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US shutdown deadlock deepens as senators reject competing bills
Proposals from both sides fail to receive enough support as no senators change their votes from recent daysUS politics live – latest updatesThe deadlo...
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Democratic frontrunner for California governor threatens to walk out of interview
Katie Porter grows testy when CBS reporter asks about 40% of voters who went for Trump, saying: ‘I’m going to call it’Former California representative...
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US supreme court hears arguments in lawsuit over Illinois mail-in ballots
Suit filed by Republican congressman challenges state law allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be countedThe US supreme court is hearing argument...
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Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city
President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to ChicagoDonald Trump on Wednesday called for t...
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‘Tennessee Three’s’ Justin Pearson launches challenge against Democratic congressman
Memphis lawmaker to go up against Steve Cohen, joining wave of younger candidates calling for generational changeJustin Pearson, a Memphis state lawma...
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Shutdown deepens US airport chaos as staffing shortages worsen
Air traffic controllers warn of escalating delays and stress as the government shutdown enters its second weekUS politics live – latest updatesStaffin...
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NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump
UK ministers seek to end pricing row with pharma industry cited as reason for firms axing projectsMinisters are preparing to raise the amount the NHS ...
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Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton
The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills“There are two types of p...
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More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policyDonald Trump has placed dozens of peo...
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‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia
Residents in Michigan city on edge as threats against their community rise, and some are reassessing their support for TrumpAmirah Sharhan recalls it ...
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A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter
Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshowA group of conservative donors spent hund...
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Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown
Exclusive: employees would be reimbursed for fees paid to childcare facilities under plans initiated by Ilhan OmarCongressional Democrats are introduc...
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Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan
When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its rootsIf you’re old enough to have admired...
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US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda
Trump administration reported to be planning expansion of ‘global gag rule’ to halt any initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusionThe Trump...
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If a four-year-old can pronounce a name correctly, so can a politician | Arwa Mahdawi
When someone’s name is repeatedly botched, we shouldn’t give the perpetrators the benefit of the doubt. Just ask NYC mayoral candidate Zohran MamdaniZ...
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Comey due in court over Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress – US politics live
Former FBI director expected to plead not guilty in case that has amplified concerns that the department is being used to pursue Trump’s enemiesGood m...
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Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge
Case marks significant step in Trump’s efforts to politicize the justice department and punish political enemiesThe former FBI director James Comey is...
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Trump news at a glance: Texas national guard arrive in Chicago area as Donald Trump increases pressure on city
Military presence comes after US district judge declined to immediately block troops from entering city – key US politics stories from 7 October at a ...
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Kristi Noem tours Portland Ice facility with Maga influencers in tow
Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, accuses Ice of antagonizing protesters with teargas and by inviting influencers to film Kristi Noem, the homeland securit...
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Mamdani’s statement on October 7 anniversary draws ire from Israel
New York City’s mayoral candidate criticized after he commemorates Israeli victims and Palestinian war victimsThe New York City Democratic mayoral can...
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White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown
OMB argues an amendment to a 2019 act would not guarantee furloughed workers post-shutdown payThe White House’s office of management and budget (OMB) ...
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Bondi spars over Epstein but stays silent on Comey: takeaways from a tense hearing
The attorney general clashed with Democrats over Trump, Epstein, and the ‘weaponization’ of the justice departmentIn an often tense hearing before the...
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Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’
Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHSSix former US surgeons general – the ...
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Virginia governor’s race shaken up by ‘violent’ texts sent by ally of Democratic candidate
Democrat Abigail Spanberger faces criticism for her support of another Democrat who speculated about a Republican lawmaker getting ‘two bullets to the...
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Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown
Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and stateUS politics live – latest updates...
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Former LA deputy mayor sentenced to year of probation for bomb threat hoax
Brian K Williams, who worked for Karen Bass, admitted he falsely told police he received call about bomb in city hallA former member of Los Angeles ma...
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Pam Bondi clashes with Democratic senator over national guard deployment – video
US attorney general clashes with the leading Democratic senator Dick Durbin in a Senate hearing as Bondi refuses to answer his question about whether ...
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Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her, attorney claims
Officers say woman was in chase ending in ramming border patrol vehicle during Trump’s immigration crackdownThe attorney for a woman who was shot by f...
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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violenceUS politics live – latest updatesA Ru...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene open to healthcare deal with Democrats amid shutdown
Republican says she is ‘disgusted’ by rising insurance premiums and may defy her party over expired tax creditsUS politics live – latest updatesRepubl...
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Pam Bondi to testify before Senate amid Trump’s troop deployments
US attorney general likely to be questioned on Comey’s indictment, Epstein documents and Venezuela boat strikesPam Bondi, the US attorney general, wil...
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Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Bondi faces Senate – US politics live
Legal wrangles over troop deployments continue with attorney general also likely to face questions over Epstein filesThe US government shutdown entere...
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Venezuela on edge over Trump regime change whispers: ‘If it does happen we are ready’
Allies of President Nicolás Maduro vow to resist any military intervention but experts suspect Venezuela’s leaders were rattled by Trump’s decision to...
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Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness
Ambler Road project, approved in Trump’s first term but blocked by Biden, would harm Native tribes and wildlifeDonald Trump on Monday ordered the appr...
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Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting m...
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Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues
The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics s...
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What to know about Trump’s national guard deployment, from rulings to protests
US president has faced backlash from judges and governors for deploying troops amid escalating campaign in PortlandA federal judge on Monday declined ...
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US attorney resists pressure from Trump to prosecute Letitia James
Prosecutor reportedly does not believe there is probable cause to file charges against the New York attorney generalA career federal prosecutor in Vir...
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US shutdown enters second week as Senate votes again on funding bill
Democrats and Republicans apparently no closer to deal to restart funding as Trump warns of imminent job cutsThe US government shutdown entered its se...
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Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceshipIn a lifetime studying the behavi...
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US says subsidies for rural airline service to expire as soon as Sunday
Essential Air Service program, popular with Republican lawmakers, faces funding cut because of US shutdownThe Trump administration has said that funds...
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Human stupidity is nothing new in politics | Letters
Gregorio Kohon looks at why we accept superficial slogans, pseudoscientific claims and comforting myths from our leaders, and Vaughan Dean writes abou...
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Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guard
State attorney general argues president is infringing on Illinois’s sovereignty after sending troops to ChicagoUS politics live – latest updatesWhat t...
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Fire destroys home of South Carolina judge who had received death threats
State’s chief justice says fire that sent three people to the hospital appeared to have been caused by an ‘explosion’The cause of a huge fire at the b...
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US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex trafficking conviction
Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimesThe US supreme court has declined to hear ...
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Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds
Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared to late-night hostJimmy Kimmel emerged as more popula...
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixedTo many Americans, the economy of t...
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Judge blocks Trump’s bid to deploy national guard to Oregon – US politics live
Ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut blocks any deployment to Portland for two weeks as legal wrangling continuesThe Republican House speaker, M...
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US to deport 11 more people to Eswatini in deal criticised by lawyers and NGOs
African kingdom says migrants will be ‘kept in a secured area’ and returned to countries of origin, despite human rights concernsEswatini will receive...
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US supreme court begins new term with nation’s democratic governance at stake
Scrutiny on the nine justices is about to reach a new level of intensity as Trump aggressively asserts executive powerContext may be everything in the...
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Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse
As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequencesTwo 0f the world’s b...
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‘Psychopath test’ under growing scrutiny as Texas prepares to execute man
Experts say checklist devised in 1970s that helped convict Robert Roberson pushing juries into harsher punishmentsRobert Roberson faces execution in T...
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