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Welcome to ‘the Claw’: the White House fighting cage captures Trump era rot | Sidney Blumenthal
The 154ft-tall structure for the UFC Freedom 250 gives Trump a chance to to put the government out to the highest bidder“If the government decides, ve...
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Trump keeps insulting female journalists. It’s time for the press to stop tolerating it | Margaret Sullivan
‘Piggy’, ‘corrupt’, ‘stupid’: the president keeps lashing out. Here’s how journalists can stand up to himFor many years now, Donald Trump has been say...
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Trump news at a glance: another day, another claim of imminent peace deal with Iran
President claims US and Iran are on the verge yet again, but we’ve heard that before – key US politics stories from Thursday 11 JuneDonald Trump claim...
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Jay Clayton: Trump pick has long legal résumé but few intelligence credentials
Former SEC chair, who has reportedly socialized and played golf with president, has questioned integrity of US elections Days before he was nominated ...
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Military strikes on water facilities in Iran may constitute a war crime, experts say
Strikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the countryMiddle East crisis – live updates...
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Democrats to call on Vance to testify to House committee over Epstein files
Plan comes after major New York Times report alleges files became source of crisis within Trump administrationDemocrats on the House oversight committ...
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US lawmakers demand Trump officials halt plan to send Afghans to DRC
Government urged to reconsider proposal for 1,100 Afghans, currently stranded in Qatar, who worked with US forcesDozens of US lawmakers urged the Trum...
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US authorities investigate huge etching of ‘8647’ on National Mall grounds
Live webcam footage from atop the Washington Monument shows a highly visible ‘8’, while the others appears fainterUS federal authorities are investiga...
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Republicans split on following Trump’s demands for restrictive voting bill
US president urges congressional Republicans to use budget reconciliation procedure to enact his priorities Donald Trump has demanded that congression...
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Before-and-after photos: Trump’s $14.2m makeover delivers … a blue pool
President steered no-bid contract for project that he said would cost $1.8m to company that worked on his golf resortThe final drops of water have bee...
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Trump nominates Jay Clayton as top US intelligence official after pushback on Bill Pulte
US president had faced widespread criticism of his decision to install a controversial ally, Bill PulteDonald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, former ...
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Ben Jennings on the World Cup and the US war on Iran – cartoon
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Bananas could vanish from school lunch menus. Here’s why
New Farm Bill places caps on non-US foods; nutritionists say it restricts availability of healthy meals for kidsSchool nutrition workers and advocates...
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Brad Lander found not guilty of blocking elevator at New York ICE facility
Judge says ex-city comptroller was not willingly obstructive while sitting in front of lift at Manhattan federal buildingNew York City Democrat Brad L...
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Man pleads guilty to assassinating top Minnesota Democrat and her husband
Vance Boelter changes plea in murders of Melissa and Mark Hortman as prosecutors agree not to pursue death penaltyThe man charged in the political ass...
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Is Trump about to ruin the World Cup? | Politics Weekly America
Donald Trump is using some of the world’s most popular sporting events as his own personal stage.This week, Jenna Amatulli speaks to the investigative...
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US House will attempt to pass extension of powerful surveillance law
Democrats say they will block renewal of Fisa over naming of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligenceSign up for the Breaking News US ne...
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Mehdi Hasan on Donald Trump’s big, beautiful birthday | Today in Focus – video
The US is celebrating it’s 250th anniversary – and Trump is turning 80. As their big birthdays loom, what state is the president, and his country, in?...
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Cuba hopes for World Cup respite from US sabre-rattling – but prepares for the worst
With some matches being held in nearby Miami, a Cuban response to US military action could mar the tournamentAs Cuba crumbles under a nearly five-mont...
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Democrats prepare for potential election interference in midterms – US politics live
The Democrats are wargaming messaging strategies over fears that Donald Trump may try to influence the midterm electionsAs the 2024 election approache...
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Fund linked to key Trump allies backed push to sow doubt about 2024 election
Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing statesAs the 2024 election approached, advertiseme...
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FBI agents driven out under Trump assault form support network: ‘I’m still a human’
Former intelligence officers sound alarm over ‘devastating’ impact of president’s bid to overhaul US security agencyFor generations they have borne th...
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Trump’s claims about California vote-rigging are a grim preview of November | Moira Donegan
The ‘fraud’ he sees is in the very concept of democracy, in the idea that people who don’t agree with or fawn over him might have a say, tooBy now, it...
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Is Trump about to ruin the World Cup? – podcast
Donald Trump is using some of the world’s most popular sporting events as his own personal stage.This week, Jenna Amatulli speaks to investigative rep...
