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Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test
Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’US politics live – latest updatesHouse...
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Trump approval slips as polls show warning signs for Republicans ahead of midterms
Reuters-Ipsos, AP-NORC and NBC polls show approval in mid-30s, with economy, Iran and immigration concernsUS politics live – latest updatesA trio of p...
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What have I done? I forced my kid to listen to Usha Vance's podcast - now she's a fan | Arwa Mahdawi
The second lady has launched a serviceable children’s podcast. That seems strategic given JD Vance’s potential presidential runI know that child labou...
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May Day Strong: US workers encouraged to join protest against Trump
Day of action to support workers set for 1 May – who is organizing May Day Strong, and how can people join?Anyone who attended one of the 3,000 No Kin...
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Trump taught us to prioritize our own wallets. Now he’s paying the price | Jamil Smith
The reckless Iran war shows up for most Americans as a number at a gas pump, not as images or moral reckoningThe airport in Las Vegas last Friday afte...
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Virginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries – US politics live
House Democratic leader says result should serve as a warning to Ron DeSantis after latest blow to Donald Trump’s redistricting battleNearly half of c...
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Should Barron Trump be drafted – or left alone to keep building his $150m fortune? | Arwa Mahdawi
Prominent Maga bros have suggested the 20-year-old son of the US president should be called up this year. Why does this seem so vanishingly unlikely?I...
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Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections Nearly half of children in the United States a...
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Tucker and Trump’s marriage of convenience heads for divorce court
Conservative host says he’s ‘tormented’ by previous support for Trump – could this presage his own run for president?He can’t live with him and can’t ...
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Why was the Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges?
Charges alleged the center paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing payments to donorsThe Southern Poverty Law Center was ind...
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Trump news at a glance: Trump backs off threat to resume bombing Iran and extends ceasefire
President changed his tune at request of Pakistan’s leaders, though he said military blockade of Iranian ports will continueDonald Trump unilaterally ...
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Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump
Governor called referendum after president urged GOP-led states to redraw maps to protect House majorityVoters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new con...
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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules
Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schoolsSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
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Trump reads from Bible in Oval Office in taped message for Christian group
Reciting of Old Testament passage comes days after clash with pope and posting AI image of himself as JesusSign up for the Breaking News US email to g...
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Kevin Warsh accused of being Trump's 'sock puppet' as senators grill Fed chair nominee – video
During Warsh's confirmation hearing, Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren expressed concerns that Federal Reserve nominee would become a 'sock puppet' ...
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Dozens of US lawmakers have been accused of sexual harassment, study finds
Analysis finds 53 workplace harassment allegations against 30 lawmakers amid wave of resignations in CongressFifty-three allegations of workplace sexu...
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House Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns amid ethics investigation
Florida US representative indicted in November for allegedly misusing more than $5m of federal disaster fundsDemocratic US representative Sheila Cherf...
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Terrible poll ratings would bother some politicians. Donald Trump isn’t one of them | Arwa Mahdawi
A low approval rating will not cause the US president to hang his head in shame. He’s more likely to dig inYou’ll know the famous quote, bastardised f...
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Trump’s Fed chair pick says he’ll maintain independence – but won’t say president lost 2020 election
Kevin Warsh said ‘we need to take politics out of monetary policy’ as Elizabeth Warren called him Trump’s ‘sock puppet’ US politics live – latest upda...
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Virginia votes on new congressional map with control of House at stake
Backed by Abigail Spanberger, the measure could boost Democrats and counter Donald Trump’s redistricting pushUS politics live – latest updatesVirginia...
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US DoJ launches investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center
Justice department’s focus seems to be on SPLC’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, group’s CEO saysSign up for the Breaking News US...
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US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’Members of the armed services wil...
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Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggleWith Americans focused on Don...
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Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’
The podcaster admits he ‘misled’ supporters as his rift with the US president deepens over the Iran warUS politics live – latest updatesTucker Carlson...
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George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100
Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the stateGeorge R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nati...
