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Tariffs, gender-affirming care and mail ballots: key US supreme court cases to watch this term
Trump has voiced strong views on many of the issues the US high court will be tackling as justices assemble for new termDonald Trump’s ability to shap...
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Trump news at a glance: Democrats say administration refusing shutdown talks as president repeats threat of firings
Chuck Schumer says administration has ‘refused to talk with us’. Key US politics stories from 5 October at a glanceThe Trump administration will start...
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Trump says US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast – video
US forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Trump said during his remarks at the Titans of the Sea: A Sa...
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US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says
President said US would turn attention to drug trafficking happening on land during speech at navy ceremonyUS forces on Saturday evening struck anothe...
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Newsom to sue Trump over California national guard deployment to Oregon
Governor says president is ‘unapologetically attacking the rule of law’ after judge blocked Oregon national guard deploymentCalifornia’s governor, Gav...
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House speaker says Democrats are not serious about negotiating as shutdown continues
Mike Johnson adds Trump does not want permanent job cuts as talks between parties stalled over weekendThe Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, accu...
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Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman
Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland secur...
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Marco Rubio says Gaza war not yet over as Israel and Hamas prepare for talks
Secretary of state says ‘we’ll know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not’ about release of hostages from GazaThe US secretary of state, Marco ...
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Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Gaza – cartoon
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Bad Bunny pushes back on Kristi Noem threat that immigrants stay away from Super Bowl
Singer jokes on SNL that everyone was happy about his planned half-time show, ‘even Fox News’Bad Bunny responded to homeland security secretary Kristi...
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‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd
The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferencesTo man...
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In ‘holding the line on healthcare’, activists say Democrats answered the call to do something
In a rare display of unity, Democrats embraced the risky politics of a government shutdown to rein in a president whom many say may be a threat to US ...
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Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universitiesAs the Trump administration cracks down o...
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Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’
Billionaire ticks all the boxes on the antisemitic score card as Trump attacks Democratic contributors before midtermsPam Bondi, the US attorney gener...
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Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan
States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theaterTrump is all about...
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How two blonde suburban moms gave Democrats an answer to the rightwing media ecosystem
Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan’s podcast I’ve Had It has risen up the charts and created a community with ‘a brand of fuck-you politics’When Donald...
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Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster | Sidney Blumenthal
The president of the United States seemingly does not understand what the military is forNo dictator or would-be dictator on day one has ever assemble...
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Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects Continue reading...
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Trump news at a glance: President authorizes sending national guard into Chicago as judge blocks Portland deployment
Illinois governor JB Pritzker calls move unnecessary and ‘a manufactured performance’ – key US politics stories from 4 October at a glanceDonald Trump...
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Judge halts Trump administration from detaining immigrant children after they turn 18
Ruling temporarily prevents transfer to adult detention centers that advocates said were planned for this weekendA federal judge has temporarily halte...
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Trump says Gaza peace deal ‘very close’ as Israel continues airstrikes
US president tells Axios he will push to finalize a deal between Israel and Hamas in the coming daysDonald Trump said in an interview on Saturday that...
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How Democrats are trying to bust Republican lies about healthcare for undocumented immigrants
At the centre of the government shutdown is the issue of healthcare for Americans being stripped by Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’Leading up to the gov...
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Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’
Homeland security chief also excoriated NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during game’s half-time breakKristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland secur...
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Judge says prosecution against Kilmar Ábrego García for human smuggling may be illegal retaliation
Salvadorian national successfully sued White House over his deportation before charges were filedA federal judge has concluded that the Department of ...
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Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’
From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businessesFor a town of 20,000 resi...
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Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch’s policy and budgeting officesPete Hegseth, the US defense secret...
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Mike Johnson hasn’t sworn in this new Democrat. Is it because she wants to release the Epstein files?
Adelita Grijalva of Arizona came to Washington DC this week, but returned two days later, a little confusedCongress’s newest member, Adelita Grijalva,...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?
Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battl...
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A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoodsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the secret...
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Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat
The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics Democracy requires that we do more than look out for ...
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Fired national security prosecutor warns colleagues in note on way out
Michael Ben’Ary says he was fired based on a social media post by a January 6 conspiracy theoristA senior national security prosecutor in the eastern ...
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How Maga cheerleaders have infiltrated the White House press corps
Trump administration has transformed tone and tenor of media interactions by centering rightwing voices and reporter sycophancy“I’ve often said: Trump...
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Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy billsThe Trump administration is cancelling $7.6...
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‘No reason not to be all in’: is Saturday Night Live ready to meet a major political moment?
The return of the long-running series lands at a difficult time for late-night comedy – and free speechPaul Simon sang The Boxer. New York mayor Rudy ...
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California measure brings rideshare drivers one step closer to unionizing
Governor Gavin Newsom signs measure opening path to more than 800,000 drivers to bargain for wages and benefitsMore than 800,000 ride-hailing drivers ...
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Trump news at a glance: Hamas says it has approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end war in Gaza
President says Israel must ‘stop the bombing of Gaza’ while Palestinian group says it wants further negotiations over plan – key US politics stories f...
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Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals
Voluntary departure has always been an option, but ‘astonishing’ decision to incentivize children to leave is newThe Trump administration wants to off...
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US supreme court allows Trump to strip temporary status from Venezuelans
Justices’ order puts on hold lower-court ruing that found officials had wrongly ended temporary protected statusThe US supreme court on Friday allowed...
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FBI cuts ties with two advocacy groups that track US extremism after rightwing backlash
FBI director Kash Patel said agency would sever ties with Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation LeagueKash Patel, the FBI director, says the...
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US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’
US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fistTo commemorate the 250th anniversary...
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All the US campus protesters have been released – except for her: ‘Most days I feel helpless’
Leqaa Kordia has been held since March for overstaying a visa, after participating in multiple pro-Palestinian protestsGrowing up in the West Bank, Le...
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Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders push back on Trump claims that city is ‘like living in hell’
On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump’s TVIn Portland, Oregon, a city D...
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‘Time for Democrats to exercise what power they have’: readers on the US shutdown
Guardian readers said they agreed with the Democrats’ position – but some shared concerns about their tacticsThe US federal government shut down on We...
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When will US generals stand-up to Trump? | Moustafa Bayoumi
The president has been rapidly intensifying military operations on United States soil during his second term. Generals need to say somethingAt what po...
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Ice protests continue in Portland amid Trump’s latest federal deployment
Kristi Noem reportedly promises ‘surge’ of Ice resources to city after rightwing commentator arrested over police fightProtests in Portland, Oregon, c...
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Trump administration will ‘enable human trafficking’ by freezing funds for survivors, groups warn
Plea to Congress from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups comes in wake of Guardian reporting on cuts to federal efforts to combat human trafficki...
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US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown
Data was collected for closely-watched jobs report before shutdown, but Trump officials so far defy calls to publish itCompanies, consumers, policymak...
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US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?
President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an in...
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Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody
Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protestJournalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Imm...
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RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint
Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration’s hostility toward vaccinesThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has ...
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US government shutdown day three: Republicans and Democrats make little progress on deal
Senate will convene today to vote on dueling party proposals for continuing funding over the coming weeksUS politics live – latest updatesThe US gover...
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Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects
OMB director Russ Vought presented the pause as a move against diversity efforts in latest jab to Democratic-led cityThe US government has put $2.1bn ...
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