpingZohran Mamdani gave Hinge an unoffi...
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Ryanair weighs up increasing bonus to staff for intercepting oversized luggage
No-frills carrier’s ‘gate bag bonus’ of €1.50 a passenger capped at €80 a month for staff members but ceiling could rise From liquids to border queues...
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Ice officers to be allowed to continue wearing masks despite controversy – US politics live
Head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says officers allowed to wear masks over faces during arrest raidsHello and welcome to the US politics ...
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Are non-voters the key to Democrats winning in 2028? | Alex Bronzini-Vender
There is no way around the fact that in 2024, those Americans didn’t hear anything worth voting for. Will it be different next time around?Since Berni...
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‘It’s a madhouse’: US state department workers reeling after Trump’s firings
About 3,000 workers have left the agency through firings and buyouts in a move Democrats and staff call ‘unlawful’Workers at the US state department s...
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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in FloridaMigrants at a Miami immigration jail w...
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Is Trump building a political dynasty? – episode one
In this first episode of our special Politics Weekly America series, author Gwenda Blair, and reporters Rosie Gray and Ashley Parker introduce us to t...
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Trump news at a glance: president goes on offensive over NFL and MBL team names
Donald Trump calls on Commanders and Guardians to revert to names that were abandoned due to being racially insensitive – key US politics stories from...
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Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids
Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fearThe head of US Immigration and Cu...
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Should we ban opinion polls?
They claim to reflect public sentiment. But they’re better thought of as just another species of misinformationAhead of the 2016 US presidential elect...
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Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card
Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospitalAn 82-year-old man in Pennsylva...
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Carol Moseley Braun, first black female senator: ’Sexism is harder to change than racism’
Trailblazing Illinois Democrat reflects on political career and says party is ‘in a daze’ about how to combat Trump“Oh, I wish I was in the land of co...
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To defeat Trump, the left must learn from him | Austin Sarat
Six months into his second term, the president has been disastrous for democracy – but extraordinarily politically adeptIn the first six months of his...
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Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’
A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still str...
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Trump news at a glance: How Robert F Kennedy Jr is cancelling medical science
Measles on the rise and vaccination rates falling; EPA to be gutted of its crucial research function. Key US politics stories from Saturday 19 July at...
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Rubio moves to strip US visas from eight Brazilian judges in Bolsonaro battle
Move by Marco Rubio is latest attempt by Trump administration to help former president avoid justice over alleged coupThe US secretary of state, Marco...
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Trump’s EPA eliminates research and development office and begins layoffs
Administration’s move to cut thousands of agency jobs will be devastating for US public health, union warnsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) s...
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Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts
Experts warn that the dangerous ideologically driven cuts at HHS will have long-term consequences for healthcare The Trump administration’s “war on sc...
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How can Democrats win back working-class voters? Change their tune | Joan C Williams
Campaigning on ‘protecting democracy’ isn’t appealing for non-college-educated voters. So why haven’t Democrats changed their message?Doing the same t...
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Trump administration orders release of Epstein court documents amid mounting pressure – US politics live
Move seeks to quell controversy that has engulfed the administration since it said it would not release more files from Epstein’s sex trafficking case...
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‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’
When he left the Soviet Union for a new life in America, the novelist never imagined he would live under another authoritarian regime. Then Trump got ...
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For Muslims, Mamdani’s rise signifies a new way of looking at who represents America
The New York mayoral candidate has piqued the interest of South Asian Americans and Muslims – not only because of his identity, but his platform, tooZ...
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‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt
As pressure builds over the president’s broken promise to publicly release details about the convicted sex offender, his base has a new target: Trump ...
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Scott Morrison to testify before US House panel on China
Former Australian prime minister to appear at hearing about countering China’s ‘economic coercion against democracies’, select committee saysGet our b...
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Trump news at a glance: Trump sues Murdoch and WSJ for libel and slander over Epstein claims
US president’s lawsuit came just before the justice department asked a court to unseal grand jury testimony from the federal sex-trafficking investiga...
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Trump says 10 Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza ‘very shortly’
US president, who is pushing for ceasefire deal in Gaza, praises Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff as ‘fantastic’Ten more hostages will be released from...
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Read Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Jeffrey Epstein reporting – in full
US president files libel suit over report that said he sent financier ‘bawdy’ birthday note and sketchTrump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoc...
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US justice department asks to unseal grand jury transcripts in Epstein case
Move seeks to contain controversy that has engulfed Trump administration since it announced it would not release more files from sex trafficking caseT...
