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Trump news at a glance: president weighs up range of actions against Iran
Possible next steps for US include military strikes, sanctions and cyber attacks – key US politics stories from 11 JanuaryDonald Trump is weighing up ...
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Minneapolis mayor urges FBI to include state officials in Renee Good inquiry
Jacob Frey says Trump administration is ‘so quick to jump on a narrative’ over the truth after ICE fatally shot womanKristi Noem vows to send ‘hundred...
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Kristi Noem vows to send ‘hundreds’ more agents to Minneapolis as protests erupt across US
Demonstrators took to cities including Salt Lake City and LA to voice outrage over ICE’s fatal shooting of Renee GoodThousands of people took to the s...
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If Trump’s only constraint is his ‘own morality’, heaven help us | Letters
Readers respond to the US president’s threats towards Greenland and his latest comment that he doesn’t need international lawYou report that Donald Tr...
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Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions
Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ successAs US officials move to restrict ...
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Smithsonian swaps Trump portrait and removes mention of impeachments
National Portrait Gallery removes text on new portrait of Trump standing in Oval Office with a scowl and fists on deskThe National Portrait Gallery in...
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Former Republican chair says US institutions yielded to Trump, ‘the bully’
Michael Steele argues law firms, universities and media capitulated with startling speed and voters want accountabilityThe biggest surprise of Donald ...
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Rightwing bloggers and Maga minions: meet the Trump-loving Pentagon press corps
A group of reporters meant to hold the Pentagon to account is full of pro-Trump sycophants … what could go wrong?After US troops swarmed into Venezuel...
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Costa Rican family demands answers after ICE deportation and death: ‘Have you ever smelled a cadaver?’
Greidy Mata says her brother, Randall Gamboa Esquivel, 52, was determined to seek work in the US and save for a homeFamily seeks answers after ICE dep...
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Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state
Exclusive: Before Randall Gamboa Esquivel died, his health had deteriorated badly while he was in ICE custodyCosta Rican family demands answers after ...
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A congresswoman wants to impeach Kristi Noem. She’s right to do so | Jan-Werner Müller
It may be tempting to dismiss the move as hopeless – but it interrupts the Trump administration’s promise of impunityIn the wake of the killing of Ren...
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Trump news at a glance: Death of Renee Good at hands of ICE sparks nationwide protests
More than a thousand protests were held across the country in the wake of the ICE-related shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis – key US politics stor...
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US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’
In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in VenezuelaOn a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, two separate...
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US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for AmericansThe United States has urged its citize...
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Pardoned January 6 defendant runs for Florida political office
Adam Johnson served 75 days in prison before being pardoned by Donald Trump in January 2025A Florida man who was convicted then pardoned by Donald Tru...
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Trump administration suspends $129m in benefit payments to Minnesota
USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businessesThe Trump administration announced ...
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Trump announces one-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates
But critics expressed doubt that president can implement such a move without approval from CongressDonald Trump announced a one-year cap that would li...
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Self-interest over ideology as disparate inner circle shapes Trump foreign policy
Administration officials, his family and even Mar-a-Lago guests wield outsized influence on a mercurial presidentIt is a world turned upside down. In ...
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Why Russia’s economy is unlikely to collapse even if oil prices fall
Hopes that tougher sanctions and lower oil prices could derail Putin’s war effort underestimate how far the Kremlin has rewired its economyPacing insi...
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Mamdani’s first 10 days: getting things done despite right’s dystopian fantasies
The New York mayor’s popular moves on rent and free childcare defied rightwing predictions of a far-left hellscapeRightwing politicians and media issu...
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Federal judge blocks White House freeze of childcare subsidies in Democratic states
Funding was paused because health department said benefits were going to people in country illegallyA federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump adm...
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Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani are showing what ‘pro-family’ means | Arwa Mahdawi
The governor and mayor unveiled a plan for free childcare in New York City. Is the ‘family values’ party listening?I think we all need a little cheeri...
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Renee Nicole Good shooting casts scrutiny on ICE’s use of deadly force
ICE already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents than local police departments, and hotly guards its policiesThe fatal shooting of Renee...
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Leaders alarmed about fairness of FBI inquest into Minneapolis ICE shooting
State and local officials say they do not believe investigation into shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be objectiveState and local leaders say ...
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Trinidad and Tobago went all in with the US – it will prove a costly misjudgment | Kenneth Mohammed
Aligning itself with Washington and dismissing regional diplomacy has left the dual island nation isolated amid the Venezuela crisisThere is a saying ...
