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Protesters picket London Tesla showroom on global anti-Musk day
Alarmed by the havoc the Tesla CEO has wreaked in the US, Britons and Americans are showing their displeasureBlaring car horns on the three-lane A40 i...
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A tip for JD Vance: Greenland doesn’t care about your frail human ego | Sarah Ditum
My own trip to Nuuk showed me you can’t just rock up and attempt to bend all that bleak, rugged terrain to your willIn August 2018, I did something th...
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RFK Jr says they are poisoning us, influencers call them unnatural – but what is the truth about seed oils?
The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid itIt’s curious that something so bland cou...
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Mathematician Adam Kucharski: ‘Our concepts of what we can prove are shifting’
The epidemiologist who advised on Ebola and Covid discusses the value of evidence in light of AI and social media, and how the notion of fact has long...
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When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed | John Naughton
US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuaryAt interna...
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Trump grants clemency to Ozy Media co-founder convicted of fraud
Carlos Watson was on way to begin serving 10-year sentence when news reached him of his presidential commutationHours before he was scheduled to repor...
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‘We play for Indian Country’: how Bilingual Basketball league is preserving Indigenous languages
Native Americans have made basketball their own as they hustle to retain and defend their culture and traditionsLong before Michael Jordan changed the...
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Wisconsin supreme court race a litmus test for Elon Musk’s political power
The high-stakes race will determine which party will control a court that will rule on abortion and voting rightsA race to determine control of the Wi...
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Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn
Robert F Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said he will be laying off nearly 20,000 workers, imperiling crucial servicesMassive job cuts planned for ...
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Florida college fires Chinese professor under state’s ‘countries of concern’ law
New College of Florida fired Kevin Wang, a professor who sought asylum and is authorized to work in the USThe New College of Florida has fired a Chine...
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‘Detention Alley’: inside the Ice centres in the US south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish
Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are transported sometimes thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and cou...
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Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccinesA senior health official in the ...
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‘It’s a scary time’: artists react to White House’s recent targeting of Smithsonian Institution
Roberto Lugo and other artists of color are now feeling heat from Trump’s attack on diversity and efforts to rewrite truth of the US’s pastArtists, ac...
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My child has autism. Trump and RFK Jr linking it to vaccines scares parents like me
We’re afraid the baseless theory spread by the president stigmatises our kids – and could affect access to careIt was a moment when Donald Trump’s lar...
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This op-ed could lead to me being deported from America | Berna León
I could never have imagined that writing a critical piece about the government could put me at risk of deportationWhen I moved to Cambridge, Massachus...
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Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortageBeneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, ...
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The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order | Sidney Blumenthal
The discussion revealed unserious people who don’t know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real bossOn 13 March, Donald Trump’s national s...
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What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?
A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complexOn Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an e...
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Trump news at a glance: Vance stakes US claim for Greenland as new coalition insists it ‘belongs to us’
Vice-president and US delegation visit amid growing tension and Trump targets Smithsonian Institution – key US politics stories from 28 March 2025 JD ...
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Tufts student detained by Ice may not be deported without court order, judge rules
Rümeysa Öztürk was taken from street by masked, plainclothes officers in a Boston-area suburb on TuesdayA Tufts University student who was detained by...
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump from firing Voice of America staff
‘Victory for press freedom’ after judge says rescinding funds for radio network requires congressional approvalA federal judge on Friday ordered Donal...
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FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices
Federal Communications Commission says its DEI efforts may breach equal employment opportunity regulationsThe US’s top media regulator on Friday said ...
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US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates
White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its...
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The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan
Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in G...
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University of Michigan shutters its flagship diversity program
Concerns grow as university becomes latest to capitulate to Trump’s anti-DEI demandsFollow US politics liveThe University of Michigan has shuttered it...
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White House asks supreme court to allow deportations under wartime law
Appeals court had upheld block on flights using Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang membersUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump ...
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Justice department investigating four California universities over race in admissions
Administration looking into whether schools comply with 2023 supreme court ruling that ended affirmative actionThe Trump administration has opened inv...
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Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed
Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible biodiversity lossA Canadian deep-sea mining fi...
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Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in public drinking water
Lawmakers say consuming teeth-strengthening mineral should be ‘individual choice’ as dentists oppose moveUtah has become the first US state to ban flu...
