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Radical DeSantis plan for Doge-style cuts in Florida opposed by own party
Setback for Republican governor as economists also dismiss proposal to abolish property taxes as ‘misguided’Radical plans by Florida’s Republican gove...
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US job market grows amid threats of mass federal layoffs and Trump tariffs
151,000 jobs added to economy in February, up from January as unemployment unchanged from last monthThe US labor market continued to grow in February ...
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Trump says he wrote to Iran and wants to negotiate nuclear weapons deal
President tells Fox Business Network he contacted Iran’s leaders saying he hoped they would open discussionsDonald Trump said he wants to negotiate a ...
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Bloody Sunday: restored photos show the violence that shocked a nation
‘Spider’ Martin’s newly restored photos that documented firsthand the violence on 7 March 1965 are on view at Alabama exhibit Selma Is NowSixty years ...
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I lost my job at USAid. It’s devastating – but I still have hope | Christian Smith
Fueled by deception, the Trump administration is abandoning millions worldwide. The changes hit me close to homeWhen we rang in the New Year, I wasn’t...
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There are 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – and they’re all more likable than the real thing | Marina Hyde
Angry, rude and addicted to web troll-ery, the vice-president has the Make America Awful Again portfolio. Seems a perfect fitYou may well be aware tha...
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Who are the US federal workers at risk of losing their jobs and what do they do?
Trump, Musk and Doge are making cuts – here’s what we know about the current government size and demographicsTens of thousands of US federal employees...
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Trump layoffs have hollowed out key weather monitoring staff amid storm season
The National Weather Service has lost about 10% of its staff, hitting offices prone to severe weather hardestAs deadly severe storms swept the US this...
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No, ‘playing dead’ is the last thing Democrats should be doing | Megan Romer
Party insiders are trying to make the case for doing nothing against Trump. That’s a colossal mistakeIn a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Democratic supe...
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Trump is concentrating power. A key faction of judges supports the idea | Jan-Werner Müller
The ‘unitary executive’ theory – backed by some conservative lawyers – is largely bogus. But it could wreak havoc on democracyWhile Democrats are dith...
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US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey
Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security prioritiesStaff on hundreds of foreign aid proje...
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If Britain must rearm, how to pay for it? Stiffen the sinews; summon up the taxes | Polly Toynbee
It will fall to Rachel Reeves and the Treasury to fund the PM’s crisis reset. I can help with that, as can John Maynard Keynes“A new era is upon us.” ...
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Trump turns America’s allies into enemies – podcast
This week, Donald Trump picked fights with Canada, Mexico, Ukraine, US veterans and every Democrat sitting in Congress for his State of the Union addr...
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Trump administration briefing: Trump changes tack on tariffs – again – as US plans to close consulates
Trump shelves Canada-Mexico tariffs; Musk says he is not to blame for mass firings of federal workers – key US politics stories from Thursday at a gla...
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Elon Musk tells Republicans he isn’t to blame for mass firings of federal workers
Trump and Musk appear to make parallel efforts to distance tech billionaire from radical job slashing in governmentElon Musk is telling Republican law...
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Newsom condemned for ‘throwing trans people under bus’ after sports comment
Democratic California governor faces backlash after saying trans women playing in female sports was ‘deeply unfair’Gavin Newsom, the Democratic govern...
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US DoJ to investigate University of California over alleged antisemitism
Justice department to determine whether UC violated Civil Rights Act of 1964 amid pro-Palestinian campus protestsThe US Department of Justice is inves...
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Court rules Trump’s firing of labor board official illegal, saying president is not a king
Judge orders reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox to National Labor Relations Board after her removal by US presidentA federal court ruled that Donald Trump...
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US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order
President’s decree claims white South Africans being unjustly discriminated against and orders end to foreign aidThe state department has ordered an i...
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US arts funding agency sued over Trump order targeting LGBTQ+ projects
Groups sue National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) after president bars funds for promotion of ‘gender ideology’Several arts organizations are suing the...
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Cheap goods ‘not essence of American dream’, Trump official says amid tariff price fears
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent defended the new administration’s aggressive trade strategyBuying cheap products is “not the essence of the American ...
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Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature
Billionaire Trump ally and Greg Abbot tweet about Frank Zamora, who was let go after refusing to remove pronounsThe Texas governor, Greg Abbott, and, ...
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US attorney tells Georgetown law he won’t hire from any school with DEI
Ed Martin, interim US attorney for DC appointed by Trump, threatens law school over diversity initiatives in letterUS DEI professionals: how have Trum...
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Staff at Social Security Administration banned from reading news sites at work
All-staff email is latest Trump-led assault on agency that runs safety-net program for 73 million AmericansEmployees at the Social Security Administra...
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Ukraine opposition leaders confirm talks with US but deny plotting to oust Zelenskyy
Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko denied they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Ukraine leader from powerUkraine’s opposition lea...
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Are we living through a ‘polycrisis’ or is it ‘just history happening’?
The term ‘polycrisis’ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. It’s overwhelming – but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step ...
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Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war
Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburbThe proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill...
