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Olivia Rodrigo is standing up for the vulnerable. I wish Taylor Swift would do the same | Arwa Mahdawi
This weekend, Rodrigo raised millions for charities that benefit women and girls, and she has previously been vocal about Gaza and Ice. With free spee...
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New system for screening mail-in ballots risks denying entire batches, says whistleblower
US senator says that project, a key part of Trump’s voting restrictions, is ‘perilously rushed and potentially unlawful’A new system to screen million...
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Four Maga defectors on what led them to walk away: ‘I’d been addicted to fear and rage’
Ex-Maga supporters unpack their role in bolstering Trump’s platform and share what brought them to the Leaving Maga non-profit support networkSince Do...
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’A pioneering online mapping app that de...
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What should we do with Trump’s monstrous architectural legacy? | Jan-Werner Müller
Questions over Trump’s ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent. But when his reign ends, Trumpism must be repudiatedOn Monday, a majority ...
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Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over logging ties as Trump plans to scrap protections
Rollback of ‘roadless rule’ expected to benefit companies US Forest Service chief, Tom Schultz, previously lobbied forDonald Trump this month announce...
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Once again, Trump wants the FCC to put a bandage on his thin skin | Tom Wheeler
The president is lashing out at an NBC host. As the agency’s former chair, I can only hope it stands up for free speechWill the FCC chairperson again ...
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House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown – US politics live
Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midtermsGenerational change is on the ballot...
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The media’s Hasan Piker obsession is letting Republican Mike Rogers off the hook
Mike Rogers isn’t merely campaigning alongside a controversial supporter. His campaign put an extremist on its faith leadership teamHasan Piker.Turn o...
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House Republicans ramp up labor union investigations ahead of midterms
Inquiry come after conservative thinktanks claim unions are using member dues to support Democratic causesHouse Republicans are investigating several ...
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Can 80-year-old Democrat Ed Markey clinch another US Senate term?
Age on the agenda in Massachusetts but octogenarian leftwinger leads younger rival Seth Moulton in primary pollDemocrats have spent the summer ousting...
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Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addictionStepha...
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How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily | Jeremiah A Carew
A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would n...
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US army secretary Dan Driscoll resigns over reported friction with Pete Hegseth
Resignation comes after months of turmoil at Pentagon, from leaked investigation to ousting of senior officialsArmy secretary Dan Driscoll has handed ...
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US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom
Justices’ 5-4 ruling permits Trump administration appeal to block lower court order halting above-ground workA divided US supreme court has permitted ...
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US military has no plans to send troops to midterm polling sites, Dan Caine says
Letter from chair of joint chiefs of staff addresses concerns over Trump officials using military to interfere with voteThe highest‑ranking US militar...
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US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the death were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing themTop US health officials and governm...
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Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos from prediction platform for life
Santos was accused of profiting from bets tied to his attendance at Trump’s State of the Union addressGeorge Santos, the former Republican congressman...
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Congressional nominee Brad Lander heckled over Israel stance at New York protest
Lander screamed at and verbally abused as he protested against Hindu nationalist rally in Madison Square GardenNew York Democratic congressional nomin...
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Trump says datacenter opponents ‘want to end up being backwards and poor’
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homesDonald Trump has criticized communities ...
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James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’
Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of benchSenior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said hi...
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Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice
Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran warPete Hegseth regularly receives f...
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A pediatrician is running for Senate. Can doctors change the political debate over health and science?
After Lindsey Graham’s death, Democrat Annie Andrews finds herself in a closely watched race as she seeks to flip his Republican seatAnnie Andrews was...
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AI is hurting US politics. Here’s how candidates could use it for good | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
The technology can help candidates listen more deeply to voters, as examples from Japan and Scotland showThere are plenty of signs that AI will make a...
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As Canada tariff talks collapse, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also ...
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USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reportsThe Trump administration is shuttering two...