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Mehdi Hasan on Donald Trump’s big, beautiful birthday – podcast
As the US prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary and Trump turns 80, what state is the country in? And its president?This weekend kicks off an ex...
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Trump news at a glance: president follows through on threats against Iran with fresh strikes
Two days of strikes followed downing of US Apache helicopter over the strait of Hormuz, which Trump has blamed on Iran – key US politics stories from ...
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Florida to use US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections
State supreme court ruling aids nationwide redistricting effort aimed at helping party retain slim House majorityThe Florida supreme court on Wednesda...
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A conservative California county is trying to kill mail-in voting
Shasta county passes measure requiring elections to be held in person on one day and limiting absentee ballotsUS politics live – latest updatesNorther...
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Elevators the talk of the trial as Brad Lander testifies over ICE facility arrest
Surreal scene inside New York court as former city comptroller says he did not block elevators before arrestThe trial against senior New York City Dem...
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Pro-Palestinian activists accused of intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials
Federal prosecutors unsealed indictment against activists trying to force the school to cut financial ties to IsraelSign up for the Breaking News US n...
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House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein
Republican who chairs House panel says he based decision on testimony from Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley GroffRepresentative James Comer, the Re...
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Trump, ever the unreliable narrator, is unable to force reality to match his preferred story on Iran
A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president’s war in Iran drags onUS politics live – latest updatesAs the stor...
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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029
Package allocates $38bn to ICE, $26bn to Customs and Border Protection and $5bn more to the DHSSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald...
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Hegseth warns Cuba against acquiring weapons in visit to Guantánamo Bay
US defense secretary continues ramp-up of pressure against country including sanctions and devastating oil blockadePete Hegseth has warned Cuba agains...
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Graham Platner wins Maine Democratic Senate primary – video
Graham Platner, a Marine veteran, oyster farmer and progressive activist, has won the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Maine. Platner won 72...
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UFC champion says he has been banned from White House fight over criticisms of Trump
Sean Strickland claims he was not cleared to attend the UFC event because he ‘made fun of Israel and Epstein’The only current male US UFC champion say...
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Trump’s slush fund is gone – but his IRS agreement is a new level of self-dealing | Mohamad Bazzi
The president’s immunity from continuing audits made fewer headlines than the ‘anti-weaponization fund’, but it’s no less egregiousLast week, Todd Bla...
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Navy admiral fired by Hegseth advances in South Carolina Democratic House primary
Nancy Lacore, ousted by Pete Hegseth last year, heads to a run-off in race for Nancy Mace’s seatUS politics live – latest updatesA three-star navy rea...
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US inflation jumped to 4.2% in May, the third consecutive increase since start of Iran war
Before the conflict began, inflation was at 2.4%, but the closure of the strait of Hormuz has affected energy pricesUS inflation jumped to an annual r...
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‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
As the US shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impactsTrump targets migrant...
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Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally‘Every day it’s more barriers’: h...
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Is he Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump? Protest vote complicates Graham Platner’s victory
Democrats have rolled the dice in Maine as they pursue a post-Trump future. Will it work?It was over the moment he received the endorsement of Maine’s...
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Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate | Moustafa Bayoumi
This month, the administration is seeking to denaturalize 17 people, part of an effort unprecedented in modern US historyI still remember my citizensh...
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The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executiveAs cities and states sue big oil for billions in damag...
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America’s 250th birthday celebration is replacing history with toxic myth | Judith Levine
This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalismMusicians who dropped out of the Great American State...
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Trump presses on with plan to install Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief
Lawmakers warn appointment of presidential loyalist will scuttle bipartisan agreement to renew Fisa surveillance lawDonald Trump is pushing ahead with...
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Democrats rally round Platner in Maine as Trump reaffirms grip on GOP after primaries
Outcome of polls in four states offers mixed signals about direction of two major parties before November’s midtermsProgressives rallied round the con...
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Bill Gates to face questions from House committee over links to Jeffrey Epstein
Microsoft co-founder to appear in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offenderBill Gates is set to testify in f...
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Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests
Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attackEuropean confidence in an Ame...
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Trump-backed Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson head to runoff in South Carolina GOP governor race
Lieutenant governor and attorney general advance but result signals decisive defeat for controversial Nancy MaceDonald Trump-backed Pamela Evette, Sou...
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Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary
Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest Graham Platner, a Marine veteran, oyster...
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Trump news at a glance: president returns to old playbook of undermining US election integrity
Experts worry Trump’s administration – now stocked with loyalists and election deniers – may not stand up to attempts to sabotage upcoming elections –...
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