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Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
Trump intelligence chief accuses ex-president and others of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ for alleging Russian interferenceUS politics – follow liveTulsi Ga...
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Democrats condemn CBS for axing Colbert show: ‘People deserve to know if this is politically motivated’
Lawmakers note cancellation follows Colbert’s criticism of parent company Paramount for settling Trump suitDemocrats are condemning CBS for its recent...
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Newsom ready to pursue lawsuit against Fox News host despite on-air apology
California governor accuses Jesse Watters of lying about Trump phone call during anti-immigration raid protestsThe California governor, Gavin Newsom, ...
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Native American universities and colleges brace for crippling Trump cuts
Indigenous leaders warn higher education institutions will close if the funding-slashing 2026 budget proposal passesWhile colleges and universities sl...
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Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m in contraceptives
Long-acting contraceptives will not be sent abroad to women in need, a move costing US taxpayers $167,000The Trump administration has decided to destr...
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‘Profound alarm’: US veterans agency roiled by fight over anti-discrimination provisions
Nearly 100 lawmakers claim the agency’s recent actions put veterans’ healthcare at risk. Department of Veterans Affairs chief says ‘no one is being di...
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Murdoch-Trump rift opens over Epstein – but don’t expect a decisive break
The president has threatened to sue the 94-year-old media mogul over a Wall Street Journal story but their relationship has survived previous tensions...
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The Guardian view on Maga and Jeffrey Epstein: the truth about Donald Trump and conspiracy theories | Editorial
The US president is struggling to close down speculation about the case that those close to him have promotedDonald Trump has thrived on conspiracy th...
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Trump launches fresh defense of inaction in Epstein case following report he sent birthday letter
Trump has been under scrutiny from his base after his administration said it would not be releasing any further Epstein documentsUS politics live – la...
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Trump signs order creating new federal worker classification for at-will, political appointees
Under the new classification, Schedule G, federal employees will be subject to hiring and firing by the presidentTrump signed an executive order on 17...
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Trump calls Fed chair ‘a numbskull’ who ‘makes it difficult for people to buy a house’
In new attack, US president accuses Jerome Powell of preventing central bank from lowering interest ratesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump ha...
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Trump’s endless toying with conspiracy theories has finally come back to bite him | Moira Donegan
The president has long exploited useful fictions embraced by his supporters. Now he’s trying to change the narrativeDonald Trump’s followers, and the ...
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Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Epstein controversy: ‘Desperately looking for a scapegoat’
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s scramble to deflect from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, his beef with Jerome Powell and CBS’s cancellation of the Late ...
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The end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is a concerning nail in the coffin for comedy | Jesse Hassenger
The long-running US television staple is coming to an end, signalling the slow death of late-night comedy and the worrying cultural power of TrumpThe ...
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‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years
As Trump tries to claim he was ‘not a fan’ of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationshipIt was a friendship that sp...
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Tim Walz says Trump ‘brings out the worst in people – and the worst in me’
Kamala Harris running mate strikes regretful tone after calling for Democrats to ‘bully the shit out of’ US presidentDonald Trump “brings out the wors...
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Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list – and definitely no cover-up. Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde
It’s the bonfire of the Maga hats. The real mystery is where their wearers got the idea of a paedophile conspiracy from in the first placeYou have to ...
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Digested week: Tutting Trump and Maga fans send each other to Coventry | Emma Brockes
Accusers in rolling ‘Epstein files’ revelations could do worse than take a lesson from departing parish priestRightwing American conspiracy theories o...
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You may not know it, but the Democratic primaries for 2028 are already under way | Osita Nwanevu
Every American presidential campaign is many years in the making. So, what’s the state of the 2028 primary race now?Every American presidential campai...
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‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs
PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closurePublic broadcast station leaders...
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Trump gives New York attorney new title after judges reject his appointment
John Sarcone III was to be removed from his office, but DoJ gave him a new post with same powers and no time limitDonald Trump has given a New York pr...
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US House passes Trump plan to cut $9bn from foreign aid, public broadcasting
Along with Democrats, only two House Republicans voted against the cutThe US’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed president Donald ...
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Trump news at a glance: Fallout from Epstein case widens as Trump threatens to sue WSJ
Trump said the letter the Wall Street Journal alleged he wrote to Epstein was a ‘fake’ and that he plans to sue the publication owned by Rupert Murdoc...
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Trump orders release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday note
President directs Pam Bondi to release testimony from sex-trafficking case and threatens to sue Wall Street JournalDonald Trump said on Thursday he ha...
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