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Ten Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al Green over Trump speech
House votes to censure Texas congressman for ‘breach of proper conduct’ for disrupting president’s address The House voted on Thursday to censure the ...
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Federal workers block Musk’s ‘Doge’ from shutting down Africa development agency
US African Development Foundation staff barred entry to efficiency agency, defying Trump’s shutdown orderMembers of Elon Musk’s “department of governm...
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Columbia University investigates students critical of Israel amid Trump’s threats
Investigation is part of a flurry of recent cases brought by new disciplinary committee against students who have expressed criticism of IsraelUS poli...
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Tell us: how you have been impacted by the change to US student loan repayments?
We would like to hear from those whose income-driven repayment options have changed recently due to TrumpThe online application form for several popul...
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GOP budget goals impossible without Medicare and Medicaid cuts, budget office says
Republicans are expected to fall short of their goal to slash the budget by $1.5tn despite Donald Trump’s assurancesRepublicans cannot reach their bud...
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US judges alarmed over rise in violent threats as Trump and Musk lambast them
Reuters interviews with 11 federal judges in multiple districts reveal mounting concern over their securityUS politics live – latest updatesUS Marshal...
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Europe can’t just hope for the best with Trump. Ukraine needs all the arms we can send | Frans Timmermans
Member states must stop squabbling over trivial matters – and a firmer stance against states that promote Putin’s and Trump’s agenda is needed tooFran...
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Department of Education braced amid reports of imminent Trump order to close it – US politics live
Trump order to Linda McMahon expected to claim that department has failed ‘children, teachers and families’, ABC News reportsEuropean Union leaders ar...
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‘We are not the 51st anything’: viral Canada ad gets Trump-inspired update
Remake of 2000 Molson beer ad has the same message as Trump threatens tariffs: Canada will not cower to the USFor the second time in 25 years, a lone ...
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Elizabeth Warren, Dems call for inquiry in to Musk agency’s firings of probationary workers
In letter, the Massachusetts senator cautioned private firms would fill in the void and put Americans ‘at risk’Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachuset...
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Canadians: how is the Trump administration affecting politics in Canada and in your community?
We’d like to hear how the political landscape in Canadian communities, families and workplaces has been affected by the tensions with the Trump admini...
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Charles Barkley calls athletes who won’t visit Trump’s White House ‘stupid’. I disagree | Etan Thomas
Sports stars have stayed silent about the policies of the new administration. I spoke to someone who knows all about the power – and price – of protes...
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Big oil investigation dripping away as Republicans dominate Congress, US senator says
Fossil fuel groups poured a record $96m into Trump in 2023-24, demanding more scrutiny, not less, says Sheldon WhitehouseThe Republican party’s seizur...
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The US embrace of Russia is an existential threat to the EU. Germany must step up to save it | Catherine De Vries
To counter the crisis caused by Trump, Friedrich Merz has little choice but to abandon decades of military and economic cautionIn February 1945, three...
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Starmer is at his best right now – but he must accept there is no going back with Trump’s US | Martin Kettle
The president has just four years until a successor takes the reins, but the new approach he has forged – exceptionalist, isolationist – is likely to ...
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Trump administration briefing: president threatens Hamas, leaves Ukraine in the dark and flip flops on tariffs
Trump tells Hamas to release all hostages or ‘it is over for you’ as US stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine – key US politics stories from Wednesd...
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Trump posts fresh ultimatum to Hamas as US enters direct talks with group
US president tells group to ‘release all of the Hostages now ... or it is OVER for you’ as White House enters negotiationsDonald Trump has posted a fr...
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Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration?
Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal fundingDonald Trump’s nominee to run the Na...
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Trump ordered to reinstate thousands of agriculture department employees
Nearly 6,000 probationary workers will be back to work for 45 days while independent federal board investigates firingsAn independent federal board ha...
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The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade: pushing Palestinians toward catastrophe | Editorial
A pan-Arab coalition resists US-Israeli policy on Gaza, while Donald Trump’s reported Hamas talks signal a potential reversal of longstanding strategy...
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Trump is turning the media into a mouthpiece of the regime | Lawrence Douglas
As the White House handpicks members of the press pool, questions for the president amount to fluffy valentinesYou know we’re in trouble when Fox News...
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Elephants and rhinos at increased risk of poaching due to Trump funding cuts, groups say
Trump administration has frozen funding for key conservation programs to protect vulnerable speciesUS politics live – latest updatesEnvironmentalists ...
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Republicans ask mayors to defend their immigration policies in sanctuary cities
Mayors testify as Republicans seek to portray New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver as havens for criminal activityHouse Republicans are launching an a...
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Democrats are acting sedate and silent during Trump’s worst excesses | Moira Donegan
Trump is getting comfortable in power. And Democrats are nowhere to be seenWhat was the point of Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night? ...
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White House to overhaul $42.5bn Biden-era internet plan – likely to Elon Musk’s advantage
Billionaire cost-cutter’s Starlink service the likely beneficiary of Trump plan to alter rural internet programUS politics live – latest updatesThe Tr...
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