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Republican Russophilia: how Trump Putin-ised a party of cold war hawks
The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan – and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the...
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Actor Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts; Marina Hyde on ‘grotesque’ JD Vance; and ‘how the Beatles helped my autistic son find ...
Marina Hyde on 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – they’re all more likable than the real thing. The actor Michael Sheen grew up poor, got rich, then ...
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Trump administration briefing: Democrats divided as funding bill passes; president rails against justice department
Democrats dismayed after some help Republicans avert government shutdown; Trump vents about prosecutions while taking DoJ victory lap – key US politic...
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Trump vents fury about his criminal cases in extraordinary speech at DoJ
In hourlong victory lap, president railed against Biden officials and their ‘bullshit’ case while boosting his lawyersUS politics live – latest update...
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Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers release footage of his arrest – video
The video, recorded by his wife Noor Abdalla, who is eight months pregnant, shows immigration agents confronting Khalil and informing him that he is ‘...
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Oz vows to make Americans healthier but dodges questions on Trump cuts
TV doctor and former heart surgeon vows to fight healthcare fraud at Senate hearing for health roleDr Mehmet Oz promised senators on Friday to fight h...
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Democratic Senator Mark Kelly to let go of his Tesla over Musk’s federal cuts
Arizona senator had also clashed with billionaire over the latter’s ‘traitor’ jibe after Kelly posted about his Ukraine visitThe Arizona Democratic se...
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The US government could shut down: here’s what you need to know
As a divided Congress and Democrats spar over a funding bill, here’s what to expect from a government shutdownThe US stands hours away from a partial ...
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Donald Trump, the mob boss with a messiah complex | Letters
Responding to an article by Jonathan Freedland, Michael Bowers says we are all paying the price for US delusions, Peter Riddle calls for the UK to ali...
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Trust your child – but do check their phone | Brief letters
Sextortion criminals | Manchester United v Peterborough | Worst jobs | Goods from Canada, Greenland and MexicoI was once told by a parent that she sho...
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Homeland security agents search two Columbia University students’ rooms
College president says she is ‘heartbroken’ by latest escalation in Trump attack on US campusesNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app ...
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Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he’s high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland
Addicted to Fox News and outlets even more extreme, the president finds support and justification for actions disastrous to Americans and the worldNot...
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AOC condemns Chuck Schumer for caving to Republicans on funding bill
Congresswoman says she’s mobilizing Democrats to push senator to oppose an ‘acquiesce’ to the GOP billUS politics live – latest updatesAlexandria Ocas...
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There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech | Kenneth Roth
Trump should reverse his misguided effort to deport Mahmoud KhalilThe Trump administration’s threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil seems to reflect...
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Gavin Newsom draws Democratic ire for hosting Steve Bannon on his podcast
‘I don’t think we should give him oxygen on any platform, ever, anywhere,’ Kentucky governor Andy Beshaear saidOne potential future Democratic preside...
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Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials
Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protestsA far-right group that claimed credi...
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Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit
Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say expertsCuts to food assistance by the US, Britai...
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Newsmax agrees to pay $40m to settle defamation suit over false election claims
News outlet was sued by Smartmatic over claims that voting equipment company hacked 2020 electionThe conservative news outlet Newsmax agreed to pay th...
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Why I quit my homestead dream just as farmer tradwives became mainstream
Our homesteading journey began with self-sufficiency and a dream, but it evolved through loss and social media fameOur homesteading experiment began b...
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Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers write in new filing
Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate student be released from custodyMahmoud Khalil felt as though he was being kidnapp...
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Poll shows strong disapproval of Musk cost-cutting as US agencies end leases
‘Department of government efficiency’ to terminate 793 leases as poll says 60% of voters disapprove of Musk agencyUS politics live – latest updatesDon...
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Hamas says it will free Israeli-US hostage in potential breakthrough in ceasefire talks
Soldier Edan Alexander could be released along with remains of four other Israeli-US nationals, but unclear what Hamas will ask for in returnHamas has...
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Trump’s student loan changes leave borrowers facing soaring repayments
President’s changes to student loan programs leave millions facing higher payments and uncertainty over relief optionsMany of the nearly 43 million Am...
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Deporting speakers over supposed ‘propaganda’ is a stock authoritarian move | Sarah McLaughlin
You don’t need to hold sympathy for Mahmoud Khalil’s views to see why his targeting is an immense threat to free expressionThe dust is starting to set...
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The threat of Trump is vast. But don’t underestimate incremental change | Michael Brownstein
The work of making change is difficult. Most of it is boring, unsexy and, at best, modestly incremental from day to dayDonald Trump is attempting to d...