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US government cuts imperil life-saving gun violence research. As doctors, we fear for the future | Jessica Beard and Elinore Kaufman
The jeopardy over our country’s work remains, and we’re bracing ourselves for a scary situation we know all too wellWe don’t have a reliable count for...
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Two law firms sue after Trump orders target them over links to his opponents
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale seek to stop executive orders that would halt business with governmentUS politics live – latest updatesTwo prominent...
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Schools in Puerto Rico are bracing for Trump cuts after gains made during the Biden years
The island, with the seventh-largest school district in the US, is unusually reliant on federal fundingMaraida Caraballo Martínez has been an educator...
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Cryptocurrency will not save the Democratic party | Alex Bronzini-Vender
The Democratic representative Ritchie Torres joined forces with a Republican to form the Congressional Crypto caucus. That’s a dangerous moveTwice rej...
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Organizers accuse Trump of trying to silence federal workers with union order
Union leaders say president is union busting as he seeks to eliminate collective bargaining across agenciesUS politics live – latest updatesUnion lead...
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Hillary Clinton warns Trump ‘stupidity’ will leave US ‘feeble and friendless’
Former presidential candidate writes op-ed excoriating Signal leak and White House’s ‘dangerous’ actions US politics live – latest updatesHillary Clin...
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JD Vance’s home town is bouncing back – and it’s largely thanks to immigrants
Immigrants have played a central role to the revival of Middletown, Ohio, while the vice-president has made criticizing immigrants a main theme of his...
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So many souvenirs for JD Vance to take home from Greenland: oil, gas, minerals – and that’s just the start | Marina Hyde
The widely reviled veep and his wife may not see much of the island they’d like to annex, but the US military base will be lovely at this time of year...
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What is Signal, the messaging app at the heart of a US security leak?
We take a closer look at the app used by top officials to discuss a Yemen bombing mission despite it not being approved for such purposesUS politics l...
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Trump targets another law firm over its ties to Robert Mueller
President issues proclamation taking aim at WilmerHale in latest attack on firm with connections to his opponentsUS politics live – latest updatesDona...
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What is ‘abundance’ liberalism, and why are people arguing about it?
A new book has sparked debate with its provocative claim that progressive public policy in the US is brokenIs progressive public policy in America bro...
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Trump pick to head CDC sparks Maga backlash among conspiracy theorists
Firestorm from science deniers of anti-vaccine set shows splits in Trump world and forced RFK Jr to defend hireDonald Trump’s appointment of a career ...
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Donald Trump moves to end union rights for many government agency employees – US politics live
White House signs executive order limiting numerous federal workers from unionisingTrump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be re...
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The Signal fiasco is a political gift to Democrats but their power is limited
The ball now appears to be in the Republicans’ court, where there have been some signs of diverging from TrumpFor beleaguered and divided congressiona...
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Fired FTC commissioner sounds ‘blinking red alarm’ over apparent rise of billionaire power under Trump
Alvaro Bedoya, who was involved in cases against firms such as Amazon, warns of apparent ‘quid pro quo’ dealsThe US is in the midst of an extraordinar...
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Our research shows: the resistance is alive and well | Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam
Street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest“Where is the resistance?” is a common refrain. Our research affir...
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Trump’s ‘Signalgate’ blame game – podcast
As Donald Trump and his top officials scrabble to respond to the Signal leak scandal, Jonathan Freedland and the New Yorker’s Susan Glasser discuss th...
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Trump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retained as tariff fallout deepens
Boasberg will later decide whether the disappearing messages in the Signal chat violated federal records retention laws. Here’s your roundup of key US...
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’
JD Vance to lead plan as Trump says there’s been ‘concerted’ effort to rewrite US history with ‘distorted narrative’Donald Trump revealed his intentio...
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Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages
Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retainedA federal judge on Thursday ordered that the Trump ...
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Musk defends Doge on Fox News with false claims: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’
Doge members, including Airbnb co-founder, aired their vision for federal government to be ‘Apple Store-like’Elon Musk and seven members of his so-cal...
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Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
Critics say US defense secretary’s tattoo of the word kafir, meaning ‘infidel’ or ‘non-believer’ could offend MuslimsThe US secretary of defense Pete ...
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Trump withdraws Elise Stefanik’s UN nomination to protect GOP House majority
Move comes after months of delays, with unconfirmed New York Republican unable to participate in either UN or HouseDonald Trump announced on Thursday ...
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