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Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth
As US elections approach, the Hungarian prime minister’s loss is a reminder that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracyViktor Orbán’s el...
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Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liabilityOn the face of it, Kevin Warsh...
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Trump’s Federal Reserve chair pick to face lawmakers at key confirmation hearing – US politics live
The hearing marks a key hurdle Kevin Warsh must overcome in order to succeed Jerome Powell when his term ends on 15 MayHello and welcome to the US pol...
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Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan
The president’s fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down. He has forgotten why he was r...
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Decoding America: Is Trump having regrets as ceasefire deadline looms? – podcast
Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Donald Trump’s erratic social media posts, as commentators try to understand the US president’s strateg...
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Trump news at a glance: another Trump cabinet member out – but not Kash Patel
Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer exits, while Patel sues over story citing sources that allege ‘conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences’ b...
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Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’
President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas productionDonald Trump on Monday released a se...
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Trump labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct investigation
Chavez-DeRemer, entangled in string of controversies, leaving for private sector, president’s spokesperson saysDonald Trump’s labor secretary Lori Cha...
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Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’
Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointmentA US army sergeant with 27 years of military s...
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Kash Patel sues the Atlantic over bombshell story detailing allegations of misconduct
Magazine has stood behind the story, which was written by veteran national security reporter Sarah FitzpatrickKash Patel has followed through on a thr...
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RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently?
Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health messageRobert F Kennedy...
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Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices
Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil marketsDemocrats should get louder in ch...
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Trump administration launches tariff refund system as first step in paying back billions – US politics live
Trump administration launches online portal on Monday after supreme court struck down tariff policy earlier this yearSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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Trump DoJ’s mixed messages bode ill for Epstein victims, experts fear
Non-appearance of Pam Bondi and remarks from Todd Blanche suggest full accounting may never be revealedIn the days since Pam Bondi’s exit from Donald ...
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Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says ‘the wind is on our back’ as Democrats try to flip House
Luria, who lost her seat to a Republican after standing up to Trump, has secured key endorsements in Virginia raceElaine Luria – once a member of the ...
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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik
Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrongOver the past few weeks...
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Trump news at a glance: Oil price surges again as Iran accuses US of breaking ceasefire
Tehran vowa to respond after USS Spruance fires on Iranian-flagged cargo ship allegedly running strait of Hormuz blockade. Key US politics stories fro...
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‘We’re Catholic first’: Sunday mass attendees weigh in on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo
Catholics around Atlanta share mixed feelings on faith and politics as Trump engages in rhetorical war with popeAlex Sullivan tended to his five child...
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Republican senator criticizes Trump’s ‘holy war’ with Pope Leo
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’A Republican lawmaker has condemne...
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Trump energy secretary says gas prices might not drop back under $3 a gallon until 2027
Chris Wright says ‘I don’t know’ when asked about lower cost of gas as average price soars to $4 a gallon in USChris Wright, the Trump administration’...
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Obama and Mamdani sing The Wheels on the Bus with New York preschoolers – video
Barack Obama met Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a childcare centre where the former Democratic US president and the mayor of New Yor...
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Obama and Mamdani read and sing with New York preschoolers in first meeting
Former US president and New York mayor read to a group of children and led a sing-along at a Bronx childcare centerBarack Obama met with Zohran Mamdan...
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‘It was constant chaos’: ex-Infowars producer on life under Alex Jones
Book from Josh Owens tells of punishing work for far-right conspiracy theorist who, far from silenced, broadcasts onDonald Trump gave rightwing media ...
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A major US court case could help fix the ills of Citizens United | David Sirota
A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal systemSlush funds of anonymous unregulated mone...
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Trump tests his luck with the religious right amid feud with pope and AI Jesus posts
Trump appears to have crossed a line with his Christian supporters. Will it come back to bite him in the midterms?Donald Trump’s depiction of himself ...
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Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission
Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits...
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Trump news at a glance: president struggles to reopen strait as Iran rejects US blockade
Donald Trump’s earlier tone of triumph with the reopening of key waterway falls flat – key US politics stories from 18 April at a glanceDonald Trump h...
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