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Schumer decision to vote for Republican funding bill a ‘huge slap in the face’, says AOC - US politics live
Senate working to avert partial government shutdown before midnight deadlineThe European Union has the resources to respond to president Donald Trump’...
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Tesla tells US government Trump trade war could ‘harm’ EV companies
Letter from Elon Musk’s firm to US trade representative warns of ‘downstream impacts’ of tit-for-tat tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s ...
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Musk’s entitlement remarks show Trumpworld can’t keep its story straight | Austin Sarat
The billionaire foreshadows cuts to Medicare and social security – despite Trump’s campaign pledgesThe Trump administration is setting records and sha...
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Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital | Seph Rodney
The president’s attacks on diversity and immigration have already affected many artists and will affect many more in the coming monthsOne of the most ...
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‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert
Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in ligh...
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Audience boos JD Vance at Kennedy Center classical music performance – video
JD Vance, the US vice-president, and his wife, Usha, were met with a chorus of boos at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center on Thursday. They were attending...
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Has Trump broken the US economy? – podcast
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Heather Boushey, an economist and former adviser to Joe Biden, about what Donald Trump’s long game is with his...
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Trump Tower protesters demanding Mahmoud Khalil's release arrested – video
Protesters organised by a progressive Jewish group occupied the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestin...
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Trump administration briefing: Judge reinstates some fired workers, more tariff threats on EU
Judge says it is a ‘lie’ that employees at federal agencies had performance issues; Trump mulls EU alcohol tariff – key US politics stories from Thurs...
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Schumer indicates he will vote against shutdown to 'minimise harm to the American people' – video
'There is nobody in the world, nobody, who wants to shut the government down more than Donald Trump and more than Elon Musk,' says Democratic Senate m...
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Trump orders ideas from Pentagon for ‘unfettered’ access to Panama canal, officials say
Document described as interim national security guidance calls on US military to create optionsThe Trump administration has called on the Pentagon to ...
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Chuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdown
Minority leader laments ‘Hobson’s choice’ but says shutdown would give Trump and Musk ‘carte blanche’The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said o...
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S&P 500 slides into correction territory as Trump trade wars spook investors
Key US stock index closes more than 10% down from February peak amid volatility caused by president’s tariffsThe S&P 500, a key US stock market in...
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Trump asks supreme court to allow order against birthright citizenship
Acting solicitor general Sarah Harris asks court to override district judges in Massachusetts, Maryland and WashingtonWhat is US birthright citizenshi...
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Democratic congressman Raúl Grijalva dies aged 77
Grijalva, who backed environmental causes during 12 terms in Congress, dies from cancer treatment complicationsDemocratic US representative Raúl M Gri...
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Greenland’s likely new prime minister rejects Trump takeover efforts
‘We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders,’ says Jens-Frederik NielsenGreenland’s probable new prime minis...
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Protesters occupying Trump Tower demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release
Demonstrators led by Jewish Voice for Peace stood in Trump’s New York building for arrested Palestinian activistProtesters organized by a progressive ...
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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate most fired probationary staff
Ruling by California judge applies to thousands of employees dismissed from six federal agenciesA federal judge in California granted a preliminary in...
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Seth Meyers on Trump’s Tesla photo-op: ‘This is how oligarchy works’
Late-night hosts discuss Trump shilling Teslas with Elon Musk and his dismantling of the Department of EducationLate-night hosts talked Donald Trump m...
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Columbia graduate detained by Ice was respected British government employee
Mahmoud Khalil described by former colleague at UK office for Syria as well liked and extensively vettedA detained Columbia university graduate threat...
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Democratic attorneys general sue over Trump gutting of education department
Coalition of more than 20 states files lawsuit to block cuts after more than 1,300 employees laid off in one dayUS politics live – latest updatesA gro...
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Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted
New requirement hardens enforcement of existing law that hasn’t been applied consistently to Canadians entering the United StatesUS politics live – la...
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White House pulls nomination for head of CDC on day of confirmation hearing – reports
Trump pick to lead agency, the Republican ex-congressman Dave Weldon, has faced scrutiny over anti-vaccine viewsThe Trump administration withdrew its ...
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Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne
US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskeyUS politics live – latest updatesDonal...
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US weather forecasts save lives and money. Trump’s cuts put us all at risk
Noaa, my former employer, is an integral part of our daily lives, tracking hurricanes, supporting safe flights and helping farmersAcross the United St...
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From sleeping in doorways to reporting on homelessness: the journalist chronicling an American crisis
Kevin Fagan, who spent decades at the San Francisco Chronicle, argues in a new book that ‘atrociously unforgivable’ US poverty must be addressedVetera...
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US arrests more immigrants in February 2025 than any month in last seven years
Guardian data analysis shows administration transformed immigration enforcement in only a few weeksUS immigration enforcement officials arrested more ...
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