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Trump ‘border czar’ denies swift deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos was preferential treatment
Tom Homan says rightwing influencer overstayed visitor visa after receiving final order of removalThe White House “border czar,” Tom Homan, denied on ...
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Trump says NBC’s Kristen Welker should face ‘punishment’ from FCC
Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’Donald Trump on Sunday said NBC’s Kriste...
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Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America signDonald Trump and Canada continued a ve...
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‘There’s no place to go’: providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictionsProviders are seeing more patien...
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Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for comment about Michigan synagogue attack
Democratic Senate nominee is eager to push past series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitismMichigan’s Democratic US senate candidate...
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Why is 'vegan' suddenly being used as a slur? | Emma Beddington
US republicans are tarnishing their plant-eating opponents at every opportunity. Yet vegans are perfectly suited to hold power – let me count the ways...
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The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage?
The movement against datacenters are uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions...
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Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege
Widely used chemical TBBPA may present a danger to US public, and especially children, independent research findsThe Environmental Protection Agency i...
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Ontario premier unveils Lake Ontario sign in response to Trump’s ‘Lake America’ order – video
The Canadian province's premier, Doug Ford, installed a billboard-sized sign on the lake's shoreline after the US president signed an executive order ...
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Documents leaked by Trump official to bolster a conspiracy show ‘absolutely nothing’
Inside the US state department, critics are still attacking a shuttered office established to counter foreign propaganda. Now, some of its work is als...
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‘Grassroots will beat big money every day’: can a DSA member flip a Republican Senate seat?
Angie Nixon won one of the biggest upsets in US midterm primaries – and if elected, the Democrat would be the first African American senator in Florid...
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Trump’s ‘economic D-day’ against Iran risks driving the stakes even higher | Sina Toossi
As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to playDonald Trump has ...
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Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residencyFar-right British media provocateur Milo Yiann...
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Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden’s body with his ‘own eyes’. He did not
Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden’s bodyIn a recent fundraising email, the Repu...
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FBI no longer treating applicants’ experience with sex workers as automatic bar against hiring
Bureau will still dismiss those engaged with sex workers within past 10 years, three or more times overall, or while in public safety capacityThe FBI ...
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Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Gabriel Perez wagered on Kalshi about words president used in speechesA White House teleprompter operator wh...
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Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?
In deep red South Carolina, the president helped stoke apprehension of a deeper red surge ahead of November’s US midterm electionsAfter casting his vo...
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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companiesThe Trump adminis...
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‘Inept, incompetent, craven’: Scott Bessent struggles to clean up the president’s mess
There’s little optimism about treasury secretary’s ability to handle Trump’s tariffs, Iran sanctions and colossal US debtHistory remembers Gen Dwight ...
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The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us | Arwa Mahdawi
Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratingsDon’t mention the war! Or the economy, for that ma...
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Democrats ignored the uncommitted movement for Gaza in 2024. Now, it’s winning elections
By linking progressive politics with nominally Arab American issues, organizers are building winning coalitionsAbbas Alawieh initially thought the unc...
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‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’: Canadians on boycotting Trump’s America
Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of livingFor William McDonald, 38, a diesel mec...
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Trump announces new US oil agreement with Venezuela
US president says US will have ‘majority’ control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reservesDonald Trump announced Friday a new US oil agreement with Vene...
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Trump arch will alter sightlines of many Washington DC landmarks, report says
National Park Service, which backs the 250ft arch, says it is likely to disrupt historical significance of dozens of sitesA new National Park Service ...
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Fed chair says delivering ‘stable prices’ is central bank’s job as inflation persists
However, Kevin Warsh didn’t say if interest rates would change in coming months, as inflation remains stubbornThe US Federal Reserve is not done fight...
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Trump pledges to allow cattle ranchers to process own food amid beef imports backlash
President faces criticism over plan to import up to 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef without charging higher tariffsDonald Trump has pledged to all...
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