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Why the white America Trump dreams of is just a fantasy
Blocking immigration will not make Trump’s America great again – for the US to shine, he must let it get brownerHere’s one reason Donald Trump seems p...
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Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisyThe attack ...
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Trump repeats baseless claim that Renee Good was part of ‘leftwing network’ of paid agitators
President’s assertion that only a paid agitator would scream at ICE agents contradicted by hundreds of video recordsAt the White House on Friday, Dona...
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Trump news at a glance: president pitches oil companies on major extractions in Venezuela
‘We’re going to be extracting numbers in terms of oil like few people have seen,’ Trump said – key US politics stories from 9 January 2025Donald Trump...
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Federal immigration officers pull out of Louisiana to head to Minneapolis
Move marks abrupt pivot from operation that drew protests in New Orleans and arrested 370 people of a planned 5,000 Federal immigration officers are p...
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Washington National Opera to move out of Kennedy Center after Trump ‘takeover’
Artistic director of US’s national opera also cites ‘shattered’ donor confidence and box office revenueThe Washington National Opera (WNO) announced o...
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Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’
US president doubles down on threats to acquire territory at White House meeting with oil and gas executivesDonald Trump has doubled down on his threa...
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Trump promises oil companies ‘total safety’ in Venezuela as he urges them to invest billions
Country is ‘uninvestable’ today, president told, but CEOs signal they are ready to spend with supportDonald Trump promised oil giants “total safety, t...
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Vivek Ramaswamy ‘alarmed’ after family’s bodyguard charged for drug trafficking
Authorities said about 261 drug parcels were sent to home of Justin Salsburey and his wife Ruthann Rankin since 2024Republican Ohio gubernatorial cand...
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Renee Nicole Good said ‘I’m not mad at you’ before ICE agent shot her, video shows
Clip first posted by partisan outlet Alpha News shows perspective of ICE agent as Good was fatally shotRenee Nicole Good calmly said everything was “f...
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The Guardian view on Iran’s protests: old tactics of repression face new pressures | Editorial
A brutal regime has failed to safeguard either sovereignty or basic living standards. But Donald Trump’s threats to intervene won’t help civiliansThe ...
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When actions speak louder than words | Brief letters
Male bonds | Northern exposure | Lofty goals | Small talkGaby Hinsliff’s column on male bonds struck a chord (Male bonds develop one way, female frien...
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By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US
The Guardian reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inaugurationDonald Trump campai...
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Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leaveThe Trump administration “wasted” $10bn...
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Trump’s Venezuela strike won’t distract voters from the crises at home | Steven Greenhouse
As Americans worry about healthcare and affordability, the ‘no more wars’ president is helping oil companies insteadImmediately after Donald Trump ord...
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Trump claims to have cancelled ‘previously expected’ second wave of attacks on Venezuela – US politics live
US president says move was reaction to Caracas releasing large numbers of political prisoners as ‘sign of seeking peace’US border patrol agents shot t...
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White House unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the realityThe killing of a US citizen by a federal im...
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Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice | Gaby Hinsliff
Forecasts suggest that global heating could create a shortcut from Asia to North America, and new routes for trading, shipping – and attackAnother wee...
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‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US
For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigenceOutrage as Trump ...
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Trump says he will meet Venezuela opposition leader Machado, and threatens drug cartel land strikes
Trump was once dismissive of María Corina Machado but said it would be a ‘great honour’ to accept her Nobel peace prize if she made the offer Donald T...
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Morality, military might and a sense of mischief: key takeaways from Trump’s New York Times interview
Trump sounds off on Venezuela’s future, Taiwan’s security and his aims for Greenland, days after operation to seize Nicolás MaduroJust days after laun...
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Trump news at a glance: president says his morality is ‘the only thing that can stop me’
President gives interview to New York Times as tensions mount at home and abroad over his federal and military actions – key US politics stories from ...
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Democrats threaten to withhold funding after ICE killing in Minneapolis
Lawmakers issue warning about homeland security budget after shooting death by federal agent of Renee Nicole GoodA day after an Immigration and Custom...
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Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland, police say
Mayor urges ICE to pause operations as congresswoman says victims alive but extent of injuries unknownUS politics live – latest updatesUS federal agen...
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US congressmen ask judge to appoint official to force release of all Epstein files
Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie seek to compel justice department to release full set of filesTwo US House of Representatives members ...
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US House breaks with Trump to revive Affordable Care Act subsidies
Seventeen Republicans join Democrats to pass a three-year extension of tax credits cutting ACA premiumsThe US House of Representatives on Thursday pas...
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